Patents by Inventor Michael L. Heitner

Michael L. Heitner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Folded Clos architecture switching
    Patent number: 6696917
    Abstract: A novel folded Clos switch apparatus and method therefore for reducing the number of unemployed I/O terminals of a multistage Clos switching network by partitioning a crossbar switch to provide both the first (yth) and last (x−y+1th) stage of a multistage Clos switch where x is the total number of stages in the general case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Michael L. Heitner, Jian J. Song, Rudy Vianna