Patents by Inventor Arsham Saffarian

Arsham Saffarian 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).

  • Switching system
    Publication number: 20050227505
    Abstract: A switching system includes a backplane having slots, each including a first set of connectors designed according to a common specification. The slots include at least one extended slot and at least two normal slots, each normal slot including the first set of connectors, each extended slot including the first set of connectors and an additional second set of connectors. The backplane has signal lines to connect the connectors of the extended and normal slots to support at least one data channel between the first set of connectors of each of one or more of the at least one extended slot and the first set of connectors of each of one or more of the at least two normal slots. The backplane also has signal lines to connect the connectors of the extended and normal slots to support at least one data channel between the second set of connectors of each of one or more of the at least one extended slot and the first set of connectors of each of one or more of the at least two normal slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Edoardo Campini, David Formisano, Marwan Khoury, Ho Wang, Arsham Saffarian, Jerome Saint-Cyr, Douglas Stahl