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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 1979
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin Chown, Harlow, GB;
Jeffrey G Farrington, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Assignee:
International Standard Electric Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250199 ; 350 9616 ;
Abstract
An optical fibre data transmision system in which some terminals at least act as repeaters for received data. Each terminal is allotted a specified transmission time. Terminals are provided with optical fibre by-pass arrangements in case a repeating terminal fails.