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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:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jimmy Dean Smith, Stevensville, MI (US);
Mark D Nicol, Stevensville, MI (US);
Brian K Straup, South Bend, IN (US);
Terence Paul O'Brien, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Mark Layne Herman, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Packard Bell, NEC, Sacramento, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710-3 ; 710 14 ; 710 36 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a computer system and more particularly to a computer system which allows option controller cards for various input/output (I/O) devices to be added on the motherboard at minimum cost.