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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5953143 | Multidimensional switching networks A switching network that utilizes at least three degrees of freedom, time, wavelength and space. In one embodiment that involves point-to-point switching, each space channel between an input and an output is assigned a time slot and wavelength coordinate ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5867609 | Method for computing correlation operations on partially occluded data A method for finding a match between a pattern of data of relatively small size in a base of related data or relatively large size in the presence of occlusions which are gaps or noise that obscure portions, either of the pattern or of the base. The metho... | 02/02/1999 |
