ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,854, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Server-based-NOS disaggregated switch device system" was invented by Neal Beard (Austin, Texas), Padmanabhan Narayanan (Chennai, India), Per Henrik Fremrot (Novato, Calif.) and Colin Montgomery (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server-based-Network Operating System (NOS) disaggregated switch device system includes a server device having a server chassis, a switch connector that is accessible on the server chassis, and a Central Processing Unit (CPU) system that is housed in the server chassis, that is coupled to the switch connector, ...