Patents by Inventor Roger Desmarais

Roger Desmarais 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).

  • Network-based system and method for accessing and processing emails and other electronic legal documents that may include duplicate information
    Patent number: 7730113
    Abstract: A network-based system and method processes and analyzes email messages that have been communicated by parties involved in a legal proceeding. The email messages (or other electronic files) of the parties are delivered to a plurality of server units: metadata of the email messages (such as conversational thread information, directory path information, and other properties information) are directed a first server unit, contents of the email messages are directed to a second server unit, and read-only copies of the email messages are provided in a third server unit. If the email messages (or other electronic files) contain duplicate information, the duplicative email message is linked to an email message that has already been delivered to the server units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Applied Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Payette, Richard Roger Desmarais, James Marik Price, Michael C. Weaver, Richard J. Corbett, Barton W. Bodell, William P. Pernsteiner
  • Collapsible dust pan
    Patent number: 5473790
    Abstract: There is provided a dustpan which has a rear wall which extends upwardly from a base and is angled inwardly towards the base to form an angle of less than 90.degree. between the rear wall and the base member such that a handle attached to the dustpan near the rear wall will remain standing in an upright manner and be supported by the rear wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Inventor: Roger Desmarais