Patents by Inventor Emily A. Barnard

Emily A. Barnard 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).

  • Patent number: 11908027
    Abstract: Methods and systems that allow a recipient to electronically receive documents and accept service of process include receiving personally identifiable information about the recipient, generating a retrieval code specific to the recipient and/or the documents, and causing the retrieval code to be displayed on a page or device for delivery to the recipient. Later, the methods and systems receive user input including the retrieval code, verify that the user is the recipient, provide the recipient access to the electronic documents, and offer the recipient electronic delivery of the electronic documents. If the recipient agrees to the offer of electronic delivery, the methods and systems cause the electronic documents to be electronically delivered to the recipient; and after they deliver the documents in full, they present an acceptance document acknowledging and accepting the service of the electronic documents upon the recipient, and ask the recipient to execute it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander J L Theoharis, Timothy D. Dinehart, Diane I. Conrad, Daniel Beier, Brandon H. Fuller, James J. MacLeod, Emily A. Barnard, David Thorn, Akshitha Vaddi, Aaron Cushman