Patents by Inventor Merrill Arcand

Merrill Arcand 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).

  • LAN bridging redundancy
    Patent number: 5982745
    Abstract: In a method implementing redundancy in LAN/WAN bridging/switching elements, LAN/WAN traffic is sent to active and inactive elements using multicast techniques. The active element bridges the data traffic and the inactive drops it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Newbridge Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Wolff, Phil Worthington, Merrill Arcand, Brian Wirth, Alain Brazeau