Patents by Inventor William M. Keenan

William M. Keenan 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: 9367604
    Abstract: The present invention makes legal research more efficient by selecting clusters in response to the behavior of a user (e.g., a legal professional such as a paralegal, lawyer, or judge). The clusters, which are formed prior to the user accessing a legal document (and thus, providing user behavior to a system), are identified to the based upon a set of metadata associated with the legal document. At least two clusters are identified and a signal associated therewith is transmitted to the user. Each cluster is associated with a unique legal topic. Further, each cluster may comprise primary and/or secondary authority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Global Resources
    Inventors: Qiang Lu, Jack G. Conrad, Michael Dahn, William M. Keenan
  • Publication number: 20160042054
    Abstract: The present invention makes legal research more efficient by selecting clusters in response to the behavior of a user (e.g., a legal professional such as a paralegal, lawyer, or judge). The clusters, which are formed prior to the user accessing a legal document (and thus, providing user behavior to a system), are identified to the based upon a set of metadata associated with the legal document. At least two clusters are identified and a signal associated therewith is transmitted to the user. Each cluster is associated with a unique legal topic. Further, each cluster may comprise primary and/or secondary authority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Thomson Reuters Global Resources
    Inventors: Qiang Lu, Jack G. Conrad, Michael Dahn, William M. Keenan
  • Patent number: 9177050
    Abstract: The present invention makes legal research more efficient by selecting clusters in response to the behavior of a user (e.g., a legal professional such as a paralegal, lawyer, or judge). The clusters, which are formed prior to the user accessing a legal document (and thus, providing user behavior to a system), are identified to the based upon a set of metadata associated with the legal document. At least two clusters are identified and a signal associated therewith is transmitted to the user. Each cluster is associated with a unique legal topic. Further, each cluster may comprise primary and/or secondary authority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Global Resources
    Inventors: Qiang Lu, Jack G. Conrad, Michael Dahn, William M. Keenan
  • Publication number: 20100332520
    Abstract: The present invention makes legal research more efficient by selecting clusters in response to the behavior of a user (e.g., a legal professional such as a paralegal, lawyer, or judge). The clusters, which are formed prior to the user accessing a legal document (and thus, providing user behavior to a system), are identified to the based upon a set of metadata associated with the legal document. At least two clusters are identified and a signal associated therewith is transmitted to the user. Each cluster is associated with a unique legal topic. Further, each cluster may comprise primary and/or secondary authority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Qiang Lu, Jack G. Conrad, Michael Dahn, William M. Keenan
  • Patent number: 4462574
    Abstract: The invention is of a method for minimizing slag carryover when draining molten metal from a furnace and an article for use in the method. This article is a polyhedral-shaped body having density intermediate that of the slag and metal. When thrown onto the surface of the slag within a restricted area over the taphole, the body will float at the slag-metal interface, and tend to lodge with one of its corners projecting into the taphole as the final portion of remaining metal drains out of the furnace. The shape of the body and its dimensions are selected so as to only partially block the taphole opening, causing flaring of the stream so as to signal a furnace operator of the impending flow of slag from the furnace. The operator then shuts off flow to prevent carryover of slag onto the molten metal already tapped. Since only the edges of the body contact the taphole of the body does not become welded to the wall of the taphole and therefore is easily dislodged without loss of time between heats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1984
    Assignee: United States Steel Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Keenan, Sheldon McGarry, James G. Bassett, Jr.