Patents by Inventor Austin M. Long

Austin M. Long 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).

  • Process and system for determining correlation of public and private markets and risk of private markets
    Patent number: 7421407
    Abstract: Process and system for investing in private portfolio includes determining relative risk, excess return and correlation of a private investment portfolio to a public market.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Alignment Capital Group
    Inventors: Austin M. Long, III, Craig J. Nickels
  • Method for calculating portfolio scaled IRR
    Patent number: 7058583
    Abstract: Process and system for evaluating the performance attribution of a private investment portfolio by comparing actual return to return for a portfolio converted to a neutral-weight portfolio in which all assets are based on the same starting date which is the earliest start date in the actual portfolio. Contribution of selection and timing of investments are also determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Alignment Capital Partners
    Inventors: Austin M. Long, III, Craig J. Nickels
  • System and method for assessing the degree of diversification of a portfolio of assets
    Publication number: 20030105702
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for assessing the degree of diversification of a portfolio of assets by determining the average covariance and the average correlation coefficient of the assets within the investment portfolio using successive incremental random sampling (“SIRS”).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Austin M. Long, Craig J. Nickels
  • Method for calculating portfolio scaled IRR
    Publication number: 20030061169
    Abstract: Process and system for evaluating the performance attribution of a private investment portfolio by comparing actual return to return for a portfolio converted to a neutral-weight portfolio in which all assets are based on the same starting date which is the earliest start date in the actual portfolio. Contribution of selection and timing of investments are also determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Austin M. Long, Craig J. Nickels
  • Process and system for determining correlation of public and private markets and risk of private markets
    Publication number: 20030028463
    Abstract: Process and system for investing in private portfolio includes determining relative risk, excess return and correlation of a private investment portfolio to a public market.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Austin M. Long, Craig J. Nickels