Patents by Inventor Doug Dunning

Doug Dunning 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).

  • System and method for creating and administering an investment instrument
    Patent number: 7127423
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for creating and administering an investment instrument. More specifically, the present invention provides a system and method for creating and administering an investment instrument that may be cleared through a depository company, that has relatively short terms and/or that enables investors to participate in financial market activity while protecting their principal investments. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an investment instrument preserves an investor's principal and offers a choice of several models for generating return. Return-generating models may allow an investor to participate fully in market movement, participate partially in market movement with a guaranteed minimum return, or receive a fixed return without participating in market movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Dunning, Ron Bristol, Georgann G. Burns, Pan Hall, Douglas Hoover, Terry McEvoy, Bruce Kohn
  • System and method for creating and administering an investment instrument
    Publication number: 20020059123
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for creating and administering an investment instrument. More specifically, the present invention provides a system and method for creating and administering an investment instrument that may be cleared through a depository company, that has relatively short terms and/or that enables investors to participate in financial market activity while protecting their principal investments. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an investment instrument preserves an investor's principal and offers a choice of several models for generating return. Return-generating models may allow an investor to participate fully in market movement, participate partially in market movement with a guaranteed minimum return, or receive a fixed return without participating in market movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Doug Dunning, Ron Bristol, Georgann G. Burns, Pan Hall, Douglas Hoover, Terry McEvoy, Bruce Kohn