Patents by Inventor Glenn H. Booraem

Glenn H. Booraem 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).

  • Method of recording and paying declared dividends in an investment company that invests in fixed income securities and has conventional and ETF share classes with different dividend payment frequencies
    Patent number: 8175944
    Abstract: A method is are provided to administer an investment company. The investment company issues one or more classes of shares that are bought from and redeemed with the investment company at a net asset value. The investment company also issues one or more classes of shares that are listed for trading on a securities exchange and that are bought and sold in a secondary market at negotiated market prices. One or more computers maintain information regarding portfolio holdings of the investment company and outstanding shares in the investment company. Dividends are periodically declared at a first time interval for the outstanding shares that are bought from and redeemed with the investment company at a net asset value. The amount of dividends to declare is calculated from the information maintained in the one or more computers. Dividends are periodically declared at a second time interval that is different from the first time interval for the outstanding shares that are exchange-traded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: The Vanguard Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn H. Booraem, Kenneth E. Volpert, Kathryn J. Hyatt
  • METHOD OF RECORDING AND PAYING DECLARED DIVIDENDS IN AN INVESTMENT COMPANY THAT INVESTS IN FIXED INCOME SECURITIES AND HAS CONVENTIONAL AND ETF SHARE CLASSES WITH DIFFERENT DIVIDEND PAYMENT FREQUENCIES
    Publication number: 20100325023
    Abstract: A method is are provided to administer an investment company. The investment company issues one or more classes of shares that are bought from and redeemed with the investment company at a net asset value. The investment company also issues one or more classes of shares that are listed for trading on a securities exchange and that are bought and sold in a secondary market at negotiated market prices. One or more computers maintain information regarding portfolio holdings of the investment company and outstanding shares in the investment company. Dividends are periodically declared at a first time interval for the outstanding shares that are bought from and redeemed with the investment company at a net asset value. The amount of dividends to declare is calculated from the information maintained in the one or more computers. Dividends are periodically declared at a second time interval that is different from the first time interval for the outstanding shares that are exchange-traded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Glenn H. BOORAEM, Kenneth E. VOLPERT, Kathryn J. HYATT
  • Investment company that invests in fixed income securities and has conventional and ETF share classes with different dividend payment frequencies
    Patent number: 7792725
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided to administer an investment company. The investment company issues one or more classes of shares that are bought from and redeemed with the investment company at a net asset value. The investment company also issues one or more classes of shares that are listed for trading on a securities exchange and that are bought and sold in a secondary market at negotiated market prices. One or more computers maintain information regarding portfolio holdings of the investment company and outstanding shares in the investment company. Dividends are periodically declared at a first time interval for the outstanding shares that are bought from and redeemed with the investment company at a net asset value. The amount of dividends to declare is calculated from the information maintained in the one or more computers. Dividends are periodically declared at a second time interval that is different from the first time interval for the outstanding shares that are exchange-traded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: The Vanguard Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn H. Booraem, Kenneth E. Volpert, Kathryn J. Hyatt
  • Investment company that invests in fixed income securities and has conventional and ETF share classes with different dividend payment frequencies
    Publication number: 20090083194
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided to administer an investment company. The investment company issues one or more classes of shares that are bought from and redeemed with the investment company at a net asset value. The investment company also issues one or more classes of shares that are listed for trading on a securities exchange and that are bought and sold in a secondary market at negotiated market prices. One or more computers maintain information regarding portfolio holdings of the investment company and outstanding shares in the investment company. Dividends are periodically declared at a first time interval for the outstanding shares that are bought from and redeemed with the investment company at a net asset value. The amount of dividends to declare is calculated from the information maintained in the one or more computers. Dividends are periodically declared at a second time interval that is different from the first time interval for the outstanding shares that are exchange-traded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Glenn H. Booraem, Kenneth E. Volpert, Kathryn J. Hyatt