Patents by Inventor Robert Allen Levin

Robert Allen Levin 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).

  • Publication number: 20090119230
    Abstract: The subject invention pertains to securities, preferably exchange traded funds, or ETFs, relating to commodities subject to futures contracts in a commodities market. More specifically, the invention relates to shipping certificates for commodities that dynamically compensate for commodity “roll neutrality” adjustments by altering the quantity of commodity associated with the shipping certificate, as opposed to a cash adjustment. The subject invention also pertains to the underlying “roll neutrality” adjustment related to a commodities market futures transaction and to the resulting ETF valuation as follows: ? Pi Bi, where Pi is the price of the relevant contract month, Bi is the number of commodity units for that month, and i is the time index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Robert Allen Levin, Jay Lester Gottlieb
  • Publication number: 20090006274
    Abstract: The subject invention pertains to securities, preferably exchange traded funds, or ETFs, relating to commodities subject to futures contracts in a commodities market. More specifically, the invention relates to shipping certificates for commodities that dynamically compensate for commodity “roll neutrality” adjustments by altering the quantity of commodity associated with the shipping certificate, as opposed to a cash adjustment. The subject invention also pertains to the underlying “roll neutrality” adjustment related to a commodities market futures transaction and to the resulting ETF valuation as follows: ?PiBi, where Pi is the price of the relevant contract month, Bi is the number of commodity units for that month, and i is the time index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Robert Allen Levin, Jay Lester Gottlieb