Patents by Inventor Alan Rifkin

Alan Rifkin 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: 7644025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for offering a novel mandatorily convertible securities (e.g., DECS) by using a third party entity (either a corporate entity or a newly-formed independent trust) to: 1) issue and sell novel DECS to market investors; 2) obtain from a first entity shares of common stock in a second entity, or rights to receive such shares in the future, to satisfy the mandatory conversion requirement of the DECS; 3) sell or retain the rights to any residual value obtained after satisfying the obligation to DECS investors; and 4) use the proceeds from such sale or retained value to fund a portion of the DECS coupon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
    Inventors: William Ortner, Alan Rifkin, Craig Farr
  • Patent number: 7257556
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for providing and/or offering mandatorily convertible securities with associated senior debt instruments. The mandatorily convertible securities can be preferred stock or a purchase contract with the mandatorily convertible securities converting into a predetermined number of units of an underlying security on a mandatory conversion date. The predetermined number of units of an underlying security is based on a market value of the underlying security on the conversion date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Rifkin
  • Publication number: 20050027630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for offering a novel mandatorily convertible securities (e.g., DECS) by using a third party entity (either a corporate entity or a newly-formed independent trust) to: 1) issue and sell novel DECS to market investors; 2) obtain from a first entity shares of common stock in a second entity, or rights to receive such shares in the future, to satisfy the mandatory conversion requirement of the DECS; 3) sell or retain the rights to any residual value obtained after satisfying the obligation to DECS investors; and 4) use the proceeds from such sale or retained value to fund a portion of the DECS coupon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: William Ortner, Alan Rifkin, Craig Farr