Patents by Inventor Cheng-Cheng Lok

Cheng-Cheng Lok 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).

  • Methods systems and computer program products for applying tax refund as tax payment
    Patent number: 8738478
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for paying tax owed with a refund through an intermediary when a taxpayer owes tax to one tax authority and is entitled to a refund from another tax authority. The intermediary may be an intermediate computer that electronically filed respective tax returns and may host the tax preparation application that was used to prepare the tax returns. The intermediate computer may wait to pay one tax authority until after a refund is received from a different tax authority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Justin C. Marr, Cheng-Cheng Lok, Ronald J. Char, Robert H. Warrington