Patents by Inventor Clifford J. Weber

Clifford J. Weber 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: 20120101959
    Abstract: A system for determining a basket of financial instruments for hedging investment risk in actively managed exchange traded funds is described. The system uses a trusted computer system and includes a computer storage medium storing a computer program product. The product determines the basket of hedging instruments by extracting factor information from a portfolio of the actively managed exchange traded fund and determining factors that affect the price of the exchange traded fund. The program can select a portfolio of instruments with similar behavior with respect to the determined factors to produce a hedging portfolio that tracks the price of the exchange traded fund.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Gary L. Gastineau, Clifford J. Weber
  • Patent number: 8027911
    Abstract: A system for pricing and/or determining a basket of financial instruments for hedging investment risk in actively managed traded funds is described. The system uses a trusted computer system and includes a computer storage medium storing a computer program product. The product determines a basket of hedging instruments by applying statistical or economic based factor analysis to estimate the NAV or provide a hedging basket to rack actual NAV of an actively managed traded fund.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Nyse Amex LLC
    Inventors: Clifford J. Weber, Carol Alexander, Charles A. Baker, Jason MacQueen, Gary L. Gastineau, Terry Norman
  • Patent number: 7979336
    Abstract: A method of determining an estimate of the market value of a traded unit of a financial instrument, and apparatus for carrying out the method, said instrument comprising a fund of individually priced securities and the exact composition of said fund being withheld from the market, said method comprising selecting a plurality of mutually independent risk factors, each risk factor being representative of market behaviour estimated to be significant to the price behaviour of the traded unit, obtaining information from a third party holding information regarding the composition of said fund regarding the actual significance of said risk factors to the value of said traded unit, and calculating a value for said traded unit on the basis of said significances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Nyse Amex LLC
    Inventors: Clifford J. Weber, Carol Alexander, Charles A. Baker, Jason MacQueen, Gary L. Gastineau, Terry Norman
  • Publication number: 20110137825
    Abstract: A system for pricing and/or determining a basket of financial instruments for hedging investment risk in actively managed traded funds is described. The system uses a trusted computer system and includes a computer storage medium storing a computer program product. The product determines a basket of hedging instruments by applying statistical or economic based factor analysis to estimate the NAV or provide a hedging basket to rack actual NAV of an actively managed traded fund.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: NYSE AMEX LLC
    Inventors: Clifford J. WEBER, Carol Alexander, Charles A. Baker, Jason MacQueen, Gary L. Gastineau, Terry Norman
  • Patent number: 7917429
    Abstract: A system for pricing and/or determining a basket of financial instruments for hedging investment risk in actively managed traded funds is described. The system uses a trusted computer system and includes a computer storage medium storing a computer program product. The product determines a basket of hedging instruments by applying statistical or economic based factor analysis to estimate the NAV or provide a hedging basket to rack actual NAV of an actively managed traded fund.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: NYSE AMEX LLC
    Inventors: Clifford J. Weber, Carol Alexander, Charles A. Baker, Jason J MacQueen, Gary L. Gastineau, Terry Norman
  • Publication number: 20110029455
    Abstract: A system for pricing and/or determining a basket of financial instruments for hedging investment risk in actively managed traded funds is described. The system uses a trusted computer system and includes a computer storage medium storing a computer program product. The product determines a basket of hedging instruments by applying statistical or economic based factor analysis to estimate the NAV or provide a hedging basket to rack actual NAV of an actively managed traded fund.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: NYSE AMEX LLC
    Inventors: Clifford J. WEBER, Carol ALEXANDER, Charles A. BAKER, Jason MACQUEEN, Gary L. GASTINEAU, Terry NORMAN
  • Patent number: 7822678
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for intra-day trading of actively managed exchange traded funds (AMETFs). The invention provides creation and redemption structures for AMETF shares that allow arbitrage, intra-day value estimations for AMETF shares, and hedging portfolios for hedging risks associated with trading AMETF shares, all without requiring disclosure of the specific assets underlying the AMETF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: NYSE Amex LLC
    Inventors: Clifford J. Weber, Carol Alexander, Jason MacQueen, Charles A. Baker, Gary L. Gastineau, Terry Norman
  • Patent number: 7814001
    Abstract: A process for creating a modeling portfolio to model an actively managed exchange traded fund portfolio. The modeling portfolio comprises a first portfolio of securities and a supplemental portfolio of securities. The modeling portfolio does not reveal the actively managed exchange traded fund portfolio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: NYSE Amex LLC
    Inventors: Clifford J. Weber, Carol Alexander, Charles A. Baker, Jason MacQueen, Gary L. Gastineau, Tony Norman
  • Publication number: 20090313178
    Abstract: A system for pricing and/or determining a basket of financial instruments for hedging investment risk in actively managed traded funds is described. The system uses a trusted computer system and includes a computer storage medium storing a computer program product. The product determines a basket of hedging instruments by applying statistical or economic based factor analysis to estimate the NAV or provide a hedging basket to track actual NAV of an actively managed traded fund.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: NYSE ALTERNEXT US LLC
    Inventors: Clifford J. Weber, Carol Alexander, Charles A. Baker, Jason MacQueen, Gary L. Gastineau, Terry Norman
  • Patent number: 7574399
    Abstract: A system for pricing and/or determining a basket of financial instruments for hedging investment risk in actively managed traded funds is described. The system uses a trusted computer system and includes a computer storage medium storing a computer program product. The product determines a basket of hedging instruments by applying statistical or economic based factor analysis to estimate the NAV or provide a hedging basket to track actual NAV of an actively managed traded fund.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: NYSE Alternext US LLC
    Inventors: Clifford J. Weber, Carol Alexander, Charles A. Baker, Jason MacQueen, Gary L. Gastineau, Terry Norman
  • Patent number: 7526445
    Abstract: A method of determining an estimate of the market value of a traded unit of a financial instrument, and apparatus for carrying out the method, said instrument comprising a fund of individually priced securities and the exact composition of said fund being withheld from the market, said method comprising selecting a plurality of mutually independent risk factors, each risk factor being representative of market behaviour estimated to be significant to the price behaviour of the traded unit, obtaining information from a third party holding information regarding the composition of said fund regarding the actual significance of said risk factors to the value of said traded unit, and calculating a value for said traded unit on the basis of said significances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Nyse Alternext US LLC
    Inventors: Jason MacQueen, Gary L. Gastineau, Terry Norman, Clifford J. Weber, Carol Alexander, Charles A. Baker
  • Publication number: 20090043713
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for checking portfolios used to model the behavior of actively managed funds to facilitate intra-day trading of actively managed exchange traded funds (AMETFs) without revealing the fund assets. The invention also provides exchange traded notes based on an underlying actively managed fund without revealing the fund assets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Clifford J. Weber, Scott Ebner, Charles A. Baker, Bonnie Arculli
  • Publication number: 20080313100
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for intra-day trading of actively managed exchange traded funds (AMETFs). The invention provides creation and redemption structures for AMETF shares that allow arbitrage, intra-day value estimations for AMETF shares, and hedging portfolios for hedging risks associated with trading AMETF shares, all without requiring disclosure of the specific assets underlying the AMETF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Clifford J. Weber, Carol Alexander, Jason Macqueen, Charles A. Baker, Gary L. Gastineau, Terry Norman
  • Publication number: 20080177676
    Abstract: A method of determining an estimate of the market value of a traded unit of a financial instrument, and apparatus for carrying out the method, said instrument comprising a fund of individually priced securities and the exact composition of said fund being withheld from the market, said method comprising selecting a plurality of mutually independent risk factors, each risk factor being representative of market behaviour estimated to be significant to the price behaviour of the traded unit, obtaining information from a third party holding information regarding the composition of said fund regarding the actual significance of said risk factors to the value of said traded unit, and calculating a value for said traded unit on the basis of said significances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: The American Stock Exchange, LLC.
    Inventors: Clifford J. Weber, Carol Alexander, Charles A. Baker, Jason MacQueen, Gary L. Gastineau, Terry Norman
  • Patent number: 7305362
    Abstract: A method of determining an estimate of the market value of a traded unit of a financial instrument, and apparatus for carrying out the method, said instrument comprising a fund of individually priced securities and the exact composition of said fund being withheld from the market, said method comprising selecting a plurality of mutually independent risk factors, each risk factor being representative of market behavior estimated to be significant to the price behavior of the traded unit, obtaining information from a third party holding information regarding the composition of said fund regarding the actual significance of said risk factors to the value of said traded unit, and calculating a value for said traded unit on the basis of said significances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: American Stock Exchange, LLC
    Inventors: Clifford J. Weber, Carol Alexander, Charles A. Baker, Jason MacQueen, Gary L. Gastineau, Terry Norman
  • Publication number: 20040186803
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for intra-day trading of actively managed exchange traded funds (AMETFs). The invention provides creation and redemption structures for AMETF shares that allow arbitrage, intra-day value estimations for AMETF shares, and hedging portfolios for hedging risks associated with trading AMETF shares, all without requiring disclosure of the specific assets underlying the AMETF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Clifford J. Weber, Carol Alexander, Jason MacQueen, Charles A. Baker, Gary L. Gastineau, Terry Norman