Patents by Inventor Evan Martin

Evan Martin 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).

  • Employee stock option appreciation rights securities auction process
    Patent number: 7962397
    Abstract: An online auction process for derivative securities is used to determine a fair market value of an asset or benefit provided to others, such as employee stock options. In one embodiment, the derivative securities track the intrinsic value realized by employees when exercising the employee stock options granted to them by their employers. The derivative securities may include rules for handling modifications to an employee stock option grant and/or rules for handling forfeitures of some or all of the employee stock options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Zions Bancorporation
    Inventors: William David Hemingway, James G. Livingston, Evan Martin Hill, Rick Davis Burtenshaw, Gary Bernard Hansen, Eric John Pehrson, Larry Ross Denham, Ronald C. Hanks, James Reed Cooper, James Brady Palmer, Robert Lynn Bartleson, Jonathan Eric Bacon, Shelene Brown, Richard J. Sullivan, Nick Robert Watne, Henry Conrad Wurts, Doyle L. Arnold, Thomas E. Laursen
  • Hydraulic control unit transponder card
    Patent number: 6650722
    Abstract: A transponder card for a nuclear reactor control rod drive control system is provided. The control system includes a control processor and a plurality of electrical devices operationally coupled to the control processor. The transponder card is configured to receive commands from the control processor, energize an appropriate electrical device when commanded, detect a failure in control circuitry of the transponder card, send a failure alarm, and remove power from an electrical device during a control circuitry failure event when there is no command to energize the electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Michael Steiner, Steven Dale Sawyer, Craig Miles Smith, Leonid Boris Sheikman, Vernon Evans Martin, Craig Ernest Leighty
  • HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT TRANSPONDER CARD
    Publication number: 20030202625
    Abstract: A transponder card for a nuclear reactor control rod drive control system is provided. The control system includes a control processor and a plurality of electrical devices operationally coupled to the control processor. The transponder card is configured to receive commands from the control processor, energize an appropriate electrical device when commanded, detect a failure in control circuitry of the transponder card, send a failure alarm, and remove power from an electrical device during a control circuitry failure event when there is no command to energize the electrical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: William Michael Steiner, Steven Dale Sawyer, Craig Miles Smith, Leonid Boris Sheikman, Vernon Evans Martin, Craig Ernest Leighty
  • Solar charger
    Patent number: D658121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Inventor: Zachary Evan Martin
  • Employee stock option appreciation rights securities auction process
    Patent number: RE43769
    Abstract: An online auction process for derivative securities is used to determine a fair market value of an asset or benefit provided to others, such as employee stock options. In one embodiment, the derivative securities track the intrinsic value realized by employees when exercising the employee stock options granted to them by their employers. The derivative securities may include rules for handling modifications to an employee stock option grant and/or rules for handling forfeitures of some or all of the employee stock options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Zions Bancorporation
    Inventors: William David Hemingway, James G. Livingston, Evan Martin Hill, Rick Davis Burtenshaw, Gary Bernard Hansen, Eric John Pehrson, Larry Ross Denham, Ronald C. Hanks, James Reed Cooper, James Brady Palmer, Robert Lynn Bartleson, Jonathan Eric Bacon, Shelene Brown, Richard J. Sullivan, Nick Robert Watne, Henry Conrad Wurts, Doyle L. Arnold, Thomas E. Laursen
  • Estimating a value of an asset using a derivative securities auction process
    Patent number: RE43986
    Abstract: An online auction process for derivative securities is used to determine a fair market value of an asset or benefit provided to others, such as employee stock options. In one embodiment, the derivative securities track the intrinsic value realized by employees when exercising the employee stock options granted to them by their employers. The derivative securities may include rules for handling modifications to an employee stock option grant and/or rules for handling forfeitures of some or all of the employee stock options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Zions Bancorporation
    Inventors: William David Hemingway, James G. Livingston, Evan Martin Hill, Rick Davis Burtenshaw, Gary Bernard Hansen, Eric John Pehrson, Larry Ross Denham, Ronald C. Hanks, James Reed Cooper, James Brady Palmer, Robert Lynn Bartleson, Jonathan Eric Bacon, Shelene Brown, Richard J. Sullivan, Nick Robert Watne, Henry Conrad Wurts, Doyle L. Arnold, Thomas E. Laursen