Patents by Inventor Garrett D. Melby

Garrett D. Melby 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).

  • Method and System for Structuring The Ownership of an Investment
    Publication number: 20130036072
    Abstract: A method of structuring ownership of an invention including the steps of receiving an investment commitment and a capital contribution from at least one investor, investing the capital contribution in a portfolio company, assigning a set of securities to the at least one investor based upon the capital contribution, the set of securities comprising a plurality of strips, and providing one or more of the plurality of strips to the at least one investor, wherein each of the plurality of strips is defined as a portion of the capital contribution and wherein at least one of the strips is dedicated for donation by the investor to at least one charity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventor: Garrett D. Melby
  • Method and system for structuring the ownership of an investment
    Patent number: 8285631
    Abstract: A method of structuring ownership of an invention including the steps of receiving an investment commitment and a capital contribution from at least one investor, investing the capital contribution in a portfolio company, assigning a set of securities to the at least one investor based upon the capital contribution, the set of securities comprising a plurality of strips, and providing one or more of the plurality of strips to the at least one investor, wherein each of the plurality of strips is defined as a portion of the capital contribution and wherein at least one of the strips is dedicated for donation by the investor to at least one charity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Inventor: Garrett D. Melby
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STRUCTURING THE OWNERSHIP OF AN INVESTMENT
    Publication number: 20100010927
    Abstract: A method of structuring ownership of an invention including the steps of receiving an investment commitment and a capital contribution from at least one investor, investing the capital contribution in a portfolio company, assigning a set of securities to the at least one investor based upon the capital contribution, the set of securities comprising a plurality of strips, and providing one or more of the plurality of strips to the at least one investor, wherein each of the plurality of strips is defined as a portion of the capital contribution and wherein at least one of the strips is dedicated for donation by the investor to at least one charity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: IOLITE CAPITAL, LLC
    Inventor: Garrett D. Melby