Patents by Inventor Glen Nickle

Glen Nickle 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: 20260065367
    Abstract: A cryptographic asset trading system comprises circuitry configured to: receive creation request for share(s) of digital fund token serving as digital representation of fund of assets, creation request comprising digital signature of first cryptographic key associated with first account; in response to receiving creation request: place respective quantity of each of plurality of different assets represented by share(s) of digital fund token into escrow account associated with cryptographic asset trading system as collateral for digital fund token; create and transfer digital fund token to first account by cryptographically signing digital fund token with second cryptographic key associated with cryptographic asset trading system; and record creation and transfer of digital fund token to first account on distributed ledger thereby requiring cryptographic signing with first cryptographic key associated with first account to: (i) redeem digital fund token from first account or (ii) transfer digital fund token fr
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: tZERO IP, LLC
    Inventors: Alec Wilkins, Robert Christensen, John Wesley Welborn, John Tabacco, Glen Nickle
  • Patent number: 12469079
    Abstract: An asset trading system utilizing a distributed ledger and configured to: when a creation request to create a digital fund token representing at least one share of a fund having a plurality of different assets (i) is received, (ii) is electronically signed with a private key associated with a first addressed account, and (iii) indicates a composition of the at least one share of the fund: place the plurality of different assets represented by the at least one share of the fund into an escrow account; create the digital fund token, wherein the digital fund token indicates the composition of the share of the fund; and record the creation of the digital fund token on a distributed ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: tZERO IP, LLC
    Inventors: Alec Wilkins, Robert Christensen, John Wesley Welborn, John Tabacco, Glen Nickle
  • Publication number: 20230306513
    Abstract: An asset trading system utilizing a distributed ledger and configured to: when a creation request to create a digital fund token representing at least one share of a fund having a plurality of different assets (i) is received, (ii) is electronically signed with a private key associated with a first addressed account, and (iii) indicates a composition of the at least one share of the fund: place the plurality of different assets represented by the at least one share of the fund into an escrow account; create the digital fund token, wherein the digital fund token indicates the composition of the share of the fund; and record the creation of the digital fund token on a distributed ledger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: tZERO IP, LLC
    Inventors: Alec Wilkins, Robert Christensen, John Wesley Welborn, John Tabacco, Glen Nickle
  • Patent number: 11704733
    Abstract: An asset trading system utilizing a distributed ledger and configured to: when a creation request to create a digital fund token representing at least one share of a fund having a plurality of different assets (i) is received, (ii) is electronically signed with a private key associated with a first addressed account, and (iii) indicates a composition of the at least one share of the fund: place the plurality of different assets represented by the at least one share of the fund into an escrow account; create the digital fund token, wherein the digital fund token indicates the composition of the share of the fund; and record the creation of the digital fund token on a distributed ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: tZERO IP, LLC
    Inventors: Alec Wilkins, Robert Christensen, John Wesley Welborn, John Tabacco, Glen Nickle
  • Publication number: 20170109744
    Abstract: An asset trading system utilizing a distributed ledger and configured to: when a creation request to create a digital fund token representing at least one share of a fund having a plurality of different assets (i) is received, (ii) is electronically signed with a private key associated with a first addressed account, and (iii) indicates a composition of the at least one share of the fund: place the plurality of different assets represented by the at least one share of the fund into an escrow account; create the digital fund token, wherein the digital fund token indicates the composition of the share of the fund; and record the creation of the digital fund token on a distributed ledger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Alec Wilkins, Robert Christensen, John Wesley Welborn, John Tabacco, Glen Nickle