Patents by Inventor Ingrid Mele

Ingrid Mele 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).

  • Cash-settled commodity futures contracts
    Publication number: 20050154660
    Abstract: A futures contract in accordance with the principles of the present invention is a cash-settled correspondent to a physical delivery commodity futures contract that mirrors a physical delivery mechanism utilized to settle the corresponding physical-delivery commodity futures contract. A futures contract of the present invention references a basket of deliverable-grade commodities corresponding to a deliverable basket for a corresponding physical-delivery commodity futures contract. A futures contract of the present invention obeys the same schedule for last trading day and expiration as a corresponding physical delivery commodity futures contract. A futures contract of the present invention has tick sizes that may or may not differ from a corresponding physical delivery commodity futures contract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Frederick Sturm, Ingrid Mele, Eugene Mueller