Patents by Inventor John Cristofich

John Cristofich 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).

  • Stock option control and exercise system
    Patent number: 6269346
    Abstract: A system and method for managing a plurality of stock option accounts each for a plurality of participants. The system invokes a particular option plan defined in the system that governs the transaction choices available to each participant. The governing option plans are defined by the sponsoring company in terms of grant, vest and expiration date for the option contracts, and are defined in the system via a database of option holding information for each participant and an axiomatic rule system defining the criteria under which a given participant can exercise given options under the particular plan. The system implements the plans for multiple client companies providing several distinct modes for option exercise by the participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
    Inventors: John Cristofich, Susan Warner, Deborah Howard, Karen Berkley
  • Stock option control and exercise system
    Patent number: 6173270
    Abstract: A system and method for managing a plurality of stock option accounts each for a plurality of participants. The system invokes a particular option plan defined in the system that governs the transaction choices available to each participants The governing option plans are defined by the sponsoring company in terms of grant, vest and expiration date for the option contracts, and are defined in the system via a database of option holding information for each participant and an axiomatic rule system defining the criteria under which a given participant can exercise given options under the particular plan. The system implements the plans for multiple client companies providing several distinct modes for option exercise by the participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
    Inventors: John Cristofich, Susan Warner, Deborah Howard, Karen Berkley, Eric Radcliffe