Patents by Inventor Marc Leppard

Marc Leppard 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).

  • Over the counter traded product and system for offset and contingent trading of commodity contracts
    Patent number: 7831502
    Abstract: A method for facilitating the offset or contingent trading of commodity contracts comprising: providing a futures exchange wherein a futures or option contract based on a first commodity of a commodity type is traded; and automatically registering a trade of the futures or options contract on the futures exchange at a market price for the futures or options contract when an over the counter contract for a second commodity of the commodity type is traded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond James Cummings, Marc Leppard
  • Over the counter traded product and system for offset and contingent trading of commodity contracts
    Patent number: 7539643
    Abstract: A method for facilitating the offset or contingent trading of commodity contracts comprising: providing a futures exchange wherein a futures or option contract based on a first commodity of a commodity type is traded; and automatically registering a trade of the futures or options contract on the futures exchange at a market price for the futures or options contract when an over the counter contract for a second commodity of the commodity type is traded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Intercontinental Exchange
    Inventors: Raymond James Cummings, Marc Leppard
  • OVER THE COUNTER TRADED PRODUCT AND SYSTEM FOR OFFSET AND CONTINGENT TRADING OF COMMODITY CONTRACTS
    Publication number: 20080270284
    Abstract: A method for facilitating the offset or contingent trading of commodity contracts comprising: providing a futures exchange wherein a futures or option contract based on a first commodity of a commodity type is traded; and automatically registering a trade of the futures or options contract on the futures exchange at a market price for the futures or options contract when an over the counter contract for a second commodity of the commodity type is traded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Raymond James Cummings, Marc Leppard
  • Over the counter traded product and system for offset and contingent trading of commodity contracts
    Publication number: 20060253383
    Abstract: A method for facilitating the offset or contingent trading of commodity contracts comprising: providing a futures exchange wherein a futures or option contract based on a first commodity of a commodity type is traded; and automatically registering a trade of the futures or options contract on the futures exchange at a market price for the futures or options contract when an over the counter contract for a second commodity of the commodity type is traded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Raymond Cummings, Marc Leppard