Patents by Inventor Mike Sweeting

Mike Sweeting 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).

  • Swap crossing system and method
    Patent number: 11941695
    Abstract: An exchange through which swap contracts may be traded. Embodiments may allow a trader to announce a potential crossing before the crossing is requested. The user may then request the crossing between two parties. An announcement window may be kept open through a chaining of announcements. An interloper with a same price but better time than a party to the cross may be kept out of interloping in the cross. A ticker symbol system may list a clearinghouse to be used to execute a requested cross.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: BGC PARTNERS, INC.
    Inventors: Rich Jaycobs, Howard W. Lutnick, Mike Sweeting
  • SWAP CROSSING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20220391981
    Abstract: An exchange through which swap contracts may be traded. Embodiments may allow a trader to announce a potential crossing before the crossing is requested. The user may then request the crossing between two parties. An announcement window may be kept open through a chaining of announcements. An interloper with a same price but better time than a party to the cross may be kept out of interloping in the cross. A ticker symbol system may list a clearinghouse to be used to execute a requested cross.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Rich Jaycobs, Howard W. Lutnick, Mike Sweeting
  • Swap crossing system and method
    Patent number: 11416928
    Abstract: An exchange through which swap contracts may be traded. Embodiments may allow a trader to announce a potential crossing before the crossing is requested. The user may then request the crossing between two parties. An announcement window may be kept open through a chaining of announcements. An interloper with a same price but better time than a party to the cross may be kept out of interloping in the cross. A ticker symbol system may list a clearinghouse to be used to execute a requested cross.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: BGC PARTNERS, INC.
    Inventors: Rich Jaycobs, Howard W. Lutnick, Mike Sweeting
  • SWAP CROSSING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150120525
    Abstract: An exchange through which swap contracts may be traded. Embodiments may allow a trader to announce a potential crossing before the crossing is requested. The user may then request the crossing between two parties. An announcement window may be kept open through a chaining of announcements. An interloper with a same price but better time than a party to the cross may be kept out of interloping in the cross. A ticker symbol system may list a clearinghouse to be used to execute a requested cross.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Rich Jaycobs, Howard W. Lutnick, Mike Sweeting