Patents by Inventor Nick Robert Watne

Nick Robert Watne 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).

  • Employee stock option appreciation rights securities auction process
    Patent number: 7962397
    Abstract: An online auction process for derivative securities is used to determine a fair market value of an asset or benefit provided to others, such as employee stock options. In one embodiment, the derivative securities track the intrinsic value realized by employees when exercising the employee stock options granted to them by their employers. The derivative securities may include rules for handling modifications to an employee stock option grant and/or rules for handling forfeitures of some or all of the employee stock options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Zions Bancorporation
    Inventors: William David Hemingway, James G. Livingston, Evan Martin Hill, Rick Davis Burtenshaw, Gary Bernard Hansen, Eric John Pehrson, Larry Ross Denham, Ronald C. Hanks, James Reed Cooper, James Brady Palmer, Robert Lynn Bartleson, Jonathan Eric Bacon, Shelene Brown, Richard J. Sullivan, Nick Robert Watne, Henry Conrad Wurts, Doyle L. Arnold, Thomas E. Laursen
  • Employee stock option appreciation rights securities auction process
    Patent number: RE43769
    Abstract: An online auction process for derivative securities is used to determine a fair market value of an asset or benefit provided to others, such as employee stock options. In one embodiment, the derivative securities track the intrinsic value realized by employees when exercising the employee stock options granted to them by their employers. The derivative securities may include rules for handling modifications to an employee stock option grant and/or rules for handling forfeitures of some or all of the employee stock options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Zions Bancorporation
    Inventors: William David Hemingway, James G. Livingston, Evan Martin Hill, Rick Davis Burtenshaw, Gary Bernard Hansen, Eric John Pehrson, Larry Ross Denham, Ronald C. Hanks, James Reed Cooper, James Brady Palmer, Robert Lynn Bartleson, Jonathan Eric Bacon, Shelene Brown, Richard J. Sullivan, Nick Robert Watne, Henry Conrad Wurts, Doyle L. Arnold, Thomas E. Laursen
  • Estimating a value of an asset using a derivative securities auction process
    Patent number: RE43986
    Abstract: An online auction process for derivative securities is used to determine a fair market value of an asset or benefit provided to others, such as employee stock options. In one embodiment, the derivative securities track the intrinsic value realized by employees when exercising the employee stock options granted to them by their employers. The derivative securities may include rules for handling modifications to an employee stock option grant and/or rules for handling forfeitures of some or all of the employee stock options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Zions Bancorporation
    Inventors: William David Hemingway, James G. Livingston, Evan Martin Hill, Rick Davis Burtenshaw, Gary Bernard Hansen, Eric John Pehrson, Larry Ross Denham, Ronald C. Hanks, James Reed Cooper, James Brady Palmer, Robert Lynn Bartleson, Jonathan Eric Bacon, Shelene Brown, Richard J. Sullivan, Nick Robert Watne, Henry Conrad Wurts, Doyle L. Arnold, Thomas E. Laursen