Patents by Inventor Philip A. Cooper

Philip A. Cooper 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).

  • Generating and providing information about expected future prices of assets
    Patent number: 8352348
    Abstract: Data are received that represents current prices of options on a given asset. An estimate is derived from the data of a corresponding implied probability distribution of the price of the asset at a future time. Information about the probability distribution is made available within a time frame that is useful to investors, for example, promptly after the current option price information becomes available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Athena Capital Advisors, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip A. Cooper, Lisette Cooper, Stewart Myers, G. David Forney, Jr., Leonard L. Scott, Jr.
  • Generating And Providing Information About Expected Future Prices of Assets
    Publication number: 20110231338
    Abstract: Data are received that represents current prices of options on a given asset. An estimate is derived from the data of a corresponding implied probability distribution of the price of the asset at a future time. Information about the probability distribution is made available within a time frame that is useful to investors, for example, promptly after the current option price information becomes available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Philip A. Cooper, Lisette Cooper, Stewart Myers, G. David Forney, JR., Leonard L. Scott, JR.
  • Deriving a probability distribution of a value of an asset at a future time
    Patent number: 7930232
    Abstract: Data are received that represents current prices of options on a given asset. An estimate is derived from the data of a corresponding implied probability distribution of the price of the asset at a future time. Information about the probability distribution is made available within a time frame that is useful to investors, for example, promptly after the current option price information becomes available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Athena Capital Advisors, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip A. Cooper, Stewart Myers, G. David Forney, Jr., Leonard L. Scott, Jr., Lisette Cooper
  • Deriving a probability distribution of a value of an asset at a future time
    Patent number: 7555454
    Abstract: Data are received that represents current prices of options on a given asset. An estimate is derived from the data of a corresponding implied probability distribution of the price of the asset at a future time. Information about the probability distribution is made available within a time frame that is useful to investors, for example, promptly after the current option price information becomes available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Athena Capital Advisors, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip A. Cooper, Lisette Cooper, Stewart Myers, G. David Forney, Jr., Leonard L. Scott, Jr.
  • DERIVING A PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION OF A VALUE OF AN ASSET AT A FUTURE TIME
    Publication number: 20080270322
    Abstract: Data are received that represents current prices of options on a given asset. An estimate is derived from the data of a corresponding implied probability distribution of the price of the asset at a future time. Information about the probability distribution is made available within a time frame that is useful to investors, for example, promptly after the current option price information becomes available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Athena Capital Advisors, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip A. Cooper, Lisette Cooper, Stewart Myers, G. David Forney, Leonard L. Scott
  • Deriving a probability distribution of a value of an asset at a future time
    Patent number: 7236953
    Abstract: Data are received that represents current prices of options on a given asset. An estimate is derived from the data of a corresponding implied probability distribution of the price of the asset at a future time. Information about the probability distribution is made available within a time frame that is useful to investors, for example, promptly after the current option price information becomes available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Athena Capital Advisors, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip A. Cooper, Lisette Cooper, Stewart Myers, G. David Forney, Jr., Leonard L. Scott, Jr.