Patents by Inventor Robert E. Levitz

Robert E. Levitz 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).

  • Transaction Payment Instrument
    Publication number: 20090076941
    Abstract: A transaction payment instrument, used in purchasing a retail quantity of a fungible commodity; the instrument comprising (I) a prepaid commodity portion and (II) a promissory cash-equivalent portion. Preferably, the prepaid commodities portion is backed by futures and/or options for the fungible commodity. The promissory cash-equivalent portion is cash, check, credit card, cash card, prepaid commodity unit card, proof of identity for conducting a commercial transaction, or the likes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Daniel H. Schneierson, Robert E. Levitz