Patents by Inventor Robert S. Tull, JR.

Robert S. Tull, JR. 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).

  • Publication number: 20160180462
    Abstract: Methodologies and systems for creating and trading non-disclosed exchange traded funds (“NDETFs”) that provide a means for market makers to monitor trading prices on public exchanges and to create a hedge on the non-disclosed securities that relate to a difference in value of two portfolio composition files (“PCF”), is disclosed. In one embodiment, the NDETF creates a standard PCF used to calculate an indicative intraday value, IIV1, of the ETF. A second PCF, being a pro-rata portion of the holdings of the NDETF at trade date minus one, is formed to calculate a second indicative intraday value, IIV2. The methodology determines the difference between IIV1 and IIV2 which is then used by market makers to create competitive bid/offer spreads on the NDETF and to create a hedge to manage intraday risk between the two IIVs. The final value of NDETF creation and redemption unit is determined after market close.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventor: Robert S. Tull, JR.