Patents by Inventor Robert Scott Nieboer

Robert Scott Nieboer 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).

  • Patent number: 7089204
    Abstract: A process and system that maximizes the sale price of a set of fungible items by allowing multiple independent parties to input purchase or sale orders for the items, which orders may be either dependent on or independent of the results of the maximization of the sale price of another set of fungible items for which multiple independent parties input purchase and sale orders that may be dependent on or independent of the results of the price maximization of a third set of items and where the price maximization of the secondary set of items may be dependent upon the result of the maximization of the first set of items and the maximization of the sale price of the third set of fungible items for which multiple independent parties input purchase and sale orders may be dependent upon the maximization of the sale price of the secondary set of items; thus allowing the sale price of up the three sets of fungible items to be interdependent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: 5th Market, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Scott Nieboer, Pedro (Peter) V. Balcarce, Ivan N. Zhidov, Micah James Eldred, Vishnu V. Ram, Sreekanth Vemulapalli
  • Patent number: 7024387
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of automatically and anonymously buying and selling positions in fungible properties between subscribers. The specific embodiment described in the disclosure relates to the buying and selling of securities or contracts where the offer to purchase or sell the property may be conditioned upon factors such as the ability to purchase or sell other property or the actual purchase or sale of other property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Scott Nieboer, Pedro V. Balcarce, Ivan N. Zhidov, Micah James Eldred
  • Patent number: 6418419
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of automatically and anonymously buying and selling positions in fungible properties between subscribers. The specific embodiment described in the disclosure relates to the buying and selling of securities or contracts where the offer to purchase or sell the property may be conditioned upon factors such as the ability to purchase or sell other property or the actual purchase or sale of other property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: 5th Market, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Scott Nieboer, Pedro V. Balcarce, Ivan N. Zhidov, Micah James Eldred