Patents by Inventor Stephen B. Kass

Stephen B. Kass 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: 20240066910
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for identifying the authenticity of collectibles including sport and non-sport card collectibles. The apparatus comprises a marking device that places a mark on the collectible that is a unique characteristic of the collectible that authenticates the collectible as being an original collectible created, produced, or manufactured at a specific location, time or by the person or entity identified as such on the collectible. The original mark will remain attached to the collectible forever with the use of Blockchain and/or NFT technology. The original mark may be used to located the collectible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen B. Kass, Greg Harrison, Scot Maxwell, Matthew R. Cook, Michael B. Cook, Mark N. Cook, Max Korbel
  • Publication number: 20100241537
    Abstract: A system and method for transferring credit accounts over a network include steps and means for receiving search criteria from a user, searching a credit account database for available credit accounts based on the search criteria, providing results of the searching to the user, the results including a summary of available credit accounts and a purchase price for each available credit account, receiving a selection of at least one of the available credit accounts from the user, calculating a total purchase price for the selected at least one of the available credit accounts, receiving a purchase request from the user corresponding to the selected at least one of the available credit accounts, providing an invoice to the user for the total purchase price, receiving a payment from the user in response to the invoice; and in response to the received payment, removing the selected credit accounts from the credit account database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: CreditMax LLC
    Inventors: Stephen B. Kass, Michael E. Bernstein, Kevin Davis
  • Publication number: 20100161459
    Abstract: A system is provided for comprehensive debt management. Debt is typically acquired in the form of portfolios from the issuers of debit (e.g., creditors, such as credit card banks), which are referenced herein as “primary issuers” of debt. The custodian of the present invention is the acquiring party and is referenced as the “secondary issuer” of debt. Such portfolios are normally expansive and may cover a very large geographically region, such as the state of Texas. The system can parse the debt and assign any portion thereof to collection agencies or even directly to individual collectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: CreditMax LLC
    Inventors: Stephen B. Kass, Michael E. Bernstein, Kevin Davis