×

Method for Managing Markets for Commodities Using Fractional Forward Derivative

  • US 20080097888A1
  • Filed: 10/07/2005
  • Published: 04/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method for managing a market for trading of a commodity having an inventory that is variable and unpredictable at a future date, the method comprising:

  • creating a plurality of fractional forward contracts for transferring one or more portions of the inventory from a first party to at least one second party at a per portion price at a specified future date, wherein the one or more portions comprises a specified fraction of the inventory that is available to the first party over a pre-determined period of time at the future date; and

    providing a trading exchange for trading the plurality of fractional forward contracts.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×