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Method and apparatus for generating a weather index

CA 2471377 A1 · Owner: Johnson, Daniel G. · Inventors: Johnson, Daniel G.; Parker, Daniel J.

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A tradable investment index and method for weather futures comprised of , weather data transformed using thesteps of extracting historical weather data including weather measures such as precipitation wind speed,temperature and , sunshine hours providing the weather data to a computer database operating , on the values inthe database using a computer and software program and , transforming the resulting set into an index which istradable in the , financial, weather derivative or insurance markets.

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  • Filed December 13, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 13, 2022.
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FiledDecember 13, 2002
GrantedNo grant recorded
Term endedDecember 13, 2022
Patent numberCA 2471377 A1
Classification (IPC)G06F17/18 +2 more

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