Financing method incorporating new use of trade acceptance drafts
Patent 5694552 Issued on December 2, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date: July 24, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
A new method of using a trade acceptance draft TAD which is a financial instrument executed by a maker which is for a specific amount payable on a predetermined future date and drawn upon a specific account of the maker maintained at a specific bank. The maker as a first party sends a TAD to a second party as payment of a debt owned to the second party by the first party. The second party upon receipt endorses the TAD to a third party. The second party sells the endorsed TAD to the third party and delivers the endorsed TAD to the third party whereby the third party receives the endorsed TAD as a holder in due course.
Other References
Gordon Platt, The Journal of Commerce Financing Trade Column, The Journal of Commerce, Dec. 8, 1993, Aug. 199