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Eric M. Thomas

Examiner (ID: 643, Phone: (571)272-1699 , Office: P/3714 )

Most Active Art Unit
3715
Art Unit(s)
3714, 3715
Total Applications
881
Issued Applications
545
Pending Applications
97
Abandoned Applications
248

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/567038
GAME INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE MEDIUM Mar 13, 2022 Pending
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17/686731
Method and apparatus for providing a computer implemented application Mar 3, 2022 Issued
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18/549598
INFORMATION SENDING METHOD, INFORMATION SENDING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DEVICE Feb 24, 2022 Pending
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18/006296
METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM Feb 10, 2022 Abandoned
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17/590194
System and method for race configuration and tracking Jan 31, 2022 Issued
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17/584079
Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein information processing program, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method Jan 24, 2022 Issued
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17/582789
Systems and methods for a table game using a special deck of cards and a conventional deck of cards Jan 23, 2022 Issued
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17/647590
Competitive event based reward distribution system Jan 9, 2022 Issued
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17/645861
Methods and systems for generating and managing active objects in video games Dec 22, 2021 Issued
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17/549849
Automated tracking of earned in-game actions for granting an NFT backed digital asset Dec 12, 2021 Issued
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17/546444
Free-in / free-out style game program Dec 8, 2021 Issued
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17/643443
Methods and systems for dynamically selecting and modifying digital assets within game elements of a multiplayer video game Dec 8, 2021 Issued
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17/545660
Non-transitory computer-readable medium and video game processing system Dec 7, 2021 Issued
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17/538260
Wrist worn monitoring device Nov 29, 2021 Issued
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17/537083
Systems and methods for modular electronic gaming machines Nov 28, 2021 Issued
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17/533273
Method and apparatus for providing a computer implemented game Nov 22, 2021 Issued
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17/456027
COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND GAME SYSTEM Nov 21, 2021 Abandoned
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17/531354
Program, information processing method, information processing device, and server Nov 18, 2021 Issued
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17/526045
Bet contract exchange Nov 14, 2021 Issued
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17/513113
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GATED MEDIA ACCESS BASED ON COLLECTIONS OF UNIQUE DIGITAL ARTICLES Oct 27, 2021 Abandoned
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