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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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17/507889
Audio mixing and equalization in gaming systems Oct 21, 2021 Issued
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17/500516
System and method for displaying numerical attributes of a user activity in real time Oct 12, 2021 Issued
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17/491428
System and method for incentivizing user participation in video games Sep 29, 2021 Issued
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17/449575
Non-transitory computer-readable medium and video game processing system Sep 29, 2021 Issued
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17/487825
Patch and bulk operations for a legacy game Sep 27, 2021 Issued
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17/485326
Authenticating Individuals Based on Game Decisions and Behaviors Sep 24, 2021 Abandoned
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17/448824
Systems and methods to enable administrators to incentivize in-game user behaviors and in-game user activities via group agreements that govern user groups within an online game Sep 23, 2021 Issued
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17/477344
Video game controller with social networking Sep 15, 2021 Issued
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17/472625
NFT framework for transferring and using digital assets between game platforms Sep 10, 2021 Issued
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17/471910
Game apparatus, game system, recording medium, and game control method Sep 9, 2021 Issued
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17/472208
GAME SYSTEM, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Sep 9, 2021 Abandoned
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17/465058
Method and apparatus for providing information related to interaction between users in game Sep 1, 2021 Issued
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17/459105
User input method and apparatus Aug 26, 2021 Issued
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17/458176
Systems and methods for combining permanent registry information and in-game activity information to determine release logistics Aug 25, 2021 Issued
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17/458155
Systems and methods for using permanent registry information to predict player churn Aug 25, 2021 Issued
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17/411655
Health and wellness gamification Aug 24, 2021 Issued
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17/393907
System and method for utilizing mobile device to track gaming data Aug 3, 2021 Issued
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17/386468
Delivery of spectator feedback content to virtual reality environments provided by head mounted display Jul 26, 2021 Issued
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17/383938
Game program, computer control method, and computer Jul 22, 2021 Issued
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17/379347
Shared augmented reality game within a shared coordinate space Jul 18, 2021 Issued
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