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Eric M. Thomas

Examiner (ID: 10486)

Most Active Art Unit
3715
Art Unit(s)
3714, 3715
Total Applications
873
Issued Applications
545
Pending Applications
90
Abandoned Applications
248

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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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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17/472208
GAME SYSTEM, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Sep 9, 2021 Abandoned
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17/471910
Game apparatus, game system, recording medium, and game control method Sep 9, 2021 Issued
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17/465058
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
Array ( [id] => 18963168 [patent_doc_number] => 11896908 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-02-13 [patent_title] => Systems and methods for combining permanent registry information and in-game activity information to determine release logistics [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/458176 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-08-26 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 15071 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 346 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17458176 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
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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17/364943
Game access device with privileges Jun 30, 2021 Issued
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17/363016
Apparatus and method for streaming video data to viewing terminals Jun 29, 2021 Issued
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17/364155
METHODS, APPARATUSES, DEVICES AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR PROCESSING GAME STATES Jun 29, 2021 Abandoned
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17/358809
Non-transitory computer readable medium, information processing method, and game device Jun 24, 2021 Issued
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17/358136
System and method for slot machine game associated with market line wagers Jun 24, 2021 Issued
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17/356072
Gaming system and method for providing overlapping display of symbols from different games Jun 22, 2021 Issued
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17/354768
Gaming system and method for providing overlapping display of symbols from different games Jun 21, 2021 Issued
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17/352050
Video modification and transmission Jun 17, 2021 Issued
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