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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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17/364943
Game access device with privileges Jun 30, 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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17/363016
Apparatus and method for streaming video data to viewing terminals Jun 29, 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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17/358809
Non-transitory computer readable medium, information processing method, and game device 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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17/352057
Video modification and transmission Jun 17, 2021 Issued
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17/348499
Enhancing gaming content for previously developed gaming applications Jun 14, 2021 Issued
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17/338162
Program and information processing device Jun 2, 2021 Issued
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17/337169
System and method for wagering based on the movement of financial markets Jun 1, 2021 Issued
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18/012610
OPERATION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS May 26, 2021 Pending
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17/329493
Dynamic spawn assets based on news feeds in a game May 24, 2021 Issued
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17/329047
Gaming through mobile or other devices May 23, 2021 Issued
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17/316613
Systems and methods for gated media access based on collections of unique digital articles May 9, 2021 Issued
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17/307218
Golf instruction method, apparatus and analytics platform May 3, 2021 Issued
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17/246074
Systems and methods for cheat detection in electronic games Apr 29, 2021 Issued
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17/241582
Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having game program stored therein, game system, game processing method, and game apparatus Apr 26, 2021 Issued
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17/231207
Management system of substitute currency for gaming Apr 14, 2021 Issued
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