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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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17/004089
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having information processing program stored therein, and information processing method Aug 26, 2020 Issued
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16/993537
Upgrade symbol collection for skill-based games in a gaming system Aug 13, 2020 Issued
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16/944225
Management system of substitute currency for gaming Jul 30, 2020 Issued
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16/933986
System and Method for a Virtual Stock Market Sharing and Trading Game Jul 19, 2020 Abandoned
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16/933721
Method for displaying battle interface in terminal, device, and storage medium thereof Jul 19, 2020 Issued
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16/931262
Virtual backpack interface Jul 15, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17334953 [patent_doc_number] => 20220001284 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-01-06 [patent_title] => AUGMENTED GAMING WITH ITEM GIFTING AND ONLINE GAMEPLAY [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/918964 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-07-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 7925 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 121 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16918964 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/918964
Augmented gaming with item gifting and online gameplay Jun 30, 2020 Issued
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16/913015
Systems and methods for dynamically generating and modulating music based on gaming events, player profiles and/or player reactions Jun 25, 2020 Issued
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16/906843
Methods and systems for improving spectator engagement in a video game Jun 18, 2020 Issued
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16/904532
System and method for progressive enhancement of in-app augmented reality advertising Jun 16, 2020 Issued
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16/889708
Codification and cueing system for sport and vocational activities May 31, 2020 Issued
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16/883011
Visual Display Unit May 25, 2020 Abandoned
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16/871304
System and method for toy adoption and marketing May 10, 2020 Issued
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16/867485
THRESHOLD TRIGGERED INTERLEAVED WAGERING SYSTEM May 4, 2020 Abandoned
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16/841659
Communication network for gaming rewards Apr 5, 2020 Issued
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16/836588
Low-complexity reel symbol replacement strategy with clustering Mar 30, 2020 Issued
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16/816165
Server load prediction and advanced performance measures Mar 10, 2020 Issued
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16/811773
Unlocking game content based on amounts of collaborative gameplay Mar 5, 2020 Issued
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16/803694
Bet contract exchange Feb 26, 2020 Issued
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16/787478
LOCKSTEP CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURE Feb 10, 2020 Abandoned
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