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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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17/721422
E-gaming enhanced user experience Apr 14, 2022 Issued
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17/713917
Method and apparatus for displaying virtual item, device, and storage medium Apr 4, 2022 Issued
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17/712926
System and method for video game matchmaking with match authentication Apr 3, 2022 Issued
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17/710308
Game processing program, game processing method, and game processing device Mar 30, 2022 Issued
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17/707971
Image processing program, image processing method, and image processing apparatus Mar 29, 2022 Issued
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18/845960
MULTI-PART CONTROL ADAPTER FOR AN INPUT APPARATUS Mar 27, 2022 Pending
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17/706388
Unlocking game content based on amounts of collaborative gameplay Mar 27, 2022 Issued
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17/705493
ONLINE GAME Mar 27, 2022 Abandoned
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17/656084
Facilitating play of game NFTs via a client device Mar 22, 2022 Issued
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17/656190
Playtesting coverage with curiosity driven reinforcement learning agents Mar 22, 2022 Issued
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17/698654
Electronic device for facilitating user interactions with graphical user interface Mar 17, 2022 Issued
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17/697500
Machine learning based gaming platform messaging risk management using gamer behavior Mar 16, 2022 Issued
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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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