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Michael A. Cuff

Examiner (ID: 7299, Phone: (571)272-6778 , Office: P/3716 )

Most Active Art Unit
3715
Art Unit(s)
3627, 3715, 3611, 2167, 3741, 3783, 3716
Total Applications
1253
Issued Applications
905
Pending Applications
128
Abandoned Applications
242

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/800882
Multi-player gaming system having an eligibility-based feature game Feb 24, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16589513 [patent_doc_number] => 10898757 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-01-26 [patent_title] => Three dimensional object tracking using combination of radar speed data and two dimensional image data [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/795451 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-02-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 15368 [patent_no_of_claims] => 30 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 186 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16795451 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/795451
Three dimensional object tracking using combination of radar speed data and two dimensional image data Feb 18, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 15991047 [patent_doc_number] => 20200171394 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-06-04 [patent_title] => Virtual Reality Presentation of Real World Space [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/787897 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-02-11 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 11167 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 224 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16787897 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/787897
Virtual reality presentation of real world space Feb 10, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19903321 [patent_doc_number] => 12280308 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-04-22 [patent_title] => Intra-vehicle games [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/429293 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-02-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 35 [patent_figures_cnt] => 47 [patent_no_of_words] => 32408 [patent_no_of_claims] => 24 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 174 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17429293 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/429293
Intra-vehicle games Feb 6, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17014345 [patent_doc_number] => 11083965 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-08-10 [patent_title] => Methodology for equalizing systemic latencies in television reception in connection with games of skill played in connection with live television programming [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/785384 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-02-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 8388 [patent_no_of_claims] => 76 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 113 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16785384 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/785384
Methodology for equalizing systemic latencies in television reception in connection with games of skill played in connection with live television programming Feb 6, 2020 Issued
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16/782167
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system Feb 4, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17010407 [patent_doc_number] => 20210241568 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-08-05 [patent_title] => ELECTRONIC CASINO GAME AND METHOD [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/779623 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-02-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 6704 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 0 [patent_words_short_claim] => 281 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16779623 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/779623
ELECTRONIC CASINO GAME AND METHOD Feb 1, 2020 Abandoned
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16/773754
Systems and methods for a network-based video game application Jan 26, 2020 Issued
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16/744086
Spectators vote to bench players in a video game Jan 14, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17044024 [patent_doc_number] => 11097184 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-08-24 [patent_title] => Information handling system controller illumination [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/731414 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-12-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 32 [patent_figures_cnt] => 46 [patent_no_of_words] => 15032 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 91 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16731414 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/731414
Information handling system controller illumination Dec 30, 2019 Issued
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16/727295
Game system, method of providing information related to match-up game, and method of executing match-up game Dec 25, 2019 Issued
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17/787859
EQUILIBRIUM CALCULATION APPARATUS, EQUILIBRIUM CALCULATION METHOD AND PROGRAM Dec 23, 2019 Abandoned
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16/719917
Shooting game control method and game system Dec 17, 2019 Issued
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16/713434
Technique for controlling virtual image generation system using emotional states of user Dec 12, 2019 Issued
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16/710146
Transferring awards via optical machine readable data representation images Dec 10, 2019 Issued
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16/710181
Transferring awards via optical machine readable data representation images Dec 10, 2019 Issued
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16/710200
Transferring awards via optical machine readable data representation images Dec 10, 2019 Issued
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16/705895
Dice recognition device and method of recognizing dice Dec 5, 2019 Issued
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16/696964
Sharing gameplay in cloud gaming environments Nov 25, 2019 Issued
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16/679779
Systems and methods for incrementally increasing a tiered plurality of progressive jackpots Nov 10, 2019 Issued
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