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Michael A. Cuff

Examiner (ID: 7523, Phone: (571)272-6778 , Office: P/3716 )

Most Active Art Unit
3715
Art Unit(s)
2167, 3715, 3741, 3627, 3716, 3611, 3783
Total Applications
1230
Issued Applications
892
Pending Applications
119
Abandoned Applications
241

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/870156
Method of operating a gaming machine, a gaming machine and a game controller Jan 11, 2018 Issued
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15/869257
Calibration method for a camera which monitors a target board Jan 11, 2018 Issued
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15/867785
Vibration control system, vibration control apparatus, storage medium and vibration control method Jan 10, 2018 Issued
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15/868036
SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE MONSTER CREATION Jan 10, 2018 Abandoned
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15/859632
Sharing recorded gameplay to a social graph Dec 30, 2017 Issued
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15/855726
Methodology for equalizing systemic latencies in television reception in connection with games of skill played in connection with live television programming Dec 26, 2017 Issued
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15/851960
Server, recording medium and system Dec 21, 2017 Issued
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15/852008
Launch monitor using three-dimensional imaging Dec 21, 2017 Issued
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15/851738
Methods of user and machine interaction and apparatus for facilitating user interaction Dec 20, 2017 Issued
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15/847704
System and method for augmenting content Dec 18, 2017 Issued
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16/469858
Data processing Dec 18, 2017 Issued
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16/469475
Virtual reality Dec 18, 2017 Issued
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15/845438
System and method for providing a gaming establishment account automatic access to funds Dec 17, 2017 Issued
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15/846004
Methodology for equalizing systemic latencies in television reception in connection with games of skill played in connection with live television programming Dec 17, 2017 Issued
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15/845392
System and method for invoking commands utilizing a mobile device and a gaming establishment device Dec 17, 2017 Issued
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15/844290
Detecting the pose of an out-of-range controller Dec 14, 2017 Issued
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15/844476
Method for Transcribing Live Board Games Using Video Capturing and Machine Vision Dec 14, 2017 Abandoned
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15/839763
Game execution environments Dec 11, 2017 Issued
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15/833500
Transferring awards via optical machine readable data representation images Dec 5, 2017 Issued
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15/832740
General gaming engine Dec 4, 2017 Issued
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