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Michael A. Cuff

Examiner (ID: 12355)

Most Active Art Unit
3715
Art Unit(s)
3716, 3783, 3741, 3627, 3611, 3715, 2167
Total Applications
1242
Issued Applications
904
Pending Applications
118
Abandoned Applications
242

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/851738
Methods of user and machine interaction and apparatus for facilitating user interaction Dec 20, 2017 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16924274 [patent_doc_number] => 11045733 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-06-29 [patent_title] => Virtual reality [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/469475 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2017-12-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 13 [patent_figures_cnt] => 28 [patent_no_of_words] => 9963 [patent_no_of_claims] => 12 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 176 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16469475 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/469475
Virtual reality Dec 18, 2017 Issued
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16/469858
Data processing Dec 18, 2017 Issued
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15/847704
System and method for augmenting content Dec 18, 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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15/845438
System and method for providing a gaming establishment account automatic access to funds Dec 17, 2017 Issued
Array ( [id] => 15060509 [patent_doc_number] => 10460563 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2019-10-29 [patent_title] => System and method for invoking commands utilizing a mobile device and a gaming establishment device [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/845392 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2017-12-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 41720 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 222 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15845392 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
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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15/830614
Hybrid game with manual trigger option Dec 3, 2017 Issued
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15/826391
Program, game system, electronic device, server, and game control method for improving operability for user input Nov 28, 2017 Issued
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15/818892
Method, device, and computer-readable medium for wagering on a skills-based digital gaming competition with an out-of-game peer wagering module Nov 20, 2017 Issued
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15/818426
Information processing system, server, and program Nov 19, 2017 Issued
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15/817072
Board game with dynamic characteristic tracking Nov 16, 2017 Issued
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15/811258
LAYOUT PROCESSING SYSTEM, LAYOUT-IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Nov 12, 2017 Abandoned
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15/785853
Methods and apparatus for distributed gaming over a mobile device Oct 16, 2017 Issued
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15/724369
Methods and systems for conducting a competition within a gaming environment Oct 3, 2017 Issued
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