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William H. Mcculloch Jr.

Examiner (ID: 15614, Phone: (571)272-2818 , Office: P/3714 )

Most Active Art Unit
3714
Art Unit(s)
3714, 3715
Total Applications
857
Issued Applications
467
Pending Applications
96
Abandoned Applications
320

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/201137
Gaming method and apparatus using cluster based awards Mar 14, 2021 Issued
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17/604022
Peer-to-peer multiplayer cloud gaming architecture Mar 9, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17005763 [patent_doc_number] => 20210236924 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-08-05 [patent_title] => PREDICTIVE EXECUTION OF DISTRIBUTED GAME ENGINES [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/173857 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-02-11 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 23316 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 2 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17173857 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/173857
Predictive execution of distributed game engines Feb 10, 2021 Issued
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17/168065
SPORTS COMPETITION SERVER HOSTING GAMES BETWEEN REMOTE OPPONENTS USING PHYSICAL SPORTS IMPLEMENTS IN REAL-TIME Feb 3, 2021 Abandoned
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17/160650
FOOTWEAR CONTROLLER FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Jan 27, 2021 Abandoned
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17/155733
Method and apparatus for providing dance game based on recognition of user motion Jan 21, 2021 Issued
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17/149939
Sensor device Jan 14, 2021 Issued
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17/125382
SETTLING GAMING ESTABLISHMENT RETAIL PURCHASES Dec 16, 2020 Abandoned
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17/114149
Electronic gaming machine with a bonus series outcome having a randomly selected pathway for symbol transformation Dec 6, 2020 Issued
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17/110281
Game management method, game management system, and game management program for synchronizing game progress at a plurality of devices in different communication states Dec 1, 2020 Issued
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17/107634
Method and system for virtual fitness training and tracking devices Nov 29, 2020 Issued
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17/106231
Detecting and removing bias in subjective judging Nov 29, 2020 Issued
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16/953345
Non-transitory computer-readable medium, device, and method for image generation Nov 19, 2020 Issued
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16/950390
Computer system and method for more efficiently storing, issuing, and transacting tokenized blockchain game assets managed by a smart contract Nov 16, 2020 Issued
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17/086749
Method and apparatus for use of interactive targets Nov 1, 2020 Issued
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17/086594
System and method for providing conditional access to virtual gaming items Nov 1, 2020 Issued
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17/081306
GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AWARDS BASED ON MOVING WILD REELS WITH MODIFIERS Oct 26, 2020 Abandoned
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17/081971
Game state save, transfer and resume for cloud gaming Oct 26, 2020 Issued
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17/080808
Gaming system supporting data distribution to gaming devices Oct 25, 2020 Issued
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17/075622
Home and portable augmented reality and virtual reality game consoles Oct 19, 2020 Issued
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