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William H. Mcculloch Jr.

Examiner (ID: 19086, Phone: (571)272-2818 , Office: P/3714 )

Most Active Art Unit
3714
Art Unit(s)
3715, 3714
Total Applications
897
Issued Applications
495
Pending Applications
91
Abandoned Applications
326

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/374965
Game state save, transfer and resume for cloud gaming Jul 12, 2021 Issued
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17/365776
Systems and methods for game state retention and continuation at electronic gaming machines Jun 30, 2021 Issued
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17/357553
Methods, systems, and devices of providing portions of recorded game content in response to a trigger Jun 23, 2021 Issued
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17/341353
Systems and methods for emulation of graphical and audio parameters during a play of a legacy game Jun 6, 2021 Issued
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17/335384
Generating a score related to play on gaming devices May 31, 2021 Issued
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17/330599
Storage medium, game system and game controlling method May 25, 2021 Issued
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17/331619
Wheel bonus system for games May 25, 2021 Issued
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17/324671
Non-transitory computer readable medium, information processing method, and game device using hit processing of target parts on a target object May 18, 2021 Issued
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17/324214
System and method for peer-to-peep wireless gaming May 18, 2021 Abandoned
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17/306825
Systems and methods for game profile development based on virtual and/or real activities May 2, 2021 Issued
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17/302137
Method and System for Visual Display of Audio Cues in Video Games Apr 24, 2021 Abandoned
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17/235681
System and method for presenting a game of chance with a progressive jackpot Apr 19, 2021 Issued
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17/233595
Method and system for machine-implemented game with multiple game incentive Apr 18, 2021 Issued
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17/229600
Emotion based music style change using deep learning Apr 12, 2021 Issued
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17/221622
Systems and methods for an object movement engine in a gaming environment Apr 1, 2021 Issued
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17/214732
Medium, information processing apparatus, and method for generating a natural sentence Mar 25, 2021 Issued
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17/209353
Gaming Vest Mar 22, 2021 Abandoned
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17/207408
Virtual character generation from image or video data Mar 18, 2021 Issued
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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
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