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Home
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2016
›
Wms Gaming
›
Benjamin T. Gomez
BG
Benjamin T. Gomez
— 4 Patents in 2016
BG
Bally Gaming
:
4
patents
#36
of
299
Top 15%
Chicago, IL
:
#71
of
1,292
inventors
Top 6%
Illinois
:
#487
of
8,132
inventors
Top 6%
Overall
(2016):
#47,067
of
481,213
Top 10%
4
Patents 2016
Issued Patents
2016
Showing
1–4
of
4
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
9430906
Wagering game having adjacent-reel functionality enhancements
Dion K. Aoki
,
Joel R. Jaffe
,
Jeffry L. Nauman
,
Pamela S. Smith
2016-08-30
9361766
Wagering game with community event poker game
Allon G. Englman
,
James Palermo
2016-06-07
9330527
Systems, methods and devices for playing wagering games with randomized clumping of symbols
Shawn C. Collette
,
Joel R. Jaffe
,
Brad Schultz
,
Jamie W. Vann
2016-05-03
9275515
Wagering game with multi-level progressive game
Allon G. Englman
,
Michael W. Mastropietro
,
Bradley A. Rose
2016-03-01
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