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James A. Vasquez — 75 Patents

Igt: 75 patents #27 of 1,260Top 3%
Carson City, NV: #3 of 349 inventorsTop 1%
Nevada: #73 of 8,397 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #25,505 of 4,157,543Top 1%
75 Patents All Time
James A. Vasquez has been granted 75 US patents while listed as an inventor at Igt. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in September 2025. James A. Vasquez ranks #25,505 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.61%). Patent records list James A. Vasquez in Carson City, NV, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2003 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 11 patents in 2012.peak 112003: 1 patents20032007: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 3 patents2010: 5 patents20102011: 5 patents2012: 11 patents20122013: 6 patents2014: 9 patents20142015: 4 patents2017: 4 patents20172019: 2 patents2020: 3 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 3 patents20222023: 8 patents2024: 6 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 75 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12406547 Gaming system and method for utilizing a mobile device to fund a gaming session Erik Petersen, Kevin Higgins, Dwayne R. Nelson, Steven G. LeMay, Dwayne A. Davis +6 more 2025-09-02
D1064084 Gaming machine deck Charles Johnson, Jean Pierre Legras, Stewart Thoeni 2025-02-25
D1046977 Gaming machine Charles Johnson, Jean Pierre Legras, Stewart Thoeni 2024-10-15
12087128 Retrofit devices for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine Dwayne R. Nelson, Steven G. LeMay, Scott T. Gowin 2024-09-10
12073689 Retrofit devices for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine Dwayne R. Nelson, Steven G. LeMay, Scott T. Gowin 2024-08-27
12067841 Retrofit devices for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine Dwayne R. Nelson, Steven G. LeMay, Scott T. Gowin 2024-08-20
11954973 Retrofit devices for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine Dwayne R. Nelson, Steven G. LeMay, Scott T. Gowin 2024-04-09
11861982 Retrofit devices for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine Dwayne R. Nelson, Steven G. LeMay, Scott T. Gowin 2024-01-02
D1000526 Gaming machine Charles Johnson, Jean Pierre Legras, Stewart Thoeni 2023-10-03
11769371 Retrofit devices for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine Dwayne R. Nelson, Steven G. LeMay, Scott T. Gowin 2023-09-26
D999287 Gaming machine Charles Johnson, Jean Pierre Legras, Stewart Thoeni 2023-09-19
11688236 System and method for utilizing a mobile device to log a user into a gaming establishment system Stewart Thoeni, Daniel Landry 2023-06-27
11663878 Computational device and system with switchable glass Bradley Boudreau, Dwayne R. Nelson 2023-05-30
11657672 Gaming system and method for utilizing a mobile device to fund a gaming session Erik Petersen, Kevin Higgins, Dwayne R. Nelson, Steven G. LeMay, Dwayne A. Davis +6 more 2023-05-23
11636728 Gaming system and method for utilizing a mobile device to fund a gaming session Erik Petersen, Kevin Higgins, Dwayne R. Nelson, Steven G. LeMay, Dwayne A. Davis +6 more 2023-04-25
11551523 Digitally altering redeemed wagering tickets, and related systems, methods, and devices Dwayne R. Nelson 2023-01-10
11393291 Retrofit devices for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine Dwayne R. Nelson, Steven G. LeMay, Scott T. Gowin 2022-07-19
D954845 Gaming machine Charles Johnson, Jean Pierre Legras, Stewart Thoeni 2022-06-14
D954846 Gaming machine deck Charles Johnson, Jean Pierre Legras, Stewart Thoeni 2022-06-14
11195372 System and method for utilizing a mobile device to log a user into a gaming establishment system Stewart Thoeni, Daniel Landry 2021-12-07
D893628 Gaming machine having dual bill acceptors Stewart Thoeni, Steven P. McGahn, Brian K. Baker 2020-08-18
10741020 System and method for utilizing a mobile device to log a user into a gaming establishment system Stewart Thoeni, Daniel Landry 2020-08-11
D878473 Bar top gaming machine having dual bill acceptors Stewart Thoeni, Steven P. McGahn, Brian K. Baker 2020-03-17
10515512 Electronic gaming machine with multiple bill validators Stewart Thoeni, Steven P. McGahn, Brian K. Baker 2019-12-24
10297110 Gaming system and method for providing a central determination of game outcomes and progressive awards Christopher Deacon Reddicks, Jeremy J. Warner 2019-05-21