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JH

Joseph R. Hedrick

Igt: 79 patents #24 of 1,220Top 2%
ITInternational Game Technology: 18 patents #1 of 89Top 2%
BGBally Gaming: 9 patents #104 of 671Top 20%
LGLnw Gaming: 2 patents #48 of 162Top 30%
Reno, NV: #10 of 2,043 inventorsTop 1%
Nevada: #34 of 8,397 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #12,192 of 4,157,543Top 1%
109 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–50 of 109 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
RE44295 Gaming machine having secondary display for providing video content Robert A. Luciano, Jr., Jean Pierre Legras, Chauncey W. Griswold, Don C. Stephan 2013-06-11
8376831 Gaming machine having secondary display for providing video content Robert A. Luciano, Jr., Jean Pierre Legras, Chauncey W. Griswold, Don C. Stephan 2013-02-19
8360847 Multimedia emulation of physical reel hardware in processor-based gaming machines David C. Williams, John Leagh Beadell, Kurt M. Larsen, Nicholas B. Mayne, Kay Daniel Vetter 2013-01-29
8357033 Realistic video reels David C. Williams, Kurt M. Larsen 2013-01-22
8353764 Behavioral biometrics for authentication in computing environments David C. Williams 2013-01-15
8342938 Gaming machine reel having a rotatable dynamic display Craig Paulsen, Chauncey W. Griswold, Richard L. Wilder, Harold E. Mattice 2013-01-01
8210922 Separable game graphics on a gaming machine David C. Williams, Kurt M. Larsen 2012-07-03
8210759 Machine having a card processing assembly Eric Meyerhofer, William R. Wells, Franco Crivelli 2012-07-03
8210927 Player tracking communication mechanisms in a gaming machine Binh T. Nguyen 2012-07-03
8199068 Single plane spanning mode across independently driven displays David C. Williams, Kurt M. Larsen 2012-06-12
8197334 Circulating data card apparatus and management system Russell Chudd 2012-06-12
8192281 Simulated reel imperfections David C. Williams, Kurt M. Larsen 2012-06-05
8187103 Gaming method and apparatus utilizing secondary software applications Craig Paulsen, Binh T. Nguyen 2012-05-29
8142273 Presentation of wheels on gaming machines having multi-layer displays David C. Williams, Kurt M. Larsen 2012-03-27
8070594 Machine having a card processing assembly William R. Wells, Franco Crivelli, Greg Parrott 2011-12-06
8061913 Machine having a card processing assembly Eric Meyerhofer, William R. Wells, Franco Crivelli 2011-11-22
8057296 Gaming device including a card processing assembly having vertically-stacked card holders operable with thermally-printable data cards and portable card changeover machines William R. Wells, Franco Crivelli, Greg Parrott 2011-11-15
8002624 Gaming machine reel having a flexible dynamic display Craig Paulsen, Chan Griswold, Richard L. Wilder, Harold E. Mattice 2011-08-23
7955177 Rotating bill acceptor for use with a gaming device Jean Pierre Legras, Kehl T. LeSourd, Kirk A. Tedsen, Eric L. Wagner 2011-06-07
7927212 Player tracking communication mechanisms in a gaming machine Binh T. Nguyen 2011-04-19
7887420 Method and system for instant-on game download Binh T. Nguyen, Bryan D. Wolf 2011-02-15
7837562 Display panel for a gaming apparatus Chauncey W. Griswold 2010-11-23
7828656 Gaming method and apparatus utilizing secondary software applications Craig Paulsen, Binh T. Nguyen 2010-11-09
7758428 Method and apparatus for controlling access to areas of gaming machines Harold Mattice, Chan Griswold 2010-07-20
7682238 Method and apparatus for payout in a gaming machine Russell Chudd, Scott T. Gowin, Thomas D. Waxman, Daniel J. Waller, John Leagh Beadell 2010-03-23