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Marc Espin — 10 Patents

Igt: 10 patents #256 of 1,260Top 25%
Sparks, NV: #39 of 447 inventorsTop 9%
Nevada: #920 of 8,397 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Marc Espin has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Igt. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in September 2025. Marc Espin ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Marc Espin in Sparks, NV, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2023.peak 22004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents20062008: 1 patents20082010: 1 patents20102012: 1 patents20122015: 1 patents20152023: 2 patents20232025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 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
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
9123204 Secure smart card operations Richard Michael Rader, Erik Petersen, Robert P. Bartholomew, William R. Cunningham, II, Scott J. MacMillan 2015-09-01
8216059 Method for securely exchanging promotional ticket related information Bhavani Prasad 2012-07-10 $6,659,000
7707507 Method and system for configuring a graphical user interface based upon a user profile Rick Rowe, David N. Myers 2010-04-27 $15,273,000
7454385 Transaction signature Bhavani Prasad, Richard E. Rowe 2008-11-18 $13,953,000
7062470 Transaction signature Bhavani Prasad, Richard E. Rowe 2006-06-13 $34,334,000
6892182 Method and apparatus for ticket generation and accounting Rick Rowe, Bhavani Prasad, Franco Crivelli, Gary H. Sullivan 2005-05-10 $11,579,000
6675152 Transaction signature Bhavani Prasad, Richard E. Rowe 2004-01-06 $35,792,000