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Paul K. Scheper — 93 Patents

SMShuffle Master: 42 patents #1 of 75Top 2%
BGBally Gaming: 31 patents #30 of 671Top 5%
SGSg Gaming: 11 patents #10 of 179Top 6%
SEShfl Entertainment: 6 patents #7 of 43Top 20%
LGLnw Gaming: 1 patents #82 of 162Top 55%
Bloomington, MN: #3 of 1,157 inventorsTop 1%
Minnesota: #242 of 52,454 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #16,773 of 4,157,543Top 1%
93 Patents All Time
Paul K. Scheper has been granted 93 US patents while listed as an inventor at Shuffle Master. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in May 2025. Paul K. Scheper ranks #16,773 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.40%). Patent records list Paul K. Scheper in Bloomington, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2017.peak 81997: 1 patents19972000: 3 patents2001: 2 patents2003: 6 patents20032006: 6 patents2007: 3 patents2008: 5 patents20082009: 4 patents2010: 7 patents2011: 3 patents20112012: 4 patents2013: 4 patents2014: 3 patents20142015: 5 patents2016: 2 patents2017: 8 patents20172018: 7 patents2019: 4 patents2020: 8 patents20202021: 2 patents2022: 2 patents2024: 3 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 93 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12290745 Card-handling devices and related methods, assemblies, and components Colin A. Helsen, Ronald R. Swanson, Peter Krenn 2025-05-06
12138528 Card-handling devices and related methods, assemblies, and components Peter Krenn 2024-11-12
11896891 Card-handling devices and related methods, assemblies, and components Ronald R. Swanson, James B. Stasson, James P. Helgesen, Haven A. Mercer, Troy D. Nelson +3 more 2024-02-13
11883738 Apparatuses and methods for shuffler transport and installation Haven A. Mercer, Christopher J. Hannigan, Jamal Hani Kotifani, Matthew J. LUCCHETTI, Michael VIZZO 2024-01-30
11376489 Card-handling devices and related methods, assemblies, and components Colin A. Helsen, Ronald R. Swanson, Peter Krenn 2022-07-05
11318367 Apparatuses and methods for shuffler transport and installation Haven A. Mercer, Christopher J. Hannigan, Jamal Hani Kotifani, Matthew J. LUCCHETTI, Michael VIZZO 2022-05-03
11173383 Card-handling devices and related methods, assemblies, and components Peter Krenn 2021-11-16
10960292 Card handling devices including multi-card storage compartments, and related methods James B. Stasson, Attila Grauzer, Robert J. Rynda, Ronald R. Swanson 2021-03-30
10864431 Methods of making and using hand-forming card shufflers James B. Stasson, Robert J. Rynda, James P. Helgesen, Troy D. Nelson, Ronald R. Swanson +2 more 2020-12-15
10668361 Batch card shuffling apparatuses including multi-card storage compartments, and related methods James B. Stasson, Robert J. Rynda, Ronald R. Swanson, Attila Grauzer 2020-06-02
10668364 Automatic card shufflers and related methods James B. Stasson, Robert J. Rynda, Attila Grauzer, Ronald R. Swanson 2020-06-02
10639542 Ergonomic card-shuffling devices Attila Grauzer, James V. Kelly, James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson, Feraidoon Bourbour +6 more 2020-05-05
10569159 Card shufflers and gaming tables having shufflers James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson, Troy D. Nelson, Feraidoon Bourbour, Attila Grauzer 2020-02-25
10549177 Card handling devices comprising angled support surfaces James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson, Troy D. Nelson, Attila Grauzer 2020-02-04
10546457 Gaming tables and methods for administering roulette bonus wagers using a roulette ball launching system Roger M. Snow, Haven A. Mercer, Troy D. Nelson, James P. Helgesen, Jamal Hani Kotifani +1 more 2020-01-28
10532272 Flush mounted card shuffler that elevates cards Feraidoon Bourbour, Troy D. Nelson, James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson, Attila Grauzer 2020-01-14
10441873 Methods of forming playing card-handling devices Attila Grauzer, Sion D. Walsh 2019-10-15
10350481 Card handling devices and related methods Peter Krenn, Attila Grauzer, Ernst Blaha 2019-07-16
10238954 Hand-forming card shuffling apparatuses including multi-card storage compartments, and related methods James B. Stasson, Robert J. Rynda, James P. Helgesen, Troy D. Nelson, Ronald R. Swanson +2 more 2019-03-26
10226686 Automatic card shuffler with pivotal card weight and divider gate Attila Grauzer, James V. Kelly, James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson, Feraidoon Bourbour +6 more 2019-03-12
10124241 Batch card shuffling apparatuses including multi card storage compartments, and related methods James B. Stasson, Robert J. Rynda, Ronald R. Swanson, Attila Grauzer 2018-11-13
10105591 Roulette ball launching system Haven A. Mercer, Troy D. Nelson, James P. Helgesen, Jamal Hani Kotifani, Georg Fekete 2018-10-23
10071304 Methods of delivering a playing card from a playing card-handling device Attila Grauzer, Sion D. Walsh 2018-09-11
10022617 Shuffler and method of shuffling cards James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson, Troy D. Nelson, Feraidoon Bourbour, Attila Grauzer 2018-07-17
10004976 Card handling devices and related methods Attila Grauzer, Oliver M. Schubert, James V. Kelly, James B. Stasson, Feraidoon Bourbour +1 more 2018-06-26