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Troy D. Nelson — 57 Patents

SMShuffle Master: 24 patents #7 of 75Top 10%
BGBally Gaming: 22 patents #51 of 671Top 8%
SGSg Gaming: 5 patents #30 of 179Top 20%
SEShfl Entertainment: 3 patents #10 of 43Top 25%
Big Lake, MN: #1 of 116 inventorsTop 1%
Minnesota: #702 of 52,454 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #42,642 of 4,157,543Top 2%
57 Patents All Time
Troy D. Nelson has been granted 57 US patents while listed as an inventor at Shuffle Master. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in February 2024. Troy D. Nelson ranks #42,642 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.0%). Patent records list Troy D. Nelson in Big Lake, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 57 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11896891 Card-handling devices and related methods, assemblies, and components Paul K. Scheper, Ronald R. Swanson, James B. Stasson, James P. Helgesen, Haven A. Mercer +3 more 2024-02-13
11335165 Methods of operating a gaming table wager sensing apparatus, and associated apparatuses and systems James V. Kelly, Vladislav Zvercov, Attila Grauzer 2022-05-17
10864431 Methods of making and using hand-forming card shufflers James B. Stasson, Robert J. Rynda, James P. Helgesen, Paul K. Scheper, Ronald R. Swanson +2 more 2020-12-15
10726669 Methods of operating a wager recognition system James V. Kelly, Vladislav Zvercov, Attila Grauzer 2020-07-28
10639542 Ergonomic card-shuffling devices Paul K. Scheper, Attila Grauzer, James V. Kelly, James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson +6 more 2020-05-05
10569159 Card shufflers and gaming tables having shufflers James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson, Paul K. Scheper, Feraidoon Bourbour, Attila Grauzer 2020-02-25
10549177 Card handling devices comprising angled support surfaces Paul K. Scheper, James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson, 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, James P. Helgesen, Paul K. Scheper, Jamal Hani Kotifani +1 more 2020-01-28
10532272 Flush mounted card shuffler that elevates cards Feraidoon Bourbour, Paul K. Scheper, James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson, Attila Grauzer 2020-01-14
10311673 Wager recognition system having ambient light sensor and related method James P. Helgesen, Vladislav Zvercov 2019-06-04
10238954 Hand-forming card shuffling apparatuses including multi-card storage compartments, and related methods James B. Stasson, Robert J. Rynda, James P. Helgesen, Paul K. Scheper, Ronald R. Swanson +2 more 2019-03-26
10226686 Automatic card shuffler with pivotal card weight and divider gate Paul K. Scheper, Attila Grauzer, James V. Kelly, James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson +6 more 2019-03-12
10118087 Rim-mounted roulette ball launching system Haven A. Mercer, James P. Helgesen, Jamal Hani Kotifani, Georg Fekete, James B. Stasson +1 more 2018-11-06
10105591 Roulette ball launching system Haven A. Mercer, James P. Helgesen, Paul K. Scheper, Jamal Hani Kotifani, Georg Fekete 2018-10-23
10076701 Rim-mounted roulette ball launching system Haven A. Mercer, James P. Helgesen, Jamal Hani Kotifani, Georg Fekete, James B. Stasson +1 more 2018-09-18
10022617 Shuffler and method of shuffling cards James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson, Paul K. Scheper, 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
9623317 Method of readying a card shuffler Paul K. Scheper, Attila Grauzer, James V. Kelly, James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson +6 more 2017-04-18
9613488 Wager recognition system James V. Kelly, Vladislav Zvercov, Attila Grauzer 2017-04-04
9566501 Hand-forming card shuffling apparatuses including multi-card storage compartments, and related methods James B. Stasson, Robert J. Rynda, James P. Helgesen, Paul K. Scheper, Ronald R. Swanson +2 more 2017-02-14
9561426 Card-handling devices Attila Grauzer, Feraidoon Bourbour, Robert J. Rynda, Paul K. Scheper, James B. Stasson +1 more 2017-02-07
9536389 Wager recognition system having ambient light sensor and related method James P. Helgesen, Vladislav Zvercov 2017-01-03
9266012 Methods of randomizing cards Attila Grauzer, Feraidoon Bourbour, Robert J. Rynda, Paul K. Scheper, James B. Stasson +1 more 2016-02-23
9220972 Multiple mode card shuffler and card reading device Attila Grauzer, Oliver M. Schubert, James V. Kelly, James B. Stasson, Feraidoon Bourbour +1 more 2015-12-29
9142084 Wager recognition system James V. Kelly, Vladislav Zvercov, Attila Grauzer 2015-09-22