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Thomas M. Kopera

WGWms Gaming: 11 patents #58 of 403Top 15%
WGWilliams Electronics Games: 3 patents #21 of 63Top 35%
BGBally Gaming: 2 patents #325 of 671Top 50%
SPStern Pinball: 2 patents #4 of 19Top 25%
ITIlight Technologies: 1 patents #20 of 25Top 80%
MGMidway Amusement Games: 1 patents #4 of 13Top 35%
Villa Park, IL: #5 of 246 inventorsTop 3%
Illinois: #3,533 of 84,256 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #209,140 of 4,157,543Top 6%
21 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9830775 Gaming system having exchangeable bonus token accumulation-redemption feature Philip B. Gelber, Michael W. Mastropietro, Richard T. Schwartz, Matthew J. Ward 2017-11-28
9814966 Rollover switch for an amusement game device George A. Gomez 2017-11-14
9721435 Gaming system having exchangeable bonus token accumulation-redemption feature Philip B. Gelber, Michael W. Mastropietro, Richard T. Schwartz, Matthew J. Ward 2017-08-01
9561430 Rollover switch for an amusement game device George A. Gomez 2017-02-07
9011251 Wagering game with shared payoff based on multiple player selections Dion K. Aoki, Jason Gilmore, Christy Juinsuk Olson 2015-04-21
8858332 Handheld device for wagering games Vladimir I. Arezina, Larry J. Pacey, David M. Pryor, Richard T. Schwartz 2014-10-14
8628405 Gaming system having exchangeable bonus token accumulation-redemption feature Philip B. Gelber, Michael W. Mastropietro, Richard T. Schwartz, Matthew J. Ward 2014-01-14
8545304 Wagering game with bonus game triggered by linked terminal Dion K. Aoki, Jason Gilmore, Christy Juinsuk Olsen 2013-10-01
8537023 Method and apparatus pertaining to automatic electrical-fault detection Joseph Christian Ernest, Sean Edward Callahan, Edward Wayted Chen, Timothy Edward Canzano 2013-09-17
8512147 Wagering game with shared payoff based on multiple player selections Dion K. Aoki, Jason Gilmore, Christy Juinsuk Olson 2013-08-20
8235813 Gaming machine having auxiliary lighting feature Bradley D. Cornell, David J. Link 2012-08-07
8162751 Gaming machine with color changing cabinet Walter E. Smolucha 2012-04-24
7927218 Gaming machine with common top box substructure Bradley D. Cornell, Wayne H. Rothschild, Scott Irving 2011-04-19
7775873 Wagering game with shared payoff based on multiple player selections Dion K. Aoki, Jason Gilmore, Christy Juinsuk Olsen 2010-08-17
7618323 Gaming machine system having a gesture-sensing mechanism Wayne H. Rothschild 2009-11-17
7452280 Gaming machine with common top box substructure Bradley D. Cornell, Wayne H. Rothschild, Scott Irving 2008-11-18
6315673 Motion simulator for a video game Thomas P. Anderson, Patrick E. Goschy, Christopher T. Bobrowski 2001-11-13
5924690 Drop target for a pinball game Matthew Christopher Coriale 1999-07-20
5890715 Linkable pinball machine George A. Gomez, Thomas W. Uban 1999-04-06
5806851 Interactive play for a pinball game George A. Gomez, Thomas W. Uban 1998-09-15
5074552 Basketball-type amusement device George A. Gomez, John C. Kubik 1991-12-24