Patents
US 11769374 B2: Gaming machines with free play bonus mode presenting only winning outcomes
- Granted
- 2023-09-26
- Filed
- 2022-08-22 application 17892674
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A gaming machine includes a processor and a presentation device coupled to the processor. The processor is programmed to determine that a free play trigger condition is satisfied, and to execute one or more free plays based on the free play trigger condition to create one or more free play outcomes. Each free play outcome is a winning free play outcome or a non-winning free play outcome. The presentation device is configured to present winning free play outcomes when at least one free play outcome is a winning free play outcome. Non-winning free play outcomes are not presented.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg230926_r1.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video Gaming Technologies, Inc. 117 patents | US company or organization | Franklin, TN | VIDEO GAMING TECHNOLOGIES Federal lobbying client FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Daniel Eubanks | Mechanicsville, VA | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Sarah Jean Gozdecki | Des Plaines, IL | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Steve Nicodemus | Charlottesville, VA | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Richard Kerr Sisson | Charlottesville, VA | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jeremy Michael Webb | Stanardsville, VA | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G07F | Coin-freed or like apparatus | G07F17/3267 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-22 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | NICODEMUS, STEVE signed 2011-06-02 WEBB, JEREMY MICHAEL signed 2011-06-02 SISSON, RICHARD KERR signed 2011-06-03 GOZDECKI, SARAH JEAN signed 2011-06-06 EUBANKS, MARK DANIEL signed 2011-06-10 | VIDEO GAMING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FRANKLIN, TN | 60859/519 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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