G07F 17/3202
Hardware aspects of a gaming system
Official title: {Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof}
G07F17/3202 (Hardware aspects of a gaming system) appears on 10,604 US grants and 15,118 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Gaming machine with a curved display6 Oct 2026US 12,752,187 B2Video Gaming Technologies, Inc.
- Overhead display assembly and method for electronic gaming machines6 Oct 2026US 12,755,599 B2Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
- Game machine topper device capable of noncontact power supply, control method thereof, and game machine using same6 Oct 2026US 12,755,600 B2Tovis Co., Ltd.
- System and method for utilizing mobile device to provide service window functionality6 Oct 2026US 12,755,601 B2Igt
- Shared celebrations in a shared virtual gaming environment6 Oct 2026US 12,755,602 B2Igt
- Casino operator management functions at an electronic gaming machine8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311283 A1Igt
- Casino operator management functions at an electronic gaming machine8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311284 A1Igt
- Touch screen controller system and method for a gaming machine8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311540 A1Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
- Bartop gaming device with portrait oriented video display8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311541 A1Playrtech LLC
- Avatar-based sports betting8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311542 A1Nant Holdings IP, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Concurrent game network1,516US 4,856,787 AYuri Itkis · 1989
- Remote-auditing of computer generated outcomes and authenticated biling and access control system using cryptographic and other protocols1,382US 5,768,382 AWalker Asset Management Limited Partnership · 1998
- Interactive real-time network gaming system1,357US 5,762,552 AVt Tech Corp. · 1998
- Gaming machine having secondary display for providing video content1,327US 6,135,884 AInternational Game Technology · 2000
- Gaming machine and method using touch screen1,304US 5,951,397 AInternational Game Technology · 1999