G07F 17/3209
Input means
Official title: {Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen}
G07F17/3209 (Input means) appears on 2,102 US grants and 2,724 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
- 2,102
- Published applications
- 2,724
- Assignees
- 368
- Inventors
- 1,992
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 139 | 150 |
| 2025 | 123 | 137 |
| 2026 | 57 | 77 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Systems and methods providing a spinning reel indicator symbol trigger mechanism associated with a display position22 Sep 2026US 12,743,922 B2Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
- Electronic gaming systems and methods with a wheel bonus feature and pick feature enhancements22 Sep 2026US 12,743,923 B2Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
- Large LED display for multiple gaming format15 Sep 2026US 12,738,123 B2Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
- 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
- Baccarat game system with random odds8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311550 A1Jumbo Technology Co., Ltd.
- Virtual-real integrated system applied to random path game8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311551 A1Jumbo Technology Co., Ltd.
- Game system with plural random number generation and random odds features8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311552 A1Jumbo Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Touch screen video gaming machine1,268US 5,342,047 ABally Gaming International, Inc. · 1994
- Hybrid gaming apparatus and method613US 6,267,669 B1International Game Technology · 2001
- Point of play registration on a gaming machine527US 6,896,618 B2Igt · 2005
- Modified poker card/tournament game and interactive network computer system for implementing same489US 5,755,621 APtt, LLC · 1998
- Dual mode gaming device methods and systems435US 5,618,232 A1997