G07F 17/3251
Involving media of variable value
Official title: {involving media of variable value, e.g. programmable cards, programmable tokens}
G07F17/3251 (Involving media of variable value) appears on 1,107 US grants and 1,488 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 30 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Gaming System with Splittable Symbol Positions24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290133 A1Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
- Casino system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0278319 A1Angel Group Co., Ltd.
- Electronic account transfers in casino environments17 Sep 2026US 2026/0278590 A1Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
- Selective employment of a demonstration mode in a game streaming environment17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279144 A1Igt
- Fraud detection system in a casino17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279152 A1Angel Group Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for operating networked gaming devices1,948US 5,655,961 AAcres Gaming Incorporated · 1997
- Gaming machine information, communication and display system1,356US 5,429,361 ABally Gaming International, Inc. · 1995
- Game machine data transfer system utilizing portable data units1,070US 5,179,517 ABally Manufacturing Corporation · 1993
- Method apparatus for promoting play on a network of gaming devices1,051US 6,319,125 B1Acres Gaming Incorporated · 2001
- Off-line remote system for lotteries and games of skill938US 5,871,398 AWalker Asset Management Limited Partnership · 1999