G07F 17/3262
Player actions which determine the course of the game
Official title: {Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played}
G07F17/3262 (Player actions which determine the course of the game) appears on 2,681 US grants and 3,564 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
- 2,681
- Published applications
- 3,564
- Assignees
- 471
- Inventors
- 2,402
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 20 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 14 |
| 2002 | 25 | 81 |
| 2003 | 54 | 143 |
| 2004 | 66 | 156 |
| 2005 | 55 | 141 |
| 2006 | 56 | 173 |
| 2007 | 55 | 116 |
| 2008 | 67 | 182 |
| 2009 | 58 | 167 |
| 2010 | 114 | 106 |
| 2011 | 88 | 94 |
| 2012 | 121 | 116 |
| 2013 | 164 | 197 |
| 2014 | 165 | 244 |
| 2015 | 147 | 144 |
| 2016 | 153 | 152 |
| 2017 | 175 | 164 |
| 2018 | 117 | 122 |
| 2019 | 132 | 150 |
| 2020 | 128 | 187 |
| 2021 | 126 | 140 |
| 2022 | 114 | 122 |
| 2023 | 123 | 136 |
| 2024 | 116 | 126 |
| 2025 | 89 | 121 |
| 2026 | 48 | 70 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Blind sports betting6 Oct 2026US 12,755,612 B2
- Amusement system for skill-based games and methods directed to the same29 Sep 2026US 12,749,379 B2Savvy Dog Systems, LLC
- Electronic gaming systems and methods with a wheel bonus feature and pick feature enhancements22 Sep 2026US 12,743,923 B2Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
- Gaming system and method with symbol cluster feature1 Sep 2026US 12,725,489 B2LNW Gaming, Inc.
- Slotmasters25 Aug 2026US 12,718,662 B2Hungry Bear Gaming Ltd.
- Trading and selling celebrity game outcomes8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311562 A1Igt
- Gaming machine and methods for operating gaming machines to provide skill-based wagering games to players8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311563 A1Konami Gaming, Inc.
- Space-efficient graphical user interface for gamified sales1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301506 A1Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
- Secondary game displayed in a primary manner and associated with a primary game displayed in a secondary manner1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301510 A1Igt
- Secondary game displayed in a primary manner and associated with a primary game displayed in a secondary manner1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301511 A1Igt
Most cited
By later US patents
- Prize redemption system for games1,665US 5,816,918 ARLT Acquistion, Inc. · 1998
- Concurrent game network1,516US 4,856,787 AYuri Itkis · 1989
- Method and system for adapting gaming devices to playing preferences1,446US 6,110,041 AWalker Digital, LLC · 2000
- Interactive real-time network gaming system1,357US 5,762,552 AVt Tech Corp. · 1998
- Gaming device having player selectable winning combinations1,244US 4,695,053 ABally Manufacturing Corporation · 1987