Patents by Inventor Brent L. Lang

Brent L. Lang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Gaming apparatus and method of gaming including interactive gaming symbols for producing different outcomes
    Patent number: 7625281
    Abstract: A method and apparatus including at least one interactive gaming symbol. The interactive gaming symbol may operate either at random or upon the initiation and direction of a player to replace a gaming symbol with a replacement symbol. The replacement symbol may alter the outcome of the game depending on its position with respect to one or more paylines and depending on the newly resultant combination of symbols associated with such paylines. A gaming device incorporating the use of an interactive gaming symbol may also include an interactive controller to control the orientation movement and actions of the interactive gaming symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Danny W. Bilyeu, Dustin L. Fasbender, Brent L. Lang, Martin Dempsey
  • Gaming apparatus and method of gaming including interactive gaming symbols for producing different outcomes
    Patent number: 7371168
    Abstract: A gaming method and apparatus including at least one interactive gaming symbol. The interactive gaming symbol may operate either at random, or upon the initiation and direction of a player to perceptibly interact with and transform a gaming symbol into a randomly selected new symbol or an indication of an award. A newly transformed symbol may alter the outcome of the game depending on its position with respect to one or more paylines and depending on the newly resultant combination of symbols associated with such paylines. A gaming device incorporating the use of an interactive gaming symbol may also include an interactive controller to control the orientation, movement and actions of the interactive gaming symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Danny W. Bilyeu, Dustin L. Fasbender, Brent L. Lang, Martin Dempsey
  • Gaming apparatus and method of gaming including interactive gaming symbols for producing different outcomes
    Publication number: 20030069063
    Abstract: A gaming method and apparatus including at least one interactive gaming symbol. The interactive gaming symbol may operate either at random, or upon the initiation and direction of a player to perceptibly interact with and transform a gaming symbol into a randomly selected new symbol or an indication of an award. A newly transformed symbol may alter the outcome of the game depending on its position with respect to one or more paylines and depending on the newly resultant combination of symbols associated with such paylines. A gaming device incorporating the use of an interactive gaming symbol may also include an interactive controller to control the orientation, movement and actions of the interactive gaming symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Danny W. Bilyeu, Dustin L. Fasbender, Brent L. Lang, Martin Dempsey