Patents by Inventor Craig Woodcroft

Craig Woodcroft 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 machine with transparent symbol carriers
    Patent number: 8727864
    Abstract: A method of enhancing a screen display of a gaming machine includes creating a background scene for a game screen, creating a plurality of composite symbols to overlie the background scene, and rendering at least a portion of each composite symbol transparent to enable the background scene to be viewed through the composite symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Austrualia Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Helen Bucknall, Amanda Emmett, Craig Woodcroft, Nigel Crompton
  • GAMING MACHINE WITH TRANSPARENT SYMBOL CARRIERS
    Publication number: 20070111788
    Abstract: A method of enhancing a screen display of a gaming machine includes creating a background scene for a game screen, creating a plurality of composite symbols to overlie the background scene, and rendering at least a portion of each composite symbol transparent to enable the background scene to be viewed through the composite symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Helen Bucknall, Amanda Emmett, Craig Woodcroft, Nigel Crompton
  • Gaming machine with transparent symbol carriers
    Publication number: 20020123378
    Abstract: A method of enhancing a screen display of a gaming machine includes creating a background scene for a game screen, creating a plurality of composite symbols to overlie the background scene, and rendering at least a portion of each composite symbol transparent to enable the background scene to be viewed through the composite symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Helen Bucknall, Amanda Emmett, Craig Woodcroft, Nigel Crompton