Patents by Inventor Harvey Duenas

Harvey Duenas 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).

  • Patent number: 11978324
    Abstract: Technology for providing bonus symbol collection for skill-based games in a gaming system is disclosed. An electronic gaming machine (EGM) may collect one or more upgrade symbols generated from an outcome of a primary game funded by one or more wagers such that the one or more upgrade symbols are categorized according to a type of symbol for use in a skill-based bonus game. The skill-based bonus game may be accessed according to the one or more primary game outcomes. One or more upgrade symbols may be used to enhance player performance of one or more quantifiable skill-based inputs during the skill-based bonus game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jonathan Eytchison, David Houry, Harvey Duenas
  • Publication number: 20210027585
    Abstract: Technology for providing bonus symbol collection for skill-based games in a gaming system is disclosed. An electronic gaming machine (EGM) may collect one or more upgrade symbols generated from an outcome of a primary game funded by one or more wagers such that the one or more upgrade symbols are categorized according to a type of symbol for use in a skill-based bonus game. The skill-based bonus game may be accessed according to the one or more primary game outcomes. One or more upgrade symbols may be used to enhance player performance of one or more quantifiable skill-based inputs during the skill-based bonus game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan Eytchison, David Houry, Harvey Duenas
  • Publication number: 20190188973
    Abstract: Technology for providing bonus symbol collection for skill-based games in a gaming system is disclosed. An electronic gaming machine (EGM) may collect one or more upgrade symbols generated from an outcome of a primary game funded by one or more wagers such that the one or more upgrade symbols are categorized according to a type of symbol for use in a skill-based bonus game. The skill-based bonus game may be accessed according to the one or more primary game outcomes. One or more upgrade symbols may be used to enhance player performance of one or more quantifiable skill-based inputs during the skill-based bonus game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Jonathan EYTCHISON, David HOURY, Harvey DUENAS
  • Patent number: 9189926
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system and method providing a slot game in which, for each play of the slot game, different sets of symbols are randomly associated with different symbol display areas and used to determine an outcome for that play of the slot game. Generally, for each play of the slot game, the gaming system does so by: (a) randomly associating each of a plurality of different sets of symbols with a different one of a plurality of different symbol display areas; (b) for each of the sets of symbols, randomly selecting one of the symbols of that set to determine an outcome for that play of the slot game; and (c) displaying the randomly selected symbols at the associated symbol display areas (i.e., displaying the determined outcome).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Boris Hallerbach, Gretchan P. Pooser, Harvey Duenas, Dave Ross, Marc Meugniot, Dana Veltman, Thomas Allen, II, Kimberly A. Burgess, Lukas Blake, Ken Jacobs, Erik Warren
  • Publication number: 20150072751
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system and method providing a slot game in which, for each play of the slot game, different sets of symbols are randomly associated with different symbol display areas and used to determine an outcome for that play of the slot game. Generally, for each play of the slot game, the gaming system does so by: (a) randomly associating each of a plurality of different sets of symbols with a different one of a plurality of different symbol display areas; (b) for each of the sets of symbols, randomly selecting one of the symbols of that set to determine an outcome for that play of the slot game; and (c) displaying the randomly selected symbols at the associated symbol display areas (i.e., displaying the determined outcome).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Boris Hallerbach, Gretchan P. Pooser, Harvey Duenas, Dave Ross, Marc Meugniot, Dana Veltman, Thomas Allen, II, Kimberly A. Burgess, Lukas Blake, Ken Jacobs, Erik Warren
  • Patent number: D916751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty. Limited
    Inventors: Chad La Guardia, Nissa Wanardi, Nikolas Lürken, Jessie Castille, Harvey Duenas
  • Patent number: D917534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Chad La Guardia, Katie Azbill, Philip Wanardi, Robert Hulzing, Jr., Harvey Duenas
  • Patent number: D992559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tsung-Cheng Lin, Laura Bardin, Harvey Duenas, Nikolas Lürken, Jeffrey Uss