Patents by Inventor Michael DeBrabander

Michael DeBrabander 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).

  • SYMBOL ACCUMULATION SEQUENCE WITH ONE OR MORE DIFFERENT ENHANCEMENT FEATURES
    Publication number: 20240153354
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods providing a symbol accumulation sequence that includes one or more different enhancement features. The different enhancement features can be provided individually or can be provided in any suitable combination of these different enhancement features including two or more or all of the different enhancement features combined together. The different enhancement features can include a compression enhancement feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: David Shane, Michael DeBrabander
  • SYMBOL ACCUMULATION SEQUENCE WITH ONE OR MORE DIFFERENT ENHANCEMENT FEATURES
    Publication number: 20240153352
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods providing a symbol accumulation sequence that includes one or more different enhancement features. The different enhancement features can be provided individually or can be provided in any suitable combination of these different enhancement features including two or more or all of the different enhancement features combined together. The different enhancement features can include a secondary symbol accumulation enhancement feature with a blocking or delay feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: David Shane, Michael DeBrabander
  • SYMBOL ACCUMULATION SEQUENCE WITH ONE OR MORE DIFFERENT ENHANCEMENT FEATURES
    Publication number: 20240153353
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods providing a symbol accumulation sequence that includes one or more different enhancement features. The different enhancement features can be provided individually or can be provided in any suitable combination of these different enhancement features including two or more or all of the different enhancement features combined together. The different enhancement features include can include an extra-row enhancement feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: David Shane, Michael DeBrabander
  • SYMBOL ACCUMULATION SEQUENCE WITH ONE OR MORE DIFFERENT ENHANCEMENT FEATURES
    Publication number: 20240153355
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods providing a symbol accumulation sequence that includes one or more different enhancement features. The different enhancement features can be provided individually or can be provided in any suitable combination of these different enhancement features including two or more or all of the different enhancement features combined together. The different enhancement features can include a multi-function sequence triggering symbol enhancement feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: David Shane, Michael DeBrabander
  • Random quantity of ways of winning
    Patent number: 11954977
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that randomly determine a quantity of ways to win for a play of a game by randomly determining a quantity of active symbol display positions to employ for that play of the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Michael DeBrabander, William Redick
  • UNLIMITED SECONDARY GAME PLAY UNTIL MULTI-FUNCTION FEATURE CAUSES TERMINATION
    Publication number: 20240096177
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that provide unlimited secondary game play until a multi-function feature causes termination of the unlimited secondary game play.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Michael DeBrabander, Sabine Kautschitsch
  • Modifying values of accumulated symbols
    Patent number: 11928934
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that randomly modify a value of an accumulated symbol upon each occurrence of a modification event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Michael DeBrabander, Jennifer Warner, Kelsy Foster, Boris Hallerbach
  • ACCUMULATING AND REDEEMING UNIVERSAL GAME ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20230394923
    Abstract: Systems and methods that accumulate a universal game element, wherein upon redemption, one or more attributes of that universal game element are determined based on which of a plurality of games are triggered to be played.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Michael DeBrabander
  • CHANGING PROBABILITIES OF CONSECUTIVE WINNING EVENTS OCCURRING IN A GAME FROM ONE PLAY OF THE GAME TO ANOTHER PLAY OF THE GAME
    Publication number: 20230105872
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that, for each of a plurality of sequential plays of a game, change a probability of consecutive winning events occurring in the play of the game to affect the award determinations for that play of the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Michael DeBrabander, William C. Redick
  • MODIFYING VALUES OF ACCUMULATED SYMBOLS
    Publication number: 20230096379
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that randomly modify a value of an accumulated symbol upon each occurrence of a modification event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Michael DeBrabander, Jennifer Warner, Kelsy Foster, Boris Hallerbach
  • RANDOM QUANTITY OF WAYS OF WINNING
    Publication number: 20230092119
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that randomly determine a quantity of ways to win for a play of a game by randomly determining a quantity of active symbol display positions to employ for that play of the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Michael DeBrabander, William Redick