Patents by Inventor Anna Schmitz

Anna Schmitz 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).

  • Publication number: 20250265902
    Abstract: A pulltab game includes a set of pulltab cards, wherein each winning card within the set comprises a prize-verification code. In some examples, the prize-verification code is encoded by a barcode printed underneath one of the perforated tabs of the winning card. A prize-redemption kiosk is configured to automatically dispense a cash prize upon verifying the prize-verification code on the winning card. For instance, the prize-redemption kiosk can include a barcode scanner configured to scan the barcode to extract the prize-verification code, and then verify that the prize-verification code has not already been redeemed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: USA Pulltabs LLC
    Inventors: Anna Schmitz, Andrew Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20250265907
    Abstract: A prize-redemption device is configured to: receive, from a remote computing system, a set of game data for a pulltab game comprising a plurality of pulltab cards to exclusively pair the pulltab game with the prize-redemption device; scan a scannable prize-verification code on one of the plurality of pulltab cards; verify the pulltab card as a winning card by determining, based on the prize-verification code and the game data, that the pulltab game is paired with the prize-redemption device and/or activated for redemption on the device, and that the pulltab card has not already been redeemed; and, in response to verifying the pulltab card, dispensing a cash prize associated with the pulltab card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: USA Pulltabs LLC
    Inventors: Anna SCHMITZ, Andrew SCHMITZ
  • Publication number: 20250265903
    Abstract: A pulltab game includes a set of pulltab cards, wherein each winning card within the set comprises a prize-verification code. In some examples, the prize-verification code is encoded by a scannable code printed underneath one of the perforated tabs of the winning card. A prize-verification device is configured to scan the scannable code to verify a prize-verification code for the winning card. The prize-verification device can include a kiosk machine, a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, and/or a handheld mobile optical scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: USA Pulltabs LLC
    Inventors: Anna Schmitz, Andrew Schmitz
  • Patent number: D1139662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: USA PULLTABS LLC
    Inventors: Anna Schmitz, Andrew Schmitz