Patents by Inventor Benjamin Mikal Fuller

Benjamin Mikal Fuller 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: 9092942
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the gaming system and method disclosed herein provides a plurality of gaming devices that each participate in a group game including a plurality of masked group game components and determines and provides separate awards to each player of the gaming devices based on the amount of modifiers applied to each of the group game components having a modifier applied by the player of that gaming device. In one embodiment, the gaming system enables each player to selectively apply or associate a plurality of modifiers to a single game component or apply the plurality of modifiers across the plurality of game components. For each gaming device, the gaming system displays and provides any awards to the player of that gaming device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Scott A. Caputo, Ryan William Cuddy, Rogelio S. Decasa, Benjamin Mikal Fuller, Carl Victor Kniesteadt, Alan Robert Weiss
  • Publication number: 20120129589
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the gaming system and method disclosed herein provides a plurality of gaming devices that each participate in a group game including a plurality of masked group game components and determines and provides separate awards to each player of the gaming devices based on the amount of modifiers applied to each of the group game components having a modifier applied by the player of that gaming device. In one embodiment, the gaming system enables each player to selectively apply or associate a plurality of modifiers to a single game component or apply the plurality of modifiers across the plurality of game components. For each gaming device, the gaming system displays and provides any awards to the player of that gaming device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Scott A. Caputo, Ryan William Cuddy, Rogelio S. Decasa, Benjamin Mikal Fuller, Carl Victor Kniesteadt, Alan Robert Weiss
  • Patent number: 8118662
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the gaming system and method disclosed herein provides a plurality of gaming devices that each participate in a group game including a plurality of masked group game components and determines and provides separate awards to each player of the gaming devices based on the amount of modifiers applied to each of the group game components having a modifier applied by the player of that gaming device. In one embodiment, the gaming system enables each player to selectively apply or associate a plurality of modifiers to a single game component or apply the plurality of modifiers across the plurality of game components. For each gaming device, the gaming system displays and provides any awards to the player of that gaming device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Scott A. Caputo, Ryan William Cuddy, Rogelio S. Decasa, Benjamin Mikal Fuller, Carl Victor Kniesteadt, Alan Robert Weiss
  • Publication number: 20090253492
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the gaming system and method disclosed herein provides a plurality of gaming devices that each participate in a group game including a plurality of masked group game components and determines and provides separate awards to each player of the gaming devices based on the amount of modifiers applied to each of the group game components having a modifier applied by the player of that gaming device. In one embodiment, the gaming system enables each player to selectively apply or associate a plurality of modifiers to a single game component or apply the plurality of modifiers across the plurality of game components. For each gaming device, the gaming system displays and provides any awards to the player of that gaming device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Scott A. Caputo, Ryan William Cuddy, Rogelio S. Decasa, Benjamin Mikal Fuller, Carl Victor Kniesteadt, Alan Robert Weiss