Patents by Inventor Danny Bilyeu

Danny Bilyeu 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 apparatus and method of gaming including interactive gaming symbols for producing different outcomes
    Publication number: 20080085759
    Abstract: A method and apparatus including at least one interactive gaming symbol. The interactive gaming symbol may operate either at random or upon the initiation and direction of a player to replace a gaming symbol with a replacement symbol. The replacement symbol may alter the outcome of the game depending on its position with respect to one or more paylines and depending on the newly resultant combination of symbols associated with such paylines. A gaming device incorporating the use of an interactive gaming symbol may also include an interactive controller to control the orientation movement and actions of the interactive gaming symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Danny Bilyeu, Dustin Fasbender, Brent Lang, Martin Dempsey