Patents by Inventor Dirk Geere

Dirk Geere 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 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF CHANCES OF WINNING A PROGRESSIVE AWARD
    Publication number: 20170132876
    Abstract: The gaming system disclosed herein provides a player one or more chances or opportunities to win the same progressive award. In these embodiments, the gaming system provides the player one or more opportunities to win a progressive award in association with a first game sequence. If the player does not win the progressive award in association with the first game sequence, the gaming system determines whether to provide the player any additional chances or opportunities to win the same progressive award in a second game sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Craig M. Schaefer, Christopher B. Drake, Brian A. Johnson, Victoria A. Fuller, Cameron A. Filipour, William Jay Foster, Dirk Geere, Misty Ann Johnson, Joseph Louis Masinter, II, Vincent Paul Smith
  • Gaming system and method for providing a plurality of chances of winning a progressive award
    Patent number: 9558629
    Abstract: The gaming system disclosed herein provides a player one or more chances or opportunities to win the same progressive award. In these embodiments, the gaming system provides the player one or more opportunities to win a progressive award in association with a first game sequence. If the player does not win the progressive award in association with the first game sequence, the gaming system determines whether to provide the player any additional chances or opportunities to win the same progressive award in a second game sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Craig M. Schaefer, Christopher B. Drake, Brian A. Johnson, Victoria A. Fuller, Cameron A. Filipour, William Jay Foster, Dirk Geere, Misty Ann Johnson, Joseph Louis Masinter, II, Vincent Paul Smith
  • GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF CHANCES OF WINNING A PROGRESSIVE AWARD
    Publication number: 20150080119
    Abstract: The gaming system disclosed herein provides a player one or more chances or opportunities to win the same progressive award. In these embodiments, the gaming system provides the player one or more opportunities to win a progressive award in association with a first game sequence. If the player does not win the progressive award in association with the first game sequence, the gaming system determines whether to provide the player any additional chances or opportunities to win the same progressive award in a second game sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Craig M. Schaefer, Christopher B. Drake, Brian A. Johnson, Victoria A. Fuller, Cameron A. Filipour, William Jay Foster, Dirk Geere, Misty Ann Johnson, Joseph Louis Masinter, II, Vincent Paul Smith
  • Inflatable tent
    Patent number: D1019865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Creative Structures B.V.
    Inventors: Hajo Hoekstra, Dirk Geers, Rinze Wels, Bas Hoijtink