Patents by Inventor Eric Hope

Eric Hope 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).

  • Video game controller with unitary back shell for button control and battery access
    Patent number: 10722786
    Abstract: A hand-held video game controller includes a controller body having a front and a back, with at least one front control on the front of the controller body. A removable and resilient unitary back shell is removably attached to the back of the controller body. At least one back control button underlies the unitary back shell, and is depressible by flexing of the unitary back shell into contact with that back control button. At least one battery compartment may underlie the unitary back shell, and may be accessible by removal of the removable unitary back shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bellinghausen, Claire Michelle Gottschalk, Eric Hope, Jeffrey Keyzer, Scott Dalton
  • VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER WITH UNITARY BACK SHELL FOR BUTTON CONTROL AND BATTERY ACCESS
    Publication number: 20190118079
    Abstract: A hand-held video game controller includes a controller body having a front and a back, with at least one front control on the front of the controller body. A removable and resilient unitary back shell is removably attached to the back of the controller body. At least one back control button underlies the unitary back shell, and is depressible by flexing of the unitary back shell into contact with that back control button. At least one battery compartment may underlie the unitary back shell, and may be accessible by removal of the removable unitary back shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: VALVE CORPORATION
    Inventors: JEFFREY BELLINGHAUSEN, CLAIRE MICHELLE GOTTSCHALK, ERIC HOPE, JEFFREY KEYZER, SCOTT DALTON
  • Controller
    Patent number: D711877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bellinghausen, Claire Michelle Gottschalk, Eric Hope, Jeffrey Keyzer, Amy Narae Kim
  • Controller
    Patent number: D711878
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bellinghausen, Claire Michelle Gottschalk, Eric Hope, Jeffrey Keyzer, Amy Narae Kim
  • Controller
    Patent number: D711879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bellinghausen, Claire Michelle Gottschalk, Eric Hope, Jeffrey Keyzer, Amy Narae Kim
  • Controller
    Patent number: D711880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bellinghausen, Claire Michelle Gottschalk, Eric Hope, Jeffrey Keyzer, Amy Narae Kim
  • Controller
    Patent number: D711881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bellinghausen, Claire Michelle Gottschalk, Eric Hope, Jeffrey Keyzer, Amy Narae Kim
  • Controller
    Patent number: D712409
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bellinghausen, Claire Michelle Gottschalk, Eric Hope, Jeffrey Keyzer, Amy Narae Kim
  • Game console
    Patent number: D715361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Barinaga, Gregory Coomer, Claire Gottschalk, Eric Hope, Quentin Smith
  • Game console
    Patent number: D717874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Barinaga, Gregory Coomer, Claire Gottschalk, Eric Hope, Quentin Smith
  • Controller
    Patent number: D721078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bellinghausen, Claire Michelle Gottschalk, Eric Hope, Jeffrey Keyzer, Amy Narae Kim
  • Game console
    Patent number: D721138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Barinaga, Gregory Coomer, Claire Gottschalk, Eric Hope, Quentin Smith
  • Controller
    Patent number: D726726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bellinghausen, Claire Michelle Gottschalk, Eric Hope, Jeffrey Keyzer, Amy Narae Kim
  • Controller
    Patent number: D754128
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bellinghausen, Claire Michelle Gottschalk, Eric Hope, Jeffrey Keyzer, Amy Narae Kim
  • Controller
    Patent number: D767682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: VALVE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bellinghausen, Claire Michelle Gottschalk, Eric Hope, Jeffrey Keyzer, Amy Narae Kim
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D770505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: William Bull, Kourtny Hicks, Eric Hope, Policarpo Wood
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D795295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Bull, Kourtny Hicks, Eric Hope, Policarpo Wood
  • Controller
    Patent number: D804579
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Britt, Jeremy Selan, Eric Hope, Philip Bryan
  • Controller
    Patent number: D804580
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Britt, Jeremy Selan, Eric Hope, Philip Bryan
  • Controller
    Patent number: D806173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Britt, Jeremy Selan, Eric Hope, Philip Bryan