Patents by Inventor Evan Arthur Ratcliff

Evan Arthur Ratcliff 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: 20140274289
    Abstract: A gaming apparatus comprising a processor, game logic, a video display and player input system configured to execute a method comprising: a) the processor accepting a first wager on a game which is determined by at least displayed random symbol outcomes in a payline; b) the processor providing the first random event outcome of at least three individual die outcomes; c) the processor displaying an image on the video display that includes a virtual image of the displayed random symbol outcomes in a display format that contains symbol display frames in apparent three-dimensions; d) the processor determining whether paylines in apparent three dimensions include virtual symbols forming i) a winning outcome or ii) a non-winning outcome; and e) the processor resolving the first wager by awarding value monitored by the gaming system when i) occurs and withdrawing value monitored by the gaming system when ii) occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Russell Brooke Dunn, Evan Arthur Ratcliff, Michele Gibilisco