Patents by Inventor Franz PIERER

Franz PIERER 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: 20250061770
    Abstract: Systems and methods which employ one or more triggering events that occur in association with an expansion of a displayed portion of a symbol display position matrix and an activation of one or more features associated with one or more elements of the expanded symbol display position matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Patent number: 12165465
    Abstract: Systems and methods which employ one or more triggering events that occur in association with an expansion of a displayed portion of a symbol display position matrix and an activation of one or more features associated with one or more elements of the expanded symbol display position matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Publication number: 20240212445
    Abstract: An electronic game machine (EGM) includes a processor and memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to initiate a gaming session for a grid-based game arranged as an array of cells rendered on a display, render, to the display and in response to receiving player input that initiates a first play of the grid-based game, randomly selected symbols in randomized positions within the array of cells, randomly select, when a wild symbol is rendered to the array of cells for the first play, a nonwild symbol rendered to the array of cells for the first play, increase a pay table of the randomly selected nonwild symbol, determine a payout for the first play using the increased the pay table, and automatically update a credit meter based on the determined payout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Publication number: 20240135784
    Abstract: Systems and methods which provide a player zero, one or more awards based on the accumulation of triggering elements independent of the generation of a plurality of symbols of a plurality of reels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Patent number: 11900770
    Abstract: Systems and methods which provide a player zero, one or more awards based on the accumulation of triggering elements independent of the generation of a plurality of symbols of a plurality of reels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Publication number: 20240013626
    Abstract: Systems and methods which employ one or more triggering events that occur in association with an expansion of a displayed portion of a symbol display position matrix and an activation of one or more features associated with one or more elements of the expanded symbol display position matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Patent number: 11798373
    Abstract: Systems and methods which employ one or more triggering events that occur in association with an expansion of a displayed portion of a symbol display position matrix and an activation of one or more features associated with one or more elements of the expanded symbol display position matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Publication number: 20230326297
    Abstract: Systems and methods which employ one or more triggering events that occur in association with an expansion of a displayed portion of a symbol display position matrix and an activation of one or more features associated with one or more elements of the expanded symbol display position matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Publication number: 20210264732
    Abstract: Systems and methods which provide a player zero, one or more awards based on the accumulation of triggering elements independent of the generation of a plurality of symbols of a plurality of reels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Patent number: 11011025
    Abstract: Systems and methods which provide a player zero, one or more awards based on the accumulation of triggering elements independent of the generation of a plurality of symbols of a plurality of reels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Patent number: 10916099
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods for providing a sequence of a quantity of plays of a game wherein each play of the game is guaranteed to result in the generation of a guaranteed minimum quantity of a designated symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Patent number: 10896568
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods for providing one or more awards in association with the accumulation of symbols and the activation of accumulated symbols at related symbol display positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Publication number: 20200402347
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods for providing one or more awards in association with the accumulation of symbols and the activation of accumulated symbols at related symbol display positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Patent number: D946587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Patent number: D960912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Patent number: D1025095
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Patent number: D1033469
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Patent number: D1033470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Patent number: D1062783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Franz Pierer
  • Patent number: D1065239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Franz Pierer