Patents by Inventor Gary Sanchez

Gary Sanchez 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: 20250118140
    Abstract: A gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly including a rotatable reel having a reel strip including a symbol and an associated fillable sub-symbol, and a transmissive display device defining a see-through window aligned with the rotatable reel and configured to display an image in the window of an initial size and initial position and display the image shrinking and moving into a final size and final position in alignment with and filling the fillable sub-symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Brandon Woudhuysen, Gary Sanchez, Kim Sy
  • Publication number: 20240412587
    Abstract: A translucent reel strip for a reel of a gaming device includes a background image having a uniform first opacity value, a plurality of graphical images, a first gradient image between a first end of the background image and a first edge of the reel strip, including a first opacity gradient between a second opacity value proximate the first end of the background image and a third opacity value less than the second opacity value proximate the first edge of the reel strip, and a second gradient image between a second end of the background image and a second edge of the reel strip opposite the first edge, including a second opacity gradient between the second opacity value proximate the second end of the background image and the third opacity value proximate the second edge of the reel strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Cullen O'DAY, Gary SANCHEZ, Rachael GUTHRIE
  • Patent number: 12100259
    Abstract: A translucent reel strip for a mechanical slot reel of a gaming device includes a substrate and a translucent layer including a background image having a uniform first opacity value and a plurality of graphical images. The translucent layer further includes first and second gradient images at opposite ends of the substrate. Each gradient image includes an opacity gradient between a second opacity value proximate the respective end of the background image and a third opacity value less than the second opacity value proximate the respective edge of the substrate. Arranging the reel strip around the mechanical slot reel such that the gradient images overlap causes a visibility of the edges of the substrate to be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Cullen O'Day, Gary Sanchez, Rachel Guthrie
  • Publication number: 20240282178
    Abstract: A gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly including reel having a reel strip manufactured using an inkjet printing process and having one or move designated symbols that can be revealed or hidden depending on the lighting of the reel strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Lauren Hillstrom, Gary Sanchez, Anton Walker, Kyle Rothchild
  • Patent number: 12008870
    Abstract: A gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly including reel having a reel strip manufactured using an inkjet printing process and having one or move designated symbols that can be revealed or hidden depending on the lighting of the reel strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Lauren Hillstrom, Gary Sanchez, Anton Walker, Kyle Rothchild
  • Publication number: 20240071167
    Abstract: A translucent reel strip for a mechanical slot reel of a gaming device includes a substrate and a translucent layer including a background image having a uniform first opacity value and a plurality of graphical images. The translucent layer further includes first and second gradient images at opposite ends of the substrate. Each gradient image includes an opacity gradient between a second opacity value proximate the respective end of the background image and a third opacity value less than the second opacity value proximate the respective edge of the substrate. Arranging the reel strip around the mechanical slot reel such that the gradient images overlap causes a visibility of the edges of the substrate to be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Cullen O'DAY, Gary SANCHEZ, Rachel GUTHRIE
  • Publication number: 20220058919
    Abstract: A gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly including reel having a reel strip manufactured using an inkjet printing process and having one or move designated symbols that can be revealed or hidden depending on the lighting of the reel strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Lauren Hillstrom, Gary Sanchez, Anton Walker, Kyle Rothchild
  • Patent number: 11183032
    Abstract: A gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly including reel having a reel strip manufactured using an inkjet printing process and having one or move designated symbols that can be revealed or hidden depending on the lighting of the reel strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Lauren Hillstrom, Gary Sanchez, Anton Walker, Kyle Rothchild
  • Publication number: 20200273298
    Abstract: A gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly including reel having a reel strip manufactured using an inkjet printing process and having one or move designated symbols that can be revealed or hidden depending on the lighting of the reel strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Lauren Hillstrom, Gary Sanchez, Anton Walker, Kyle Rothchild
  • Publication number: 20070236066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to task chairs that support the body of the user in healthy positions while the user performs various tasks over extended sitting periods and that provide independent and independently adjustable support to the lower and the upper back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventor: Gary Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20050184570
    Abstract: The present invention relates to task chairs that support the body of the user in healthy positions while the user performs various tasks over extended sitting periods and that provide independent and independently adjustable support to the lower and the upper back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventor: Gary Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20050046258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to task chairs that support the body of the user in healthy positions while the user performs various tasks over extended sitting periods and that provide independent and independently adjustable support to the lower and the upper back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventor: Gary Sanchez
  • Patent number: D944286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Gary Sanchez, Jason Mead, Anthony Baerlocher, Rebecca Schwalm
  • Patent number: D1055089
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Gary Sanchez, Darren Maya, Eric Holden, Taisa Deaconu
  • Patent number: D1057757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Brandon Woudhuysen, Gary Sanchez
  • Patent number: D1062789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Gary Sanchez, Darren Maya, Eric Holden, Taisa Deaconu
  • Patent number: D1063967
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Gary Sanchez, Darren Maya, Eric Holden, Taisa Deaconu