Patents by Inventor Gerard Berger

Gerard Berger 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: 20170228969
    Abstract: A single reel game includes a single reel having a plurality of symbols that are adjacent to one another. The single reel then moves and follows a track that displays the symbols in a spatial order. The single reel is then stopped at a starting reel stop that provides a reference point for stopping the single reel. A win window displays the plurality of the single reel symbols. A payline is then overlaid on the symbols within the win window. The single reel game also includes a paytable that lists a plurality of payout prizes for each combination of symbols along the payline. A prize is awarded when the single reel game symbols along the payline match the paytable combination of symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin Cramblet Hoffman, Joseph Gerard Berger, Farhad Ahmadzai, Jason Benjamin Newmark, William Frederick Burrows, Lucas Andrew Munns
  • Patent number: 9613501
    Abstract: A single reel game includes a single reel having a plurality of symbols that are adjacent to one another. The single reel then moves and follows a track that displays the symbols in a spatial order. The single reel is then stopped at a starting reel stop that provides a reference point for stopping the single reel. A win window displays the plurality of the single reel symbols. A payline is then overlaid on the symbols within the win window. The single reel game also includes a paytable that lists a plurality of payout prizes for each combination of symbols along the payline. A prize is awarded when the single reel game symbols along the payline match the paytable combination of symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: URSA Major Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Cramblet Hoffman, Joseph Gerard Berger, Farhad Ahmadzai, Jason Benjamin Newmark, William Frederick Burrows, Lucas Andrew Munns
  • Publication number: 20140243069
    Abstract: A single reel game includes a single reel having a plurality of symbols that are adjacent to one another. The single reel then moves and follows a track that displays the symbols in a spatial order. The single reel is then stopped at a starting reel stop that provides a reference point for stopping the single reel. A win window displays the plurality of the single reel symbols. A payline is then overlaid on the symbols within the win window. The single reel game also includes a paytable that lists a plurality of payout prizes for each combination of symbols along the payline. A prize is awarded when the single reel game symbols along the payline match the paytable combination of symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: URSA MAJOR MEDIA, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Cramblet Hoffman, Joseph Gerard Berger, Farhad Ahmadzai, Jason Benjamin Newmark, William Frederick Burrows, Lucas Andrew Munns
  • Patent number: 4652694
    Abstract: The invention relates to a corona discharge lightning rod comprising a tip which is isolated from the ground and having a base which is connected via discharge means to the ground, said lightning rod being suitable for ionizing the ambient atmosphere at the end of its tip. An electric circuit is provided for periodically reducing the potential of the tip to a value which is too low to maintain corona discharge, thereby producing periodic and intermittent corona discharge pulses. Preferably, the tip is electrically connected to a potential generator such that the potential (V.sub.0) applied to the tip is a variable potential in the form of recurrent wave trains, and such that the peak value of the first half cycle of the train having a polarity opposite to the polarity of the ambient atmosphere is greater than the threshold at which the corona effect takes place. This need only occur in the presence of the natural amplification (V.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Max Goldman, Alice Goldman, Stephane Kuhn, Pierre-Emmanuel Langlois, Gerard Berger
  • Patent number: 4115146
    Abstract: Process for depolymerizing starch by irradiation in which granular starch, whose water content is at the most about 23%, is subjected, in the presence of an acid which is neutralized at the end of the treatment, to a dose of radiation which is a function of the nature and of the quantity of the acid used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1978
    Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Roquette Freres
    Inventors: Louis Saint-Lebe, Gerard Berger, Jean-Pierre Michel, Michel Huchette, Guy Fleche