Patents by Inventor Jürgen BURGSTALLER

Jürgen BURGSTALLER 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: 20220092936
    Abstract: A gaming system comprises an acceptor for receiving a wager, a payout mechanism, a credit meter, at least one input device for receiving player input, a display and a processor. Two or more independently rotatable wheels are concentrically arranged with increasing diameters. Each wheel includes a set of unique symbols on its outer circumference. A first of the two or more wheels comprises a first number of positions on its outer circumference for selecting a first subset of the set of unique symbols when the first wheel has stopped. A second of the two or more wheels comprises a second number of positions on its outer circumference for selecting a second subset of the set of unique symbols when the second wheel has stopped. The symbols of the second subset of unique symbols also contained in the first subset of unique symbols are qualified for an award.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Juergen BURGSTALLER, Miha STEGEL, Matjaz URLEP
  • Patent number: 11232677
    Abstract: A gaming system comprises an acceptor for receiving a wager, a payout mechanism, a credit meter, at least one input device for receiving player input, a display and a processor. Two or more independently rotatable wheels are concentrically arranged with increasing diameters. Each wheel includes a set of unique symbols on its outer circumference. A first of the two or more wheels comprises a first number of positions on its outer circumference for selecting a first subset of the set of unique symbols when the first wheel has stopped. A second of the two or more wheels comprises a second number of positions on its outer circumference for selecting a second subset of the set of unique symbols when the second wheel has stopped. The symbols of the second subset of unique symbols also contained in the first subset of unique symbols are qualified for an award.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Novomatic AG
    Inventors: Juergen Burgstaller, Miha Stegel, Matjaz Urlep
  • Publication number: 20210241577
    Abstract: A gaming system comprises an acceptor for receiving a wager, a payout mechanism, a credit meter, at least one input device for receiving player input, a display and a processor. Two or more independently rotatable wheels are concentrically arranged with increasing diameters. Each wheel includes a set of unique symbols on its outer circumference. A first of the two or more wheels comprises a first number of positions on its outer circumference for selecting a first subset of the set of unique symbols when the first wheel has stopped. A second of the two or more wheels comprises a second number of positions on its outer circumference for selecting a second subset of the set of unique symbols when the second wheel has stopped. The symbols of the second subset of unique symbols also contained in the first subset of unique symbols are qualified for an award.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Juergen BURGSTALLER, Miha STEGEL, Matjaz URLEP
  • Patent number: 10706668
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a roulette wheel apparatus, and in particular to a ball launcher for use in a gaming system such as a roulette wheel apparatus and roulette wheel apparatus comprising the ball launcher. According to a first aspect, the ball launcher comprises a pair of launch tubes adapted to be connected to the airflow generator and defining different launching directions, wherein the ball gate for gating the ball into one of the launch tubes includes a ball shuttle adapted to be moveable from a ball-receiving station to each one of said pair of launch tubes to transport the ball from the ball-receiving station to one of said launch tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Novomatic AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Burgstaller, Miha Stegel, Silvester Zupancic, Sini{hacek over (s)}a Jojic
  • Publication number: 20200066087
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a roulette wheel apparatus, and in particular to a ball launcher for use in a gaming system such as a roulette wheel apparatus and roulette wheel apparatus comprising the ball launcher. According to a first aspect, the ball launcher comprises a pair of launch tubes adapted to be connected to the airflow generator and defining different launching directions, wherein the ball gate for gating the ball into one of the launch tubes includes a ball shuttle adapted to be moveable from a ball-receiving station to each one of said pair of launch tubes to transport the ball from the ball-receiving station to one of said launch tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Jürgen BURGSTALLER, Miha STEGEL, Silvester ZUPANCIC, Sinisa JOJIC
  • Patent number: 10504321
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a roulette wheel apparatus, and in particular to a ball launcher for use in a gaming system such as a roulette wheel apparatus and roulette wheel apparatus comprising the ball launcher. According to a first aspect, the ball launcher comprises a pair of launch tubes adapted to be connected to the airflow generator and defining different launching directions, wherein the ball gate for gating the ball into one of the launch tubes includes a ball shuttle adapted to be moveable from a ball-receiving station to each one of said pair of launch tubes to transport the ball from the ball-receiving station to one of said launch tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Novomatic AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Burgstaller, Miha Stegel, Silvester Zupancic, Sini{hacek over (s)}a Jojic
  • Publication number: 20170256121
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a roulette wheel apparatus, and in particular to a ball launcher for use in a gaming system such as a roulette wheel apparatus and roulette wheel apparatus comprising the ball launcher. According to a first aspect, the ball launcher comprises a pair of launch tubes adapted to be connected to the airflow generator and defining different launching directions, wherein the ball gate for gating the ball into one of the launch tubes includes a ball shuttle adapted to be moveable from a ball-receiving station to each one of said pair of launch tubes to transport the ball from the ball-receiving station to one of said launch tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Jürgen BURGSTALLER, Miha STEGEL, Silvester ZUPANCIC, Sinisa JOJIC