Patents by Inventor John Laurence Minck

John Laurence Minck 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).

  • Shape control of magentic fields for table games
    Patent number: 8690678
    Abstract: A gaming table with an upper surface that includes a gaming chip placement area and a lower surface opposite the upper surface is provided. The gaming table also includes a housing coupled to one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the gaming table, an antenna coupled to the housing, wherein the antenna is configured to form an electromagnetic field that defines a zone of communication in which a gaming chip including a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag can be read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Michael Ernest Thorson, John Laurence Minck, Jr.
  • Shape control of magentic fields for table games
    Patent number: 8353759
    Abstract: A gaming table with an upper surface that includes a gaming chip placement area and a lower surface opposite the upper surface is provided. The gaming table also includes a housing coupled to one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the gaming table, an antenna coupled to the housing, wherein the antenna is configured to form an electromagnetic field that defines a zone of communication in which a gaming chip including a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag can be read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Michael Ernest Thorson, John Laurence Minck, Jr.
  • SHAPE CONTROL OF MAGENTIC FIELDS FOR TABLE GAMES
    Publication number: 20110089634
    Abstract: A gaming table with an upper surface that includes a gaming chip placement area and a lower surface opposite the upper surface is provided. The gaming table also includes a housing coupled to one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the gaming table, an antenna coupled to the housing, wherein the antenna is configured to form an electromagnetic field that defines a zone of communication in which a gaming chip including a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag can be read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Ernest Thorson, John Laurence Minck, JR.
  • Vaso-occlusive device with serpentine shape
    Publication number: 20030120302
    Abstract: A vaso-occlusive device having a length, at least a portion of the length having a serpentine secondary shape when the device is in a relaxed condition. The vaso-occlusive device deliverable to a vasculature site such that as the device is deployed, it immediately forms along the wall of the vasculature site, thus occluding the site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: SCIMED Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John Laurence Minck, Kevin M. Jaeger, Jacqueline Tu Tran