Patents by Inventor Michael Tuck

Michael Tuck 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).

  • Patent number: 10720019
    Abstract: Wager-based video slot reel games are disclosed where additional prizes or other gains can be awarded after completion of an initial gaming action based upon application of a multi-symbol transformation (MST) tool along a MST target line extending through a gaming action outcome display area. In one embodiment, the MST tool is a virtual razor blade capable of slicing open razor-susceptible initial symbols found along the MST target line where the cutting open action can unleash additional prizes, juices or entertaining effects hidden within the razor-susceptible initial symbols. The availability of the MST tool at the end of a current gaming action or for a next gaming action is signaled to the player in one embodiment to thereby heighten the expectations of the player of winning the additional prizes or other gains due to the multi-symbol transformation action of the available MST tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: AGS LLC
    Inventors: Marianne Louise Hemovich, Jeremy Michael Tuck, Nathan Daniel MacGregor, Eric Steven Boese, Alexander Bitterlin
  • Publication number: 20190213838
    Abstract: Wager-based video slot reel games are disclosed where additional prizes or other gains can be awarded after completion of an initial gaming action based upon application of a multi-symbol transformation (MST) tool along a MST target line extending through a gaming action outcome display area. In one embodiment, the MST tool is a virtual razor blade capable of slicing open razor-susceptible initial symbols found along the MST target line where the cutting open action can unleash additional prizes, juices or entertaining effects hidden within the razor-susceptible initial symbols. The availability of the MST tool at the end of a current gaming action or for a next gaming action is signaled to the player in one embodiment to thereby heighten the expectations of the player of winning the additional prizes or other gains due to the multi-symbol transformation action of the available MST tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: AGS LLC
    Inventors: Marianne Louise Hemovich, Jeremy Michael Tuck, Nathan Daniel MacGregor, Eric Steven Boese, Alexander Bitterlin
  • Patent number: 10013846
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods, which allow a player, the gaming device, and/or the gaming system to rearrange symbols on the reels to represent winning payline patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: AGS LLC
    Inventors: Alejandro Carranza, Nathan MacGregor, Alexander Bitterlin, Jeremy Michael Tuck
  • Publication number: 20170148251
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods, which allow a player, the gaming device, and/or the gaming system to rearrange symbols on the reels to represent winning payline patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Alejandro Carranza, Nathan MacGregor, Alexander Bitterlin, Jeremy Michael Tuck
  • Publication number: 20070149830
    Abstract: A process for hydrogenation of glycerol in which a feed comprising glycerol is contacted with a stream of a hydrogen-containing gas and subjected to hydrogenation in the vapour phase in the presence of a catalyst at a temperature of from about 160° C. to about 260° C., a pressure of from about 10 to about 30 bar. a hydrogen to glycerol ratio of from 400:1 to about 600:1 an a residence time of from about 0.01 to about 2.5 hr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: DAVY PROCESS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Tuck, Simon Tilley