Patents by Inventor Nathan MacGregor

Nathan MacGregor 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: 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
  • Patent number: 9805556
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a gaming device, a gaming system, and/or a method that may: determine one or more wagers relating to one or more game plays; determine one or more stacking areas to turn on to utilize during a first spin; determine one or more stacking areas to turn on to utilize during a second spin; determine any non-compliant overlap reel positions between a first spin and a second spin; and correct any non-compliant overlap reel positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Cadillac Jack, Inc.
    Inventors: Sigmund Hyunjai Lee, Jason Prometheus Pawloski, Eric Steven Boese, Marc Christopher McDermott, Nathan MacGregor
  • 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: 20160104345
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods, which may receive wagers on one or more paylines. The systems and methods may initiate one or more persistent expanding wild reel structures. The systems and methods may generate one or more persistent wilds. The systems and methods may hold for one or more subsequent spins the one or more persistent wilds in one or more locations based on one or more persistent wild counter numbers. The systems and methods may determine one or more payouts based on the additional gaming functionality. The systems and methods may display one or more presentations based on the additional gaming functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: CADILLAC JACK, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan MacGregor, Jeremy Tuck
  • Publication number: 20150379829
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a gaming device, a gaming system, and/or a method that may: determine one or more wagers relating to one or more game plays; determine a first reel from a plurality of first reels, a second reel from a plurality of second reels, and an Nth reel from a plurality of Nth reels for utilization during a first spin where a selected first reel includes a first stacking symbol area for the first spin where the first stacking symbol area is located in a first reel position range, the first stacking symbol area being a first length with a first starting position and a first ending position, the first stacking symbol area utilizes a first stacking symbol for each symbol position starting with the first starting position and ending in the first ending position on the first reel for the first spin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: CADILLAC JACK
    Inventors: SIGMUND LEE, Jason Pawloski, Eric Boese, Marc McDermott, Nathan MacGregor
  • Publication number: 20150379828
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a gaming device, a gaming system, and/or a method that may: determine a first stacking symbol area for a first spin where the first stacking symbol area is located in a first reel position range; determining a second stacking symbol area for a second spin where the second stacking symbol area is located in a second reel position range; initiate at least one of: 1) determining that there are no overlapping reel positions between the first stacking symbol area and 2) determining that there is at least one overlapping reel position between the first stacking symbol area and the second stacking symbol area the second stacking symbol area and modifying the second stacking symbol area based on the at least one overlapping reel position between the first stacking symbol area and the second stacking symbol area to eliminate the at least one overlapping reel position between the first stacking symbol area and the second stacking symbol area; and/or generating one or more first spin
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: CADILLAC JACK
    Inventors: Sigmund Lee, Jason Pawloski, Eric Boese, Marc McDermott, Nathan MacGregor
  • Publication number: 20150379831
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a gaming device, a gaming system, and/or a method that may: determine one or more wagers relating to one or more game plays; determine one or more stacking areas to turn on to utilize during a first spin; determine one or more stacking areas to turn on to utilize during a second spin; determine any non-compliant overlap reel positions between a first spin and a second spin; and correct any non-compliant overlap reel positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: CADILLAC JACK
    Inventors: SIGMUND LEE, Jason Pawloski, Eric Boese, Marc McDermott, Nathan MacGregor
  • Publication number: 20150379830
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a gaming device, a gaming system, and/or a method that may: determine one or more wagers relating to one or more game plays; determine a base reel and an extended reel for utilization during a first spin; determine a base reel and an extend reel for utilization during a second spin; determine any non-compliant overlap reel positions between a first spin and a second spin; and correct any non-compliant overlap reel positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: CADILLAC JACK
    Inventors: Sigmund Lee, Jason Pawloski, Eric Boese, Marc McDermott, Nathan MacGregor