Patents by Inventor Nathaniel Hammond

Nathaniel Hammond 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: 9129472
    Abstract: A video gaming device having a plurality of indicia-bearing spinning reels in a first set of reels and a second set of reels is disclosed. A determination is made as to whether the display of the indicia of the plurality of spinning reels in the first and second sets of reels are winning outcomes. Award-multiplier indicia of a first shared spinning base game award-multiplier reel is positioned between the first and second set of reels. The base game award-multiplier indicia modifies the winning outcome on the first set of reels, modifies the winning outcome on the second set of reels, includes a secondary game trigger symbol, forms a contiguous set of reels having a common axis of rotation with the first and second set of reels, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: David B. Schultz, Nathaniel A. Hammond, Dominic Tiberio, Micheal Shackelford
  • Publication number: 20140370965
    Abstract: A video gaming device having a plurality of indicia-bearing spinning reels in a first set of reels and a second set of reels is disclosed. A determination is made as to whether the display of the indicia of the plurality of spinning reels in the first and second sets of reels are winning outcomes. Award-multiplier indicia of a first shared spinning base game award-multiplier reel is positioned between the first and second set of reels. The base game award-multiplier indicia modifies the winning outcome on the first set of reels, modifies the winning outcome on the second set of reels, includes a secondary game trigger symbol, forms a contiguous set of reels having a common axis of rotation with the first and second set of reels, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: David B. Schultz, Nathaniel A. Hammond, Dominic Tiberio, Micheal Shackelford
  • Patent number: 8834257
    Abstract: A gaming machine is disclosed having indicia of a plurality of spinning reels in a first set of reels and indicia of a plurality of spinning reels in a second set of reels. A determination is made as to whether the outcomes of the indicia of the plurality of spinning reels in the first and second sets of reels are winning outcomes. Award-multiplier indicia of a first shared spinning base game award-multiplier reel is positioned between the first and second set of reels. The base game award-multiplier indicia modifies the winning outcome on the first set of reels, modifies the winning outcome on the second set of reels, includes a secondary game trigger symbol, forms a contiguous set of reels having a common axis of rotation with the first and second set of reels, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: David B. Schultz, Nathaniel A. Hammond, Dominic Tiberio, Michael Shackelford
  • Patent number: 8517821
    Abstract: A multiple bonus modifier game includes a base game and two or more base award modifiers. The multiple bonus modifier game comprises a single spin game that includes a plurality of spinning reels in a base game, a first base award modifier that includes at least one spinning reel, and a second base award modifier that includes at least one additional spinning reel. The outcome of the spinning reels in the base game defines a base game award. The outcome of the spinning reel in the first base award modifier defines a first modifier award, which potentially adjusts the base game award. The outcome of the additional spinning reel in the second base award modifier defines a second modifier award, which potentially adjusts the base game award.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Micheal Shackelford, Nathaniel Hammond, Dom Tiberio