Patents by Inventor Neville Harlick

Neville Harlick 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).

  • Mystery jackpot controller
    Patent number: 5941773
    Abstract: A plurality of electronic gaming machines 10 are connected to a network 11, to which a mystery jackpot controller 12 and display means 13 are also connected. Each of the electronic gaming machines 10 are provided with a network interface arranged to provide a signal onto the network 11 on each occurrence of an operation of a respective machine and the jackpot controller 12 is arranged to receive each of the machine operation signals and to generate and award a random jackpot prize on the occurrence of one of these operation signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Aristocrat Leisure Industries PTY Ltd.
    Inventor: Neville Harlick