Patents by Inventor Todd Allendorf

Todd Allendorf 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).

  • Gaming device and method having an internally-based competition-type bonus event
    Patent number: 6743096
    Abstract: A method and device for gaming, in which a primary game is played toward a winning outcome, but including a bonus event triggered by a particular outcome or outcomes. The bonus event is characterized by allowance of play against the device to earn awards, the magnitude of such awards to be determined by the relative final successes based on simulated competition between the player and the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Todd Allendorf, Jay Stone, Steven A. Weiss, Scott Stewart
  • Gaming device and method
    Publication number: 20030062678
    Abstract: A method and device for gaming, in which a primary game is played toward a winning outcome, but including a bonus event triggered by a particular outcome or outcomes. The bonus event is characterized by allowance of play against the device to earn awards, the magnitude of such awards to be determined by the relative final successes based on simulated competition between the player and the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Todd Allendorf, Jay Stone, Steven A. Weiss, Scott Stewart