Patents by Inventor William Bussick

William Bussick 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).

  • Publication number: 20260073771
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that temporarily accumulate symbols over one or more plays of a game and collect zero, one or more of such symbols based on the occurrence of a symbol collection event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Timothy F. Springer, William Bussick, Ginese Weyant
  • Publication number: 20250299540
    Abstract: A gaming system having a gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly positioned in and supported by the housing, the reel assembly including a frame, a plurality of individually rotatable reels supported by the frame, a plurality of reel dividers positioned adjacent to the respective sides of the reels, and a plurality of selectively and individually illuminable outcome indicators respectively connected to and supported by the respective reel dividers and configured to indicate symbols of winning symbol combinations that occur on the reels during plays of a slot game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventor: William Bussick
  • Patent number: 12347280
    Abstract: A gaming system having a gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly positioned in and supported by the housing, the reel assembly including a frame, a plurality of individually rotatable reels supported by the frame, a plurality of reel dividers positioned adjacent to the respective sides of the reels, and a plurality of selectively and individually illuminable outcome indicators respectively connected to and supported by the respective reel dividers and configured to indicate symbols of winning symbol combinations that occur on the reels during plays of a slot game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: William Bussick
  • Patent number: 12300072
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that temporarily accumulate symbols over one or more plays of a game and collect zero, one or more of such symbols based on the occurrence of a symbol collection event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Timothy F. Springer, William Bussick, Ginese Weyant
  • Publication number: 20240127675
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that temporarily accumulate symbols over one or more plays of a game and collect zero, one or more of such symbols based on the occurrence of a symbol collection event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy F. Springer, William Bussick, Ginese Weyant
  • Publication number: 20240013631
    Abstract: A gaming system having a gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly positioned in and supported by the housing, the reel assembly including a frame, a plurality of individually rotatable reels supported by the frame, a plurality of reel dividers positioned adjacent to the respective sides of the reels, and a plurality of selectively and individually illuminable outcome indicators respectively connected to and supported by the respective reel dividers and configured to indicate symbols of winning symbol combinations that occur on the reels during plays of a slot game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: William Bussick
  • Patent number: 11183026
    Abstract: The gaming system of the present disclosure provides a Class II bingo game with a corresponding Class III game outcome presentation. For a play of the Class II bingo game and for a player, the gaming system simulates the game play and appearance of a traditional Class III game by displaying a Class III game outcome presentation associated with the outcome of the bingo card. If the matched spots on the player's bingo card form one of multiple winning patterns, the gaming system displays one of multiple winning Class III game outcome presentations. If the matched spots on the bingo card almost form one of the winning patterns without forming any of the winning patterns, the gaming system displays an anticipatory losing Class III game outcome presentation that almost forms one of the winning Class III game outcome presentations without forming any of the winning Class III game outcome presentations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Dylan SeLegue, William Bussick
  • Publication number: 20190043316
    Abstract: The gaming system of the present disclosure provides a Class II bingo game with a corresponding Class III game outcome presentation. For a play of the Class II bingo game and for a player, the gaming system simulates the game play and appearance of a traditional Class III game by displaying a Class III game outcome presentation associated with the outcome of the bingo card. If the matched spots on the player's bingo card form one of multiple winning patterns, the gaming system displays one of multiple winning Class III game outcome presentations. If the matched spots on the bingo card almost form one of the winning patterns without forming any of the winning patterns, the gaming system displays an anticipatory losing Class III game outcome presentation that almost forms one of the winning Class III game outcome presentations without forming any of the winning Class III game outcome presentations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Dylan SeLegue, William Bussick
  • Publication number: 20070225063
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a player's award in a game wherein one symbol of the gaming device changes into another. In one embodiment, all awards for predetermined symbols and combinations thereof, including winning combinations produced by a wild symbol are provided to the player. In a second step, the game awards all awards for predetermined symbols and combinations thereof produced after the wild symbol has changed one or more non-wild symbols to a wild symbol. This step includes awarding the player for combinations previously awarded in the first step, which may or may not have been the result of the wild symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: William Bussick, Paulina Glavich, Anthony Baerlocher
  • Patent number: D1025096
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: William Bussick
  • Patent number: D1029029
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: William Bussick, Kurt Andersen
  • Patent number: D1040855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Timothy F. Springer, William Bussick, Ginese Weyant
  • Patent number: D1046900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: William Bussick
  • Patent number: D1048078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: William Bussick
  • Patent number: D1048079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: William Bussick
  • Patent number: D1091581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: William Bussick, Deann Scarpa, Cullen O'Day
  • Patent number: D1100928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: William Bussick, Jack Edwin Liddon
  • Patent number: D1125228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: William Bussick, Deann Scarpa, Cullen O'Day
  • Patent number: D1131533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: William Bussick, Kurt Andersen
  • Patent number: D1132336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: William Bussick, Jack Edwin Liddon