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Assignee profile:

IGT

City:

Las Vegas, Nevada

Country:

United States

Published Applications:

2,374

Last publication date:

2026-09-10

Patent Grants:

2,230

Last grant date:

2026-09-08

Top Inventors for applications by IGT

These are the the leading inventors for applications assigned to IGT:

Kevin Higgins 248 Reno, NV United States
Dwayne R. Nelson 226 Las Vegas, NV United States
Dwayne Nelson 154 Las Vegas, NV United States
Jay S. Walker 138 Ridgefield, CT United States

Mark C. Nicely 132 Daly City, CA United States
Jeffery Shepherd 130 Reno, NV United States
Steven G. LeMay 110 Reno, NV United States
Michael Russ 101 Graz, Austria

Scott A. Caputo 95 Santa Clara, CA United States
James A. Jorasch 91 New York, NY United States
Anthony J. Baerlocher 86 Henderson, NV United States
Bryan D. Wolf 76 Reno, NV United States

IGT 71 Reno, NV United States
Stephen C. TULLEY 58 Fairfield, CT United States
David Froy 56 Lakeville-Westmorland, Canada
Stefan Keilwert 55 St. Josef, Austria

Erik Petersen 51 Reno, NV United States
Dwayne A. Davis 49 Reno, NV United States
David Small 47 Moncton, Canada
Patrick DANIELSON 47 Las Vegas, NV United States

Paulina Rodgers 46 Reno, NV United States
Brian F. Saunders 46 Sunnyvale, CA United States
Russell P. Sammon 45 San Francisco, CA United States
Anthony J. Baerlocher 44 Reno, NV United States

Chris Peterson 44 Reno, NV United States
Leandro Basallo 44 San Francisco, CA United States
Nathan Ajhar 43 Sparks, NV United States
Cameron A. Filipour 42 Las Vegas, NV United States

James A. JORASCH 42 Stamford, CT United States
Ernest W. Moody 39 Las Vegas, NV United States
Daniel E. TEDESCO 39 Huntington, CT United States
Sven AURICH 38 Schwanberg, Austria

Lee E. Cannon 37 Bozeman, MT United States
Kevin M. Higgins 37 Reno, NV United States
Yu Chong 34 Reno, NV United States
Geoffrey M. Gelman 34 Brooklyn, NY United States

Robert C. Tedesco 32 Fairfield, CT United States
James A. Vasquez 31 Carson City, NV United States
Nick Hillstrom 31 Reno, NV United States
Fayez Idris 30 Dieppe, Canada

Erik B. Petersen 28 Reno, NV United States
Benjamin C. Hoffman 27 Reno, NV United States
Daniel Landry 27 Moncton, Canada
Binh T. Nguyen 27 Reno, NV United States

Todd Grimm 26 Riverview, Canada
Cameron Filipour 26 Las Vegas, NV United States
Karen VAN NIEKERK 25 Dieppe, Canada
Christmas C. Parker 25 Reno, NV United States

Anthony J. Baerlocher 24 South Bend, IN United States
Geoffrey M. GELMAN 23 Stamford,, CT United States
Richard E. ROWE 23 Las Vegas, NV United States
Richard J. SCHNEIDER 23 Las Vegas, NV United States

Ryan W. Cuddy 23 Reno, NV United States
Ernest M. Lafky 23 San Francisco, CA United States
Anthony Baerlocher 22 Henderson, NV United States
Robert C. Tedesco 21 Trumbull, CT United States

Jeffrey Y. Hayashida 21 San Francisco, CA United States
Scott T. Gowin 21 Reno, NV United States
Bradford Brown 20 Sparks, NV United States
Jon M. Leupp 20 Orinda, CA United States

Elisabeth Kiss 20 Unterpremstatten, Austria
Julia Ines Lerchbaumer 20 Spielfeld, Austria
William C. Little 19 Las Vegas, NV United States
Nicole M. BEAULIEU 19 Reno, NV United States

Aaron COREY 18 Moncton, Canada
William R. Brosnan 18 Reno, NV United States
Steven M. Santisi 18 Ridgefield, CT United States
Benjamin R. Holsclaw 18 Sparks, NV United States

Jay Chun 18 Hong Kong, China
Lukas Angermayer 17 Graz, Austria
Michael DeBrabander 17 Reno, NV United States
Prashant Arora 17 Mountain View, CA United States

Sina Miri 17 Menlo Park, CA United States
Lance R. Peterson 17 Reno, NV United States
Bethany PLIMMER 17 Lower Coverdale, Canada
Jamal Benbrahim 17 Reno, NV United States

Bradford D. Brown 17 Sparks, NV United States
Stephen C. Tulley 16 Monroe, CT United States
David F. ZUCKER 16 Winnetka, IL United States
Daniel E. Tedesco 16 Shelton, CT United States

Gaurav JARIWALA 16 Halifax, Canada
Craig A. Paulsen 16 Reno, NV United States
Benjamin J. Zoltewicz 16 Mill Valley, CA United States
Erick T. Ching 15 Reno, NV United States

Daniel J. DeWaal 15 Las Vegas, NV United States
John P. O'Donovan 15 Bozeman, MT United States
Darren Maya 15 Reno, NV United States
Magdalena M. Fincham 15 Ridgefield, CT United States

Bruno Rittner 15 Hausmannstaetten, Austria
Michael M. Oberberger 14 Reno, NV United States
Gregory A. Schlottmann 14 Sparks, NV United States
Hans Elias 14 Reno, NV United States

Anthony M. Singer 14 Saddle River, NJ United States
Daniel M. Marks 14 Decatur, GA United States
Harold E. Mattice 14 Gardnerville, NV United States
Samantha Ascheri-Phillips 14 Reno, NV United States

Howard M. Marks 13 Decatur, GA United States
Alexander POPOVICH 13 Henderson, NV United States
Jackie Alvarez 13 Las Vegas, NV United States
Klaus HUFNAGL-ABRAHAM 13 Graz, Austria

Recent patent applications by IGT

IGT based in Las Vegas, US has been assigned the rights to these inventions. The list includes both Pending Applications and Patent Grants:

#1 | 2026-09-10

US20260263914A1

Human necessities

ELECTRONIC DIE DEVICE

#2 | 2026-08-27

US20260253475A1

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BONUS WAGERING GAME BASED ON ARRAY OF BASE WAGERING GAME RESULTS

#3 | 2026-07-09

US20260196106A1

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UNLOCKABLE MULTIPLE LEVEL PRIZE DISKS

#4 | 2026-07-09

US20260195053A1

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NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DATA RETENTION USING SYSTEM RAM AND SSD

#5 | 2026-06-25

US20260179460A1

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USING REEL SPIN DIRECTION AS A TRIGGER FOR A BONUS WAGERING GAME

#6 | 2026-06-25

US20260179459A1

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PLAYING A KENO GAME THROUGH A REEL

#7 | 2026-06-25

US20260179458A1

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MULTIPLE VENUE/CHANNEL VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINAL TOURNAMENTS

#8 | 2026-06-25

US20260179456A1

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CODE-BASED BONUS GAME USING SEQUENTIAL CODE PORTIONS

#9 | 2026-06-25

US20260179455A1

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CODE BASED BONUS WAGERING GAME TOURNAMENT ENTRY

#10 | 2026-06-25

US20260179454A1

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HANDLING CAPPING IN A GAMING ENVIRONMENT

#11 | 2026-06-25

US20260179453A1

Physics

OFFERING EVALUATIONS BASED ON REEL HEIGHTS

#12 | 2026-06-25

US20260179452A1

Physics

OFFERING EVALUATIONS BASED ON REEL HEIGHTS

#13 | 2026-06-25

US20260179450A1

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WAGERING GAMES BASED ON PLAYER INPUT GENERATED RANDOM NUMBERS

#14 | 2026-06-25

US20260179449A1

Physics

RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION FOR WAGERING GAMES BASED ON PLAYER INPUT

#15 | 2026-06-25

US20260179447A1

Physics

CODE BASED BONUS WAGERING GAME ENTRY

#16 | 2026-06-25

US20260179443A1

Physics

HANDLING CAPPING IN A GAMING ENVIRONMENT USING PAYTABLES

#17 | 2026-06-25

US20260179442A1

Physics

EGM AND TABLE GAME ENHANCEMENT USING GESTURE INTERACTIONS WITH MULTIPLAYER LINKED DEPTH SENSING FOR 3D CO-PLAY

#18 | 2026-06-25

US20260179441A1

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METHODS OF AIR TRAVEL CASINO AND LOTTERY GAMING

#19 | 2026-06-25

US20260179433A1

Physics

USING REEL SPIN DIRECTION TO DETERMINE A PROGRESSIVE BONUS GAME AWARD

#20 | 2026-06-25

US20260179432A1

Physics

USING REEL SPIN DIRECTION TO GENERATE A BONUS GAME RESULT FOR A BONUS WAGERING GAME

#21 | 2026-06-25

US20260179431A1

Physics

OFFERING EVALUATIONS BASED ON REEL HEIGHTS

#22 | 2026-06-25

US20260179430A1

Physics

CONTROLLING POWER CONSUMPTION IN GRAPHICS COMPONENTS OF GAMING DEVICES

#23 | 2026-06-18

US20260166415A1

Human necessities

ELECTRONIC DIE SHAKER DEVICE

#24 | 2026-06-11

US20260162501A1

Physics

TRADING AND SELLING EARNED BONUS GAMES

#25 | 2026-06-11

US20260162497A1

Physics

SKILL-BASED PRIZE LEVELS FOR BONUS PRIZE AWARDS

#26 | 2026-05-28

US20260148610A1

Physics

GAME SET SWITCHING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

#27 | 2026-05-14

US20260134754A1

Physics

AI BASED CRYPTOCURRENCY IN A CASINO ENVIRONMENT

#28 | 2026-05-14

US20260134752A1

Physics

AI BASED RESOURCE CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING IN A CASINO ENVIRONMENT

#29 | 2026-05-14

US20260134749A1

Physics

SUSPENSION OF LIVE VIDEO BASED ON ACTIVE SPORTS WAGER

#30 | 2026-05-14

US20260134748A1

Physics

SUSPENSION OF LIVE SPORTING EVENT INFORMATION BASED ON ACTIVE SPORTS WAGER

#31 | 2026-05-07

US20260127935A1

Physics

PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR DIRECTING CASHOUT FUNDS TO A CASHLESS WALLET ACCOUNT, AND RELATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS

#32 | 2026-05-07

US20260127933A1

Physics

CASINO DECENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT TO COLLECT AND SHARE PLAYER CREDIT DATA

#33 | 2026-05-07

US20260127249A1

Physics

CREATING LICENSE DONGLES IN THE FIELD

#34 | 2026-04-02

US20260094491A1

Physics

CUSTOMIZED DISPLAY OF VIRTUAL PERSONS IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT BASED ON USER PREFERENCES

#35 | 2026-03-26

US20260087903A1

Physics

COMBINING SPORTS WAGERING AND TELEVISION SPORTS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS

#36 | 2026-03-26 ✅ Patent 12,731,463 granted on 2026-09-08

US20260087901A1

Physics

EMPLOYING JURISDICTION APPROVAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR WAGERING ON SOCIAL GAMING IN A GAME STREAMING ENVIRONMENT

#37 | 2026-03-19 ✅ Patent 12,732,367 granted on 2026-09-08

US20260081779A1

Electricity

AUTHENTICATING DATA ACROSS DISTINCT REMOTE GAME SERVERS IN A GAME STREAMING ENVIRONMENT

#38 | 2026-03-19

US20260080852A1

Physics

REAL-TIME AUDIO AUGMENTATION TO USER REQUEST

#39 | 2026-03-12

US20260073770A1

Physics

BONUS GAME FUNDED BY DEGRADATION FUNCTION OF A SCHEDULED RETURN BONUS FEATURE

#40 | 2026-03-12

US20260073769A1

Physics

SCHEDULED RETURN BONUS FEATURE WITH MODIFIABLE DEGRADATION FUNCTION BASED ON EXTERNAL EVENTS

#41 | 2026-03-12

US20260073768A1

Physics

SCHEDULED RETURN BONUS FEATURE WITH MODIFIABLE DEGRADATION FUNCTION BASED ON PLAYER ACTIVITY

#42 | 2026-03-12

US20260073767A1

Physics

SCHEDULED RETURN BONUS FEATURE WITH RANGE DEGRADATION FUNCTION

#43 | 2026-03-12

US20260073766A1

Physics

SCHEDULED RETURN BONUS FEATURE WITH DEGRADATION FUNCTION

#44 | 2026-03-05

US20260065749A1

Physics

GAME EVENT-BASED FUNDING FOR A PROGRESSIVE WAGERING GAME

#45 | 2026-02-19

US20260051222A1

Physics

INDEPENDENT CONTENT CREATORS CREATING UNIQUE GAMING CONTENT

#46 | 2026-02-19

US20260051213A1

Physics

MONITORING A VIRTUAL ELEMENT IN A VIRTUAL GAMING ENVIRONMENT

#47 | 2026-02-12

US20260045145A1

Physics

MODIFYING A GAME FEATURE BASED ON A CRYPTOGRAPHIC TOKEN

#48 | 2026-02-12

US20260045141A1

Physics

INCORPORATING CRYPTOGRAPHIC TOKEN-BASED GAME FEATURES WITH PHYSICAL PLAYING CARDS

#49 | 2026-02-05 ✅ Patent 12,718,650 granted on 2026-08-25

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Physics

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GENERATED CENTRAL DETERMINATION CONTENT

#50 | 2026-01-29 ✅ Patent 12,670,536 granted on 2026-06-30

US20260030709A1

Physics

CASINO OPERATOR MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS AT AN ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE

#51 | 2026-01-22

US20260024418A1

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PERSISTENT REEL CROSSING BONUS

#52 | 2026-01-01

US20260004641A1

Physics

EVENT-SPECIFIC CRYPTOGRAPHIC TOKENS MODIFIABLE BY CASINO GAMEPLAY

#53 | 2026-01-01

US20260004639A1

Physics

SLOT GAME BLOCKCHAIN

#54 | 2026-01-01

US20260004636A1

Physics

ANONYMOUS CASINO ACCOUNTS USING CRYPTOGRAPHIC TOKENS

#55 | 2026-01-01

US20260004628A1

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FANTASY GAMEPAY WITHIN A GAMBLING BASED METAVERSE

#56 | 2026-01-01

US20260004261A1

Physics

SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING CRYPTOGRAPHIC TOKEN TRANSACTIONS

#57 | 2025-12-25 ✅ Patent 12,694,803 granted on 2026-07-28

US20250391293A1

Physics

SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZABLE SIGN CONTENT

#58 | 2025-12-25 ✅ Patent 12,682,720 granted on 2026-07-14

US20250391230A1

Physics

ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE HAVING REELS THAT INCLUDE ENLARGED SYMBOLS

#59 | 2025-12-18

US20250384745A1

Physics

WAGERING GAME PLAY FEATURE WITH ROTATING MATRIX OF GAME SYMBOLS

#60 | 2025-12-11

US20250378743A1

Physics

WAGERING GAME PLAY FEATURE WITH ROTATING MATRIX OF GAME SYMBOLS

#61 | 2025-12-11 ✅ Patent 12,585,392 granted on 2026-03-24

US20250377807A1

Physics

NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DATA RETENTION USING SYSTEM RAM AND SSD

#62 | 2025-12-04

US20250371941A1

Physics

PROVIDING SHARED GAME FEATURES BETWEEN A REAL WORLD GAMING ENVIRONMENT AND A SHARED VIRTUAL GAMING EVIRONMENT

#63 | 2025-12-04

US20250371940A1

Physics

PHYSICAL CRYPTOGRAPHIC TOKENS FOR A WAGERING GAME

#64 | 2025-12-04

US20250371939A1

Physics

PAYTABLE MODIFICATIONS FOR WAGERING GAMES USING CRYPTOGRAPHIC TOKENS

#65 | 2025-12-04

US20250371938A1

Physics

WAGERING GAME ENTRY USING PORTION OF MONETARY TRANSACTION AT A CASINO DEVICE

#66 | 2025-12-04

US20250371937A1

Physics

DISPLAY OF A VIRTUAL PLAYER IN MULTIPLE VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS

#67 | 2025-12-04

US20250371936A1

Physics

Proximity Increased Chances Of Win During Special Event

#68 | 2025-12-04

US20250371932A1

Physics

GAMING DEVICE MANAGEMENT ACROSS DIFFERENT GAMING DEVICE CONTROLLERS

#69 | 2025-11-27

US20250363973A1

Physics

DYNAMIC CASINO-SPECIFIC PERSONALIZABLE SOUND ROUTING AND AUTOMATIC NOISE CANCELLATION

#70 | 2025-11-27

US20250363852A1

Physics

ENVIRONMENTAL GAMING FEATURES AT GAMING DEVICES WITH TRANSPARENT DISPLAYS

#71 | 2025-11-27

US20250362861A1

Physics

DYNAMIC CASINO-SPECIFIC PERSONALIZABLE SOUND

#72 | 2025-10-30

US20250336269A1

Physics

MIXED-PROTOCOL PROGRESSIVE CONTROLLER FOR A PROGRESSIVE WAGERING GAME

#73 | 2025-10-16

US20250322727A1

Physics

Wagering Game Tournament For Distributed Gaming Device Networks

#74 | 2025-10-16

US20250322721A1

Physics

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TICKET AND CASHLESS MERCHANT DISCOUNT OFFERS

#75 | 2025-10-16 ✅ Patent 12,758,874 granted on 2026-10-13

US20250319394A1

Human necessities

CREATING AND DELIVERING VIRTUAL CONTENT FOR GAMING OBJECTS BASED ON PLAYER GROUP CONTENT PREFERENCES

#76 | 2025-10-09 ✅ Patent 12,646,380 granted on 2026-06-02

US20250316143A1

Physics

MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SCATTER SYMBOL MERGE EVALUATIONS

#77 | 2025-10-09

US20250316129A1

Physics

AUGMENTED REALITY INTEGRATION IN ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINES

#78 | 2025-10-02

US20250308329A1

Physics

CASINO PROMOTIONAL AWARD IN RESPONSE TO A NON-GAMING PURCHASE

#79 | 2025-10-02

US20250307864A1

Physics

PROVIDING A CREDIT TO AN ACCOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH A NON-GAMING PURCHASE IN RESPONSE TO ACTIVITY WITHIN A CASINO

#80 | 2025-09-25

US20250299534A1

Physics

SYMBOL LOCKING IN A SLOT GAME

#81 | 2025-09-18 ✅ Patent 12,749,378 granted on 2026-09-29

US20250292657A1

Physics

REEL REPLACEMENT AND REEL SHIFTING SEQUENCE

#82 | 2025-09-18 ✅ Patent 12,755,607 granted on 2026-10-06

US20250292653A1

Physics

SLOT GAME TOKENIZATION

#83 | 2025-09-11

US20250285513A1

Physics

GAME EVENT-BASED FUNDING FOR A PROGRESSIVE WAGERING GAME

#84 | 2025-09-04 ✅ Patent 12,505,600 granted on 2025-12-23

US20250278882A1

Physics

GAMING AVATARS BASED ON AGGREGATED INFORMATION ACROSS METAVERSE PLATFORMS

#85 | 2025-08-28

US20250273050A1

Physics

WAGERING GAME PLAY FEATURE WITH DYNAMICALLY DETREMINED ODDS BASED ON WAGER AMOUNT AND PREVIOUS GAME PLAY RESULTS

#86 | 2025-08-28

US20250273043A1

Physics

FREE PLAY WAGERING GAME REDEMPTION OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC TOKENS FOR MONETARY AWARDS

#87 | 2025-08-28 ✅ Patent 12,755,605 granted on 2026-10-06

US20250273040A1

Physics

CROSS-CHANNEL WAGERING GAME TOURNAMENTS

#88 | 2025-08-21 ✅ Patent 12,711,837 granted on 2026-08-18

US20250265904A1

Physics

SYMBOL SPECIFIC MULTIPLIER ACCUMULATION SEQUENCE AND ACCUMULATED SYMBOL SPECIFIC MULTIPLIER USE SEQUENCE

#89 | 2025-08-14 ✅ Patent 12,705,955 granted on 2026-08-11

US20250259513A1

Physics

KENO EMPLOYING BALL DRAWS AS SECONDARY EVENT TRIGGERS

#90 | 2025-08-14

US20250259512A1

Physics

GAME EVENT-BASED FUNDING FOR A PROGRESSIVE WAGERING GAME

#91 | 2025-08-14

US20250259511A1

Physics

GAME EVENT-BASED FUNDING FOR A PROGRESSIVE WAGERING GAME

#92 | 2025-08-14 ✅ Patent 12,718,656 granted on 2026-08-25

US20250259504A1

Physics

PROVIDING LIVE DEALERS TO REMOTELY LOCATED TABLE GAMES

#93 | 2025-07-24 ✅ Patent 12,711,836 granted on 2026-08-18

US20250239139A1

Physics

LINKED GAMING MACHINES IMPLEMENTING VARIOUS GAME MODES

#94 | 2025-07-24

US20250239135A1

Physics

SECONDARY GAME FEATURE FOR WINNING BACK A PRIMARY WAGERING GAME WAGER

#95 | 2025-07-10

US20250225842A1

Physics

PARTICIPATION AWARDS FOR WIDE-AREA PROGRESSIVE WAGERING GAMES

#96 | 2025-07-03

US20250218252A1

Physics

PARTICIPATION AWARDS FOR WIDE-AREA PROGRESSIVE WAGERING GAMES

#97 | 2025-07-03 ✅ Patent 12,608,349 granted on 2026-04-21

US20250217329A1

Physics

SELF-VERSIONING DATA LAKE

#98 | 2025-06-19 ✅ Patent 12,664,861 granted on 2026-06-23

US20250201081A1

Physics

PERSONAL TOURNAMENTS

#99 | 2025-06-19

US20250201077A1

Physics

COMPETETIVE WAGERING GAME AT A PLURALITY OF GAMING DEVICES

#100 | 2025-06-19

US20250201076A1

Physics

WAGERING GAME PLAY FEATURE WITH DEFERRED BONUS GAME AND INCREASING MULTIPLIER

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