IP Library Granted Patent US 1,106,335
Granted Patent S1
US 1,106,335 · App. 29/963,836 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Gaming machine

Inventors: Stephen Shaffer, Jr. (Las Vegas, NV); Frank Rodriguez (Las Vegas, NV); Bruce Urban (Las Vagas, NV); Alfred Thomas (Ventura, CA); Rajendrasinh Jadeja (Las Vegas, NV); Matthew McKay (Henderson, NV); Joseph Kaminkow (Las Vegas, NV); Marenz Ganadillo (Las Vegas, NV); Ariel Turgel (San Francisco, CA); Daniel Harden (Palo Alto, CA); Elliott Ortiz (San Francisco, CA); Hirotomi Teranishi (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 1,106,335
App. No.
29/963,836
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a gaming machine, as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2024
From: SHAFFER, STEPHEN, JR.; RODRIGUEZ, FRANK; URBAN, BRUCE; JADEJA, RAJENDRASINH; MCKAY, MATTHEW; KAMINKOW, JOSEPH; GANADILLO, MARENZ; TURGEL, ARIEL; HARDEN, DANIEL; ORTIZ, ELLIOT; TERANISHI, HIROTOMI
To: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Continuity (1)
Continuation 29838036 · May 10, 2022
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