Inventor · Las Vegas, NV, US

Craig Schaefer

27Patents
7h-index
27Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: May 29, 1997 → Jul 18, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6932340B1 Method of playing a dice wagering game Human Necessities 32 Expired
US8454434B1 Gaming system and method for providing an offer and acceptance game with progressive awards associated with a quantity of progressive tokens Physics 21 Active
US6196548A Method of playing a wagering card game based on suits only Human Necessities 12 Expired
US6554282B2 Method of playing cribbage in a casino setting Human Necessities 10 Expired
US5882009A Wagering card game based on suits only Human Necessities 10 Expired
US9441692B2 Proximity sensor for brake wear detection Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 9 Active
US9558629B2 Gaming system and method for providing a plurality of chances of winning a progressive award Physics 8 Active
US8708828B2 Pluggable modular gaming modifiers and configuration templates for gaming environments Physics 7 Active
USD1037296S1 Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface General 7 Active
USD1036468S1 Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface General 7 Active
USD1037295S1 Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface General 5 Active
US9293010B2 Wagering agent Physics 4 Active
US8795048B2 Gaming system, gaming device, and method providing a multi-stage dice bonus game Physics 4 Active
US8764557B2 Gaming system and method for providing an offer and acceptance game with progressive awards Physics 1 Active
US12183160B2 Gaming system and method providing free plays of a game with increasing quantities of paylines Physics 0 Active
US12361792B2 Held reel with increasing multiplier sequence Physics 0 Active
US12183162B2 Gaming system and method providing free plays of a game with increasing quantities of paylines Physics 0 Active
US12183161B2 Gaming system and method providing free plays of a game with increasing quantities of paylines Physics 0 Active
USD1033462S1 Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface General 0 Active
US9076299B2 Gaming system and method for providing an offer and acceptance game with progressive awards Physics 0 Active
US11735008B2 Gaming system and method providing free plays of a game with increasing quantities of paylines Physics 0 Active
US11763629B2 Activity agent Physics 0 Active
US10540855B2 Gaming system and method for redistributing funds amongst players of skill games Physics 0 Active
US10275995B2 Gaming system and method providing a skill-based wagering game with an available supplemental skill award Physics 0 Active
US12175839B2 Gaming system and method providing free plays of a game with increasing quantities of paylines Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.