Inventor · Scarsdale, NY, US

Howard M. Marks

83Patents
29h-index
5Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 1, 1996 → Feb 5, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5755621A Modified poker card/tournament game and interactive network computer system for implementing same Physics 487 Expired
US6604740B1 Slot machine game having a plurality of ways to designate one or more wild symbols (select-a-wild) Physics 457 Expired
US6093100A Modified poker card/tournament game and interactive network computer system for implementing same Physics 366 Expired
US5882260A Modified poker card game and computer system for implementing same Physics 310 Expired
US6910962B2 Electronic game and method for playing a game based upon removal and replacing symbols in the game matrix Human Necessities 299 Expired
US6960133B1 Slot machine game having a plurality of ways for a user to obtain payouts based on selection of one or more symbols (power pays) Physics 284 Expired
US5772506A Video poker gold card game and computer system for inplementing same Physics 264 Expired
US6869360B2 Gaming apparatus and method including a multiplier feature and bonus features Physics 244 Expired
US5836586A Method of playing a modified twenty-one card game Human Necessities 220 Expired
US6857957B2 Poker game with 2 reward cards that adjust paytable Physics 165 Expired
US7357713B2 Electronic game and method for playing a game based upon removal and replacing symbols in the game metrix Human Necessities 115 Expired
US7494413B2 Slot machine game having a plurality of ways for a user to obtain payouts for one or more additional pay lines formed by the appearance of special symbols in a symbol matrix Physics 106 Expired
US7357716B2 Slot machine game having a plurality of ways to issue a percentage of a progressive award based upon any wager level (“percentage progressive”) Physics 104 Expired
US6113102A Modified black jack card game (side bet 21.TM.) Human Necessities 97 Expired
US7402102B2 Gaming device having multiple symbols at a single symbol position Physics 89 Expired
US7192347B1 Game machine having a plurality of ways for a user to obtain payouts based on the appearance of any and all symbols within an active symbol matrix (“what you see is what you get”) Physics 82 Expired
US8083581B2 Electronic game and method for playing a game based upon removal and replacing symbols in the game matrix Human Necessities 81 Active
US5897436A Modified poker card game Human Necessities 73 Expired
US7252589B1 Method of playing a slot machine (“re-spin & re-pay”) Physics 71 Expired
US9251667B2 Game machine having a plurality of ways for a user to obtain payouts based on the appearance of any and all symbols within an active symbol matrix (WYSIWYG) Physics 71 Active
US7704141B1 Slot machine game having a plurality of ways for a user to obtain payouts based on the selection of one or more symbol positions in the symbol matrix (“Lucky Spot”) Physics 68 Expired
US7758414B1 Method of playing a slot machine game (“Directional Wilds”) Physics 65 Expired
US6371851B1 Extended hand modified video poker game system and method of playing the same Physics 63 Expired
US8221206B2 Gaming device having a partial selectable symbol matrix Physics 59 Active
US6935947B1 Slot machine game having a plurality of ways for a user to obtain payouts based upon matching two or more symbols drawn from the symbol matrix during one or more spins (“Pair' em Up”) Physics 55 Expired

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