Inventor · West Chicago, IL, US

Mark B. Gagner

225Patents
28h-index
158Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 3, 1980 → Jan 13, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8057303B2 Wagering game system with docking stations Physics 257 Active
US7097562B2 Peer-to-peer distributed gaming application network Human Necessities 161 Expired
US8393955B2 Player wagering account and methods thereof Physics 139 Active
US8282490B2 Handheld wagering game system and methods for conducting wagering games thereupon Physics 138 Active
US8393948B2 Integrating social communities and wagering games Electricity 131 Active
US7654899B2 Wagering game with simulated mechanical reels Physics 102 Active
US8419548B2 Optical machine-readable data representation image Physics 101 Active
US8932140B2 Transferring awards via optical machine readable data representation images Physics 100 Active
US8734236B2 Player wagering account and methods thereof Physics 99 Active
US8323099B2 Associating portable wagering game machines with a stationary wagering game machine Physics 98 Active
US8118668B2 Apparatus and methods for an account based gaming system Physics 95 Active
US9039507B2 Integrating social communities and wagering games Electricity 82 Active
US8210942B2 Portable wagering game with vibrational cues and feedback mechanism Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 76 Active
US7024282B2 Multi-node utilization of a single network variable input for computation of a single control variable at a sink node Physics 73 Expired
US8282489B2 Wagering game system with player rewards Physics 56 Active
US8147316B2 Multi-player, multi-touch table for use in wagering game systems Physics 55 Active
US7155499B2 System controller for controlling a control network having an open communication protocol via proprietary communication Electricity 55 Expired
US10115270B2 Transferring awards via optical machine readable data representation images Physics 51 Active
US9064372B2 Wagering game with simulated mechanical reels having an overlying image display Physics 49 Active
US10068429B2 Transferring awards via optical machine readable data representation images Physics 46 Active
US8376833B1 Configuring and controlling gaming contests Physics 43 Active
US8926422B2 Associating mobile device with electronic gaming machine Physics 42 Active
US9235953B2 Mobile applications and wagering game machines Physics 38 Active
US8272947B2 Managing cashless wagering game systems Physics 36 Active
US4318176A Computerized press controls Performing Operations; Transporting 33 Expired

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