Inventor · Big Lake, MN, US

Troy D. Nelson

57Patents
30h-index
30Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 18, 1991 → Jul 7, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6149154A Device and method for forming hands of randomly arranged cards Human Necessities 284 Expired
US6254096A Device and method for continuously shuffling cards Physics 281 Expired
US6588751B1 Device and method for continuously shuffling and monitoring cards Physics 281 Expired
US6068258A Method and apparatus for automatically cutting and shuffling playing cards Human Necessities 240 Expired
US6588750B1 Device and method for forming hands of randomly arranged decks of cards Human Necessities 234 Expired
US6655684B2 Device and method for forming and delivering hands from randomly arranged decks of playing cards Human Necessities 233 Expired
US6651982B2 Card shuffling apparatus with integral card delivery Human Necessities 232 Expired
US6561897B1 Casino poker game table that implements play of a casino table poker game Human Necessities 226 Expired
US6651981B2 Card shuffling apparatus with integral card delivery Human Necessities 226 Expired
US7036818B2 Card shuffling apparatus with automatic card size calibration Human Necessities 170 Expired
US7073791B2 Hand forming shuffler with on demand hand delivery Human Necessities 168 Expired
US6955599B2 Casino poker game table that implements play of a casino table poker game Human Necessities 157 Expired
US7322576B2 Device and method for continuously shuffling and monitoring cards Physics 152 Expired
US7384044B2 Card shuffling apparatus with automatic card size calibration Human Necessities 150 Expired
US7523935B2 Card shuffling apparatus with integral card delivery Human Necessities 149 Expired
US7367884B2 Photoelectric gaming token sensing apparatus with flush mounted gaming token supporter Human Necessities 147 Expired
US7255344B2 Device and method for continuously shuffling and monitoring cards Human Necessities 145 Expired
US7338044B2 Card shuffler with user game selection input Human Necessities 144 Expired
US7059602B2 Card shuffler with staging area for collecting groups of cards Human Necessities 138 Expired
US7234698B2 Device and method for continuously shuffling and monitoring cards Physics 137 Expired
US7413191B2 Device and method for forming and delivering hands from randomly arranged decks of playing cards Human Necessities 129 Expired
US7137627B2 Device and method for continuously shuffling and monitoring cards Physics 128 Expired
US8342525B2 Card shuffler with adjacent card infeed and card output compartments Human Necessities 123 Active
US7341510B2 Casino poker game table that implements play of a casino table poker game Human Necessities 115 Expired
US7523936B2 Device and method for forming and delivering hands from randomly arranged decks of playing cards Human Necessities 115 Active

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