Inventor · Melrose Park, IL, US

Walter E. Smolucha

31Patents
17h-index
31Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 1, 1983 → Dec 14, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
USD843476S1 Gaming machine General 252 Active
USD712975S1 Gaming machine General 246 Active
USD844062S1 Gaming machine General 235 Active
USD742974S1 Gaming machine General 232 Active
USD843477S1 Gaming machine General 212 Active
USD843478S1 Gaming machine General 210 Active
USD843475S1 Gaming machine General 177 Active
USD843474S1 Gaming machine General 174 Active
USD882697S1 Gaming machine General 129 Active
US5110120A Back box latch for pinball games Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 127 Expired
USD882696S1 Gaming machine General 97 Active
USD882698S1 Gaming machine General 81 Active
US4766541A Apparatus for generating interactive video game playfield environments Electricity 68 Expired
USD895019S1 Gaming machine General 61 Active
US4890833A Apparatus for generating enhanced interactive video game playfield environments Electricity 49 Expired
US4856785A Optical dual function joystick Physics 30 Expired
US4570158A Horizontal and vertical image inversion circuit for a video display Physics 17 Expired
US7494418B2 Gaming machine with hinged top box Physics 16 Active
US8376839B2 Gaming machine with improved lighting arrangement Physics 14 Active
US5158291A Ball accelerator for rolling ball games Human Necessities 11 Expired
US9741200B2 Modular gaming terminal configurations Physics 8 Active
US8167715B2 Adjustable playing area for electronic gaming terminal Physics 7 Active
US9865121B2 Modular gaming terminal configurations Physics 4 Active
US8567783B2 Gaming machine with zone-based thermal management system Physics 2 Active
US8840480B2 Gaming machine with enhanced RF-shielding enclosure Human Necessities 2 Active

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