Ball lottery apparatus

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9937411
SERIAL NO

13814107

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

A ball lottery apparatus include a discharger adapted for discharging individually multiple lottery balls, a lottery field including multiple holes in which the discharged lottery balls can enter, a host controller for executing various controls, a retrieval mechanism adapted for retrieving the lottery balls. When a bingo game is played, the host controller can set the ball lottery apparatus to a normal mode in which an input time point at which each of the lottery balls discharged from the discharger is input to the lottery field depends on a predetermined rule, and to a dealer mode in which the input time point depends on human action.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
KONAMI GAMING INC585 TRADE CENTER DRIVE LAS VEGAS NV 89119

International Classification(s)

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Azuma, Shogo Minato-ku, JP 12 79
Kawai, Norifumi Minato-ku, JP 12 36
Nakano, Makoto Minato-ku, JP 72 781
Okuaki, Masato Minato-ku, JP 35 1026
Uchiyama, Takashi Minato-ku, JP 78 827

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation

Maintenance Fees

Fee Large entity fee small entity fee micro entity fee due date
7.5 Year Payment $3600.00 $1800.00 $900.00 Oct 10, 2025
11.5 Year Payment $7400.00 $3700.00 $1850.00 Oct 10, 2029
Fee Large entity fee small entity fee micro entity fee
Surcharge - 7.5 year - Late payment within 6 months $160.00 $80.00 $40.00
Surcharge - 11.5 year - Late payment within 6 months $160.00 $80.00 $40.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable $700.00 $350.00 $175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional $1,640.00 $820.00 $410.00