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• 15 United States
• 10 France
• 8 Japan
• 7 China
• 5 Korea
• 2 Other

Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
ROBOCOASTER LTD	EDGBASTON BIRMINGHAM B15 1QT

International Classification(s)

• A63G:MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES

• 2008 Application Filing Year
• A63G Class
• 60 Applications Filed
• 37 Patents Issued To-Date
• 61.67 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
De-Gol, Gino	Heathcote, GB	10	110
# of filed Patents : 10 Total Citations : 110
Verl, Alexander	Ludwigsburg, DE	6	63
# of filed Patents : 6 Total Citations : 63

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Patent Citation Ranking

• 10 Citation Count
• A63G Class

• 7.32 % this patent is cited more than
• 14 Age

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Maintenance Fees

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee	due date

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee
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

DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
July 05, 2011	US,7971537,B2   US7971537B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
April 02, 2009	US,20090084285,A1   US20090084285A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

Full Text

US Patent No: 7971537

Amusement ride

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Abstract

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The carnival ride has a travel path for cars with seats and at least one screen arranged adjacent to the travel path. In order to design the carnival ride in such a way that the passengers in the car have an optimal gaming experience, the screen follows the car at least along a section of its travel distance. In this way, the passengers in the car have a very long-lasting visual contact with the screen or with the movie shown on the screen.

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• MAFP2022
• FEPP2019
• MAFP2019
• AS2015
• FPAY2014
• I2011
• STCF2011
• P2009
• F2008
• PD2007

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Dec 28, 2022	MAFP	MAINTENANCE FEE PAYMENT	free format text: PAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEE, 12TH YR, SMALL ENTITY (ORIGINAL EVENT CODE: M2553); ENTITY STATUS OF PATENT OWNER: SMALL ENTITY year of fee payment: 12
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Jul 27, 2015	AS	ASSIGNMENT	free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:DE-GOL, GINO;VERL, ALEXANDER;SIGNING DATES FROM 20150412 TO 20150420;REEL/FRAME:036187/0967 Owner name: ROBOCOASTER LTD., UNITED KINGDOM
Dec 21, 2014	FPAY	FEE PAYMENT	year of fee payment: 4
Jul 05, 2011	I	Issuance
Jun 15, 2011	STCF	INFORMATION ON STATUS: PATENT GRANT	free format text: PATENTED CASE
Apr 02, 2009	P	Published
Sep 27, 2008	F	Filing
Sep 27, 2007	PD	Priority Date