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Amusement devices: games March list of published pending patents 03/07

20070069459 - Recreational gambling machine with roulette game: Recreational gambling machine with roulette game Recreational gambling machine with roulette game, being of the type of gambling machine which functions by means of introducing coins and, optionally, bank-notes, said gambling machines having two games associated together, the gambling machine (1) having an electronic game (2) and a roulette game... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070069460 - Method for remapping a game wheel: A system and method for remapping a game wheel are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for remapping a wheel comprises providing a wagering game having a wheel divided into a plurality of wheel segments. A map is selected from a library before producing a game outcome. Each map defines... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070069461 - Playing die: A multi-sided playing die capable of indicating at least one of a plurality of symbols on sides of the die comprises an energy storage device within the die and a trigger for discharging energy from the energy storage device to cause rotation of the die out of a position in... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20070069462 - Card shuffler with card rank and value reading capability using cmos sensor: A device for forming a random set of playing cards comprises a card infeed area, a shuffling system, a card removal area; and a card reading system located within the device, the card reading system employing a CMOS sensor and a hardware component, the hardware component capable of converting signals... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20070069463 - Structural elements and tile sets: The invention relates to sets of structural elements representing equilateral irregular pentagonal structures with angles of 36.degree., 108.degree., 108.degree., 36.degree. and 252.degree., which enable a plurality of patterns that can cover a plane periodically or non-periodically. Modified structural elements in which each side of the equilateral, irregular pentagon is replaced... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070069464 - Method for playing a game to teach players how to control their interpersonal behavior: A method of playing a board game designed to teach players how to control their interpersonal behavior to achieve goals. The method includes providing first and second play areas, each having a respective plurality of spaces connected to form a respective path, wherein the two paths are noncontiguous from each... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20070069466 - Board game: The present invention relates to a game in which a game surface, a plurality of game pieces, and a plurality of game cards are provided for use in games involving names of people. In the preferred embodiment, the game surface comprises a plurality of ladders having starts, finishes and various... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070069465 - Board game using homographs: The present invention relates to a word game in which a game surface, a plurality of game pieces, and a plurality of word cards are provided for use in games involving homographs. In the preferred embodiment, the game surface comprises a plurality of ladders having starts, finishes and various spaces.... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070069467 - Blackjack and poker game combination: A gaming method is disclosed and comprises the following steps, which need not necessarily be performed in the exact order: providing at least two card representations to a player, each card representation comprising a symbol, the symbol having a corresponding predetermined value; providing at least two card representations to a... Agent: Tong & Associates

20070069469 - Method and apparatus for playing a blackjack game with side wagers: A casino-style blackjack card game that offers players the option of placing wagers against the occurrence of their hand value exceeding 21 (commonly known as busting) on the next card drawn when they have a hard card count of 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070069470 - Poker game with required dealer discard: A poker-type card game comprises at least one player making at least one ante wager in the poker-type game at least against a dealer's hand. The player receives a first number of cards and the dealer receives a second number of cards that is at least one card more then... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A.

20070069468 - Two cards combo 21: Two Cards Combo 21 is a card game in convention with the playing method of Blackjack (twenty-one) that multiple players engage in taking turns to play their own hand against to dealer's hand. A method of playing Two Cards Combo 21 card game comprises a dealer and at least one... Agent: Hui Chuan Chen Apt #3

20070069471 - Airstream supported asymmetric battling spheres toy: A table top game uses two or more light-weight balls that are staged within an open enclosure overtop of a fan or other pneumatic source that generates a vertical air stream of sufficient flow rate to suspend the balls. Toy weapons are selectively attached to each light-weight ball as part... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070069472 - Bullet containment trap: A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for facing plates while providing a... Agent: Randall B. Bateman BatemanIPLaw Group

20070069473 - Method and system for improving interpersonal communication: A method (and process and system) for improving interpersonal communication between a plurality of parties, includes directing a party in the plurality of parties to discuss a subject from a plurality of subjects with at least one other party in the plurality of parties for at least a predetermined period... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070069474 - System and method for assisting in classroom education: An instructional system having a simultaneously viewable multi-question display, a participant input device associated with said set of participant information in communication with a computer readable medium, a set of question information contained within said computer readable medium having a plurality of questions, a response section for each participant, a... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20070063432 - Lottery ticket with play action game involving predetermined set of sequential icons: A lottery ticket which provides a first grid comprised of rows and columns defining individual play regions covered by a scratch-off layer with each play region containing a sequential theme related icon selected from a predetermined set of sequential icons with the lottery ticket being provided by a prize designation... Agent: Watov & Kipnes, P.C.

20070063433 - Educational simulation game and method for playing: An educational simulation game is provided, comprising: a quantity of game money for use during play of the game; a game map comprising multiple adjoining game tiles representing elements of a country, comprising wilderness tiles, residence tiles, and business tiles, wherein each tile may be acquired by a player of... Agent: Regan Ross

20070063434 - Journey: The Journey is a board game with religious content. Game pieces are moved on the board from the starting point on earth to the finishing point of heaven. Players draw cards and follow the instructions or answer the questions on the cards. Correct answers or properly following instructions earns points... Agent: Gregory Allen Keksi

20070063435 - Board game: The present invention is a strategy and/or educational board game in which 2-4 players distribute game pieces, e.g., marbles or other tokens, according to a particular sequence among a common field of play, with the object of the game being to be the first player to collect a predetermined number... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20070063436 - Logical board game and game of chance on a star-shaped board: The present invention is directed to a logical board game featuring hexagonal primary playing fields as a playing area, and pieces, the primary playing fields being congruent geometrical figures that form a regular six-pointed star-shaped playing area that has axes of symmetry, one playing field of which is at the... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20070063437 - Word-forming game: A method for playing an interactive game (10) between a first player and a second player includes the steps of the first player obtaining a plurality of active first game pieces (14A) that each includes a word-forming indicia (24A), the first player positioning a first active first game piece (14A)... Agent: The Law Office Of Steven G Roeder

20070063438 - Game and game apparatus: A game apparatus comprising a player display (105) adapted to provide a display representative of a collection of tokens (106, 107, 108, 109, 110) delivered to a player by a dealer and a dealer token (111), the apparatus further comprising a player control means adapted to be operated by the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig

20070063443 - Gaming system and method of operation thereof: A gaming system comprises a primary wagering facility which is usable by a player to place an initial wager on a turn of a game of blackjack, and a secondary wagering facility which automatically places a side wager on the same turn of the game of blackjack. The system provides... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070063441 - Playing cards with dual number feature: The construction of a set of playing cards comprising a group of single-valued cards and a group of double-valued cards is disclosed. In one embodiment, the power of a select group of conventionally high value cards is shifted to a select group of conventionally low value cards. Methods of using... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20070063439 - Poker games with varying position advantage: A card game among a plurality of players is played by dealing hands of cards to the players one card at a time, conducting an initial round of wagering among the players, and conducting subsequent rounds of wagering among the players. At least one of the subsequent rounds of wagering... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070063440 - Poker-type card game method: A poker-type game capable of providing players with an exciting alternative to Texas Hold'em and Omaha in which four community cards are dealt, eliminating the effect of the river card. Preferably, in the poker-type card game each player is dealt three playing cards from which at least one must be... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070063442 - Two card poker: A method of playing a two card poker game by at least one player and a bank r who is preferably also the dealer. The game features multiple rounds of dealing out of the same deck(s). The player has the option to wager against the dealer, wager against a predetermined... Agent: Banner & Witcoff

20070063444 - Magnetic type electronic dartboard: A magnetic type electronic dartboard includes a dartboard body at which darts are thrown, the dartboard body having a plurality of blocks and a winding at each of the blocks, and a magnetic zone provided at the back side of the dartboard body and providing a constant magnetic field.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070063445 - Target apparatus: Target apparatus (2) comprising a target profile (4), a container (6) for containing a plurality of targets (8), a first receiving station (10) in the target profile (4) and for receiving the targets (8) from the container (6), a second receiving station (12) in the target profile (4) and for... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska

20070063446 - Print-type magnetic dartboard: A dartboard has board member, and the board member has a plurality of target blocks to be stuck by darts. The back side of the board member has an induction layer and a magnetic member. The magnetic member provides a fixed magnetic field, and the induction layer has a substrate... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070063447 - Toss game apparatus: A toss game apparatus is disclosed. The toss game apparatus includes first and second target platforms, each first and second target platform including a top portion, two end portions and two lateral portions, and a means for joining the first and second target platforms at variable distances one from the... Agent: Mark Gholson

20070057450 - Hockey game table with rotary striking unit: A hockey game table having a table face on which a disc is movable. The hockey game table includes a rotary striking unit including a propeller and a driving mechanism for driving the propeller. The rotary striking unit is mounted to the table body with the propeller positioned on the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070057451 - Ball drop amusement game: An amusement device that includes a horizontally oriented rotating wheel having a plurality of apertures through the wheel and a release mechanism that will release game pieces from a location above the wheel is disclosed. The game can be played by exercising skill or it can be configured to result... Agent: Venable LLP

20070057452 - Roulette and dice game with poker hands: A roulette game which can form poker hands. A roulette wheel has card values on the outside as opposed to the standard numbered values. The wheel can be spun a plurality of times in sequence, and each spin can be used as a card value. After five such spins, a... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20070057453 - System and method to handle playing cards, employing manual movable cover: A card shoe handling device includes a cover that is manually movable from a closed position to an opened position and a switch operable to cause a delivery of at least some of the playing cards externally from the playing card handling system in response to a position of the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070057454 - System and method to handle playing cards, employing manual movable cover: A card shoe handling device includes a cover that is manually movable from a closed position to an opened position, where in the closed position the cover limits access to playing cards carried by the playing card output receiver from an exterior of the playing card handling system and in... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070057455 - Cubic logic toy: This is an invention that concerns the construction of three-dimensional logic toys, which have the shape of a normal solid, substantially cubic in shape, and N number of layers in each direction of the three-dimensional rectangular Cartesian coordinate system, said layers consisting of smaller separate pieces. Their sides that form... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070057456 - Turning puzzle ball: A turning puzzle ball includes a plurality of slidable members, and a plurality of rails. The slidable members form a hollow sphere. Each of sides of each of the rails is slidably mounted between corresponding sides of two adjacent slidable members.... Agent: Eric Chan

20070057457 - Therapy puzzle: A rehabilitation device for exercising and rehabilitating a hand after an injury is disclosed, wherein the rehabilitation device includes a main body, a plurality of puzzle pieces, and a plurality of removal devices having different shaped handles adapted to be held using different types of grips.... Agent: Fraser Martin & Miller LLC

20070057458 - Personalized jigsaw puzzle: A personalized jigsaw puzzle and a method for production of personalized puzzles are described with the personalized puzzle capable of being produced without a customized printing. The personalized jigsaw puzzle is suitable for use as an educational tool and to develop creativity. The personalized puzzle contains a picture and a... Agent: Hans Sun

20070057459 - Trading card game and a method to play: A trading game and a method to play a trading game is provided. The game comprises of a game board that is adjustable according to the number of players participating the game and a deck of trading cards for each player. According to one embodiment the cards are of five... Agent: Dodds & Associates

20070057460 - Instructional yoga game and method of play: The present disclosure relates to a method of playing a yoga game. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of obtaining a playing surface sized to receive a person; wherein the playing surface further includes multiple spaces with illustrations of various yoga poses, obtaining a plurality of cards that... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070057461 - Methods and systems for providing enhanced value of lottery-type tickets: The present invention relates to methods and systems for conducting and playing a lottery-type game. One method of lottery-type wagering of the present invention includes providing a player an opportunity to purchase a lottery ticket for a first round of a lottery-type game, conducting the first round of the lottery-type... Agent: Trask Britt

20070057462 - Systems, methods and articles to facilitate playing card games with intermediary playing card receiver: An inventory sensor is positioned and configured to identify playing cards stored in compartments of one or more intermediary playing card receivers. The intermediary playing card receivers may be positioned in a card transport path between an input and an output receiver. The inventory sensor allows an inventory of playing... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070057463 - System and method for providing a portable game: A game is assembled from elements formed at least in part from packaging materials such as a carton, article carriers, and plastic bottles or other containers. In the exemplary embodiment, a game board is formed from a game board blank that is detached from a carton. Additional game board elements,... Agent: Parks Knowlton LLC

20070057464 - Card game: A card game with a Dealer and at least one player, the game using at least one deck of standard playing cards, including dealing a hand of a first face-up card to each player and a face-down card to the Dealer, and dealing at least one additional card to each... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20070057467 - Card game: A method and apparatus for assembling one or more coherent images from a plurality of segments of the coherent image reproduced on parts, pieces, blocks, cards, or the like is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, the face of each segment includes a portion of the resulting single... Agent: Law Offices Of Rita C. Chipperson

20070057468 - Multi-deck playing card set and method of playing card games using same: A multi-deck playing card set includes a combination of at least two standard fifty-two card decks, each card having a front side, a back side, and a top portion and a bottom portion on each side. The multi-deck card set also includes a mark or indicia, either in color, black... Agent: Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd.

20070057465 - Poker game with spoken ranks: A card game that can be used for wagering purposes. A series of successive poker hands can be formed around a table, and upon formation of each hand a current player declares a rank of the hand which is better than a rank of a former hand. The other players... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20070057466 - Systems, methods and articles to facilitate playing card games with selectable odds: Playing cards may be selected based on a desired set of payout or house odds and/or house advantage. The playing cards may be placed into, and/or retrieved from, one or more intermediary playing card receivers in a random or pseudo-random order that is based on the selected payout or house... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070057469 - Gaming table activity sensing and communication matrix: An apparatus and a method enabled by the apparatus perform a method of measuring wagering activity on a gaming table. The method comprises providing at least one grid of sensors positioned over an area defined by the surface of a gaming table to sense the presence or absence of gaming... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20070057470 - Trivia game: A method for playing a trivia game comprising the steps of compiling a general pool of trivia questions; arranging a game with a plurality of players connected over a computer network; receiving an entry fee from a plurality of players connected over a computer network; and assigning a starting point... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20070052166 - Salad bowl the game: Salad Bowl the Game is a unique board game and set of rules where players score points for their team during their turn by getting teammates to guess the names of famous people they have each written down and placed in a bowl. Each player is timed and scored. It... Agent: Salad Bowl, Llc Robert Hyry

20070052167 - Radio frequency identification (rfid) poker table: Unique application of existing technology where a poker tournament is displayed to an audience using a tournament table having stations for receiving information about each player's down or hole card(s) through the use of non-electronic-optical means. Specifically through the use of Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tags embedded within or printed... Agent: Harris J. Galatan

20070052168 - Educational playing surface: An educational aid for teaching students to recognize symbols such as the alphabet and numbers. The educational aid comprises a surface on which a plurality of gaming groups is disposed. Each gaming group comprises two or more gaming zones. The gaming zones each comprise a colour component and a symbol... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070052169 - Educational board game and method of playing: An entertaining and educational board game is disclosed which requires players to answer questions 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 arranged into categories 26, 28, 30, 32, 34 and includes a playing board 50, a playing course 46 of interconnecting squares 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, a plurality... Agent: Heather Shanks

20070052170 - Method of playing and paying gambling games: A method of paying on blackjack and blackjack derivative games using a paytable, but permitting retention of traditional rules of play. Additionally, a means of paying out greater than 100% in expected value on blackjack and blackjack derivative games by involving a required qualification process.... Agent: Barber Legal

20070052171 - Card game with blackjack and poker aspects: A card game that can be used for wagering purposes. A player can be dealt initial three cards and three two card hands can be formed from the initial cards. A three card hand can also be formed from the initial cards. The player can also have the option, after... Agent: Muskin & Cusick Llc

20070052172 - Game combining aspects of keno and poker: An additional to games of chance such as keno wherein card values can also be generated. A player can mark numbers he predicts will be picked by the house, and after the house picks their numbers, card values can also be generated. A poker hand can be formed from the... Agent: Muskin & Cusick Llc

20070052173 - Game combining aspects of roulette and poker: A roulette game played with cards. A deck of cards is used that is used to generate random numbers for roulette-style wagering. Wagers can be made both on the next card as well as poker hands formed from cards dealt from the deck.... Agent: Muskin & Cusick Llc

20070052174 - Poker games using cards and/or dice: Card and/or dice games which can be played among several players. Each player tries to obtain a better poker hand than the other players. A player with the best poker hand can win the pot.... Agent: Muskin & Cusick Llc

20070052175 - Side wager and related method of playing blackjack: A side wager is placed on a game of Blackjack or Twenty-One that either one of the following two conditions are met: 1) a two-card poker hand value of an initial two cards dealt to the player will equal one of the plurality of paying two card poker hand values... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20070052176 - Fishing board game: An improved fishing board game comprising a gameboard, fish cards, color cards, bait boards, playing cards, game pieces and a pair of dice. The gameboard comprises a plurality of color card slots for holding color cards and at least one fishing hole associated with each color card slot, said fishing... Agent: Gregory T. Zalecki

20070052177 - Game operating device: A game operating device (controller) includes a longitudinal housing, and a holding portion held by hand to be wrapped by its palm it is formed in the housing. A direction switch is provided on an upper surface at a position where it can be operated by thumb of the hand... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.c.

20070052178 - Adjustable target ring: A companion toy device for flying objects, and more specifically, an adjustable target ring through which objects such as flying discs may be thrown.... Agent: Randall Fred Cottrell

20070045951 - Video game mask: A mask is mounted on a video game controller to enhance the interaction of its graphics with the game player and the graphic effect of the game. The controller has a curved contour and the shape of the mask matches the contour so the mask its over the surface of... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070045952 - Interactive game including partially concealed game pieces: An interactive game (10) for a plurality of players includes a game board (12) having a plurality of designated positions (22), a plurality of game pieces (14), a plurality of upper gameplay indicia (318U), and a plurality of lower gameplay indicia (318L). Each game piece (14) includes a game piece... Agent: The Law Office Of Steven G Roeder

20070045953 - Wealth board game: A board game and method of playing the board game wherein players move their game pieces in a path on the game board having landing spots in accordance with a combination of a numbers die and a words die. A spinner having a finger-activated spinning arrow pivotally attached at the... Agent: Louis Ventre, Jr

20070045954 - Game for teaching fundamental aspects of network marketing: A board game used to teach players about the fundamental aspects of network marketing. The game includes a game board having tiles corresponding to various networking principle cards that teach basics on prospecting, personal development, downline development and the inevitable challenges. The prospecting and personal development cards allow the players... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20070045955 - Knights domain, a variation of chess: The present invention is a modified chess game providing a method for isolating and focusing the more intense tactical use of the knight, thus improving a player's proficiency in their use and improving the game of chess game overall. The rules have been simplified resulting in a simpler and shorter... Agent: Wesley Sampson

20070045956 - Underwater matching game: A matching game for use in a swimming pool. Game pieces are provided which have various icons and point values on their faces and which are adapted to sink to the pool bottom and rest automatically in a face-down position on the pool floor. In alternating turns, players gather pairs... Agent: Francis Edward Marino

20070045957 - Gaming system and method for displaying pot amounts to facilitate calculation of pot odds for pot dependent wagers: A gaming system having a live table game and capable of displaying real-time calculations of pot levels is provided. The gaming system includes a tracking system including an chip identifier for identifying the amount of each wager for each player position. In one embodiment, after identifying a wager the tracking... Agent: Belll, Boyd & Lloyd LLC

20070045959 - Gaming table having an inductive interface and/or a point optical encoder: A gaming table includes an inductive interface and/or a point optical encoder. The inductive interface is located beneath a playing surface of the gaming table and electromagnetically communicates with devices on the gaming table, such as a card shoe. The inductive interface generates an electromagnetic field between the source and... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070045958 - System and method for providing poker player tracking and bonus events: A gaming system having a gaming table and including a progressive jackpot funded by a portion of the house rake of a card game played at the gaming table. The gaming system includes a tracking system capable of identifying and tracking cards dealt and wagers placed in order to identify... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC

20070045962 - Card game: Provided herein is a card game involving two or more players that is intended to readily increase overall attack power and allows the players to get familiar with the game in a relatively short time and the game to be completed also in a relatively short time. The game is... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070045960 - Gaming device stand: A gaming device stand including a back plate partially supported by a ground engaging surface and a cabinet having lower, upper, left and right panels. The upper panel has a surface for supporting the underside of a gaming device. The lower panel is cantilevered from the back plate and forms... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070045961 - Method and system providing for navigation of a multi-resource user interface: A method and system is provided for navigating a multi-resource user interface on a display of an electronic device. Method and systems aspects include displaying a deck of cards representing device resources in a presentation space occupying only a portion of a display screen, wherein a top card overlaps other... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20070045963 - Idiom game: A game includes a plurality of playing cards with each card having a number of phrases listed on a face thereof; a random number generator, wherein the amount of numbers that may be generated by the random number generator equals the number of phrases listed on each playing card; a... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20070045964 - Portable party system and method: A portable party system and associated method for providing entertainment and amusement at parties, such as birthday parties and other parties for children, teenagers, and adults, includes one or more portable storage containers containing various different target assemblies and projectiles for use in the play of games. A cover of... Agent: Law Office Of Rod D. Baker

20070045965 - Folding target stand: A folding target stand allows a shooter to easily mount a target at a number of different heights without requiring the use of tools and without requiring disassembly of the target stand. The target stand provides increased stability when struck by bullets and may be easily transported and stored without... Agent: Randall B. Bateman BatemanIPLaw Group