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Amusement devices: games November USPTO class patent listing 11/07

20070273094 - Systems, methods and articles to facilitate delivery of playing cards: A playing card output receiver that is mounted for movement includes a floor that slopes downward toward a back wall, which may, for example, assist in retaining playing cards in the playing card output receiver during movement of the playing card output receiver.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070273095 - Chessboard device with auto-electronic scoring: A chessboard device with auto-electronic scoring at least provides a display component to generate at least a light, a color and a figure once an induction switch device is pressed, touched or felt. The central processing unit (CPU) of a microcomputer is capable of distinguish electronic signals produced by the... Agent: G. Link Co. Ltd.

20070273098 - Articles having domino patterns: An article of manufacture having a domino pattern, such as wallpaper, fabrics, and floor coverings, wherein each half of each domino in the domino pattern abuts two adjacent dominos and all abutting portions of the dominos on the article of manufacture have an identical number of spots.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070273097 - Method of playing blackjack with an innovative side wager: This invention presents methods for playing live and electronic Blackjack-style games with an optional side wager incorporating a bonus or Jackpot feature. The essence of the instant invention is the making of a side bet in the game of Blackjack where the player making the side bet is wagering that... Agent: Richard L. Bigelow

20070273096 - Card game system: A card game system, which is for playing a battle game in which a character and an opponent make an attack on each other based on information recorded in a card, includes an attack control device that controls, when attack content identification information recorded in the card is read by... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070273099 - Systems, methods and articles to facilitate playing card games: A card receiver to receive playing cards includes a substantially circular base having an outer periphery and an inner portion radially spaced from the outer periphery. A plurality of partitions extend longitudinally from the base and opposed surfaces of each adjacent pair of partitions form a respective playing card compartment... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070273100 - Paintball targets with entertainment value: Paintball targets including a battleship having an array of smaller targets pivotally mounted on a base that is shaped to resemble the shape of a ship's hull. The smaller targets are designed to swing back on a hinge to display an image of fire and destruction, upon the impact of... Agent: Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver Attorneys At Law

20070273101 - Identity guessing game and methods of playing: An identity guessing game includes a plurality of identities to be guessed. Each identity is provided on a media in a manner permitting selection of one identity by a player for a round of play. The game also includes a plurality of clue sets, each clue set having multiple clues... Agent: Lempia Forman LLC

20070267809 - Combined gaming machine and relaxasizer: A device for relaxing a participant while participating in an activity is provided. The device may comprise an amusement machine and a relaxasizer. The amusement machine may be interactive with the participant. Also, the amusement machine may have a receptacle having a starter circuit for permitting the participant to interact... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070267810 - Game machine with complex display apparatus: A game machine complex display apparatus is placed behind a transparent panel provided on a front face of a game machine. The game machine complex display apparatus has a display assembly with a plurality of display devices, a support frame for rotatably supporting the display assembly, and a support frame... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070267811 - Playing card delivery for games with multiple dealing rounds: An electromechanical card handling apparatus and method creates or generates a plurality of sets of cards from a group of unshuffled cards wherein each set contains a predetermined number of randomly selected or arranged cards. Sets of cards are provided in a step-wise fashion, with first initial cards provided and... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A.

20070267812 - Discard rack with card reader for playing cards: A card verification station moves and reads suit and rank of individual cards. The cards are provided to a card in-feed area and moved individually to a card collection area. A device may comprise a) a card in-feed area with card moving elements that move only a bottom card from... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P. A. York Business Center

20070267813 - Three dimensional sudoku cube puzzle and method: This application discloses a three dimensional puzzle bearing the shape of a cube. The application also discloses a method of integrating spatial logic using a three dimensional puzzle.... Agent: Herron Law Office

20070267814 - Street business board game: A board game, for play by competing players and in which each player conducts business in an urban environment for the purposes of accumulating greater wealth than competitors, includes: a plurality of tokens, a game board having a plurality of marked spaces on which the tokens may sit or be... Agent: Larry J. Guffey

20070267815 - Integrated word-search, word-link, trivia puzzle and word-scramble: An integrated word-search, word-link, trivia puzzle and word-scramble includes a number of preprinted letters in a grid region. The region contains letters which are solutions to the word-search, word-link, trivia puzzle and word-scramble, and disguising letters filling in the rest of the puzzle. Through solving the puzzle, the individual letters... Agent: Jeremy L Graybill

20070267816 - Real-time response over hardware i/o interfaces for video gaming machine: Video gaming systems for wagering are usually required to interact through hardware I/O (Input/Output) interfaces with peripherals and other external systems. Often, the interaction includes real-time requirements which are not easily met when using preemptive multitasking operating systems, such as Microsoft's Windows. By combining various features of the operating system,... Agent: Byron W. Goodman Suite 240

20070267817 - Game tool and game method: A game tool and game method producing a high learning effect enabling the user to learn and acquire mathematic ability. The game tool contains cards having a front cover unit displaying an equal sign on a main surface of the card and a display unit displaying one of either a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070262518 - Golf bocce game: The game is a golf bocce game played by a plurality of players. The golf bocce game includes a plurality of projection balls, where each set of balls is differentiated from one another by, but not limited to, color, logo, pattern, etc, one target ball, a measuring device, a pocket... Agent: Sean Love

20070262519 - Player operated projectile aiming game, and player operated coin aiming device: The present invention is directed toward a player operated projectile aiming game including at least one player operated projectile aiming device for enabling a player to aim a projectile along a sideways trajectory at at least one submerged target in a liquid filled tank in an attempt to hit a... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070262520 - Lottery instant-game ticket: A lottery instant-game ticket and method of making same. On a substrate is placed a first set of game indicia including a first set of game symbols, and a second set of indicia larger than the first set of game indicia and including a second set of game symbols, and... Agent: Carlton Fields, Pa

20070262521 - Learning puzzle of geometric shapes: A learning puzzle for enhancing a user's knowledge of polygon angles and geometric shapes. The learning puzzle includes a frame and a set of shaped puzzle pieces, each puzzle piece of the set of shaped puzzle pieces being a polygon having straight edges and angular relationships at the intersection of... Agent: Dergosits & Noah LLP

20070262522 - Octave magic cube: An octave magic cube has a spherical center core with square slider plates mounted at end of a six-arm cross center piece. A pattern of space channel is formed between the slider plates. Seven movable cubic block pieces having a triangular retainer plate mounted at the center of a partial... Agent: David W. Wong

20070262523 - Color learning puzzle: A learning puzzle for enhancing a user's knowledge of color relationships. The learning puzzle includes a frame and a set of shaped puzzle pieces, each puzzle piece of the set of shaped puzzle pieces having a face of a unique color. Each puzzle piece is related to other puzzle pieces... Agent: Dergosits & Noah LLP

20070262526 - Entertainment system and method with outcomes being determined by playing cards: A system and method for playing Craps is described. In one embodiment, the method includes allowing a player to select a burn-card-quantity; shuffling a collection of playing cards, each of the playing cards including a respective card value from 1 through 6; and retrieving a number of playing cards equal... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070262525 - Method for playing a poker game: This variation of 5-card poker is played with a standard poker deck (52 cards), and uses the standard valuation of hands. During play, the players are playing both their own hand and a “party hand”. Improving one's hand, and, if applicable, wagering, requires exchanging cards from the hand one is... Agent: John D. Scapaticci

20070262527 - Poker-type card game and method therefor: A poker-type game capable in which participants compete against a dealer in hands whose number of cards progressively increase. Play begins with two cards dealt to a dealer and two cards dealt to each player. Whoever has a superior two-card hand must place a wager into a transitional wagering area.... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070262524 - Three card blackjack: A blackjack variation that can be played in a casino. A player is dealt three cards and can take the best two or three card hand out of the three cards. A dealer is dealt three cards and can take the best two or three card hand out of the... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20070262528 - Card game suitable for casino play: A system and method for playing a card game is provided. An embodiment for play in a casino using a standard deck of cards comprises allowing a player to place an ante bet and receiving three cards. The player may optionally elect to pay a draw fee to discard a... Agent: Roger C. Knapp Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20070262529 - Multi-colored visishot paper target: A target, made of two layers, that has an animal design. The animal design on the bottom layer has at least two zones which correspond to a level of effectiveness of a bullet strike within that zone. Each level of effectiveness is indicated by a color and each animal design... Agent: Atk C/o Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070257428 - Game table and method of making the same: A game table, notably a rectangular game table, with at least one playing surface, preferably a shuffleboard surface, disposed between a first end and a second end of the table, wherein the playing surface has a first end width and a second end width and perimeter, such that the first... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn

20070257429 - Casino related event betting: A system and methods for betting on casino related games, events or actions. There is a present and recurring need for new bet types that may increase excitement for players and that may be advantageous to both the bettor and to the bet-taking establishment. According to one example, casino-related events... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070257430 - Method and apparatus for conducting a game of chance: A system and method are provided for playing a game of chance. The game of chance may include, for example, a lottery-type game or a Keno game. A result of the game of chance is revealed to a player in another medium. In one example, the result is revealed during... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070257431 - Structure of pieces of a 3d jigsaw puzzle: A 3D jigsaw puzzle includes puzzle pieces each having multiple arms and cutouts structurally complementary to the arms of an adjacent puzzle piece. A surface engagement exists between a peripheral edge defining each of the arms of a puzzle piece and a peripheral edge defining each of the cutouts of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070257432 - Yoga board game and methods of teaching yoga: Board games and methods for teaching yoga, especially to children and preteens are described, one board game comprising a die and one or more tokens, and a planar rectangular board having one or more paths for moving the tokens to various positions on the board based on rolling the die,... Agent: The Wendt Firm, P.C.

20070257433 - Apparatus and method for a race game wherein competitors apply defensive strategies and math skills to win: A race type board game in which two or more players compete by rolling dice to win turns and advance along a game track comprising a linked set of player squares or spaces. Players advance according to a number displayed on a drawn advancement card where the card can be... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20070257434 - Game played using a board and forming words: A board game wherein the players state in advance of their turn any words they choose to form, then state their choice to roll both dice to maneuver the game board with their game piece or to roll one die to pick the corresponding number of lettered squares. A player... Agent: Lynda Lee Lingenfelser

20070257437 - Wagering game method and apparatus: A method for playing a wagering card game includes accepting between 1 and n wagers where n is a positive integer, dealing a house card, dealing a first card to a first player, comparing the first card to the house card, and paying all payouts won. The first player wins... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070257435 - Passive learning system for international code flags or signaling flags: A passive learning system is provided herein. The passive learning system may comprise a plurality of cards which define a deck of cards. Each card in the deck of cards may define a front surface and a back surface. The front surface may have a unique card identifier, corresponding flag... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070257436 - Waterleaf limited: Domino wagering games are disclosed in which a player or players place a wager on which domino will be selected, the domino being selected with a domino roulette style wheel or by being revealed after selection from a boneyard. The wagers are based on a bet type as provided in... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070257438 - Skill ball tossing game: A skill tossing game with at least one horizontal bar generally located a predetermined distance away from the players and a predetermined height above the ground. The preferred setup contains two bars separated vertically by around 12 inches with the top bar being around 32 inches above the ground. The... Agent: Clifford Kraft

20070257439 - Target ball game: A floor mounted, or wall mounted target assembly provides an audible indication of scoring a point when a ball or other type of resilient projectile is properly launched so as to impact the bulls eye portion of the target assembly. The target assembly includes a base unit positioned on the... Agent: C Glen Bolton

20070252325 - Reconfigurable golf game: A reconfigurable golf game having an interchangeable body, a hollow shaft, a swing actuation system, and a coupler. The coupler allows a user that purchases one game system including multiple interchangeable bodies to easily attach different interchangeable bodies to the hollow shaft thereby changing the game. The various interchangeable bodies... Agent: Gallagher & Dawsey Co., L.p.a.

20070252326 - Cumulative seal card game system and method: A cumulative game system includes a case set of play tickets having a plurality of deal sets of play tickets. Each of the plurality of deal sets of tickets contribute to a cumulative prize pool board. Each of the plurality of deal sets of tickets includes a plurality of play... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070252327 - Stepped position specifying apparatus, stepping type exercise apparatus, stepped position specifying method and exercising support method: Mat 40 includes foot switches FS1 to FS4. The information processing apparatus 20 attached to the mat 40 displays moving objects 118-1 to 118-4 which move in motion lanes 120-1 to 120-4 and response objects 114-1 to 114-4 corresponding to foot switches FS1 to FS4 on the television monitor 1.... Agent: Jerome D. Jackson (jackson Patent Law Office)

20070252328 - Portable amusement apparatus: A portable amusement apparatus is provided comprising a portable ice cooler including a support member acting as a lid and having an upper surface and a lower surface; a receiving portion located adjacent with respect to said upper surface for receiving game pieces and playing a game in a game... Agent: Carla Ferrari-lugo Law Office

20070252329 - Party game device: Party game device (1) including a games' board (2) and a number of flat playing pieces (8), wherein the games' board comprises a number of playing sections (3) adjusted to the dimensions of the playing pieces, the playing sections having first surfaces (15) comprising first supporting faces for the playing... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070252330 - Light-reflecting board game: A board-type game to be played by two or more players. The game includes lasers where players selectively divert the path of the laser beams. The board apparatus comprises a surface, bounded by a frame, over which laser beams are directed down symbolic rows and columns which constitute a matrix... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070252334 - Card game: A golf-themed card game in which each player's cards are initially dealt in a face-down board is disclosed. Each player in succession may choose a card from a drawing stock or from the discard pile to replace a card in the player's board. Once each of the cards in any... Agent: J. Charles Dougherty

20070252333 - Beat the dealer 21 card game: A method of playing the card game of Twenty-one or “Black Jack” involving a variation modification which allows a player to place a side wager in addition to the initial wager or ante, wherein the side wager allows a player to win if one of the printed cards grouped together... Agent: Conrad B. Hernandez

20070252332 - Building card kit: A building card kit including a character, a plurality of building cards and printed material relating to at least one of the characters and the plurality of building cards. Each of the building cards preferably has at least one side thereof provided with indicia relating to the character.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070252331 - Casino card game: A casino card game requires each player to make an Ante wager and allows each player to also make a Bonus wager at the same time. Three cards are then dealt to each player and one card to the House. At that time, each player can fold or make a... Agent: Robert M. Mason Mason & Petruzzi