Patents by Inventor Chester E. Stites

Chester E. Stites has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method of operating a gaming device having a central game and a plurality of peripheral games
    Patent number: 7614947
    Abstract: The present invention includes a gaming device and a method for operating the gaming device. The gaming device of the present invention includes: (i) a central game in which a player picks at least one masked central game outcome, including a transfer; (ii) at least one peripheral game that begins after the player's pick of the transfer, wherein the player picks at least one masked peripheral game outcome, including a return; (iii) whereby the game enables the player to return to the central game and pick at least one more masked central game outcome after the player picks the return in the peripheral game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Anthony J. Baerlocher, Andrea C. Hughs-Baird, Chester E. Stites, Jr.
  • Apparatus and method of operating a gaming device having a central game and a plurality of peripheral games
    Patent number: 6786819
    Abstract: The present invention includes a gaming device and a method for operating the gaming device. The gaming device of the present invention includes: (i) a central game in which a player picks at least one masked central game outcome, including a transfer; (ii) at least one peripheral game that begins after the player's pick of the transfer, wherein the player picks at least one masked peripheral game outcome, including a return; (iii) whereby the game enables the player to return to the central game and pick at least one more masked central game outcome after the player picks the return in the peripheral game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Anthony J. Baerlocher, Andrea C. Hughs-Baird, Chester E. Stites, Jr.
  • Apparatus and method of operating a gaming device having a central game and a plurality of peripheral games
    Publication number: 20030162583
    Abstract: The present invention includes a gaming device and a method for operating the gaming device. The gaming device of the present invention includes: (i) a central game in which a player picks at least one masked central game outcome, including a transfer; (ii) at least one peripheral game that begins after the player's pick of the transfer, wherein the player picks at least one masked peripheral game outcome, including a return; (iii) whereby the game enables the player to return to the central game and pick at least one more masked central game outcome after the player picks the return in the peripheral game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Anthony J. Baerlocher, Andrea C. Hughs-Baird, Chester E. Stites