Patents by Inventor Renee B. Hofberg

Renee B. Hofberg 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).

  • Patent number: 5431407
    Abstract: A casino card game is disclosing which uses a deck of cards having series of individual cards which can be arranged into an ordered card sequence such as a poker deck. In the play of the game an initial card is randomly selected to start the game. The selected card is used as the starting point in a game sequence that is the same as the card sequence of the deck except that it is started at position in the sequence established by the selected card. The cards are opened one at a time from the deck. As each card is opened its position in the ordered sequence is compared to the what is the next position in the game sequence. If the opened card does not match the card in the game sequence a second card is opened and compared with the next position in the game sequence. If there still is no match a third card is opened and the process repeated until there is a match or the entire game sequence is completed without a match. The house win if there is a match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Inventors: Renee B. Hofberg, Robert Hofberg