Patents by Inventor Steven Ibbertson

Steven Ibbertson 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).

  • Publication number: 20050035552
    Abstract: A game method for providing a mid-game wager for a base game includes designating at least one intermediate game point and at least one qualifying intermediate holding corresponding to at least one qualifying final result. Players optionally place a base game wager and initiate the base game. The base game is played until an intermediate game point is reached. A player holding a qualifying intermediate holding at the intermediate game point may place an optional mid-game wager. The base game is played to completion. Players with a final holding that is a qualifying final result are rewarded based on the mid-game wager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Ibbertson, Simon Burgess, Ed Cebulko, Richard Lassiter
  • Patent number: 6817614
    Abstract: A game method for providing a mid-game wager for a base game begins with designating an intermediate game point, a qualifying intermediate holding, and a qualifying final result. Players place a base game wager and initiate the base game. The base game is played the designated intermediate game point is reached. A player holding a qualifying intermediate holding at the intermediate game point may place an optional mid-game wager. The base game is played to completion. Players with a final holding that is a qualifying final result are rewarded based on the mid-game wager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Sterling Gaming, LLC
    Inventor: Steven Ibbertson
  • Publication number: 20030193138
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for enhanced biomass production by electrical waveform shaping are disclosed. The invention relates to cultivating a biological source cell in a liquid-medium bioreactor and applying a waveform regulated electric field potential to the source cell, wherein the liquid medium comprises one or more ionizable components. The waveform that regulates the applied field potential comprises a plurality of modes such that at least one mode orders an applied field potential capable of generating an ion from the ionizable component and at least one mode orders an applied field potential capable of inducing migration of the generated ion within the liquid medium. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventor: Steven Ibbertson