Patents by Inventor Brock Smith

Brock Smith 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: 20250118137
    Abstract: Systems and methods to generate and enable use of a skill game. An embodiment of a system may include a processor and a computer-readable storage medium, coupled with the processor, comprising instructions. Upon input from a player, the instructions, when executed by the processor, may initiate play of the skill game, which can include a hexagonal based array of cells having a series of symbols displayed in a presentation order in the hexagonal array of cells. The player must exercise skill to change at least one of the displayed symbols by placing a “wild” symbol in a cell to complete a sequence or pattern of symbols. The instructions can allow for the expansion or modification of the hexagonal based array of cells based on the game instructions and/or based on player election.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventor: Brock Smith
  • Publication number: 20250078607
    Abstract: Systems and methods to generate and enable use of a skill game. An embodiment of a system can include a processor and a computer-readable storage medium, coupled with the processor, comprising instructions. Upon input from a player, the instructions, when executed by the processor, can initiate play of the skill game, which can include an array of cells having a series of symbols displayed in a presentation order in the array of cells. The player must exercise skill to move at least one of the displayed symbols to a different cell to complete a sequence or pattern of symbols. The instructions will then determine a game outcome of the second play of the skill game, based on a position of the relocated system in relate to a position of each corresponding symbol in the player created sequence of symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Brock Smith, Glen Carter
  • Patent number: 6311422
    Abstract: A device for preventing the loading and discharge of a gun, comprising cooperating means for obstructing the positioning of ammunition into the firing chamber of a gun, means for activating said obstruction means, and means for locking said obstruction means in said obstruction position; also, a method of making and using such a gun lock device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Inventors: Lynn Exum, Brock Smith