Patents by Inventor Edmund A. Gress

Edmund A. Gress 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: 8469361
    Abstract: There is provided a game in which a first game piece has a first game piece level value, a second game piece has a second game piece level value, and a third game piece has a third game piece level value. The first game piece also has an attacking ability value such that the first game piece, when within an attacking range with respect to the second and third game pieces (i) is permitted to concurrently attack both of the second and third game pieces if a total of the second and third game piece level values is less than or equal to the attacking ability value, and (ii) is not permitted to concurrently attack both of the second and third game pieces if a total of the second and third game piece level values is greater than the attacking ability value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Inventor: Edmund Gress
  • Publication number: 20120208644
    Abstract: There is provided a game in which a first game piece has a first game piece level value, a second game piece has a second game piece level value, and a third game piece has a first game piece level value. The first game piece also has an attacking ability value such that the first game piece, when within an attacking range with respect to the second and third game pieces (i) is permitted to concurrently attack both of the second and third game pieces if a total of the second and third game piece level values is less than or equal to the attacking ability value, and (ii) is not permitted to concurrently attack both of the second and third game pieces if a total of the second and third game piece level values is greater than the attacking ability value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventor: EDMUND GRESS
  • Patent number: 8181963
    Abstract: There is provided a game having a number of game pieces, each of which has a game piece level value. The game has a game level value, and players select game pieces such that a total of the game piece level values is less than or equal to the game level value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventor: Edmund Gress
  • Publication number: 20100156048
    Abstract: There is provided a game having a number of game pieces, each of which has a game piece level value. The game has a game level value, and players select game pieces such that a total of the game piece level values is less than or equal to the game level value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventor: Edmund Gress
  • Patent number: 7392986
    Abstract: A method for playing a competitive card game simulating combat between a first character and a second character has the step of providing a stack of playing cards for each player with each card representing at least one specific character. Each card has games on the card and the card has indicia thereon representing various information about the first character and the second character with statistics. The method also has the steps of selecting a statistical comparison game, selecting a card from the stack of each player, and choosing one category of the statistics to be compared. The game also has the step of comparing the statistics of the specific character on the chosen category to determine a winner of the card game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Inventor: Edmund A. Gress
  • Publication number: 20080088088
    Abstract: There is provided a game having a number of game pieces, each of which has a game piece level value. The game has a game level value, and players select game pieces such that a total of the game piece level values is less than or equal to the game level value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventor: Edmund Gress
  • Publication number: 20050156382
    Abstract: A card game uses game cards having various indicia thereon used to simulate a wrestling match. The indicia can, be statistics and rankings of the wrestlers which are compared by the players during the course of the game. The indicia can also be POP or Points of Pain for each wrestler and the moves or maneuvers of each wrestler which are used during the course of the game. The game cards can also have an image of wrestlers thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventor: Edmund Gress
  • Publication number: 20050151320
    Abstract: A method for playing a competitive card game simulating combat between a first character and a second character has the step of providing a stack of playing cards for each player with each card representing at least one specific character. Each card has games on the card and the card has indicia thereon representing various information about the first character and the second character with statistics. The method also has the steps of selecting a statistical comparison game, selecting a card from the stack of each player, and choosing one category of the statistics to be compared. The game also has the step of comparing the statistics of the specific character on the chosen category to determine a winner of the card game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventor: Edmund Gress
  • Patent number: 6893021
    Abstract: A card game uses game cards having various indicia thereon used to simulate a wrestling match. The indicia can be statistics and rankings of the wrestlers which are compared by the players during the course of the game. The indicia can also be POP or Points of Pain for each wrestler and the moves or maneuvers of each wrestler which are used during the course of the game. The game cards can also have an image of wrestlers thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Inventor: Edmund A. Gress
  • Patent number: 4671739
    Abstract: A one piece, fiber reinforced, plastic radiator cooling fan for a truck. The fan is reinforced by: a hub extension which extends from the hub into each blade a substantial distance; by directly interconnecting the leading and trailing edges of adjacent blades to form a juncture therebetween in the form of a spiral located radially outwardly from the hub; by having the leading and trailing edges of adjacent hub extensions interconnect in a smoothly curved line tangent to the hub; by strengthening locations of high stress in each blade; and by avoiding sudden changes in thickness and in direction of the various portions of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: Robert W. Read
    Inventors: Robert W. Read, Edmund A. Gress, deceased