Patents by Inventor Ellen L. Fleming

Ellen L. Fleming 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).

  • Sports chance game apparatus and method of playing same
    Patent number: 5683090
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for playing a sports chance game includes means for storing team names, players on each team, and a first group of occurrences which could happen during a sports event contested by the two teams. A processor randomly selects a second group of occurrences from the first group of occurrences and randomly arranges each of the second group of possible occurrences into individual locations on a patterned layout on a scorecard for a verified user of the game. The processor determines matches between the second group of possible occurrences on each scorecard with events which actually occurred at the sports event and determines a winning scorecard based on a certain number of matches and/or the location of the matches on each scorecard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Inventors: Kim A. Zeile, Ellen L. Fleming