Patents by Inventor Gregory A. Petty

Gregory A. Petty 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: 20100270741
    Abstract: A game method wherein values of same-suited cards are aggregated to determine a hand value. A player and/or dealer holding a highest hand value is declared the winner. The game method may be used with dealing and wagering rules associated with known games of chance. For example, a Hold'em game may be played in a traditional manner except that the winner is determined by aggregating hand values for each player holding three or more same-suited cards with the winner holding the hand with the highest valued hand. Blackjack or Baccarat scoring systems may be used to determine hand values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventor: Gregory A. Petty
  • Patent number: 7694970
    Abstract: A game apparatus comprising a player display (105) adapted to provide a display representative of a collection of tokens (106,107,108,109,110) delivered to a player by a dealer and a dealer token (111), the apparatus further comprising a player control means adapted to be operated by the player and a dealer control means adapted to be controlled by the dealer and which provides the display at the player display (105) representatives of the players collection of tokens (106,107,108,109,110) and of the dealers token (111), and the player control adapted to enable the player to discard the representation of some of the players tokens displayed to retain a lesser number of tokens and the dealer control adapted so the dealer can compare the representation of the dealers token (111) to the players retained tokens, the comparison determining the player as having won or lost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Inventor: Gregory A. Petty
  • Publication number: 20070063438
    Abstract: A game apparatus comprising a player display (105) adapted to provide a display representative of a collection of tokens (106, 107, 108, 109, 110) delivered to a player by a dealer and a dealer token (111), the apparatus further comprising a player control means adapted to be operated by the player and a dealer control means adapted to be controlled by the dealer and which provides the display at the player display (105) representatives of the players collection of tokens (106, 107, 108, 109, 110) and of the dealers token (111), and the player control adapted to enable the player to discard the representation of some of the players tokens displayed to retain a lesser number of tokens and the dealer control adapted so the dealer can compare the representation of the dealers token (111) to the players retained tokens, the comparison determining the player as having won or lost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventor: Gregory Petty
  • Patent number: 5868102
    Abstract: A cardboard construction for use with a pet cat providing a tunnel-like maze of walk-through passages into which there is an entry of ambient light and correspondingly various sites of different levels of ambient light within the passages as a function of the distances between the point of ambient light entry and the sites, and wherein the pet cat in the exercise of natural instincts selects sites for eating, sleeping, playing, and like routines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Inventor: Gregory Petty