Patents by Inventor Henry H. Chou

Henry H. Chou 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: 6402149
    Abstract: A method of playing a ‘magic seven’ card game which is severed by a house dealer for up to seven players. A special deck of cards containing two Jokers and at least a set of sour-suit cards ranging from Ace to Six. In this game, the value point of each numerical value card, from Two to Six, is counted as its face numerical values. The value point of Ace is counted as 1. The Joker is treated as Ace or Six, i.e. having a point value of 1 or 6. Each player is dealt with two cards as player cards by the house dealer. Each player should bet on at least a ‘Hi Gap’ spot, a ‘Lo Gap’ spot or a ‘Magic 7’ spot before he/she receives the two player cards from the house dealer. Each players inspects his/her player cards by summing up the two value points of the two player cards respectively and then subtracting the summed point value from a reference value point which is 7, to obtain a differential point value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventor: Henry H. Chou
  • Patent number: 5782473
    Abstract: A method of playing a Big Ten card game which is operated between at least two players and is a five-card game with at least one deck of conventional 52 cards which includes four sets of cards. Each of the set of cards includes nine numerical value cards from 2 to 10, a Jack, a Queen, a King and an Ace. In this game, the Ace can be recognized or counted as either one or ten points, whereby the Jack, Queen and King are individually counted as ten points. To start, each player is dealt five cards each. After determining the points perceived on hand, each player must show three cards from his hand which add up to either ten, twenty, or thirty to continue playing the game. If a player cannot successfully do that, he is "disqualified" and must leave the game and wait for the next round.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Inventors: Henry H. Chou, Ian Y. Fu