Patents by Inventor Herbert H. Andrae

Herbert H. Andrae 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: 4190253
    Abstract: A solitary knowledgeable individual using the invention can, bid and then play an unlimited multiplicity of printed simulated contract bridge deals with exactly the same results and using the same rules, routines and tactics that he would have employed as a member of a conventional foursome. This ability is the result of programming all reasonable bids into a printed pattern that is cross indexed in such a manner that the bids in the user's hand will designate the responses in the other three hands and then the ability to play the hand just bid is made possible by programming into a geometric, printed pattern the four sets of playing Card Indicia simulating the hands along with two sets of Columnar Indicies, one corner bank of Pertinent Initial Leads, one corner bank showing a Plan of Attack, one corner bank of Sequence Adjustment Cues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1980
    Inventor: Herbert H. Andrae