Patents by Inventor James P. Suttle

James P. Suttle 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: 4948134
    Abstract: An electronic device is used to play a card game in which a player and a dealer are each dealt five cards. If the dealer has a poker hand having a value less than an Ace-King combination or better, the player automatically wins. If the dealer has a poker hand having a value of an Ace-King combination or better, then the higher of the player's or the dealer's hand wins. If the player wins, he receives a bonus payment depending on the poker rank of his hand. By making an additional wager, a player can also participate in a progressive jackpot component of the card game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Caribbean Stud Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. Suttle, Daniel A. Jones
  • Patent number: 4861041
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for including a progressive jackpot component in a live casino table game. In addition to playing a live casino table game, each player makes an additional wager at the beginning of each hand that makes that player eligible to win all of part of a jackpot. If during the play of the hand a player is dealt a predetermined arrangement of cards, the player wins a preselected percentage of the jackpot amount. The jackpot is progressive in that unwon amounts of the jackpot carry over to the next hand. Apparatus is provided to receive each gaming token wagered for the jackpot component, to increment the jackpot meter which displays the jackpot amount, to decrement the jackpot meter whenever a winning hand is paid and to reset the apparatus for the next hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Caribbean Stud Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Jones, James P. Suttle
  • Patent number: 4836553
    Abstract: A card game in which a player and a dealer are each dealt five cards. If the dealer has a poker hand having a value less than Ace-King combination or better, the player automatically wins. If the dealer has a poker hand having a value of an Ace-King combination or better, then the higher of the player's or the dealer's hand wins. If the player wins, he receives a bonus payment depending on the poker rank of his hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Caribbean Stud Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. Suttle, Daniel A. Jones