Patents by Inventor Jeffrey L. Nauman

Jeffrey L. Nauman 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).

  • Gaming apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7223171
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for playing a one player video game of chance. The method includes the steps of providing a plurality of items that until selected by the one player occupy a set of non-selected items, displaying an indicia of a winning combination of items present within the plurality of items in advance of selection of any item of the plurality of items by the one player, enabling the one player to select at least some of the plurality of items for inclusion in a set of selected items, wherein at least one other of the plurality of items remains within the set of non-selected items and displaying the items within the set of selected and non-selected items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Inventors: Brian F. Colin, Jeffrey L. Nauman
  • Gaming apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20030040351
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for playing a one player video game of chance. The method includes the steps of providing a plurality of items that until selected by the one player occupy a set of non-selected items, displaying an indicia of a winning combination of items present within the plurality of items in advance of selection of any item of the plurality of items by the one player, enabling the one player to select at least some of the plurality of items for inclusion in a set of selected items, wherein at least one other of the plurality of items remains within the set of non-selected items and displaying the items within the set of selected and non-selected items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Brian F. Colin, Jeffrey L. Nauman