Patents by Inventor Kristine Marie Ashley

Kristine Marie Ashley 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).

  • Method of playing a poker game with card back hands
    Patent number: 6659863
    Abstract: The method of the present invention is directed to a poker card game, preferably a video card game such as played on a computer screen or in a video poker machine such as found at a casino, wherein on a single wager the poker player plays a face down hand, called a card back hand, and a face up poker hand. The card back hand, played either prior to or after playing the face up hand, is a random dealt hand and, if winning criteria are met, establishes a payout greater than the normal payout on preselected winning face up poker hands. This increases the potential payout on a given poker wager, while using a standard poker deal and playing method for the face up poker hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Card Back Gaming Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Eugene Ashley, Kristine Marie Ashley
  • Method of playing a poker game with card back hands
    Publication number: 20020107063
    Abstract: The method of the present invention is directed to a poker card game, preferably a video card game such as played on a computer screen or in a video poker machine such as found at a casino, wherein on a single wager the poker player plays a face down hand, called a card back hand, and a face up poker hand. The card back hand, played either prior to or after playing the face up hand, is a random dealt hand and, if winning criteria are met, establishes a payout greater than the normal payout on preselected winning face up poker hands. This increases the potential payout on a given poker wager, while using a standard poker deal and playing method for the face up poker hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Stephen Eugene Ashley, Kristine Marie Ashley