Patents by Inventor Mark A. Litman

Mark A. Litman 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).

  • Publication number: 20170024967
    Abstract: A method performs side bet events during a baccarat or blackjack wagering event by: a) providing a side bet wager to be determined by playing cards during the wagering events; b) providing two random playing cards to a dealer hand position and a player hand position; c) determining the spread between the two random playing cards on which the side bet wager has been placed; d) upon determining existence of a spread in excess of zero between the two random playing cards in a hand, using a third playing card such as by using a dealer position up-card, to determine if the third playing card is within or not within the spread; and e) resolving the side bet wager against a paytable which identifies odds at least dependent on the spread determined in d). Specially marked cards of specific suit and rank may be used to increase progressive jackpot bonuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: Mark A. LITMAN
  • Publication number: 20160339619
    Abstract: A nasal dilator and method of making nasal dilators are provided. The dilator may have a composite base element of at least two regions, the base element having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface of the base element having a pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed thereon; the base element further including a spring element which imparts return memory into the base element so that the base element returns towards a planar conformation during use. The spring element has elastic memory effected by differential properties in the at least two regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Liberman Distributing and Manufacturing Co., d/b/a Lidco Products ("Lidco")
    Inventors: David A. Gray, Mark A. Litman
  • Publication number: 20160335851
    Abstract: A method performs side bet events during a baccarat or blackjack wagering event by: a) providing a side bet wager to be determined by playing cards during the wagering events; b) providing two random playing cards to a dealer hand position and a player hand position; c) determining the spread between the two random playing cards on which the side bet wager has been placed; d) upon determining existence of a spread in excess of zero between the two random playing cards in a hand, using a third playing card such as by using a dealer position up-card, to determine if the third playing card is within or not within the spread; and e) resolving the side bet wager against a paytable which identifies odds at least dependent on the spread determined in d). Specially marked cards of specific suit and rank may be used to increase progressive jackpot bonuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Mark A. LITMAN
  • Publication number: 20160129341
    Abstract: A game object is used as a moving object to provide a random outcome event by movement and final stoppage in an outcome indicating position or mode. Examples are die, dice, balls, roulette balls, roulette wheels and pointers on candy wheel. The object has: A) a game object body; B) the game object body containing an accelerometer microchip or a receiver in communication with a transmitter, power source and light-emitting elements within the game object body, light from the light-emitting body being visible outside the game object body; and C) the microchip closing an electronic circuit for a period of time less than 5 minutes after the game body is moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel L. Sahl, Russell Brooke Dunn, Mark L. Yoseloff, Mark A. Litman
  • Publication number: 20160071367
    Abstract: A method of determining total values of wagers, payouts or cashed-in chips at a single player's wagering position on a gaming table has steps of: a) providing a set of at least three different value wagering chips having different values in subsets of chips, each subset of chips having relative non-rational weight values, b) placing chips at a least one weighing position with at least one chip from a subset of chips, c) weighing the wager placed at the at least one weighing position, and d) accurately determining a total value of wagers made at the at least one weighing system based on unique correspondence between weight and value among each subset of chips, wherein each subset of chips has non-rational weights such that for any combination of ten chips from each of the at least three subsets of chips, there is a unique weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: Mark A. LITMAN
  • Publication number: 20150290021
    Abstract: A nasal dilator and method of making nasal dilators are provided. The dilator may have a composite base element of at least two regions, the base element having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface of the base element having a pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed thereon; the base element further including a spring element which imparts return memory into the base element so that the base element returns towards a planar conformation during use. The spring element has elastic memory effected by differential properties in the at least two regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Liberman Distributing and Manufacturing Co., d/b/a Lidco Products ("Lidco")
    Inventors: David Gray, Mark A. Litman
  • Patent number: 9095422
    Abstract: A nasal dilator and method of making nasal dilators are provided. The dilator may have a composite base element of at least two regions, the base element having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface of the base element having a pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed thereon; the base element further including a spring element which imparts return memory into the base element so that the base element returns towards a planar conformation during use. The spring element has elastic memory effected by differential properties in the at least two regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Liberman Distributing and Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: David Gray, Mark A. Litman
  • Publication number: 20150044267
    Abstract: A filter material for entrapping particles and actively affecting the trapped particles within the filter. The fabric has a blend of hydrophilic superabsorbent fibers and non-superabsorbent hydrophilic fibers that is sufficiently porous as to allow gaseous flow through the fabric. The fabric having a thickness and the fabric has as a coating of a mixture of a chemically or physically active compound and a liquid carrier forming an active composition on both the outer surface of the hydrophilic superabsorbent fibers, and the hydrophilic superabsorbent fibers have a central volume also retaining the active composition. The central volume of the hydrophilic superabsorbent fibers acting as a reservoir for replacement of the active compound into the coating when concentration of active compounds in the coating are reduced to a concentration less than concentrations of the active compound within the central volume; and the liquid carrier is an aqueous liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: LIBERMAN DISTRIBUTING AND MANUFACTURING CO., D/B/A LIDCO PRODUCTS ("LIDCO")
    Inventors: David A. Gray, Robert M. Hume, Mark A. Litman
  • Publication number: 20120004683
    Abstract: A nasal dilator and method of making nasal dilators are provided. The dilator may have a composite base element of at least two regions, the base element having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface of the base element having a pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed thereon; the base element further including a spring element which imparts return memory into the base element so that the base element returns towards a planar conformation during use. The spring element has elastic memory effected by differential properties in the at least two regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: David Gray, Mark A. Litman
  • Publication number: 20110154557
    Abstract: An apparel or material which may be placed anywhere or worn about the neck or other parts of the body of a human. The apparel/material has a structure that, when repositioned from about the wearer, will retain a position about a mouth and nose of the human, as by elasticity or taughtness of a wrapping about the face. The apparel is sufficiently porous as to allow a human to breath comfortably through the fabric when placed over the mouth and nose of the human. The fabric has as a coating is created with on at least the outer surface and through at least 25% of the thickness of the fabric a moisture-sensitive antimicrobial composition, wherein the antimicrobial moisture-sensitive composition comprises an antimicrobially active compound and a carrier, the carrier by hydrophilic and able to absorb sufficient moisture from exhaled breath from the human as to maintain a wet surface on the carrier to which viral particles will adhere more strongly than to a dry surface of the same carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Liberman Distributing and Manufacturing Co., d/b/a Lidco Products ("Lidco")
    Inventors: David A. Gray, Robert M. Hume, Mark A. Litman
  • Patent number: 7690983
    Abstract: A method of playing a primary game on a gaming machine is performed by placing a wager on an underlying wagering primary game and playing the underlying wagering primary game according to the rules of the underlying primary game. When a predetermined event occurs in the underlying primary game, the player enters at least one secondary game. The secondary game may have at least one event where a) an animated event proceeds to a conclusion and an original bonus that increments or decrements with the proceeding of that animated event, and b) using a sequential set of displays to determine a number of spins to be used in a secondary game and to determine a multiplication factor to be used in spins to be used in the secondary game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Josef Alexander Hartl, R. Brooke Dunn, Michael C. Halvorson, Mark A. Litman
  • Patent number: 7604539
    Abstract: A method of playing a game on a gaming machine is performed by placing a wager on an underlying wagering game and playing the underlying wagering game according to the rules of the underlying game. When a predetermined event occurs in the underlying game, the player enters at least one bonus game. The bonus game may have at least one event where a) an animated event proceeds to a conclusion and an original bonus that increments or decrements with the proceeding of that animated event, and b) using a sequential set of displays to determine a number of spins to be used in a bonus round and to determine a multiplication factor to be used in spins to be used in the bonus round.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Josef Alexander Hartl, R. Brooke Dunn, Michael C. Halvorson, Mark A. Litman
  • Publication number: 20090209831
    Abstract: A method is provided herein for indicating viability of cells grown on a rejection inert tissue cytoarchitecture or scaffolding with a medical device that supports at least one sensing function comprising: non-destructively observing a region of a patient to where cells have been transplanted; guiding the medical device to said region of a patient using the non-destructive observation; positioning said medical device within said region of a patient using the non-destructive observation to assist in the positioning; sensing a property within said region of a patient that is indicative of cell viability or nonviability; and using data from sensing said property within said region to indicate cell viability from a transplant with the region. Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a particularly useful format for non-destructive observation of the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: John Kucharczyk, Mark A. Litman
  • Publication number: 20080039174
    Abstract: A method and apparatus allows playing a wagering game. After placing a wager, the system provides multiple paylines and symbols appear on various paylines. Predetermined symbol events on paylines determine winning events and losing events. A wager is placed on more than one payline; at least one payline is designated a loss-determining payline; at least one payline is designated an influenced payline; symbols are provided to both the loss-determining payline and the influenced payline; and when the loss-determining payline has a losing event, a winning event on the influenced payline is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventor: Mark A. Litman
  • Publication number: 20060009277
    Abstract: A method of playing a primary game on a gaming machine is performed by placing a wager on an underlying wagering primary game and playing the underlying wagering primary game according to the rules of the underlying primary game. When a predetermined event occurs in the underlying primary game, the player enters at least one secondary game. The secondary game may have at least one event where a) an animated event proceeds to a conclusion and an original bonus that increments or decrements with the proceeding of that animated event, and b) using a sequential set of displays to determine a number of spins to be used in a secondary game and to determine a multiplication factor to be used in spins to be used in the secondary game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Josef Hartl, R. Dunn, Michael Halvorson, Mark Litman
  • Publication number: 20060003827
    Abstract: A method of playing a game on a gaming machine is performed by placing a wager on an underlying wagering game and playing the underlying wagering game according to the rules of the underlying game. When a predetermined event occurs in the underlying game, the player enters at least one bonus game. The bonus game may have at least one event where a) an animated event proceeds to a conclusion and an original bonus that increments or decrements with the proceeding of that animated event, and b) using a sequential set of displays to determine a number of spins to be used in a bonus round and to determine a multiplication factor to be used in spins to be used in the bonus round.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Josef Hartl, R. Dunn, Michael Halvorson, Mark Litman
  • Patent number: 6960134
    Abstract: A method of playing a game on a gaming machine is performed by placing a wager on an underlying wagering game and playing the underlying wagering game according to the rules of the underlying game. When a predetermined event occurs in the underlying game, the player enters at least one bonus game. The bonus game may have at least one event where a) an animated event proceeds to a conclusion and an original bonus that increments or decrements with the proceeding of that animated event, and b) using a sequential set of displays to determine a number of spins to be used in a bonus round and to determine a multiplication factor to be used in spins to be used in the bonus round.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Josef Alexander Hartl, R. Brooke Dunn, Michael C. Halvorson, Mark A. Litman
  • Publication number: 20040235542
    Abstract: A wagering terminal that also allows for account set-up has a display, a reader to accept account wagering applications, a user interface to capture user input and user identification, and a processor to process the identification, user input and account set-up. The terminal may communicate directly with wagering pools for entry into the pools and facilitates wagering on race events by providing and even analyzing race event information. A rotating slot-type image format can supply information on actual race contestants wagered upon and symbols can be used to identify multiple contestant wagering events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Andrew Stronach, John Jay Richard O'Neal, Mark A. Litman
  • Publication number: 20040229671
    Abstract: A wagering system includes a race providing system facilitating wagering on race events and providing information regarding the race events, and at least one wagering terminal in communication with the race providing system. In an embodiment, a wagering account set-up location (e.g., kiosk) is provided to set-up a wagering account and/or card. Further, the at least one wagering terminal may offer one or more bonus picks in addition to a wager placed by a user of the at least one wagering terminal. Further, a single account wagering card system may be provided to facilitate, among other things, promotion of the at least one wagering terminal. The at least one wagering terminal may also be configured to provide wagering customized to a user risk profile. A system and method may also be provided to display wagering results. A concentrator may also be provided to facilitate services in association with the at least one wagering terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Andrew Stronach, John Jay Richard O'Neal, Mark A. Litman
  • Publication number: 20040053683
    Abstract: A method of playing a game on a gaming machine is performed by placing a wager on an underlying wagering game and playing the underlying wagering game according to the rules of the underlying game. When a predetermined event occurs in the underlying game, the player enters at least one bonus game. The bonus game may have at least one event where a) an animated event proceeds to a conclusion and an original bonus that increments or decrements with the proceeding of that animated event, and b) using a sequential set of displays to determine a number of spins to be used in a bonus round and to determine a multiplication factor to be used in spins to be used in the bonus round.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: Shuffle Master, Inc.
    Inventors: Josef Alexander Hartl, R. Brooke Dunn, Michael C. Halvorson, Mark A. Litman