Patents by Inventor Max Stern, Jr.

Max Stern, Jr. 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).

  • Apparatus for and method of playing games of chance
    Patent number: 6840855
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for playing a game of skill and chance for one or more players, in which colored, numbered balls comprise the contest elements. Players can bet on obtaining predetermined combination of elements. Players are permitted to reject some or all elements and receive substitute elements to complete a final combination of elements. The final combination is evaluated against a predetermined pay table of values to determine the pay out, if any, to the player. Apparatus may include electronic or mechanical game machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Inventor: Max Stern, Jr.