Patents by Inventor Paul Daniel Smith

Paul Daniel Smith 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).

  • Video game
    Patent number: 7267615
    Abstract: A coin-operated video game machine has a VDU (4) and player controls, such as push buttons (9). In play of a game the screen shows a representation of coins rolling down a run (22) to fall through a fall zone (24), in which the trajectory of fall is influenced by protruding pins (25), onto a bed (14) across which a pusher (27) moves. The player can influence the movement of the coins which fall with trajectories in accordance with gravity and the laws of physics. An award is attained whenever a coin is pushed off the bed (14) into an outlet (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Red Gaming Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Ian Rodden, Paul Daniel Smith
  • Video game
    Publication number: 20020098880
    Abstract: A coin-operated video game machine has a VDU (4) and player controls, such as push buttons (9). In play of a game the screen shows a representation of coins rolling down a run (22) to fall through a fall zone (24), in which the trajectory of fall is influenced by protruding pins (25), onto a bed (14) across which a pusher (27) moves. The player can influence the movement of the coins which fall with trajectories in accordance with gravity and the laws of physics. An award is attained whenever a coin is pushed off the bed (14) into an outlet (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Anthony Ian Rodden, Paul Daniel Smith