Patents by Inventor Santiago Romero

Santiago Romero 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: 20020006820
    Abstract: An assembly for playing a variation of the game baccarat wherein one of a plurality of players, designated the banker, may make a bonus wager in addition to a primary wager which provides the banker/player the possibility of participating in a bonus payout if the total number count of each of at least two consecutive hands equals a predetermined number count. Typically, the predetermined number count will be nine in that nine is the best possible hand in a conventional baccarat game. The total number count of the banker's hands can be either a natural nine or a broken nine to qualify for participation in the bonus payout, which can increase either randomly or in accordance with a pre-set schedule or rate of increase, set by the house or casino in the event that more than two consecutive banker's hands each have a total number count equal to the predetermined number count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventor: Santiago Romero
  • Publication number: 20020002070
    Abstract: A gaming assembly to play a variation of the game baccarat, the gaming assembly including a computer processor assembly, a display assembly and at least one user actuatable selector assembly. The computer processor assembly is structured to generate a player's hand and a banker's hand in accordance with rules of baccarat, one of those hands being designated the user's hand. Further, the computer processor assembly is structured to determine a winning hand in accordance with the rules of baccarat, designating the user as a winner if the user's hand is also the wining hand. Additionally, the computer processor assembly is structured to monitor consecutive ones of the user's hands and to indicate a bonus payout to the user in the event that consecutive ones of the user's hands have a final number count equal to a natural nine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventor: Santiago Romero
  • Publication number: 20010029200
    Abstract: A gaming assembly to play a variation of the game baccarat, the gaming assembly including a computer processor assembly, a display assembly and at least one user actuatable selector assembly. The computer processor assembly is structured to generate a player's hand and a banker's hand in accordance with rules of baccarat, one of those hands being designated the user's hand. Further, the computer processor assembly is structured to determine a winning hand in accordance with the rules of baccarat, designating the user as a winner if the user's hand is also the wining hand. Additionally, the computer processor assembly is structured to monitor consecutive ones of the user's hands and to indicate a bonus payout to the user in the event that consecutive ones of the user's hands have a final number count equal to a natural nine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventor: Santiago Romero
  • Patent number: 6293864
    Abstract: A method and assembly designed to play a variation of the game baccarat wherein one of a plurality of players, designated the banker, has the option of making a bonus wager in addition to a primary wager, wherein the bonus wager provides the banker/player the possibility of participating in a bonus payout in the event the total number count of each of at least two consecutive hands equals a predetermined number count. Typically the predetermined number count will be nine in that nine is the best possible hand in a conventional baccarat game. The total number count of nine of the banker's hands can be either a natural nine or a broken nine and still qualify for participation in the bonus payout, which can increase either randomly or in accordance with a pre-set schedule or rate of increase, set by the house or casino in the event that more than two consecutive banker's hands each have a total number count equal to the predetermined number count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Baccarat Plus Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Santiago Romero