Patents by Inventor Stephen F. Kal

Stephen F. Kal 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).

  • Multi-staged poker game and method of playing game with changing wildcards, winning hands of cards and payout odds at each stage
    Patent number: 6575467
    Abstract: Each round of a poker game is played in stages using a conventional deck of cards. A wager is placed at each stage, a hand of cards is dealt to each player at each stage, and the cards dealt to each player in previous stages become part of each players hand of cards at each subsequent stage. A different wildcard is designated at each stage. A winning hand of cards is determined and rewarded at each stage by comparing each players hand of cards including any wildcards to a schedule of winning card combinations and an odds schedule at each stage. At least some of the winning card combinations and some of the odds for each winning card combination are changed at each stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Inventor: Stephen F. Kal