Patents by Inventor Zarko Stambolic

Zarko Stambolic 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).

  • Patent number: 7566060
    Abstract: A game includes a base unit, a target area, a launch area, and an electronic controller. The target area is attached to the base unit and has multiple target sections. The launch area is attached to the base and is configured for bouncing a playing piece into one of the multiple target sections. The electronic controller is configured to monitor the target sections and control game play. For two person play, the game may have two launch areas and the target area may be divided into two target regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Big Monster Toys, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Breslow, Zarko Stambolic, Karl R. Meyer
  • Patent number: 7111846
    Abstract: Described is a game including a base unit, a target area, a launch area, and an electronic controller. The target area is attached to the base unit and has multiple target sections. The launch area is attached to the base and is configured for bouncing a playing piece into one of the multiple target sections. The electronic controller is configured to monitor the target sections and control game play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Big Monster Toys
    Inventors: Jeffrey Breslow, Robert Civettini, Terry Webb, Samuel C. Unsicker, Zarko Stambolic
  • Patent number: 7102119
    Abstract: The present invention is a computerized game device or game playing method for use with objects such as balls and a generally planar surface. The game device may comprise at least two electromagnetic beam transmitters arranged to emit electromagnetic beams and at least two corresponding electromagnetic beam receivers generating signals. The game device further comprises a support for the transmitters and receivers having a surface shaped to rest stably against the planar surface, the support positioning each transmitter to emit its electromagnetic beam parallel to the other beams and parallel to the planar surface, the support positioning each receiver to receive one of the electromagnetic beams, and the support shaped to permit the objects to pass through the beams and to strike the planar surface without striking the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Breslow, Zarko Stambolic, Karl R. Meyer
  • Publication number: 20020111202
    Abstract: A hand-held electronic game with audio directions has a center with two connected elongated ends for bending and rotating relative to the center by a player. Position sensing switches provide input to a control module. Various pre-programmed games may be played according to directions from the control module. In one, players are given “hot”/“cold” directions as they attempt to transform the game into a predetermined, but undisclosed, configuration. For another, there are directions, such as “bend it”, which have a number of correct responses. There is a “bend it back” direction which requires recall of the prior “bend” move for the one correct response. Another variation gives a sound that must precede a direction to authorize the player to follow the direction. Each particular configuration may also be identified by a sound effect requiring the player to recall the shape associated with the sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Robert E. G. Annis, Zarko Stambolic, Donald A. Rosenwinkel
  • Patent number: 5893798
    Abstract: Hand-held electronic game devices employing push buttons and other controls to manipulate game play and action on electronic displays, e.g., Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) or Light Emitting Diode (LED) display devices. The game devices have unique elongated, tubular forms in the shape of a stick. The electronic displays are integral with the unique tubular forms and generally centrally mounted therein. Various types of controls are employed at either or both ends of the game devices including, e.g., push buttons, pull switches, spring-loaded balls, flip switches, mouse controls, pointer balls, lever arms, or the like. Game concepts and operations are utilized based upon the particular control mechanisms employed as well as the unique physical shape and appearance of the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Assignee: Tiger Electronics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Zarko Stambolic, Shari L. Smith, Frank Mercurio, Howard J. Morrison
  • Patent number: 5685776
    Abstract: Hand-held electronic game devices employing push buttons and other controls to manipulate game play and action on electronic displays, e.g., Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) or Light Emitting Diode (LED) display devices. The game devices have unique elongated, tubular forms in the shape of a stick. The electronic displays are integral with the unique tubular forms and generally centrally mounted therein. Various types of controls are employed at either or both ends of the game devices including, e.g., push buttons, pull switches, spring-loaded balls, flip switches, mouse controls, pointer balls, lever arms, or the like. Game concepts and operations are utilized based upon the particular control mechanisms employed as well as the unique physical shape and appearance of the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Tiger Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Zarko Stambolic, Shari L. Smith, Frank Mercurio, Howard J. Morrison
  • Patent number: D524869
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Breslow, Zarko Stambolic, Karl R. Meyer
  • Patent number: D497956
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignees: Big Monster Toys, Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Breslow, Robert Civettini, Terry Webb, Samuel C. Unsicker, Zarko Stambolic, Karl Meyer
  • Patent number: D354993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Tiger Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard J. Morrison, Zarko Stambolic
  • Patent number: D369189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Tiger Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Zarko Stambolic, Shari L. Smith, Howard J. Morrison
  • Patent number: D369387
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Tiger Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Zarko Stambolic, Shari L. Smith, Howard J. Morrison
  • Patent number: D370940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Tiger Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Zarko Stambolic, Shari L. Smith, Howard J. Morrison
  • Patent number: D371165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Tiger Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Zarko Stambolic, Shari L. Smith
  • Patent number: D372501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Tiger Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Zarko Stambolic, Shari L. Smith, Howard J. Morrison
  • Patent number: D374252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: Tiger Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Zarko Stambolic, Shari L. Smith, Howard J. Morrison
  • Patent number: D384110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Breslow, Morrison, Terzian & Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Zarko Stambolic, John V. Zaruba