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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| 7371165 | Card game program and card game machine A card game program has a routine for displaying areas of a player and an opponent, each being comprised of a plurality of hexes, a routine for displaying selective disposition of card on the hex, a routine for removing for displaying remove of a card between the he... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354043 | Mosaic playing-cards A new gaming tool and method of game play including an unconventional deck of playing-cards not employing symbolic relations, but rather employing actual relations between rectilinear geometric regions. The playing-cards preferably employ geometric interactions of r... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341254 | Method and apparatus to play card game A method and apparatus to play poker or blackjack games that include novel playing cards that do not have non-descriptive backs and novel card arrangements with multiple hands sharing a common card. When the novel cards are initially dealt, either the suit or rank o... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334797 | Rock cycle card game A deck of specially designed cards used to teach the rock cycle though easy to play games. The deck contains cards with the titles of various rock types along with the names and pictures of specific rocks that fit into each type. The cards are color-coded to aid in ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7318588 | Card game apparatus and method A card game apparatus includes a deck of game cards that includes a plurality of sets of suited cards. The set of suited cards includes 5 suits. Sets of bonus point cards are included. The deck is placed face down in a random order an in a loose pile. One game card ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316396 | Card game machine A card game machine using plural cards on front surface sides of which distinctive information for identifying itself from others is displayed and designs of back sides of which have a commonality is provide. The card game comprises a holding unit for holding the pl... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316615 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game, including the gaming habits of players and the performance of employees at least partially by tracking the movement of chips bearing identifiers. A chip tray reader images the contents of a chip tray, w... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7291052 | Toy figure play apparatus A play apparatus in the form of a toy figure includes a body member that can be separated into left and right halves by dividing generally centrally along a generally vertical line or plane and can be joined with the opposing halves of another toy figure to create d... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278637 | Underwater matching game A matching game for use in a swimming pool. Game pieces are provided which have various icons and point values on their faces and which are adapted to sink to the pool bottom and rest automatically in a face-down position on the pool floor. In alternating turns, pla... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273213 | Customer information card game A customer information card game is disclosed. A set of game cards is provided, each game card having a face and a reverse side, each game card having printed thereon a plurality of types of customer information indicators and a customer loyalty indicator. Methods a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7258343 | Card game and methods of play This invention relates to a card game comprised of at least one warrior card, at least one technique card, at least one power card, and at least one field card. This invention also includes a method of playing said card game, which involves the use of a battle binde... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7234701 | Riposte sword-fighting card game A card game designed to simulate movements and activities between two combatants. The object of the game is to force all the other players to lose their game points before the winner does. The game uses a unique set of playing cards each containing one of three poss... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229287 | Spatial memory assessment and associated methods A neuropsychological assessment includes cards having a first indicium on a top face and an index indicium on a bottom face. A display includes an arrangement of images, each image corresponding to one of the first indicia, the image number fewer than or equal to th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222852 | Method, apparatus and article employing multiple machine-readable indicia on playing cards A stacked set of playing cards are supported to expose an information bearing portion bearing a first machine-readable indicia and an information bearing portion bearing a second machine-readable indicia, such that each of the first and second machine-readable indic... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219896 | Spelling games Games for at least one player may include at least one game card, each game card including a plurality of letter indicators each indicating a letter and arranged to spell a word, a plurality of letter tokens, each letter token including a letter indicator, a selecti... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207569 | Interactive game system An interactive game system for providing a spoons related game that promotes education of the United States. The interactive game system includes providing a card deck, a plurality of data cards, a plurality of playing spoons, and a data spoon. The data cards and th... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201374 | Method and article of manufacture for collectible game A game, toy or article of manufacture includes a set of rules and at least one model. The model has multiple movable parts, where under the rules of play, the model begins in an assembled configuration. As the model loses points under the rules of play, at least som... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7174369 | System and methods of updating compact disc cards and graphical user interface for updating same A system and method for updating a compact disc card (CD-card) includes a computer having software defining a server. The server has first compact disc card updating software for storing compact disc card update data. A plurality of remote computers are in communica... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165972 | System and method for second language instruction A system and method for teaching a speaker of a primary language the basic tools necessary to communicate with a speaker of the a secondary language in an accelerated and concise manner, including a base set of phrase or word cards and a profession-specific set of p... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156398 | Card game and deck for use therewith A game system including twenty-four cards, each respective card having respective top and bottom portions, each characterized by the following respective first and second suit-rank pairings: Ace of Spades and Nine of Hearts, King of Spades and Ten of Hearts . . . Ni... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152097 | System and methods of updating compact discs and graphical user interface for updating same A system and method for updating a compact disc card (CD-card) includes a computer having software defining a server. The server has first compact disc card updating software for storing compact disc card update data. A plurality of remote computers are in communica... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7118107 | Role-playing game with interactive cards and game devices, namely in the form of linear and rotary slide rules, novel use of dice, tactical combat, word-based magic, and dynamic attrition Provided herein is a role-playing game with physical game devices, cards, and dice as well as rules for their use. Gamers assume the roles of imaginary characters in a fictitious storyline and use game devices, cards and dice to facilitate conflict resolution in the... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7086865 | Educational game An educational game is provided, comprising a plurality of qualification cards for at least one subject, said qualification cards having a qualification question and a corresponding qualification answer; and a plurality of preparatory cards for at least one subject,... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080982 | Information display media with concealable portion A flash card or other type display member is disclosed in which one or more display surfaces are provided for displaying a first indicia, preferably educational indicia. A flap is provided on display surface for optionally revealing a second indicia associated with ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7029281 | Educational card game and method of play An entertaining and educational card game utilizing a question and answer format. The game is comprised of a plurality of nonstandard decks of playing cards. Each card has a question and answer which aggregately cover a wide range of subject matter. Players acquire ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011309 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game, including the gaming habits of players and the performance of employees. A card deck reader automatically reads a symbol from each card in a deck of cards before a first one of the cards is removed. The... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6971649 | Zero-sum tiling game A zero-sum tiling game. A plurality of “domino-like” game pieces include indicia viewable on the top surfaces of the game pieces that correspond to one, or the other, or both of two halves of the game pieces. The indicia forms a binary set. The indicia associate... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6964612 | Method, apparatus and article for evaluating card games, such as blackjack A system reads an identifier from a hand of cards to identify the cards. For example, the system can read an identifier from a pair of cards forming the initial hand in blackjack, where the one card is face up and the other card is face down. The system determines t... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6964417 | War game and method of play A war game wherein multiple sets of moveable game figures are provided with each set having game player alignment identification indicia, such as different color glow, and each figure has removable and replaceable body parts which also glow in the dark so that the g... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6921075 | Theme-based card games having subjective scoring criteria Card games for two or more players using a deck of cards having a common theme are disclosed. Each card of the deck is printed on one side with a different image of a person or thing that is a member of a class of items related to the theme of the game. Players scor... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6702581 | Vocabulary teaching system A vocabulary teaching system for helping a student to learn vocabulary words. The vocabulary teaching system includes a plurality of subsets each being designed for being used to help teach successive levels of vocabulary to the student. Each of the subse... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6702291 | Stacking block game A stacking block game kit includes a set of game cards, a number of stackable game pieces, and a set of rules for discarding the game cards and for manipulating the game pieces. Each game card has a card point value and depicts a card indicia thereon. The... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6659869 | Card manufacturing machine, a card vending machine, and methods therefor A card vending machine for vending a card, responsive to the taste of a user, such as a playing card, a karuta or a tarot card employed for a game synthesizes an image (300) obtained by photographing an object (particularly the user) and an image (100a to... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6659863 | Method of playing a poker game with card back hands The method of the present invention is directed to a poker card game, preferably a video card game such as played on a computer screen or in a video poker machine such as found at a casino, wherein on a single wager the poker player plays a face down hand... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6575828 | Game using game and outcome indicia A device and method for playing a card game where four game cards are selected. To win, a fifth, outcome card must have either a higher or lower value than any same suited game card.... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6474650 | Method of simulation time travel in a card game Although traveling through time is impossible, the idea can still be examined in works of fiction, including card games. A Timeline of events is presented, arranged in chronological order, on two-sided playing cards. During the course of a game, players r... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6457716 | Card game having cards with graphic and pictorial illustrations of geographic, historical and health related facts Disclosed herein are card games which utilize a plurality of playing cards to explore geography, history and health. These card games are particularly used for educational purposes as it relates specifically to Oceans, Continents, Great Lakes, States and ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6409512 | Method and testing instrument for assessing skills of an individual A method for assessing the readiness skills of a child between the ages of two and six years is disclosed. To assess the child's skills, a set of specially designed cards is provided. Each card displays one or more predetermined symbols. The cards are dis... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6402152 | Collectible elements and game method using indicia of occurrence A collectible element suitable for use in an educational game having a plurality of collectible elements each having a frequency of occurrence related to the number of occurrences of the collectible element with respect to the number of occurrences of oth... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6402144 | Educational card game and method An educational card game and method for play comprises a plurality of cards with each card having a surface with indicia imprinted thereon. Each card further includes a metallic element embedded beneath the card surface The card game further includes a ga... | 06/11/2002 |
