Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7066465 | Side bet for blackjack style card game A side bet which may be implemented in any blackjack-style card game method provides an opportunity to win a bet based on combinations of three cards which may be the player's first two cards and the dealer's first card. The player may win the side bet with certain ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7048275 | System to provide a player with the ability to reserve a wild indicia for use in one or more subsequent games A gaming device is provided that includes a display screen that is capable of generating video images, the gaming device being programmed to select a first group of indicia from a plurality of indicia in a first game, wherein the plurality of indicia include a plura... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7014191 | Multi-player card game and method of playing the same A portable multi-player card game having a unique set of playing cards and a unique system for scoring and keeping track of score, wherein the method of playing is distinct from cribbage based card games. A game board is provided, having a card holder portion and a ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6752394 | Five and seven card stud game method and card playing surface A method of playing cards includes the steps of a player placing a first wager; a dealer providing at least one player card to the player to form a first hand; the dealer providing an opportunity for the player to evaluate the first hand to decide whether to place a... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6588756 | Playing card system for teaching musical notation An apparatus for teaching musical notation to students by playing familiar card games. A deck of playing cards is utilized which contains musical notation and colored suits rather than the typical numbers with named suits. The musical notation symbols are... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6422564 | Method and apparatus for playing a wagering game A playing card wagering game method which involves each player making a wager. A dealer deals cards face down to each participating player. Players discard the highest numerical ranking card of their dealt cards and place said card into an appropriate hig... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6412779 | Card game having cards bearing hidden icons altering game play A plurality of cards each having one or more primary value icons is utilized in a game similar to the game of "war" in which the relative power or value between cards is established on a preliminary basis by the number of primary value icons thereon. Each... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6345824 | Bonus feature for casino card game A bonus method for a base casino card game, such as Blackjack or Baccarat, begins with the player making an ante wager and a first and second bonus wager. The player and dealer are each dealt a hand of cards, or electronic representations thereof. The pla... | 02/12/2002 |
| 5887873 | Unique deck of playing cards A deck of cards, tiles, or similar playing pieces, real or simulated on a computer or other device, chiefly characterized by a trilateral organization comprising three independent aspects: suit, value, and color or color group. The plurality of cards repr... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5791652 | Domino and interchangeable suit cards, games, and methods of play A deck of playing cards, games, and methods of play to be used for play of conventional domino games and interchangeable suit or multiple denomination card games. The deck of cards is representative of a set of dominoes. The cards contain a primary indici... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5718432 | Lottery number card game A deck of 52 standard-sized playing cards representing a gaming system to preselect lottery numbers for submission to a variety of State lottery games in which provision has been made to exclude unwanted lottery numbers during play, allowing the full and ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5549301 | Card game using cards having pictures of scenes and activities associated with different rooms in a home A card game includes seventy two cards in six different categories or sets. The cards in each set are numbered consecutively from one to twelve; cards in the range from one to six constitute the low numbered cards, whereas cards in the range from seven to... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5110134 | Card mark sensor and methods for blackjack A novel method and apparatus for determing whether or not a hole card is a member of a blackjack pair without direct observation of the hole card. The cards are separably marked in groups of aces and of face cards and tens. Each mark is detectable by a ca... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4588193 | Two-value playing cards A deck of playing cards preferably comprising sixty two-value cards, whereby the deck consists of three different suits with four different number values per suit, and twelve half-wild cards consisting of a fifth number value which is wild in terms of its... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4428582 | Apparatus for educational games Apparatus is disclosed for the playing of a variety of educational games by players of all ages and skills. Cards or tiles are provided with numbers on one side and letters on the other.... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4248434 | Bridge game for two or three Bridge game for two or three players who competitively bid for a face-down dummy hand which is incapable of verbal response but is capable of providing an approximate point count, indication of the suits of the majority of cards thereof and the specific n... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4219197 | Word game using cards and a row designator A deck of playing cards with two rows of word components printed in the card corners along with standard playing card suit designations. In addition, a row designator device, such as a six-sided die, is used with the deck to mandate which row or rows of l... | 08/26/1980 |
