Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor
Reexamination Certificate
2010-01-15
2011-12-20
Layno, Benjamin (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
C273S274000, C463S012000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08079595
ABSTRACT:
Various embodiments include determining a value of a statistic describing cards that have been dealt from a deck, and modifying the rules of a game based on the statistic.
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Lutnick Howard W.
Merkel Stephen M.
CFPH, LLC
Layno Benjamin
Miller Mark A.
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