Brian W Yu

6695311, Feb 24, 2004

Oct 31, 2002

10/286191

Brian Yu - Hawthorne CA
Jonathan Bedford - Hawthorne CA

Mattel, Inc. - El Segundo CA

A63F 300

273273, 273293, 273307, 463 11

A game including game pieces and rules for playing a game for a plurality of players, the goal of which is to score the most points by correctly guessing the location of hidden items. The invention provides multiple coverable items, multiple sets of markers, and multiple shells. Multiple coverable items may be hidden under multiple shells in a manner such that multiple sets of markers may be used to guess the location of the corresponding coverable items by stacking a marker onto the corresponding shell.

6729619, May 4, 2004

Oct 31, 2002

10/286356

Brian Yu - Hawthorne CA
Jonathan Bedford - Hawthorne CA

Mattel, Inc. - El Segundo CA

A63F 904

273146, 273274, 273309

A dice game including dice, chips, predictive markers, and methods of play. The goal of the game is to be the first person to obtain all the chips from the other players. Chips are used for wagering on the outcome of dice rolls. The game may optionally employ predictive markers to facilitate predictions for the outcome of the dice roll.

6746017, Jun 8, 2004

Oct 31, 2002

10/286475

Brian Yu - Hawthorne CA
Jonathan Bedford - Hawthorne CA

Mattel, Inc. - El Segundó CA

A63F 300

273273, 273292

The present invention provides a board game wherein players compete to uncover tiles and board sections in an order that matches a drawn card. The game includes a game board, player pieces, tiles, and sequence cards. The object of the game is to advance through several levels of play by matching uncovered indicia to that of the sequence cards while avoiding penalty indicia.

6808172, Oct 26, 2004

Nov 1, 2002

10/286189

Jonathan Bedford - Hawthorne CA
Brian Yu - Hawthorne CA

Mattel, Inc. - El Segundo CA

A63F 300

273255, 273243, 273292

The present invention provides rules and apparatus for playing a board game. The game includes a decoder for each of the plurality of players, a set of coded game cards having a plurality of possible probability influencing indicia printed thereon. The decoders are configured to select at least one of the probability influencing indicia from the game card. Further, the game includes a value generator configured to generate a value based on the selected probability influencing indicia. The generated value determines a winner.

7014190, Mar 21, 2006

Jun 1, 2004

10/858853

Brian Yu - Hawthorne CA, US

Mattel, Inc. - El Segundo CA

A63F 3/00

273243, 273258

Board games having movable neutral playing pieces. The board games include tokens that represent each player's location on the board and neutral playing pieces that may be moved by any player to block an opponent's token movement. In some embodiments, the neutral playing pieces may be moved to occupy an adjacent, unoccupied cell, alternatively or additionally, the neutral playing pieces may displace other neutral playing pieces.

7118108, Oct 10, 2006

May 5, 2004

10/839971

Brian Yu - Hawthorne CA, US
Jeannie Burns Hardie - Gardena CA, US
Jim Keifer - Manhattan Beach CA, US

Mattel, Inc. - El Segundo CA

A63F 3/00

273248, 273246

The present invention provide rules of play and game components for a game in which players may win by correctly predicting the order in which the moving pieces will reach the finish line. Players may influence the movement of the playing pieces on the pathways by playing movement cards or cards invoking special rules.

7887058, Feb 15, 2011

Jun 29, 2006

11/427626

Janice Ritter - Los Angeles CA, US
Peter Maciver - Huntington Beach CA, US
Gary Collins - Redondo Beach CA, US
Brian Yu - Los Angeles CA, US

Mattel, Inc. - El Segundo CA

A63F 3/00

273249, 273273, 463 9

Methods of playing drawings games incorporating novel steps and electronic game systems configured for use with a video display and adapted to interactively provide novel methods of playing drawing games. Novel steps of the methods include: providing an award based at least in part on the number of continuous lines used by a player in the drawing of clues; erasing a player's drawing after a predetermined time in sequence to how the drawing was sketched; providing an initial image to a player who sketches clues incorporating the initial image to create a drawing; limiting a player's sketch to a combination of a predetermined set of shapes; limiting a player's sketch to clues not depicting the physical manifestation of the word provided; manipulating a hand, wrist, or arm of a player to sketch clues to a word; requiring the player sketching clues to continuously produce verbal sound; requiring the player sketching clues to continuously keep his/her feet off the floor; and requiring the player sketching the clues to sketch upside-down.

8251367, Aug 28, 2012

Sep 15, 2008

12/210687

Brian M. Yu - Los Angeles CA, US

Mattel, Inc. - El Segundo CA

A63F 3/00
A63F 9/24

273272, 463 10, 463 11, 463 12, 463 31, 463 35

A board game with a timing feature is disclosed. The board game includes a board with several bonus spaces or premium spaces that can change in value and/or availability as a game progresses. The board also includes indicator associated with the bonus or premium spaces that indicate whether the bonus or premium spaces are available and whether their values have changed.