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Ernst Blaha
Also filed as: BLAHA ERNST
48 granted patents·4 pending applications·2,681 citations·filing 1993–2018
99Inventor score
Files withSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG27BLAHA ERNST8BALLY GAMING INC4GRAUZER ATTILA3SHUFFLE MASTER INC3
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52 records- 0199US8702101B2Automatic card shuffler with pivotal card weight and divider gateSHFL ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 22, 2014·112 cites·13 claims
- 0299US8342525B2Card shuffler with adjacent card infeed and card output compartmentsSHFL ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 1, 2013·151 cites·21 claims
- 0399US8210536B2Card snuffler with gravity feed system for playing cardsBLAHA ERNST·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 3, 2012·105 cites·12 claims
- 0499US7766332B2Card handling devices and methods of using the sameSHUFFLE MASTER INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 3, 2010·170 cites·19 claims
- 0599US7556266B2Card shuffler with gravity feed system for playing cardsSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 7, 2009·114 cites·13 claims
- 0698US8141875B2Card handling devices and networks including such devicesGRAUZER ATTILA·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 27, 2012·102 cites·16 claims
- 0798US7967294B2Card shuffler with gravity feed system for playing cardsSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 28, 2011·97 cites·20 claims
- 0898US7946586B2Swivel mounted card handling deviceSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2008·Granted May 24, 2011·140 cites·18 claims
- 0998US7584963B2Pre-shuffler for a playing card shuffling machineSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 8, 2009·121 cites·29 claims
- 1097US8628086B2Shuffling devices including one or more sensors for detecting operational parameters and related methodsKRENN PETER·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 14, 2014·94 cites·44 claims
- 1196US8844931B2Card shuffler with gravity feed system for playing cardsSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 30, 2014·22 cites·13 claims
- 1296US8590896B2Card-handling devices and systemsKRENN PETER·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 26, 2013·37 cites·20 claims
- 1396US6889979B2Card shufflerSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2002·Granted May 10, 2005·230 cites·19 claims
- 1496US5382024APlaying card shuffler and dispenserCASINOS AUSTRIA AG·Filed 1993·Granted Jan 17, 1995·362 cites·9 claims
- 1595US8800993B2Card handling systems, devices for use in card handling systems and related methodsBLAHA ERNST·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 12, 2014·24 cites·25 claims
- 1695US6659460B2Card shuffling deviceCARD CASINOS AUSTRIA RES & DEV·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 9, 2003·229 cites·20 claims
- 1794US10226686B2Automatic card shuffler with pivotal card weight and divider gateBALLY GAMING INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 12, 2019·10 cites·19 claims
- 1894US9993719B2Card handling devices and related assemblies and componentsSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 12, 2018·11 cites·32 claims
- 1994US7934980B2Chip stack cutter devices for displacing chips in a chip stack and chip-stacking apparatuses including such cutter devicesSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2006·Granted May 3, 2011·28 cites·30 claims
- 2093US9345952B2Card handling apparatusSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2014·Granted May 24, 2016·12 cites·19 claims
- 2193US8931779B2Methods of handling cards and of selectively delivering bonus cardsGRAUZER ATTILA·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 13, 2015·15 cites·23 claims
- 2293US8544848B2Card shuffler with gravity feed system for playing cardsBLAHA ERNST·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 1, 2013·12 cites·17 claims
- 2393USRE42944ECard shuffling deviceBLAHA ERNST·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 22, 2011·104 cites·32 claims
- 2492US9623317B2Method of readying a card shufflerBALLY GAMING INC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 18, 2017·13 cites·13 claims
- 2592US9616324B2Shuffling devices including one or more sensors for detecting operational parameters and related methodsBALLY GAMING INC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 11, 2017·15 cites·13 claims
- 2692US8757349B2Methods of ejecting chipsSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 24, 2014·8 cites·15 claims
- 2792US8336699B2Chip sorting devices, components therefor and methods of ejecting chipsBLAHA ERNST·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 25, 2012·16 cites·21 claims
- 2892US7677566B2Pre-shuffler for a playing card shuffling machineSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 16, 2010·99 cites·29 claims
- 2992US7367561B2Card shufflerSHUFFLE MASTER INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 6, 2008·133 cites·1 claims
- 3091US9789385B2Card handling apparatusSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 17, 2017·5 cites·20 claims
- 3191US9717979B2Card handling devices and related methodsGRAUZER ATTILA·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 1, 2017·12 cites·20 claims
- 3291US8006847B2Chip sorting deviceSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 30, 2011·13 cites·20 claims
- 3391US7861868B2Chip sorting and stacking devicesSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 4, 2011·14 cites·13 claims
- 3490US8393942B2Methods for displacing chips in a chip stackBLAHA ERNST·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 12, 2013·7 cites·20 claims
- 3589US10814212B2Shoe devices and card handling systemsSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 27, 2020·4 cites·20 claims
- 3686US9126103B2Card-handling devices and systemsSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 8, 2015·7 cites·20 claims
- 3779US10632363B2Card handling devices and related assemblies and componentsSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 28, 2020·2 cites·20 claims
- 3878US10456659B2Card handling devices and systemsSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 29, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 3978USRE44616ECard shuffling devices and related methodsBLAHA ERNST·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 3, 2013·19 cites·42 claims
- 4074US10639542B2Ergonomic card-shuffling devicesSG GAMING INC·Filed 2017·Granted May 5, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 4173US7992720B2Chip sorting deviceSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 9, 2011·8 cites·6 claims
- 4272US10350481B2Card handling devices and related methodsBALLY GAMING INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 16, 2019·1 cites·19 claims
- 4364US10220297B2Card handling apparatus and associated methodsSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 5, 2019·0 cites·19 claims
- 4462US10583349B2Card handling systems, devices for use in card handling systems and related methodsSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 10, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 4561US10722779B2Methods of operating card handling devices of card handling systemsSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 28, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 4660US10668363B2Card handling devices and related assemblies and componentsSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 2, 2020·0 cites·21 claims
- 4756US2011306284A1Chip-sorting device with chip removal unitsBLAHA ERNST·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 4854US2006066048A1Magnetic jam detection in a card shufflerSHUFFLE MASTER INC·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 4951US2006068878A1Roulette revenue method and apparatusSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 5050US9536367B2Chip handling devices and related methodsSHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 3, 2017·0 cites·18 claims
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