Craps Felt layout Patents - MS Paint vs photoshop?

I am embarassed to say that I do not know how to use photoshop.

I have a 2025 goal to finally send in some patents, but I only know how to use ms paint to make my layouts, which is tedious. (I am the last of my kind - genx. And raised by old fash aging parents. My computer tech knowledge is functional basic-bitch.)

So far I literally make them on posterboard by hand, which also helped me to play them and troubleshoot any design flaws/considerations. I suppose I could do it with a ruler and pens/markers by hand on 8 1/2 x11.... will the patent office take that? If it is clean but handdrawn? Or does it need to be computer generated?

I figured I would have to hire a millennial or zoomer to convert my felt designs for filing a patent for my felts designs (and side bets)

Just wondering if anyone has any other suggestions? Im told Adobe Illustrator (which is available at my local library) may have a steep learning curve, that the Visio I remember from the 90s is now part of MS365 and it's expensive, or to try FREECAD or LibreCAD.

 

Perry Stasi was a dealer at Mohegan Sun in CT, when he invented the Field Bet. He may have also invented the Hop Bet.

He holds a number of patents related to the game.

You can see some of his black and white felt layouts here:

https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Perry+B+Stasi

 

I've read and downloaded im pretty sure 99 or 100% of craps patents that I can find online, google patents has pretty much everything...

and I am familiar with him and actually I have a spreadsheet with ALL the field bets ever invented, name payouts inventer and year (im phoning rn but i could upload tomorrow.)

I havent looked at it in a while. It has the Field cpllect em all before 7 / sequence (gaps ok)/consecutive (inarow) (and THEN7 versions, and the Hard versions) Infield outfield centerfield, but theres also that one thay has just "right field" and "left field"

(I hope all that is making sense!)

I could stop sperging. I doubt anyone else is weird enuf to even compile this. It also has the patent # and year it was invented.

Thanks for your reply, I'll keep on digging and learning.