US3885792A - Game apparatus - Google Patents

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US3885792A
US3885792A US387521A US38752173A US3885792A US 3885792 A US3885792 A US 3885792A US 387521 A US387521 A US 387521A US 38752173 A US38752173 A US 38752173A US 3885792 A US3885792 A US 3885792A
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Jeffrey D Breslow
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00003—Types of board games
    • A63F3/00138—Board games concerning voting, political or legal subjects; Patent games
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00003—Types of board games
    • A63F3/00138—Board games concerning voting, political or legal subjects; Patent games
    • A63F2003/00141—Patent games
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00003—Types of board games
    • A63F3/00006—Board games played along a linear track, e.g. game of goose, snakes and ladders, along an endless track

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  • ABSTRACT A board game design on an invention" scheme wherein the object is to amass the greatest amount of wealth in the form of simulated money.
  • the game generally includes a gameboard having a playing surface thereon, a playing piece for each player of the game, simulated money, a main track defining a primary playing piece path of travel on the playing surface, a tributary track connected to the main track defining a secondary playing piece path of travel on the playing surface, and a chance device for determining the advancement of the playing piece along said tracks.
  • the main track has a plurality of stations including investment stations having indicia thereon representative of an investment that a player may acquire by expending the simulated money.
  • the main track also includes at least one entrance station and one exit station defining locations on the playing surface wherein a playing piece may be moved off the main track and onto the main track respectively.
  • the tributary track has a plurality of stations overlapping with the entrance station wherein the tributary track commences and the exit station wherein the tributary track ends.
  • the tributary track also includes cash stations having indicia thereon representative of a financial return on an acquired investment whereby a player acquires wealth in the form of simulated money.
  • the present invention relates to board games.
  • the principal object of the present invention is to provide a new and entertaining board game involving inventions and investments relating thereto and having more than one track on which a playing piece may travel.
  • a further object is to provide a game having a main track and tributary tracks which may be travelled for different purposes.
  • a gameboard having a playing surface thereon, a plurality of playing pieces at least one for each player of the game, and a chance device for determining the advancement of the playing pieces on the gameboard.
  • the playing surface has a plurality of stations arranged thereon so as to form at least two tracks defining playing piece paths of travel.
  • One of the tracks is a main track whereon the playing pieces normally move.
  • the other tracks are tributary tracks starting and ending at different points along the main track. It is contemplated that a playing piece can be moved from the main track to a tributary track and back onto the main track according to the dictates of the chance device.
  • the main track stations include investment stations which have invention type indicia thereon representative of investments that a player may acquire by expending the simulated money.
  • the main track also includes at least one entrance station and one exit station defining locations wherein a playing piece may be moved off of the main track and back onto the main track respectively.
  • the tributary track has stations including stations which overlap the aforesaid entrance and exit stations wherein the tributary track commences and ends.
  • the tributary track also includes cash stations having indicia thereon representative of a financial return on an acquired investment whereby a player may acquire wealth in the form of simulated money.
  • FIG. I is a plan view of the gameboard of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a series of perspective views (from left to right) of a playing piece, dice type chance means, and a partnership card employed in the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of representative cards of one set of cards (patcnt cards) employed in the present invention
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view of representative cards of another set of cards (chance" cards) employed in the present invention.
  • FIG. Si Sis a plan view of representative cards of a third set of cards (hazard" cards) employed in the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a plan view of representative cards of a fourth set of cards (protection" cards) employed in the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a plan view of simulated money used in the present invention.
  • the game of the present invention is an investment type game using patents or inventions as the theme and a means of acquiring wealth.
  • the object of the game is to acquire wealth by obtaining a financial return on the patents.
  • the game generally includes a gameboard, generally designated 10 (FIG. 1), a playing piece 12 (FIG. 2) for each player of the game, a chance device in the form ofa pair of dice 14(FIG. 2), a set of patent cards 16 (FIG. 3), a set of chance cards 18 (FIG. 4), a set of hazard cards 20 (FIG. 5), a set of protection cards 22 (FIG. 6), and simulated money 24 (FIG. 7).
  • the gameboard 10 has a flat playing surface 26 which has a closed main track, generally designated 28, running generally along the periphery of the board and defining a normal playing piece path of travel.
  • tributary tracks generally designated 30a, 30b, 30c and 30d, define secondary playing piece paths of travel and are connected to the main track 28 by overlapping stations.
  • the main track 28 comprises a plurality of stations.
  • the stations include investment sta tions 32, four entrance and exit stations 34a, 34b, 34c and 34d at the corners of the playing surface, and intermediate stations 36 between said investment stations and entrance and exit stations.
  • Each investment station 32 has indicia thereon representative of a patented invention and the price at which the patent and/or invention can be purchased.
  • the intermediate stations 36 have indicia thereon instructing a player to pick a card from one of the three sets of cards 18, 20 and 22.
  • the entrance and exit stations 34a, 34b, 34c and 34d define locations wherein a playing piece 12 may be moved off the main track 28 onto one of the tributary tracks 30a, 30b. 30c or 30d and back onto the main track 28.
  • station 34a is the entrance to tributary track 300 and the exit from tributary track 30d
  • station 34d is the exit from tributary track 300 and the entrance to tributary track 30b
  • station 346 is the exit from tributary track 30b and the entrance to tributary track 30c
  • station 34d is the exit from tributary track 300 and the entrance to tributary track 30d.
  • Each of the tributary tracks 30a, 30b, 30c and 30d comprise a plurality of cash stations 38 (only the stations of tributary track 30c in FIG. I are numerically labelled herein).
  • Each tributary track station 38 has indicia thereon representative of the financial return on an acquired patented invention. According to the dictales of the cash stations 38 on which a playing piece lands, a player collects simulated money 24.
  • the board game of the present invention has two sets of tracks which are used for different purposes.
  • the tributary tracks 30a. 30b, 30c and 30d provide means to acquire money, e.g.. as royalties. as a result of the acquisition of investments in the form of the patented inventions.
  • the patent cards I6 have indicia thereon representative of a patented invention and are related to the indicia on each of the investment stations 32.
  • the patent cards 16 serve the purpose of providing the physical means of acquiring ownership of pa tents.
  • Each patent card 16 has printed thereon the amount of royalties which can be collected as a result of owning that particular patent depending on the num' ber of claims which that patent has.
  • each patent card 16 has the sale price thereon of that particular patent depending on the number of claims which are included in the patent.
  • the chance cards 18 have indicia printed on one side thereof representative of an advantage of hazard that may befall a player.
  • a player may pick a card from the set of chance cards 18 if his playing piece 12 should land on an intermediate station 36 designated play card.
  • the hazard cards have indicia printed on one side thereof representative of a hazard that can befall a player.
  • An example of a typical hazard would be to lose certain patent protection. i.e., lose all of a patents claims. or to pay out money.
  • a player picks a card from the set of hazard cards 20 whenever his playing piece lands on an inter mediate station 36 bearing the indicia uh-oh card".
  • the protection cards 22 have indicia printed on one side thereof representative of the amount of protection in the form of pa tent claims which a player is entitled to apply to one of his acquired patents.
  • the indicia on the protection cards 22 either will give the number of claims, or will say patent pending" which means no claim protection.
  • a player picks a protection card 22 when his playing piece lands on an intermediate station 36 having in dicia designated protection card".
  • the simulated money is seen to have indicia on one side thereof repre' sentative of an amount of money.
  • the money 24 is printed in different denominations.
  • partnership cards 40 (FIG. 2).
  • Partnership cards may be included in one of the three other sets of cards 18, 20 or 22 or can be given to each player at the beginning of the game.
  • Each partnership card 40 has indicia printed on one side thereof representative of a percentage of ownership one player may acquire of another players patented invention during the play of the game.
  • each player picks a playing piece 12 which is distinguishable from the other playing pieces either in color or in shape.
  • each player is given the same amount of money 24 from a bank" to start the game.
  • Each playing piece 12 starts on the main track 28.
  • the players then take turns rolling the dice 14 in order to determine how far their respective playing piece 12 shall be advanced along the tracks 28, a. 30b, 30c or 30d.
  • the playing pieces may move in one direction only leg, clockwise in FIG. 1) and are allowed to move only on the main track 28 subject to exception which will be discussed hereinafter.
  • a playing piece lands on investment station 32.
  • the player has the option to buy the patented invention indicated on that station. If the player desires to purchase the patented invention, he pays the stated selling price to the bank and in return receives a patent card l6 representative of that patented invention. If the player should land on one of the intermediate stations 36 he must pick from one of the three respective sets of cards 18, 20 and 22, as described above, and follow the directions indicated thereon.
  • he may receive a certain multiple of the amount of his royalties or he may be able to sell the patented invention for a certain multiple of the amount of its original selling price.
  • the money he gets for cashing in on his invention comes from the bank. Once a player has cashed in on his declared inventions he must return the respective declared patent card 16 back to the bank, thereby making that patented invention open to ownership by other players.
  • the game can be continued until there is no more money left in the bank or after a given amount of time or after one player has a certain amount of money. The player having the greatest amount of money at any of these points is declared the winner of the game.
  • a board game comprising:
  • a plurality of stations defining a main playing piece path of travel including patent stations having indicia thereon representative of a patented invention corresponding to the patented inventions represented by the patent cards, said patent cards being acquired by expending said simulated money should a player's playing piece land on that particular patent station, and protection stations having indicia thereon which allow a player to pick a pro tection card should its playing piece land on a protection station, said main path also including at least one entrance station and at least one exit station defining stations where a playing piece may be moved on or off the main path;
  • said secondary path comprising a plurality of stations including and overlapping with an entrance station wherein said secondary path begins and an exit station wherein said secondary path ends, whereby a playing piece may be able to move onto said secondary path only when it is advanced onto said entrance station, said secondary path also including cash stations having indicia thereon representative of a financial return on a patented invention, said financial return being the amount of royalties for the price indicated by a patent card corresponding to the number of claims obtained for that patent; and
  • a chance device for determining how many stations a particular playing piece is to be advanced along said paths.
  • the game of claim 1 including a plurality of sets of chance cards, one set of cards having indicia thereon representative of one of many advantages that one player may acquire relative to said patented inventions, another set of cards having indicia thereon representative of one of many hazards that may befall a player relative to said patented inventions, said main path including stations having indicia thereon instructing a player whose playing piece lands thereon to pick a card from a particular set of cards.

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CA203,085A CA1001675A (en) 1973-08-10 1974-06-21 Game simulating dealing in patented inventions
GB2795074A GB1426664A (en) 1973-08-10 1974-06-24 Board game apparatus
FR7423760A FR2299054A1 (fr) 1973-08-10 1974-07-09 Appareil de jeu de hasard du type a investissement
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US4216971A (en) * 1978-03-20 1980-08-12 Lyke Hiram J Psychological game apparatus
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US4065131A (en) * 1976-07-12 1977-12-27 Martin Jr Richard Thomas Board game apparatus
US4216971A (en) * 1978-03-20 1980-08-12 Lyke Hiram J Psychological game apparatus
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US4522407A (en) * 1981-01-23 1985-06-11 Hatherley Bruce E Financial board game
US4452457A (en) * 1981-11-12 1984-06-05 Sabah Atieh Financial board game
US5464224A (en) * 1994-10-04 1995-11-07 Rosenbaum; David A. Board game apparatus and method of play
US6761358B2 (en) 2002-01-16 2004-07-13 Entertainment Buffs Inc. Trivia game and method of playing
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US20050218591A1 (en) * 2004-03-31 2005-10-06 Torigian Michael A Gambling-style board game
US20140110901A1 (en) * 2012-10-18 2014-04-24 Nicholas J. Witchey Patent-Based Game Components
US20140151961A1 (en) * 2012-11-30 2014-06-05 Paul R. Juhasz Build, License, and Litigate - A Game of Patent Strategy
US20160243432A1 (en) * 2012-11-30 2016-08-25 Paul R. Juhasz Build, License, and Litigate - A Game of Patent Strategy
US20140291931A1 (en) * 2013-03-15 2014-10-02 The Negative Image, L.L.C. Systems And Methods For Playing A Treasure Hunting Board Game
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