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3M employee and church chorister Art Fry needed something to temporarily mark pages in his hymnal. He was in luck because his colleague, Spencer Silver, accidentally developed a glue that was too weak for other purposes. After initially discouraging consumer response, Post-it Notes became a hit in 1979.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7445211 | Wall decoration and game apparatus A wall decoration and game apparatus that is convertible between a display mode for hanging on a wall and a game playing mode for playing a board game such as cribbage. The apparatus includes a mounting panel and a game board. The game board is releasably attachable... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7156394 | Method and device for playing modified games of chess A method for playing a modified game of chess includes the steps of providing a game board having a plurality of rows and columns to define a grid-like pattern and providing each player a set of game cubes, each of which defines six faces. Five of said faces include... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7086645 | Game with collectible pieces The present invention provides a game including a playing surface, collectible playing pieces, marking pieces, and collectible cards. Players take turns trying to create specific hands by throwing the playing pieces. The first player to successfully claim ownership ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6883803 | Tourist game A board game apparatus for educating players with respect to tourist attractions within a particular geographical region that includes a gameboard having a continuous path of areas representing particular localities within the geographical region and a set of cards ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6866266 | Game system and method of playing a game A game system and method of playing a game for providing amusement for a plurality of players. The game system includes a plurality of game tokens is designed for being selectively placed on a support surface. The game tokens comprise a plurality of sets of game tok... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6488282 | Game of chance comprising a cup and five flat round pieces, all marked on one side with the plus(+) symbol and with the minus (-) symbol on the other side A game of chance comprising a cup called a cube and five flat round pieces called "duds", which are marked Plus (+) on one side and Minus (-) on the other side. The cube should be preferably made with thick transparent material, to resemble a disposable p... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6446969 | Board game apparatus A game board has a central playing field, called the territories, surrounded by a peripheral or perimeter playing field called the sacrifice zone. The board comprises 90 squares arranged in ten columns and nine rows. The squares form an ordered array of c... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6361047 | Game and method having polarized adhesion portions A game system having a playing board which comprises one or more regions of polarized adhesion material, and a plurality of playing pieces, each with two faces, which may have polarized adhesion material of one or both types. The polarized adhesion materi... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6352262 | Method of conducting simultaneous gameplay using stackable game pieces A strategy game utilizing a stackable playing piece. Each player is assigned a multiplicity of such playing pieces, which begin the game standing individually in a random arrangement on a featureless playing field. During the course of the game, players s... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6062562 | Board game method of play Provided herein is a novel method of game play utilizing a two-dimensional board having spaces arranged in orthogonal rows and columns in two alternating contrasting colors. Two dice are used as a chance element. Each player is assigned 12 ordinary pieces... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5791650 | Board game A novel board game utilizing a two-dimensional board having spaces arranged in orthogonal rows and columns in two alternating contrasting colors. Two dice are used as a chance element. Each player is assigned 12 ordinary pieces in one of the colors and a ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5690332 | Board game and playing method A board game including in a preferred embodiment, a standard checker board and game pieces, each characterized by a negative or concave image of a dragon footprint on one face of the game piece and a positive or convex dragon footprint image on the opposi... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5662325 | System for generating random outcomes using discs Discs bearing markings or other indicators that differentiate them from each other are used to randomly select one of a number of possible outcomes. The discs may thus be used to introduce an element of chance in games. Each disc has two sides, one of whi... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5662326 | Chess set construction An improvement for a chess set comprising an eight-row by eight-column pattern of sixty four playing squares on a playing surface of a chess game playing board and two sets of visually distinct playing pieces each having eight pawns, two knights, two bish... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5636841 | Checker game using cube shaped checker pieces This invention relates to a checkers type game that incorporates the use of cube shaped checker pieces having individual identifying numbers from one to six on each of its side faces which enables the player on a given turn to reposition a selected checke... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5542678 | Chess and checkers game pieces having selectable indicia A promotional game, sold as a kit, permits the player to selectively assemble his or her own chess or checkers set. The kit comprises a case of fruit juice bottles further including a green and white checker/chessboard, an instructional book, and two sets... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5520394 | Word forming board game A game for forming words upon a board to entertain and educate players. The inventive device and method includes a board simulating various cross-word puzzle configurations upon which a plurality of tiles can be positioned to form words. The method of pla... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5462282 | Creative game A creative game is provided which consists of a plurality of gaming chips and identifiable indicia printed on one side of each gaming chip. When identifiable indicia is marked by a highlight color marker to indicated different value combinations, the gami... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5456472 | Game apparatus and method of play A game apparatus having a game board with a plurality of sides and with multi-planar levels which are modifiable by the placing or removing of fill squares onto or from any one or more of a plurality of vertical spaces on the game board. The spaces are ar... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5340114 | Checker bottom single, dual, or triple indicator The game of the present invention includes a traditional checkerboard (44) and two sets of checkers. Each set includes 15 dark (12) checkers and 15 light (16) checkers. Each set includes 5 single indicator bottoms (4), 5 dual indicator bottoms (28), and 5... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5149102 | Apparatus and method of playing a math game A math game having a game board with a plurality of defined spaces comprising goals. Some of the goals have goal playing math indicia associated with such goals. The math game includes playing pieces and each playing piece has a playing math indicia assoc... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5149101 | Horse race game apparatus A horse game apparatus includes a game board formed with spaced game path spaces initiating a race from a first end to a second end of the game board, wherein a predetermined number of tokens are associated with a predetermined number of dice and to inclu... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5137281 | Game playing piece A word game playing piece having at least one gravity-stable playing position, at least one gravity-unstable playing position, and a holder that supports the playing piece in its gravity-unstable position. The playing piece is provided with word game indi... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5120066 | Method of playing a thesaurus game This invention is directed toward an educational game apparatus which tests the player's ability to match a key word or key symbol to one or more subwords or subsymbols. The key and list of possible answers are provided on cards, where the correct answer ... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5116062 | Game apparatus and method of playing A board game for two players includes a game board consisting of ten rows of eight squares each arranged like in an alternating pattern of playing and non-playing squares. Each player is provided with two sets of game pieces with each set consisting of tw... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5071133 | Board game for teaching biblical principles A game is disclosed using random movement of playing pieces by players to teach biblical principles. The game includes a board having a playing path divided into several spaces. A playing piece, one for each player, is placed on the "Start" space and orie... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5018744 | Method for playing a board game A method and apparatus for playing a board game which includes two distinguishable sets of playing pieces, each set being assigned to one player of the game, and a playing surface divided into a grid-like array of playing spaces, surrounded by a border re... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4961708 | Educational puzzle An educational puzzle includes a base panel and a set of puzzle pieces. The base panel has a number of holes through it, while the puzzle pieces have mating pegs extending through them, to both sides. The arrangement is such that the puzzle pieces can be ... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4940240 | Game to promote arithmetic skills A game apparatus and related methods of play, comprising a playing board marked with a grid pattern, checker-like pieces to be moved upon the surface of the playing board and using varied markings upon the faces of the pieces and a deck of numbered cards.... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4915392 | Board game The invention comprises new and unique apparatus for a game, the apparatus generally comprising a game board having concentric ring paths which intersect with radial paths. Each radial path is marked with a symbol and each concentric ring is marked with a... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4915391 | Board game A board game whose gameboard design is composed of an endless path of purchasable blocks representing the major national American holidays along with other common, traditional seasonal occurences, pursuits, and activities as well as certain special catego... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4907809 | Game kit utilizing board and pieces The present invention provides a game kit comprising a board and a plurality of pieces. The playing field of the board comprises a plurality of intersecting points created by three sets of parallel line segments meeting at an angle of 60°. The points are... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4903969 | Board game apparatus The board game apparatus includes a foldable game board having a substantially flat plane area when disposed in its playing position. The playing area is adapted for receiving removable game board pieces arranged by the players into various different path... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4895375 | Board game with moving pieces A board game has pieces that are strategically movable along paths around the circumference and along the diameters of several concentric circles. The objectives of the game are to occupy all of the spaces located inside of the innermost of the concentric... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4886278 | Game aparatus An apparatus for playing a game comprising a board (1) and a plurality of playing pieces (6), the board defining at least two sets of intersecting grooves (2, 3), each intersection (4) forming a playing location during the playing of the game and the play... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4805915 | Board game with changeable playing pieces A board game apparatus for use in playing a game between two players includes a game board having an alternating pattern of light and dark squares, a first set of game pieces which is light in color, and a second set of game pieces which is dark in color.... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4753441 | War game with variable game board A decoy board game is provided including a gameboard with a grid pattern divided into four segments defining discrete squares of different representations, such as water, land, mountain, island, starting, headquarter and airstrip in which four players can... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4739992 | Board game including board whose playing surfaces are related A multiple board game apparatus comprises a board with first and second playing surfaces and a plurality of identical game pieces for playing a multiple number of board games. The first surface of the board is divided into triangles and the second surface... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4733869 | Disarmament game apparatus A game apparatus comprises a board having a playing area divided into two cartels. Each cartel is allocated an equal number of weighted contest tokens which are placed within each cartel. Players wager contest tokens in successive rounds of play. A spinne... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4645209 | Pattern-formation strategy board game A board game using an elevated board (20) having fourteen rows (22), each of fourteen holes (24), so as to total ninety-six holes. The board is divided into four quarters (21), each of forty-nine holes, by lines (23) into which two to four players play in... | 02/24/1987 |
