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Investment franchisement game and method of advertisement

Patent 4902020 Issued on February 20, 1990. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 2, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Application

No. 227868 filed on 08/02/1988

US Classes:

273/256, Property or commodity transactions273/284Game board having interchangeable, variable, or plural distinct playing patterns

Examiners

Primary: Coven, Edward M.
Assistant: Layno, Benjamin H.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

A63F 003/00

Abstract

A board game and method of playing and designing the game which emulates business property manipulation and retail sales wherein the business properties involved are tailored to fit a specific area of interest or region through the expedient of using preselected groups of playing cards representing business properties such as franchises and the method of tailoring the game to contemporary life by selling to businesses, the advertising advantage of being represented in the game as a business which is one of the integral elements in the play of the game.

Other References

  • Fairfax Journal, "Their Game a Winner", by Bill Cormier, Jun. 6, 1983, pp. A1, A
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