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US3124358A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Psychology game

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Granted: 1964-03-10
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Expires: 1981-03-10
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Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 18:31
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/04; A63F3/0478; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00006

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 222 words
IN A PSYCHOLOGY GAME IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS TRY TO SELECT FROM A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT RESPONSE TO A GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCE THAT RESPONSE WHICH HAS BEEN PREDETERMINED TO BE MOST APPROPRIATE AND THEREFORE HAS THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS GAME VALUE: (A) A FIRST MEMBER HAVING INDICIA THEREON COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SAID GAME VALUES ARRANGED IN A PLURALITY OF SPACED ROWS, EACH ROW HAVING FIRST INDICIA MEANS CARRIED BY SAID MEMBER FOR IDENTIFYING SAID ROW WITH ONE OF A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES; (B) A SECOND MEMBER HAVING SPACED SECOND INDICIA MEANS THEREON, EACH CORRESPONDING TO ONE OF SAID RESPONSES, SAID MEMBERS BEING RELATIVELY MOVABLE IN SUCH MANNER THAT ANY ONE OF SAID FIRST INDICIA MEANS MAY BE JUXTAPOSED TO ANY ONE OF SAID SECOND INDICIA MEANS; (C) MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID JUXTAPOSITIONING FOR ISOLATING A SINGLE VALUE IN THE ROW OF VALUES CORRESPONDING TO ONE OF SAID FIRST INDICIA MEANS, SAID VALUES BEING SO ARRANGED IN SAID ROWS THAT THE MAGNITUDE OF THE THUS ISOLATED VALUE CORRESPONDS TO THE DEGREE OF APPROPRIATENESS OF THE SELECTED RESPONSE; (D) A PLURALITY OF INDICIA BEARING MEANS EACH DISPLAYING AN INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND AN INDICIUM CORRESPONDING TO ONE OF SAID FIRST INDICIA MEANS; AND (E) A PLURALITY OF OTHER INDICIA BEARING MEANS EACH DISPLAYING AN INDIVIDUAL RESPONSE AND AN INDICIUM CORRESPONDING TO ONE OF SAID SECOND INDICIA MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 222 words
IN A PSYCHOLOGY GAME IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS TRY TO SELECT FROM A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT RESPONSE TO A GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCE THAT RESPONSE WHICH HAS BEEN PREDETERMINED TO BE MOST APPROPRIATE AND THEREFORE HAS THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS GAME VALUE: (A) A FIRST MEMBER HAVING INDICIA THEREON COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SAID GAME VALUES ARRANGED IN A PLURALITY OF SPACED ROWS, EACH ROW HAVING FIRST INDICIA MEANS CARRIED BY SAID MEMBER FOR IDENTIFYING SAID ROW WITH ONE OF A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES; (B) A SECOND MEMBER HAVING SPACED SECOND INDICIA MEANS THEREON, EACH CORRESPONDING TO ONE OF SAID RESPONSES, SAID MEMBERS BEING RELATIVELY MOVABLE IN SUCH MANNER THAT ANY ONE OF SAID FIRST INDICIA MEANS MAY BE JUXTAPOSED TO ANY ONE OF SAID SECOND INDICIA MEANS; (C) MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID JUXTAPOSITIONING FOR ISOLATING A SINGLE VALUE IN THE ROW OF VALUES CORRESPONDING TO ONE OF SAID FIRST INDICIA MEANS, SAID VALUES BEING SO ARRANGED IN SAID ROWS THAT THE MAGNITUDE OF THE THUS ISOLATED VALUE CORRESPONDS TO THE DEGREE OF APPROPRIATENESS OF THE SELECTED RESPONSE; (D) A PLURALITY OF INDICIA BEARING MEANS EACH DISPLAYING AN INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND AN INDICIUM CORRESPONDING TO ONE OF SAID FIRST INDICIA MEANS; AND (E) A PLURALITY OF OTHER INDICIA BEARING MEANS EACH DISPLAYING AN INDIVIDUAL RESPONSE AND AN INDICIUM CORRESPONDING TO ONE OF SAID SECOND INDICIA MEANS.

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