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Antitrust prosecuting board game

Assignee: ANTI MONOPOLY Inc
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Filing: 1975-03-03
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Granted: 1976-06-08
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Expires: 1995-03-03
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Abstract

Abstract An antitrust prosecuting game including a game board with a series of spaces forming a continuous path for movement of game pieces. Most of the spaces represent business entities which are grouped by indicia thereon into combinations of three entities. The nature of the combination, i.e., an oligopoly, a trust or a monopoly is indicated by one, two or three indictment circles in the spaces of the group.

Inventors

  • 👤 Ralph Anspach

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 18:54
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00063; A63F3/00072

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 185 words
Antitrust prosecuting game apparatus comprising: a game board; a track on said game board having a series of spaces forming a continuous path along which a game piece is movable in increments determined by indicator means; each of certain of said track spaces representing a business entity; a plurality of first indicia areas of different colors on said certain track spaces, each of said first indicia color appearing on at least two of said certain track spaces to group said spaces to represent unlawful business entity combinations; a plurality of indictment chips in groups of different colors, a group for each player available for purchase by said player to serve on a business entity space on which his game piece lands; indictment areas delineated on each of said certain track spaces for placement of indictment chips thereon, with the number of said indictment areas on all spaces of a group thereof representing a business combination being the same to identify the nature of said combination and the numbers of indictment areas differing between groups in accordance with the types of unlawful business combinations represented thereby.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 185 words
Antitrust prosecuting game apparatus comprising: a game board; a track on said game board having a series of spaces forming a continuous path along which a game piece is movable in increments determined by indicator means; each of certain of said track spaces representing a business entity; a plurality of first indicia areas of different colors on said certain track spaces, each of said first indicia color appearing on at least two of said certain track spaces to group said spaces to represent unlawful business entity combinations; a plurality of indictment chips in groups of different colors, a group for each player available for purchase by said player to serve on a business entity space on which his game piece lands; indictment areas delineated on each of said certain track spaces for placement of indictment chips thereon, with the number of said indictment areas on all spaces of a group thereof representing a business combination being the same to identify the nature of said combination and the numbers of indictment areas differing between groups in accordance with the types of unlawful business combinations represented thereby.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 26 words
The game apparatus defined by claim 1 including: means on said game board surrounding said indictment areas for confining one or more indictment chips placed thereon.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 31 words
The game apparatus defined by claim 1 including: depressed areas on said game board surrounding the indictment areas on each of said certain track spaces to confine indictment chips placed thereon.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US3759520A Cited
US3850433A Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1979-06-08 1979-12-08 1980-06-08 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1983-06-08 1983-12-08 1984-06-08 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1987-06-08 1987-12-08 1988-06-08 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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