Game
CA 2037068 C · Owner: Leeson, Garry · Inventors: Leeson, Garry
Overview
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A game in the form of a parlor game video game or, television game for purposes of entertainment. The game comprises a plurality of distinct, arbitrarily selectable information units each unit being divided into two independently viewable sub-units. The first sub-unit has a visual representation of a different recognizable object and the second sub-unit is a visual representation of the identity of that object and questions and answers concerning that object. Means are provided for the selection of a particular question by the player and for accumulating the player's score based on proper answers to the questions. For the parlor game form of the game the units, comprise two-sided cards, the …
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- Filed February 26, 1991 and granted December 13, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 26, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 26, 2013.
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