Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Lotto or bingo type
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-21
2009-10-20
Pierce, William M (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Lotto or bingo type
C273S273000, C273S296000, C273S302000, C434S157000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07604236
ABSTRACT:
An educational board game that may be played in several ways by either a single player or two or more players in competition with each other is disclosed. Each player plays the game with a game board in conjunction with one or more sets of game cards. The game boards have on one or both surfaces vocabulary elements that may be one or more words or phrases in a first language or that may be an image representing one or more words or phrases. The game boards also may have on one of its surfaces a reference number. A set of game cards may be one-sided, in which case each card may have on a surface one or more words or phrases in a first language. A set of game cards also may be double-sided, in which case the cards may have on a first surface one or more words or phrases in a first language and on a second surface a translation of the words or phrases on the first surface. The double-sided game card also may have on a surface a pronunciation key, a reference number, or both. The game may be played in various implementations depending on the player's age and level of proficiency in that language that is to be learned. An electronic version of the educational board game is also disclosed which includes a device for pronouncing words in a language to be learned.
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Del Valle Marguerite
Pierce William M
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