Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Lotto or bingo type
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-22
2007-05-22
Layno, Benjamin (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Lotto or bingo type
C273S272000, C273S296000, C273S299000, C273S302000, C273S308000, C273S14100A, C434S167000, C434S170000, C434S172000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11025819
ABSTRACT:
Games for at least one player may include at least one game card, each game card including a plurality of letter indicators each indicating a letter and arranged to spell a word, a plurality of letter tokens, each letter token including a letter indicator, a selection device operable to randomly indicate one of a plurality of groups of two or more letter indicators, and a set of rules to play the game. Methods of playing the game may include spelling a word on a selected game card by matching letter tokens to the letter indicators on the game card. Each game card may include a first side and a second side, each side including a word, such that the word on the first side is more difficult to spell than the word on the second side.
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Elmo's ABC Cereal Game, Mattel/Fisher-Price toy # 68876, Rule Sheet (2 pages).
MacIver Peter
Mack Arron
Kolisch & Hartwell, P.C.
Layno Benjamin
Mattel Inc.
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