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Patent US7582011 - Multiple player participation game - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsA multiple player participation game utilizes a multi-sided tray which comprises a pit surrounded by a multi-sided frame. The upper edge of each side of the frame has a set of pockets corresponding to a set of dice for each player. A multi-sided challenge cube is used which has game instruction indicia...http://www.google.com/patents/US7582011?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7582011 - Multiple player participation gameAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7582011 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/831,145Publication dateSep 1, 2009Filing dateJul 31, 2007Priority dateAug 8, 2006Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS20080036144, WO2008021711A2, WO2008021711A3Publication number11831145, 831145, US 7582011 B2, US 7582011B2, US-B2-7582011, US7582011 B2, US7582011B2InventorsSteven MalingOriginal AssigneeSteven MalingExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (26), Non-Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (1), Classifications (13), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMultiple player participation gameUS 7582011 B2Abstract A multiple player participation game utilizes a multi-sided tray which comprises a pit surrounded by a multi-sided frame. The upper edge of each side of the frame has a set of pockets corresponding to a set of dice for each player. A multi-sided challenge cube is used which has game instruction indicia on each of its sides determining how the game is played for that hand. Each player shakes the player's dice in a shaker cup. During the course of the game players forfeit one or more dice which are then placed in the corresponding pockets of the tray.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is based upon provisional application Ser. No. 60/821,736 filed Aug. 8, 2006, all of the details of which are incorporated herein by reference thereto.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Various types of games are available which involve multiple players. One known game is Liar's Dice which is based on draw poker. The object of the game is to call an opponents bluff or to convince the opponent to challenge honest calls. In one version of the game two to four players are provided with an opaque dice cup, 10 poker chips or other betting counters and five dice. Each player rolls one die. The highest roller goes first and the play proceeds, for example, to the left or clockwise. A round of play begins with the first player (the caller) shaking five dice in the cup and turning the cup upside down on the table. The caller peeks at his/her dice keeping the results hidden from other players. The caller then decides whether to stand pat or draw. If the caller chooses to draw there would be a re-roll of any number of dice. Such re-roll would be permitted twice in one turn. The caller then announces his/her hand by stating something specific such as �I have three fours�. The hands are ranked in the following order: five of a kind; four of a kind; full house; high straight; low straight; three of a kind; two pair; and one pair. Play continues by moving to the next player who may challenge the caller's statement or the player may roll his/her dice and make a call on the player's own hand. To make a call the hand must be higher than the original caller's hand. The person to this new caller's left may now challenge, or roll and make his/her own call. The dice are revealed when a player is challenged. If the challenger is wrong and the caller was honest about his/her hand, the challenger must put a counter into the pot. If the caller is caught bluffing the caller must put a counter into the pot. A new round is begun each time a challenge is made. The game is won when only one participant remains who has a counter.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of this invention is to provide a multiple player participation game which is a variation of Liar's Dice.
THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a top plan view showing the various articles used in the playing of a multiple player participation game in accordance with this invention; and
DETAILED DESCRIPTION FIGS. 1-2 illustrate the physical articles which would be used in the playing of a multiple player participation game in accordance with this invention. As shown therein, one of the articles is a multi-sided tray 10. In the preferred practice of this invention there would be anywhere from three to eight players who can play at a time. To accommodate all of these players tray 10 is preferably of octagonal shape so that each player would be assigned one side of the upstanding frame 12 which surrounds the perimeter of tray 10. As a result a pit is formed within the frame. Each side of frame 12 is of sufficient height and width that it includes a series of pockets 14 whereby a single die may be placed in each pocket. The invention may be broadly practiced where a single pocket may hold all of the dice of each set, rather than the preferred practice where pocket 14 is divided into a series of pockets each of which would hold a die.
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F. Raymond Salemme Ph.D.: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek
MATERIALS SECTOR » CHEMICALS INDUSTRY » RPBC redpoint bio corp (RPBC:OTC US)
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F. Raymond Salemme Ph.D.Former Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, Redpoint Bio CorporationAgeTotal Calculated CompensationThis person is connected to 18 board members in 2 different organizations across 4 different industries.See Board Relationships68--
Dr. F. Raymond Salemme, also known as Ray, Ph.D. has been the Chief Executive Officer of Linguagen Corp. since June 2004. Dr. Salemme is the Founder of Imiplex LLC. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Robcor Properties Inc. since March 12, 2007 and President since April 20, 2007. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Redpoint Bio Corporation from March 12, 2007 to September 1, 2011 and as its President from April 20, 2007 to September 2011. He served as ... the Chief Scientific Officer and President of 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since June 1998, (3DP) which he founded in 1993, acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2003. He established and directed the technical, operating, business and financing strategies leading to 3DP's successful IPO in 2000. He served as a Co-Inventor of 21 U.S. patents covering Directed Diversity(R) Chemi-informatics process control technology and Thermo Fluor(R) assay technology. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Original Robcor Properties Inc. since June 2004. From 1973 to 1983, he served as Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Arizona, where his research was extensively published. Prior to 3DP, he established drug discovery groups specializing in structure-based drug design, biophysics and computational chemistry of Sterling Winthrop Pharmaceuticals, DuPont Central Research and DuPont Merck pharmaceuticals. His experience also includes starting the Protein Engineering division of Genex Corp., among the first companies to use X-ray crystallography and molecular modeling for genetically engineering proteins. He served as Chairman of 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from June 1996 to June 1998. He serves as a Director of Dataspora LLC, GNS Healthcare, Inc., Linguagen Corp., Gene Network Sciences, Inc. and ExSAR Corporation. He has been Director of Robcor Properties Inc. since March 12, 2007 and Redpoint Bio Corporation since March 12, 2007. He serves on several corporate, scientific and academic advisory boards, in addition to the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology, and advisory boards of National Center for Biotechnology Information and the Penn State University Nanotechnology Center. the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He served as a Director of 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since February 1993. He received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Greater Philadelphia in 1998 for his role in building 3DP. He holds 21 patents in the areas of cheminformatics, computer-directed drug discovery, and high-throughput thermodynamic screening technology, and has published more than 80 scientific papers. Dr. Salemme holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with exceptional distinction in Molecular Biophysics from Yale University, and a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the University of California at San Diego.Read Full Background
Albert Einstein Healthcare NetworkPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19141United StatesPhone: 215-456-2312Fax: 215-456-7610
Former DirectorGNS Healthcare, Inc.DirectorExSAR CorporationDirectorDataspora LLC1993-N/AFormer President, Chief Scientific Officer and Director3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2007-2012Former Chief Executive Officer, President and DirectorRedpoint Bio Corporation
BA Yale UniversityPhD University of California - San Diego
3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc.GNS Healthcare, Inc.Yale UniversityUniversity of California - San DiegoExSAR CorporationRobcor Properties Inc.Dataspora LLC
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