Patents by Inventor James N. Vail

James N. Vail has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4012045
    Abstract: A teaching device and game comprising a game board bearing instructions; marker pieces; dice for determining by lot the advancement and position of the marker pieces; reward indicator members representing "jurors" to be won or lost by each participant who, having been accused of a "crime", stands in the position of a criminal "defendant"; a variety of game elements or cards representing a variety of different criminal indictments, criminal defenses, and questions relating to various criminal and constitutional evidentiary situations, which, if answered correctly, gain reward indicators or "jurors" for the participant, the ultimate goal being to become the first participant to accumulate a predetermined number of "jurors" and thereby to be found "not guilty".
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1977
    Inventor: James N. Vail