Patents by Inventor Emile Hoffman

Emile Hoffman 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: 5388837
    Abstract: A board game involving strategy, chance, perception and decision wherein the board comprises a playing surface having indicia corresponding to a plurality of blocks of equal dimensions. Each of the larger blocks is subdivided into four smaller blocks. A plurality of playing pieces are provided for the players. These playing pieces are representative of moveable armed forces and weapons systems that can be moved about the board. A monetary aspect of the game assigns a monetary value to each group of game pieces. The distance each piece is moved is determined by the colored squares of the board. The playing pieces also comprise fixed targets. Some of the playing pieces have status power indicated by a selector dial attached to the playing piece whereby a game piece of higher status power has the potential ability to kill, capture or wound a game piece of lesser status power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Inventor: Emile Hoffman