Patents by Inventor Francisco DeLaCruz-Newlan

Francisco DeLaCruz-Newlan 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).

  • Publication number: 20080290599
    Abstract: A board game is configured for learning and practicing principles of wealth development. The board game broadly includes, among other things, a game board, game tokens for tracking player movement during the game, activity cards that players draw in response to landing on board spaces, and a worksheet for tracking various financial metrics used for playing the game and for determining the winner. Each of the board spaces are associated with one or more wealth-building activity categories and direct the players to follow instructions that correspond with the respective categories. The worksheet includes sections for tracking financial metrics such as the player's income, expenses, assets, liabilities, and net worth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Francisco DeLaCruz-Newlan, Christopher Burford, Loral Langemeier
  • Publication number: 20070045954
    Abstract: A board game used to teach players about the fundamental aspects of network marketing. The game includes a game board having tiles corresponding to various networking principle cards that teach basics on prospecting, personal development, downline development and the inevitable challenges. The prospecting and personal development cards allow the players or teams of players to add prospects and personal development (PD) points, which leads to obtaining associates and customers. The downline development cards lead to the downline team obtaining customers and associates. The accumulation of associates and customers, directly and downline, provides entrepreneurial income. Entrepreneurial income, plus job income assigned at the beginning of the game, less an assigned expense, equals net income. The object of the game is to grow entrepreneurial income through learning networking principles that vastly exceeds job income in order to achieve a stated goal or dream having a lofty price tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventor: Francisco DeLaCruz-Newlan
  • Publication number: 20060202417
    Abstract: A board game used to teach players about the fundamental aspects of network marketing. The game includes a game board having tiles corresponding to various networking principle cards that teach basics on prospecting, personal development, downline development and the inevitable challenges. The prospecting and personal development cards allow the players or teams of players to add prospects and personal development (PD) points, which leads to obtaining associates and customers. The downline development cards lead to the downline team obtaining customers and associates. The accumulation of associates and customers, directly and downline, provides entrepreneurial income. Entrepreneurial income, plus job income assigned at the beginning of the game, less an assigned expense, equals net income. The object of the game is to grow entrepreneurial income through learning networking principles that vastly exceeds job income in order to achieve a stated goal or dream having a lofty price tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventor: Francisco DeLaCruz-Newlan