Patents by Inventor Nathaniel E. Lott

Nathaniel E. Lott 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: 5071136
    Abstract: A collectable sports card board game comprising a game board divided into a plurality of hoizontally and vertically disposed rows of rectangles constituting a matrix. Indicia along the top of the vertical rows and down the side of the horizontal rows describe the coordinates by which each rectangle within the matrix can be identified. Denoted within each rectangle in the matrix there is a monetary value. A sports figure collectable card, held within a clear plastic sleeve with player positions and rating numbers denoted on the reverse side, is placed within each of the rectangles of the matrix. Two dice, one of which is a different color than the other, are used to determine the coordinates for randomly selecting one of the rectangles. Each player rolls the dice and is awarded the sports figure card indicated by the resulting coordinates. The first player to put together a team is awarded points. The second player to put together a team is also awarded points, but fewer points than the first player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Inventor: Nathaniel E. Lott
  • Patent number: 4991853
    Abstract: A board game wherein players, in turn, roll dice to determine which company is in play. That player then has the option to buy stock in that company. When a player owns enough stock to be declared chairman of the board, he or she takes posession of the chairman of the board card for that company. Now, in addition to earning dividends on stock held, the player holding the chairman of the board card also earns a quarterly salary and, as chairman of the board, is qualified to take the company to the next level of play thereby increasing the value of the stock, the quarterly dividends, the chairman of the board salary and the quarterly earnings of the company. Whenever another player owns more stock in a company than the current chairman of the board, that player takes posession of the chairman of the board card and is said to have taken over the company, thus, in the course of the game a company may change hands many times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Inventor: Nathaniel E. Lott