Business Or Economics Patents (Class 434/107)
  • Patent number: 4363628
    Abstract: A device and method of training bank personnel utilizing game techniques. The game board comprises several connected continuous circuits. The circuits have spaces which direct the players to stacks of question and answer cards. The winner is determined by the player who answers the most questions or certain specified questions. The game also instructs in proper procedural and ethical conduct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1982
    Assignee: Mark Twain Bancshares
    Inventors: C. Virginia Kirkpatrick, Grace E. Watson
  • Patent number: 4255653
    Abstract: A device for entering data into an automated data processing system. The a for entry into the system is prepared and selected on multiple checklists where each checklist has the same format but different specific data entries. On each checklist there is also a unique black-in area. The data entry terminal or device includes a transparent overlay for entry of the data into the system. The transparent overlay aligns with and is placed over the checklist from which the data to be entered is to be selected. The transparent overlay contains a first set of code numbers corresponding to each data entry and a second set of code numbers apart from the data entries. Due to the arrangement of the black-in area on each checklist, only one member of the second set of code numbers on the transparent overlay is readable or codeable since the remaining members of the second set of code numbers are obscured by the black-in area on the checklist beneath the transparent overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1981
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Franklin R. Borkat, Richard W. Kataoka