ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,797, issued on May 20.

"Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices for facilitating a gameplay" was invented by Iman Yazdansepas (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Mitra Khanibaseri (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an apparatus for facilitating a gameplay, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the apparatus comprises a game board and a game piece. Further, the game board comprises a playing surface comprising markings. Further, the game piece comprises piece surfaces. Further, the game piece is positioned on the playing surface such that one of the piece surfaces is disposed over one of the m...