ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,128, issued on Oct. 7.
"System and methods for game play" was invented by Susan M. Landry (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Players attempt to be the first person to move from the start of the board puzzle piece to the end of board. The game is played in at least three phases, with each phase utilizing different game pieces. Phase one consists of creating a puzzle pattern by placing background puzzle pieces on the puzzle game board and connecting background puzzle pieces already on the board. Phase two consists of placing color overlay puzzle pieces on top of the background puzzle pieces that make up the puzzle pattern....