ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,237, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Open World Entertainment LLC (Natick, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for providing self-resetting games in interactive physical environments" was invented by Matthew DuPlessie (Foxboro, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-resetting game provided by an interactive physical environment includes a plurality of game components, a room sensor, a control system and an indicator. The plurality of game components are repositionable within a game room provided by the interactive physical environment. The room sensor detects a first positon of at least some of the plurality of game components. The ...