ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,278, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Vetnos LLC (New York).

"Fixed payout table" was invented by Daniel K. Orlow (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure enable system(s) and method(s) for creating and deploying an electronic skill-based activity, including implementing a matchup tool to determine a projected performance score for participants in real-world events based at least in part on historical performance data of each participant. The matchup tool creates suggested matchups for inclusion in a skill-based game by selecting, for each suggested matchup, at least two components, formed from...