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Originally Posted by ahecht
The patent is for the 2a+b scoring method which was used that year. The rules for the game are included simply as an example of one embodyment of the claim.
I wonder if there is any prior art. |
The prior art you've presented is very interesting.
What is claimed in Dean's patent is:
1. A method for scoring a competition between a first team and a second team, in which one of the first team and the second team is the better scoring team and the other is the lower scoring team, the method comprising
a. determining the raw score accumulated by the first team according to the rules of the competition;
b. determining the raw score accumulated by the second team according to the rules of the competition;
c. comparing the score accumulated by the first team to the score accumulated by the second team to determining which team is the better scoring team;
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d. computing the final score of the better scoring team by adding the raw score of the better scoring team to two times the score of the lower scoring team.
What is interesting is that the prior art you present was released before the provisional patent was filed. However, it is quite possible that the inventor has documentation before this date regarding this scoring method, and it is likely that Savage Soccer game inventors have documentation before that time as well. I would be interested to see if this patent would withstand a critical review by the PTO in light of the provided prior art, and I would imagine a lot of it would be dependent on proper documentation.
Matt