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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael D Toler, Chicago, IL (US);
Ward L Pemberton, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Sega Pinball, Inc., Melrose Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2731 / ; 2731 / ; 2731 / ; 2731 / ;
Abstract
A pinball game in which an electromagnet is positioned on or below the playfield. A computer-controlled circuit is connected to the electromagnet and is operable to detect and control the pinball in response to changes in the magnetic field of the electromagnet.