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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:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Edward D. Lewis, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Inventor:
Edward D. Lewis, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Assignee:
Buztronics, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F001/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multi-state flashing button and method of conducting a lottery using such a button. One or more multi-state buttons including an internal timer are distributed along with a relatively large number of single-state flashing buttons. The timer causes the multi-state buttons to change from a flashing state to non-flashing state at the end of a predetermined time-out interval, and a prize is awarded to each participant having a button which undergoes such a change of state.