ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,919, issued on Aug. 11.

"Multi-challenge game with accrued time" was invented by Alexander Patterson (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for a game to be played by a team of players including offering the team of players a first challenge, the team of players having the ability to accrue time in the first challenge, and offering the team of players a final challenge, the time allocated for completing the final challenge including at least any time accrued by the team of players in the first challenge."

The patent was filed on Feb. 25, 2022, under Application No. 17/680,768.

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