US Patent Issued on Sept. 1 for "Dice for a game and method of playing a game with dice" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,074, issued on Sept. 1.

"Dice for a game and method of playing a game with dice" was invented by Peter R. Ruiz (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A game played with dice. The dice includes a first set having letters and may include a second set. The dice are rolled twice to create a list of two-letter pairs. Players record famous people having initials that correspond to the two letters of each pair. The entries of the players are compared, and points are awarded. A wild may be used which allows one of the letters of a pair to be selected or to be unassigned."

The patent was filed on June 12, 2025, under Application No. 19/235,...