G07F 17/3265
Influencing the position of stopped moving members to achieve a winning arrangement
Official title: {Influencing the position of stopped moving members to achieve a winning arrangement, e.g. nudging, shuffling, holding}
G07F17/3265 (Influencing the position of stopped moving members to achieve a winning arrangement) appears on 447 US grants and 599 published applications in this corpus.
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