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English: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filing by Charles Darrow for a patent on the board game Monopoly, filed August 31, 1935 and granted December 31, 1935. While the images and text of this patent are public domain, Parker Brothers/Hasbro still hold trademarks on specific design elements of the game, including but not limited to the general game board design, the locomotive silhouettes, the question mark design for "Chance" spaces, the car on "Free Parking", the "Jake the Jailbird" design, and the police officer on "Go to Jail."
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Source U.S. Patent 2,026,082
Author Charles B Darrow

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US patent for the Monopoly board game

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31 August 1935

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