| Manufacturer(s) | Cheapass Games |
|---|---|
| Designer(s) | Falko Goettsch James Ernest |
| Publication date | 2001 |
| Players | 3 to 6 |
| Playing time | 60 minutes |
U.S. Patent No. 1 is a board game designed by Falko Goettsch & James Ernest, and published by Cheapass Games in 2001.
Each player's goal is to assemble a complete time machine (four components required), and travel back to the day the U.S. Patent Office opened so as to secure the first patent issued for their efforts.
The game was nominated for the Origins Award for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game of 2001,[1] but lost to Risk 2210.[2]
The first actual U.S. patent was issued on July 31, 1790, to Samuel Hopkins for manufacture of potash.