Patents by Inventor Lloyd Sefton

Lloyd Sefton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12725489
    Abstract: There is provided a gaming system, gaming machine, and method that utilize a presentation assembly configured to present a plurality of reels and an array. The plurality of reels bear a plurality of symbols including clusters of multiple value-bearing symbols. The reels are spun and stopped to land symbols from the plurality of symbols in the array. In response to the landed symbols including a triggering combination of clusters of value-bearing symbols, each cluster is disbanded by animating distribution of the value-bearing symbols in each cluster to different positions in the array. The presentation assembly presents an award based at least in part on the distributed value-bearing symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Emma Charles, Lloyd Sefton
  • Publication number: 20250078626
    Abstract: There is provided a gaming system, gaming machine, and method that utilize a presentation assembly configured to present a plurality of reels and an array. The plurality of reels bear a plurality of symbols including clusters of multiple value-bearing symbols. The reels are spun and stopped to land symbols from the plurality of symbols in the array. In response to the landed symbols including a triggering combination of clusters of value-bearing symbols, each cluster is disbanded by animating distribution of the value-bearing symbols in each cluster to different positions in the array. The presentation assembly presents an award based at least in part on the distributed value-bearing symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Emma CHARLES, Lloyd SEFTON
  • Publication number: 20080058068
    Abstract: A gaming machine is disclosed that provides a game in which a player of the gaming machine stakes a wager on one or more outcomes of the game that are represented as symbols arranged in an array of symbol display positions. The player controls the number of outcomes on which a wager is staked by operating a user interface. During play of the game the gaming machine causes a display to display indicia representative of the total number of outcomes selected but not display indicia representative of every available outcome and not display indicia of every selected outcome. Indicia representative of an individual outcome is displayed when that outcome defines a winning combination. A method of providing a graphical user interface for a gaming machine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Nicholas Bennett, Marijan Kovacic, Lloyd Sefton