Lever Operated Or Slot Machine Type Patents (Class D21/370)
  • Patent number: 12450983
    Abstract: A gaming system and methods thereof that utilize game-logic circuitry and a presentation assembly that presents a plurality of symbol positions, one or more persistent elements respectively associated with one or more bonus game features, and one or more game outcomes by populating the symbol positions with a respective set of symbols. In response to detecting a catalyst event including a feature-triggering symbol within any of the outcomes, the presentation assembly animates an addition of the feature-triggering symbol to a first persistent element, presents, in response to randomly selecting a first outcome state of the catalyst event, one or more bonus game outcomes based on the bonus game features linked to the first persistent element, and presents, in response to randomly selecting a second outcome state of the catalyst event, an award sequence for an award including an award value visually indicated by the feature-trigger symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Leggett, Jeremy Hornik
  • Patent number: 12444270
    Abstract: A gaming machine is controlled with program code for, in response to a play input causing a display system to display a base result representation in a first area of the display system including a matrix of symbol locations with a first line of symbols randomly selected from among multiplier symbols and non-operative symbols, a second line of symbols randomly selected from among multiplier symbols and non-operative symbols, and a third line of symbols randomly selected from among prize symbols and non-operative symbols. In response to an alignment of a multiple-location prize symbol along multiple alignment paths with a plurality of multiplier symbols on each alignment path, awarding a prize amount of a prize associated with the prize symbol times a combined multiplier value indicated by all the multiplier symbols so aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: Everi Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Cydny Bloem Audia, Scott Donald Slomiany, Juan Carlos Mariscal
  • Patent number: 12424058
    Abstract: An electronic gaming system including processor in communication with a memory with instructions stored thereon is described. The instructions cause the processor to cause display of an electronic game including a plurality of reels, a plurality of persistent win positions, and a timer, and cause the timer to incrementally transition between a first time and a second time. As spins of the plurality of reels occur, the instructions also cause the processor to identify any trigger symbols, for game outcomes that include at least one trigger symbol, cause a respective output amount associated with a respective at least one trigger symbol to be displayed, for game outcomes that do not include at least one trigger symbol, cause the plurality of persistent win positions to be cleared, and when a predetermined number of positions of the plurality of persistent win positions include output amounts, cause the output amounts to be awarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Marks
  • Patent number: 12417675
    Abstract: An electronic gaming device comprising a display that displays a plurality of symbols in a plurality of symbol positions, a game controller that determines if the plurality of symbols include a trigger symbol, in response to determining that the plurality of symbols include the trigger symbol, controls the display to display the trigger symbol being transformed into a prize component symbol, incrementally animates a filling of a prize component of a first prize with the prize component symbol, and awards the first prize when a plurality of first prize components have been completely filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Karen Kendall, James Loader, Lauren Paterson, Antoon Visser
  • Patent number: 12300072
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that temporarily accumulate symbols over one or more plays of a game and collect zero, one or more of such symbols based on the occurrence of a symbol collection event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Timothy F. Springer, William Bussick, Ginese Weyant
  • Patent number: 12175841
    Abstract: A bonus round of a video keno game may consist of a series of bonus game instances. During a bonus game instance, a game controller may identify a set of bonus game pieces and select a set of bonus outcome identifiers from a bonus outcome pool. A win amount may be determined based on the number of matches between the set of bonus outcome identifiers and the set of bonus game pieces. The bonus outcome identifiers may include persistent identifiers and non-persistent identifiers. Persistent identifiers may be removed from the bonus outcome pool for subsequent bonus game instances in the series. Additionally or alternatively, the bonus game pieces corresponding to the persistent identifiers may continue to be matches for the subsequent bonus game instances in the series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Mirjavadi, John Daley, Christopher Brune, David Kaminkow
  • Patent number: 11798349
    Abstract: A gaming machine is described herein. The gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display device mounted to the cabinet, and a control unit operably coupled to the display device. The control unit includes a processor programmed to execute an algorithm including the steps of initiating a bonus feature by establishing a plurality of multiplier zones having associated multiplier values and being displayed with a corresponding cell displaying a special symbol and replacing the primary reels with a plurality of independent reels including a plurality of primary game symbols and at least one prize symbol. The processor conducts an instance of the bonus feature by spinning and stopping the plurality of independent reels and modifying each prize symbol being displayed within a multiplier zone by increasing a value associated with the prize symbol based on a corresponding multiplier value associated with a corresponding multiplier zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: KONAMI GAMING, INC.
    Inventor: John C. Pariseau
  • Patent number: 11694517
    Abstract: An electronic gaming device comprising a display that displays a plurality of symbols in a plurality of symbol positions, a game controller that determines if the plurality of symbols include a trigger symbol, in response to determining that the plurality of symbols include the trigger symbol, controls the display to display the trigger symbol being transformed into a prize component symbol, incrementally animates a filling of a prize component of a first prize with the prize component symbol, and awards the first prize when a plurality of first prize components have been completely filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Karen Kendall, James Loader, Lauren Paterson, Antoon Visser
  • Patent number: 11645888
    Abstract: A gaming system is provided, including a jackpot server and a gaming server. The jackpot server accumulates respective contributions from gaming client devices into a progressive jackpot. The gaming server presents wagering games to a player on a gaming client device. The wagering games include a first wagering game having a progressive jackpot component, and a second wagering game not having a progressive jackpot component. The gaming server receives a jackpot token from the player, including a token identification associated with the player and a progressive jackpot identification correlating to a token progressive jackpot. A wager is received for the second wagering game, which is conducted such that the player participates in the token progressive jackpot. The gaming server transmits a message to the jackpot server, including a portion of the wager as a contribution to the token progressive jackpot and an outcome of the second wagering game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventor: Raheem Farooq
  • Patent number: D875181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Inventors: Kimio Tsuda, Hiroki Nunokawa
  • Patent number: D875838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Bruce Edward Urban, James Franklin Stair, William Douglas Lamb, Dominic J. DeMarco, Ariel David Turgel, Dan Harden
  • Patent number: D887496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventor: Bruce Edward Urban
  • Patent number: D914808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Schin Hern Loong, Kevin Mark Ignacio, Gary Joseph Penacho
  • Patent number: D923102
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Steven McGahn, Stewart Thoeni, Charles Johnson, Jacob Wik, Jack H. Brooks
  • Patent number: D926260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: AGS LLC
    Inventors: Mark Steven Ross, Kevin Lee Hohman
  • Patent number: D931377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Steven McGahn, Charles Johnson, Jacob Wik, Jack H. Brooks
  • Patent number: D931941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Legras, Charles Johnson
  • Patent number: D934236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Intercomp S.p.A.
    Inventor: Domenico Giacomin
  • Patent number: D934347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Ocampo, Norio Tone, Scott Allen Clear
  • Patent number: D939632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: AGS LLC
    Inventors: Rachel Calhoun Lewis, Mark Robert Brandau, Sigmund Hyunjai Lee, Kevin Lee Hohman, James Ely Tillery, Wei Gu, Ariel David Turgel, Daniel Kendall Harden
  • Patent number: D948621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventor: Rajendrasinh B. Jadeja
  • Patent number: D951359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Primero Games, LLC
    Inventors: Conrad J. Lawson, Jordan G. Bogdan, Gregory S. Gronau, Varadrajan Kannan
  • Patent number: D953441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Douglas Edwards, Theodore J. Swanson
  • Patent number: D959562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Douglas Edwards, Theodore J. Swanson
  • Patent number: D965066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: FBM SYSTEMS AND ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Rui Manuel Mendes Francisco, Everton Thonebon, Marcelo Domingues De Oliveira, Fernando Galdini Ferrazoli, Renato Abrahão De Almeida
  • Patent number: D969224
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FBM SYSTEMS AND ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Rui Manuel Mendes Francisco, Everton Thonebon, Marcelo Domingues De Oliveira, Fernando Galdini Ferrazoli, Renato Abrahão De Almeida
  • Patent number: D974481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Ocampo, Norio Tone, Scott Allen Clear
  • Patent number: D984541
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kathryn Carlson, Jason Knott
  • Patent number: D986978
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Everi Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Bussey, Daniel Gibson, Peter A. Phillips, Jr., Courtney Bell, Charles Curbbun, Michael Conway
  • Patent number: D987725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: ZITRO INTERNATIONAL S.ÀR.L
    Inventors: Johnny Ortiz De Viveiros, Fidel Raúl García Álvarez
  • Patent number: D988412
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Ocampo, Norio Tone, Scott Allen Clear
  • Patent number: D990574
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Legras, Charles W. Johnson, Steven McGahn, John Leagh Beadell
  • Patent number: D990576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventor: Dennise T. Hairston
  • Patent number: D990577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Anthony John Baerlocher, Stewart Thoeni, Christopher D. Carlisle, Julia Janeen Angst, Jean-Pierre Legras, John Leagh Beadell, Scott Hamilton Jones, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Megan Eileen Oehlert, Stephen Gus Gill, Thang Duc Doan, Matthew Arbie Franich, Tai Rosander
  • Patent number: D991356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: NANO VO SP. ZO.O.
    Inventor: Oleksandr Volkhov
  • Patent number: D1011433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Legras, Steve McGahn, Bradley Hemerick, Jacob Wik
  • Patent number: D1032729
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Coon, Christian Kulujian
  • Patent number: D1032730
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Coon, Christian Kulujian
  • Patent number: D1032731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Coon, Christian Kulujian
  • Patent number: D1032732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Coon, Christian Kulujian
  • Patent number: D1033546
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Coon, Christian Kulujian
  • Patent number: D1061466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventor: Rajendrasinh B. Jadeja
  • Patent number: D1066508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventors: Bradley Berman, Chad Shapiro, Ryan Strand
  • Patent number: D1068940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Everi Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Bussey, Daniel Gibson, Peter A. Phillips, Jr., Courtney Bell, Charles Curbbun, Michael Conway
  • Patent number: D1072055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Everi Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Bussey, Daniel Gibson, Peter A. Phillips, Jr., Courtney Bell, Charles Curbbun, Michael Conway
  • Patent number: D1081804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Anthony John Baerlocher, Stewart Thoeni, Christopher D. Carlisle, Julia Janeen Angst, Jean-Pierre Legras, John Leagh Beadell, Scott Hamilton Jones, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Thang Duc Doan, Matthew Arbie Franich, Tai Rosander
  • Patent number: D1096683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventor: Rajendrasinh B. Jadeja
  • Patent number: D1117485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Charles W. Johnson, Steven P. McGahn
  • Patent number: D1117486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Charles W. Johnson, Steven P. McGahn
  • Patent number: D1124141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: BLUBERI GAMING USA, INC.
    Inventors: Benoit Lapolice, Mathieu Paquette, Yvan Paradis