Lever Operated Or Slot Machine Type Patents (Class D21/370)
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Patent number: 12450983Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 8, 2023Date of Patent: October 21, 2025Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Sarah Leggett, Jeremy Hornik
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Patent number: 12444270Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 26, 2022Date of Patent: October 14, 2025Assignee: Everi Games, Inc.Inventors: Cydny Bloem Audia, Scott Donald Slomiany, Juan Carlos Mariscal
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Patent number: 12424058Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: September 23, 2025Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Marks
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Patent number: 12417675Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 11, 2023Date of Patent: September 16, 2025Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd.Inventors: Karen Kendall, James Loader, Lauren Paterson, Antoon Visser
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Patent number: 12300072Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 18, 2022Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: IGTInventors: Timothy F. Springer, William Bussick, Ginese Weyant
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Patent number: 12175841Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 31, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Mirjavadi, John Daley, Christopher Brune, David Kaminkow
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Patent number: 11798349Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: KONAMI GAMING, INC.Inventor: John C. Pariseau
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Patent number: 11694517Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Karen Kendall, James Loader, Lauren Paterson, Antoon Visser
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Patent number: 11645888Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventor: Raheem Farooq
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Patent number: D875181Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Inventors: Kimio Tsuda, Hiroki Nunokawa
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Patent number: D875838Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITEDInventors: Bruce Edward Urban, James Franklin Stair, William Douglas Lamb, Dominic J. DeMarco, Ariel David Turgel, Dan Harden
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Patent number: D887496Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITEDInventor: Bruce Edward Urban
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Patent number: D914808Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd.Inventors: Schin Hern Loong, Kevin Mark Ignacio, Gary Joseph Penacho
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Patent number: D923102Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: IGTInventors: Steven McGahn, Stewart Thoeni, Charles Johnson, Jacob Wik, Jack H. Brooks
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Patent number: D926260Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: AGS LLCInventors: Mark Steven Ross, Kevin Lee Hohman
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Patent number: D931377Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: IGTInventors: Steven McGahn, Charles Johnson, Jacob Wik, Jack H. Brooks
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Patent number: D931941Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: IGTInventors: Jean-Pierre Legras, Charles Johnson
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Patent number: D934236Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Intercomp S.p.A.Inventor: Domenico Giacomin
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Patent number: D934347Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Samuel Ocampo, Norio Tone, Scott Allen Clear
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Patent number: D939632Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: AGS LLCInventors: Rachel Calhoun Lewis, Mark Robert Brandau, Sigmund Hyunjai Lee, Kevin Lee Hohman, James Ely Tillery, Wei Gu, Ariel David Turgel, Daniel Kendall Harden
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Patent number: D948621Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventor: Rajendrasinh B. Jadeja
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Patent number: D951359Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Primero Games, LLCInventors: Conrad J. Lawson, Jordan G. Bogdan, Gregory S. Gronau, Varadrajan Kannan
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Patent number: D953441Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: IGTInventors: Douglas Edwards, Theodore J. Swanson
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Patent number: D959562Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: IGTInventors: Douglas Edwards, Theodore J. Swanson
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Patent number: D965066Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: FBM SYSTEMS AND ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Rui Manuel Mendes Francisco, Everton Thonebon, Marcelo Domingues De Oliveira, Fernando Galdini Ferrazoli, Renato Abrahão De Almeida
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Patent number: D969224Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: FBM SYSTEMS AND ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Rui Manuel Mendes Francisco, Everton Thonebon, Marcelo Domingues De Oliveira, Fernando Galdini Ferrazoli, Renato Abrahão De Almeida
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Patent number: D974481Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Samuel Ocampo, Norio Tone, Scott Allen Clear
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Patent number: D984541Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kathryn Carlson, Jason Knott
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Patent number: D986978Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Everi Games, Inc.Inventors: Travis Bussey, Daniel Gibson, Peter A. Phillips, Jr., Courtney Bell, Charles Curbbun, Michael Conway
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Patent number: D987725Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: ZITRO INTERNATIONAL S.ÀR.LInventors: Johnny Ortiz De Viveiros, Fidel Raúl García Álvarez
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Patent number: D988412Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Samuel Ocampo, Norio Tone, Scott Allen Clear
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Patent number: D990574Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: IGTInventors: Jean-Pierre Legras, Charles W. Johnson, Steven McGahn, John Leagh Beadell
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Patent number: D990576Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Inventor: Dennise T. Hairston
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Patent number: D990577Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: IGTInventors: 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
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Patent number: D991356Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: NANO VO SP. ZO.O.Inventor: Oleksandr Volkhov
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Patent number: D1011433Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: IGTInventors: Jean-Pierre Legras, Steve McGahn, Bradley Hemerick, Jacob Wik
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Patent number: D1032729Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Robert C. Coon, Christian Kulujian
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Patent number: D1032730Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Robert C. Coon, Christian Kulujian
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Patent number: D1032731Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Robert C. Coon, Christian Kulujian
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Patent number: D1032732Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Robert C. Coon, Christian Kulujian
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Patent number: D1033546Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Robert C. Coon, Christian Kulujian
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Patent number: D1061466Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventor: Rajendrasinh B. Jadeja
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Patent number: D1066508Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventors: Bradley Berman, Chad Shapiro, Ryan Strand
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Patent number: D1068940Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Everi Games, Inc.Inventors: Travis Bussey, Daniel Gibson, Peter A. Phillips, Jr., Courtney Bell, Charles Curbbun, Michael Conway
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Patent number: D1072055Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Everi Games, Inc.Inventors: Travis Bussey, Daniel Gibson, Peter A. Phillips, Jr., Courtney Bell, Charles Curbbun, Michael Conway
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Patent number: D1081804Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2023Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: IGTInventors: 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
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Patent number: D1096683Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2024Date of Patent: October 7, 2025Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventor: Rajendrasinh B. Jadeja
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Patent number: D1117485Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2024Date of Patent: March 10, 2026Assignee: IGTInventors: Charles W. Johnson, Steven P. McGahn
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Patent number: D1117486Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2024Date of Patent: March 10, 2026Assignee: IGTInventors: Charles W. Johnson, Steven P. McGahn
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Patent number: D1124141Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2024Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: BLUBERI GAMING USA, INC.Inventors: Benoit Lapolice, Mathieu Paquette, Yvan Paradis