US Patent Issued to Aristocrat Technologies Australia on July 15 for "Gaming machine and method for displaying a free spin count-up" (Virginia, Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,791, issued on July 15, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. (North Ryde, Australia).

"Gaming machine and method for displaying a free spin count-up" was invented by David Marsh (Charlottesville, Va.), Karl Roelofs (Charlottesville, Va.) and Michael P. Casey (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic gaming machine includes a display, a credit input mechanism, and a processor configured to perform operations comprising: (i) initiating a free play bonus game; (ii) awarding, during the free play bonus game, a plurality of free spins of a plurality of reels; (iii) displaying, on the display, a plurali...