US Patent Issued to Aristocrat Technologies Australia on Sept. 30 for "Systems and method for metamorphic reel game features" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,982, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. (North Ryde, Australia).

"Systems and method for metamorphic reel game features" was invented by Scott Kania (Reno, Nev.) and Michael P. Casey (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming system includes a main display configured to display a wagering game comprising a plurality of virtual spinnable reels having a plurality of adjacent game symbol positions. A game controller is communicatively coupled to the display, and a computer-readable storage medium. The game controller is configured to initiate a first round of play of a base game caus...