ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,707, issued on March 25, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Electronic gaming systems and methods with persistent game tiers" was invented by Robert Honeycutt (Henderson, Nev.) and Adam Bland (Henderson, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic gaming device that includes a display device, a memory device, and a game controller including a processor is described. The processor is configured to apply a game tier to a base game, wherein the game tier corresponds to a credit award range, and cause a base game outcome including symbols displayed on reels to be displayed. The processor is also configured ...