ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,053, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Las Vegas).
"GUI with a bonus symbol window for initiating a jackpot chance game and a feature game with one or more feature game enhancements" was invented by John Ludwick (Reno, Nev.) and Christmas Uberuaga (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A graphical user interface for providing, on-demand, a game of chance with a hold-and-spin feature game mechanic in a format that features a larger number of reels and chances to receive prizes than are provided in typical hold-and-spin games. The graphical interface is configured to nevertheless provide a hold-and-...