ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,529, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Everi Games Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Lighting configuration arrangements and methods for gaming machines and gaming machine installations" was invented by Lawrence J. Knipp (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accent light system for a gaming machine includes an accent light arrangement having a number of LED panels assembled in one of a number of possible configurations. An electronic controller is coupled through a data communication interface to the accent light arrangement. The electronic controller is configured to transmit a signal to LED drivers of the number of LED panels, rec...