ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,445, issued on April 29, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Non-fungible tokens as gaming awards marketplace" was invented by Klaus Hufnagl-Abraham (Graz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods that utilize non-fungible tokens in association with the occurrence of gaming environment events and offer a marketplace to transact against such non-fungible tokens."
The patent was filed on Aug. 18, 2022, under Application No. 17/890,755.
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