ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,659, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Accumulating connected symbols for feature activations" was invented by Chris Peterson (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods that utilize connecting symbols accumulated in association with one or more game outcomes to activate one or more features."
The patent was filed on July 8, 2024, under Application No. 18/766,274.
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