ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,441, issued on July 8, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Additional awards associated with guaranteed symbol generations" was invented by Timothy Kennedy (Reno, Nev.), Robin Hare (Reno, Nev.) and Justin Valvo (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gaming systems and methods that maintain a progressive award associated with a guaranteed minimum quantity of generations of a designated symbol, certain of which are associated with an additional award."
The patent was filed on Sept. 28, 2022, under Application No. 17/955,078.
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