ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,913, issued on June 17, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Activating features based on patterns of persistent symbols" was invented by Stephanie Quiles (Herndon, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods that employ the accumulation of designated symbols in one or more designated patterns to activate one or more features."

The patent was filed on April 27, 2022, under Application No. 17/730,949.

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