ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,902, issued on June 17, was assigned to Konami Gaming Inc. (Las Vegas).
"Gaming machine, control method for machine, and program for operating gaming machines to display computer animated reel games" was invented by Masaya Matsuda (Zama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming machine is described herein. The gaming machine includes a control unit programmed display a game screen including a primary game area and a bonus feature event area. The control unit displays the plurality of credit prize symbols in the bonus feature event area with each credit prize symbol being associated with a corresponding special symbol and having ...