ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,610, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LNW Gaming Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Systems and devices for identification of a feature associated with a user in a gaming establishment and related methods" was invented by Timothy Bucher (Geyserville, Calif.), Terrin Eager (Campbell, Calif.), Bryan M. Kelly (Alamo, Calif.), Martin S. Lyons (Henderson, Nev.), Joseph Randolph Hedrick (Reno, Nev.), Scott Thomas Hilbert (Sparks, Nev.), Theodore Keenan (Castro Valley, Calif.), John Link (Manteca, Calif.), Mohan Kumar Areanalli Manju (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Yogendrasinh Hematji Rajput (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems of...