ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,455, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LNW Gaming Inc. (Las Vegas).
"Gaming system and method with a persistent element feature" was invented by Joel R. Jaffe (Glenview, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided a gaming machine and method that utilize game-logic circuitry and a presentation assembly configured to present a plurality of symbol-bearing reels, an array, and a plurality of persistent elements. The plurality of reels are spun and stopped to land symbols from the reels in the array. In response to the landed symbols including at least one accumulation condition, an animation portraying an increase in size o...