US Patent Issued to LNW Gaming on Sept. 9 for "Gaming system and method with a persistent element feature" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,454, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LNW Gaming Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Gaming system and method with a persistent element feature" was invented by Kellen Dale (Reno, Nev.), Amy Robards (Sparks, Nev.), Colbee V. Jones (Reno, Nev.) and Dougal Austin (Reno, Nev.).

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...