ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,329, issued on May 27, was assigned to Video Gaming Technologies Inc. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Method and system for a gaming system user interface" was invented by William Douglas Lamb (Eagleville, Tenn.), Daniel William Rice (Thompson Station, Tenn.), Victor Brent McClearen (Cookeville, Tenn.), Charles Stanley Curbbun (Encinitas, Calif.), Arvin Grande Abadilla (Encinitas, Calif.), Matthew Kranz (Encinitas, Calif.), Julian Groeli (San Diego), Blake Chuanlun Wang (San Diego), Jin Chen (Carlsbad, Calif.) and William John Leach (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming machine includes a base, a columnar pedestal extending vertical...