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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin J. Zoltewicz, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Mark C. Nicely, Daly City, CA (US);
Ernest M. Lafky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3213 (2013.01); G07F 17/326 (2013.01); G07F 17/3223 (2013.01); G07F 17/3295 (2013.01); G07F 17/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
In various embodiments, the present disclosure generally relates to gaming systems and methods which utilize a symbol matrix or symbol field in conjunction with a movable symbol display window to randomly select different subsets of symbols from the symbol matrix and provide different awards to players based on such selected symbol subsets.