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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:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin C. Hoffman, Reno, NV (US);
Christmas C. Parker, Reno, NV (US);
Paulina Rodgers, Reno, NV (US);
Assignee:
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/34 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/34 (2013.01); G07F 17/323 (2013.01); G07F 17/326 (2013.01); G07F 17/3213 (2013.01);
Abstract
The gaming device and method disclosed herein produces an indication of an appearance of a notable or designated symbol in a symbol display region while at least one reel is spinning. The indication continues while the notable symbol appears in the symbol display region and while the at least one reel is spinning. Different indications are produced for the different notable symbols when appearing in the symbol display region while the at least one reel is spinning.