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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:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
James A. Jorasch, New York, NY (US);
Stephen C. Tulley, Fairfield, CT (US);
David F. Zucker, Winnetka, IL (US);
Andrew D. Rodgers, Los Altos, CA (US);
Geoffrey M. Gelman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Daniel E. Tedesco, Shelton, CT (US);
Assignee:
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/00 (2014.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3244 (2013.01); G07F 17/32 (2013.01); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01); G07F 17/3269 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are described for conducting a secondary game at a gaming device. In various embodiments, a player may acquire equity in the secondary game in such forms as a location of a game character, a number of symbols aggregated, a degree of completion of a puzzle, or a defensive provision. Certain symbols or outcomes in a primary game, however, may cause the player to lose equity in the secondary game.