US Patent Issued to Aristocrat Technologies Australia on Sept. 22 for "Systems and methods providing a spinning reel indicator symbol trigger mechanism associated with a display position" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,922, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. (North Ryde, Australia).

"Systems and methods providing a spinning reel indicator symbol trigger mechanism associated with a display position" was invented by T. Grant Bolling Jr. (Maryland Heights, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming machine includes a display, an indicator display device, a symbol selector, a function allocator, and an award allocator. The display includes display positions. The indicator display device is configured to visually display the indicator symbol for visually identifying a single display position. The symbol sele...