ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,721, issued on July 14, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Modular housing for an electronic gaming assembly" was invented by Bruce Urban (Las Vegas), Ariel Turgel (San Francisco), Daniel Harden (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Craig Paulsen (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular housing for an electronic gaming assembly is described. The modular housing includes a front wall including an upper portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion. The first and second side portions extend from the upper portion and at least partially define an opening, and the first and second side portions each have ...