ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,460, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Inc. (Las Vegas).
"Persistent symbol position arrays with array growth in both base game and feature game" was invented by Hanna Sanborn (Georgetown, Texas), Jennifer Mizzi (Ewa Beach, Hawaii), Jeffrey Uss (Liberty Hill, Texas), Rogelio Decasa Jr. (Renton, Wash.), Nathan Warms (Austin, Texas), Zachary Smith (Austin, Texas), Erick Ching (Cedar Park, Texas), Zachary Cohen (Chicago), Kelly Lockheed (Elkridge, Md.), Scott Hopkins (Austin, Texas) and Carlyn Albright (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electronic gaming machines and systems are disclosed that provide fo...