ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,597, issued on March 24, was assigned to Everi Games Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Light pipe bulb assembly and lighting assemblies employing same" was invented by Daniel Gibson (Austin, Texas) and Peter A. Phillips Jr. (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light pipe bulb assembly and a lighting assembly for use in gaming machines, signage, and the like, are provided. The light pipe bulb assembly receives light from an LED on a PCB at a back side of a housing face element, emits the light at a front side of a housing face element, and includes a bulb housing adapted to be mounted through a hole in the housing face element, and d...