ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,440, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Accumulating trackable elements for awards" was invented by Darren Maya (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gaming systems and methods that accumulate zero, one or more trackable elements responsive to zero, one or more game outcomes and trigger a secondary event responsive to a quantity of accumulated trackable elements reaching a threshold quantity."
The patent was filed on Feb. 3, 2022, under Application No. 17/592,163.
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