ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,471, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Gateway to build free games bonus" was invented by Klaus Hufnagl-Abraham (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to providing a bonus-building session within an electronic game. According to one embodiment, a method for operating an electronic game can comprise executing a gaming session of an electronic game. The electronic game can comprise a plurality of operable features and each operable feature can comprise a plurality of symbols. A first predefined condition for the plurality of symbols on the plurality of operabl...