ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,433, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to KOMUSE Co. LTD. (Paju-si, South Korea).

"Game method for game machine for ticket output" was invented by Nam Ho Kang (Gimpo-si, South Korea), Byeong Soo Seo (Goyang-si, South Korea), Ryeol Baek (Goyang-si, South Korea) and So Ran Kim (Goyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a game method for a game machine for ticket output in which a puck dropped onto a rail unit through a puck feeder slides toward one end portion of the rail unit, in this case, when the puck is hit by a hitting device such that the puck is discharged to the other end portion of the rail unit, the ...