ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,855, issued on June 23, was assigned to Konami Gaming Inc. (Las Vegas).
"Gaming machine and control method for operating gaming machines to display computer-animated reel games" was invented by Yuji Ohno (Las vegas), Satoshi Suda (Las Vegas) and Yuji Taniguchi (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming system including one or more gaming machines provides a game to one or more players. The game includes a primary game and a bonus game with first and second features. In the first feature a plurality of objects are presented to a player. The player is allowed to select one of the objects and an associated award may be awarded. ...