ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,100, issued on July 14, was assigned to KORTEK Corp. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Button device for casino machines" was invented by Sung Jun Park (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A button device for casino machines is provided including a base installed to overlap a display panel of a display device, a push button that overlaps the base and is disposed to move vertically with respect to the base, and has a central portion through which an image displayed on the display panel is visible and a flange portion that is stepped at an outer boundary of the central portion and extends outward, and a bezel that covers the pus...