US Patent Issued to LNW Gaming on Aug. 25 for "Gaming system and method with a persistent element feature" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,660, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to LNW Gaming Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Gaming system and method with a persistent element feature" was invented by Jamie Knight (Henderson, Nev.), Mithun Nath (Henderson, Nev.), Mariela Polena (Las Vegas) and Kimberly Cohn (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided a gaming machine and method that utilize game-logic circuitry and a presentation assembly configured to present a plurality of symbol-bearing base reels, a base array, and a plurality of persistent elements. The plurality of base reels are spun and stopped to land symbols from the base reels in the base array. In response to...