Patents
US 12260714 B2: Gaming machine and methods of operating gaming machines
- Granted
- 2025-03-25
- Filed
- 2022-01-28 application 17587207
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A gaming machine is described herein. The gaming machine includes a processor programmed to execute an algorithm including the steps of displaying a game screen including a plurality reels, a bonus wheel including a plurality of wheel wedges displaying prize symbols and a prize selector, and a bonus wheel meter including a number of bonus wheel symbols. The processor is programmed to spin and stop the reels to display an instance of the game, detect an appearance of a bonus wheel symbol appearing in the reels with the reels stopped, and increase the number of bonus wheel symbols included in the bonus wheel meter based on the detected bonus wheel symbol. The processor initiates a bonus wheel feature including a spin of the bonus wheel upon determining the increased number of bonus wheel symbols included in the bonus wheel meter is equal to a predefined number of bonus wheel symbols.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250325.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konami Gaming, Inc. 299 patents | US company or organization | Las Vegas, NV | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Wei | Las Vegas, NV | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Scott Dorsch | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Sam Ellis | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G07F | Coin-freed or like apparatus | G07F17/34 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-28 | Employee Employee confidentiality and assignment of inventions agreement | DORSCH, SCOTT signed 2016-06-08 | KONAMI GAMING, INC. LAS VEGAS, NV | 61557/759 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-09-28 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | WEI, HONG signed 2022-08-07 | KONAMI GAMING, INC. LAS VEGAS, NV | 61241/436 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-09-28 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ELLIS, SAM signed 2022-08-15 | KONAMI GAMING, INC. LAS VEGAS, NV | 61241/349 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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