Patents
US 12322257 B2: Gaming machine, control method for machine, and program for gaming machine
- Granted
- 2025-06-03
- Filed
- 2024-04-09 application 18630925
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A gaming machine is described herein. The gaming machine includes a game control unit programmed to display a game screen including a primary game area a plurality of primary game reels and a bonus feature event area including a plurality of bonus prize cells. Each bonus prize cell is configured to display a randomly selected bonus prize, and is operable as one of an active bonus prize cell and an inactive bonus prize cell. Each bonus prize cell is associated with a wager amount value. The game control unit initiates an instance of the game by receiving a wager being placed on the game by the player, selecting bonus prize cells having associated wager amount values equal to or less than the wager amount of the received wager, and operating the selected bonus prize cells as active bonus prize cells.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250603.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Bland | Las Vegas, NV | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Yuji Ono | Las Vegas, NV | 29 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-09 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BLAND, ADAM signed 2018-10-04 ONO, YUJI signed 2018-10-04 | KONAMI GAMING, INC. LAS VEGAS, NV | 67053/599 | 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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