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Gaming machine with stepper reel and display screen with a transitional graphical user interface

Granted 15 Oct 2024 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Aristocrat Technologies · originally Aristocrat

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Inventors: Gary Penacho, Allon Englman, Brian Johnson · Examiner: Ryan Harvey · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/930,736
filed 1 Mar 2024
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US D1046978
granted 15 Oct 2024

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Description

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›The present application is related to U.S. patent…

The present application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/557,279, filed Aug. 30, 2019, entitled “Systems and Methods for Supplementing a Wagering Game,” the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a gaming machine with stepper reel and display screen with a transitional graphical user interface;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a first image in a sequence of a transitional graphical user interface according to a first embodiment;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a second image in the sequence;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a third image in the sequence;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a first image in a sequence of a transitional graphical user interface according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a second image in the sequence;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a third image in the sequence;

FIG. 13 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a first image in a sequence of a transitional graphical user interface according to a third embodiment;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a second image in the sequence;

FIG. 15 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a third image in the sequence;

FIG. 16 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a first image in a sequence of a transitional graphical user interface according to a fourth embodiment;

FIG. 17 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a second image in the sequence;

FIG. 18 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a third image in the sequence;

FIG. 19 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a first image in a sequence of a transitional graphical user interface according to a fifth embodiment;

FIG. 20 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a second image in the sequence;

FIG. 21 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a third image in the sequence;

FIG. 22 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a first image in a sequence of a transitional graphical user interface according to a sixth embodiment;

FIG. 23 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a second image in the sequence;

FIG. 24 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a third image in the sequence;

FIG. 25 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a first image in a sequence of a transitional graphical user interface according to a seventh embodiment;

FIG. 26 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a second image in the sequence;

FIG. 27 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a third image in the sequence;

FIG. 28 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a first image in a sequence of a transitional graphical user interface according to an eighth embodiment;

FIG. 29 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a second image in the sequence;

FIG. 30 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a third image in the sequence;

FIG. 31 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a first image in a sequence of a transitional graphical user interface according to a ninth embodiment;

FIG. 32 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a second image in the sequence;

FIG. 33 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a third image in the sequence;

FIG. 34 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a first image in a sequence of a transitional graphical user interface according to a tenth embodiment;

FIG. 35 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a second image in the sequence;

FIG. 36 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a third image in the sequence;

FIG. 37 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a first image in a sequence of a transitional graphical user interface according to an eleventh embodiment;

FIG. 38 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a second image in the sequence; and,

FIG. 39 is an enlarged front view thereof showing a third image in the sequence.

In embodiments of transitional graphical user interfaces, the appearance of the transitional image sequentially transitions between the images shown. The process or period in which one image transitions to another image forms no part of the claimed design. Broken lines represent elements of the gaming machine with stepper reel and display screen with a transitional graphical user interface that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D21/369

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