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Today's 5 Patents

Patent No.	Title	Assignee	Issue Date
U.S. Pat. No. 12,246,231 U.S. Pat. App. No. 18/935,203	Reactive Game Play	Topgolf International Inc	November 1, 2024	Patent Details
U.S. Pat. No. 12,478,882 U.S. Pat. App. No. 18/304,520	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING SHARED IN-GAME OBJECTIVES IN VIRTUAL GAMES	Quanata LLC	April 21, 2023	Patent Details
U.S. Pat. No. 12,440,768 U.S. Pat. App. No. 18/148,783	COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD FOR PERFORMING GAME PROCESSING IN A COMBINED STADIUM OBJECT	NINTENDO CO., LTD.	December 30, 2022	Patent Details
U.S. Design Pat. No. D1,069,908 U.S. Pat. App. No. 29/935,087	COCKPIT FOR VIDEO GAMES	CORSAIR MEMORY, INC.	March 29, 2024	Patent Details
U.S. Pat. No. 12,502,604 U.S. Pat. App. No. 18/335,099	VIDEO GAME ANIMATION ENGINE	MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC	June 14, 2023	Patent Details