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Today's 5 Patents

Patent No.	Title	Assignee	Issue Date
U.S. Pat. No. 12,350,592 U.S. Pat. App. No. 18/060,243	Video Game Session Management On Non-Fixed Computer Hosting Topologies	Amazon Technologies, Inc.	November 30, 2022	Patent Details
U.S. Pat. No. 12,064,699 U.S. Pat. App. No. 18/089,526	METHOD FOR SHARING A PORTION OF GAMEPLAY OF A VIDEO GAME	Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC	December 27, 2022	Patent Details
U.S. Design Pat. No. D1,095,685 U.S. Pat. App. No. 29/947,322	Game controller back case	Unknown assignee	June 14, 2024	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. Pat. No. 12,357,908 U.S. Pat. App. No. 18/482,291	TRACKING FILE SYSTEM READ OPERATIONS FOR INSTANT PLAY OF VIDEO GAMES, AND FOR CLIENT-SIDE DISCARDING AND PREFETCHING OF GAME DATA	Valve Corporation	October 6, 2023	Patent Details