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Video game patent and lawsuit analysis, practical intellectual property information, and a searchable gaming patents database. By the lawyer nerds at KellDann.

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Today's 5 Patents

Patent No.	Title	Assignee	Issue Date
U.S. Design Pat. No. D1,105,247 U.S. Pat. App. No. 29/954,379	GAME CONTROLLER	SHENZHEN TECNO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD	July 26, 2024	Patent Details
U.S. Pat. No. 12,564,785 U.S. Pat. App. No. 18/247,626	ENABLING LOCAL SPLIT-SCREEN MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCES USING REMOTE MULTIPLAYER GAME SUPPORT	Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC	March 31, 2023	Patent Details
U.S. Pat. No. 12,343,624 U.S. Pat. App. No. 18/054,218	Multiplayer Video Games with Virtual Characters Having Dynamically Modified Fields of View	Activision Publishing, Inc.	November 10, 2022	Patent Details
U.S. Pat. No. 12,551,784 U.S. Pat. App. No. 18/184,087	TACTILE OVERLAY FOR TOUCH SCREEN VIRTUAL GAME CONTROLLER COUPLED TO EXTERNAL DISPLAY	Motorola Mobility LLC	March 15, 2023	Patent Details
U.S. Pat. No. 12,138,551 U.S. Pat. App. No. 18/433,039	GAME CONTROL METHOD, GAME SERVER, AND PROGRAM	GREE, INC.	February 5, 2024	Patent Details