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The user interface for a video game.

Blizzard’s 2021 Patent Focused on Restoring Gameplay from a Point in Time

Blizzard’s response to save-scumming: “Why not just rewind?”

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Mattel’s Foray into Play-on-the-Go Console Technology 

This 2009 patent has echoes of the Sega Dreamcast in its DNA...

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Nintendo’s Updated Pokéball Patent 

Identifiers on the catching apparatus to match the enclosed creature’s elemental type.

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Mattel’s Stackable, Character-Shaped Game Console 

We guarantee this is the most interesting looking game system you’ll see today!

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Activision’s First-Person Limbs and Hand-Held Object Model Patent 

The makers of Call of Duty never miss a chance to iterate on that classic first-person shooter hand.

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Looking Back at the DK Bongos Design Patent

Remember the plastic bongos that plugged into the GameCube to play those Donkey Kong-themed rhythm games? Well, have we got the patent for you...

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Bandai Namco’s Strange Photography Arcade Cabinet Patent

Back in 2001, the U.S. Patent Office issued Bandai Namco a patent for a camera-controlled arcade game, complete with a massive cabinet styled after a camera.

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Microsoft’s Earphone-Based Game Controller and Health Monitor Patent

In 2012, Microsoft received a patent for an in-ear game controller that could monitor user health data and map it to in-game graphics.

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Chinese Patent Office Publishes a Nintendo Patent for a Dock Compatible with Both the Switch and Switch 2 

Nintendo’s move in China might signal a coming commercial application for their dock technology.

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