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8 patents: 2 expired in 2020, 6 live, all assigned to Nintendo with a partner
Granted patents naming Nintendo with GAME FREAK, Creatures or The Pokémon Company as assignee, found by number; not a complete search of any register.
Expired
Two patents from the 1999 Game Boy Color games ran out in May and June 2020
| Number | Filed | Granted | Status | Expiry | One line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 6,251,010 | 18 May 2000 | 26 Jun 2001 | Expired | 18 May 2020 | A game machine with a clock. |
| US 6,595,858 | 1 Jun 2000 | 22 Jul 2003 | Expired | 1 Jun 2020 | A game system that keeps an infection data area for each captured character in temporary storage. |
Live
6 live patents share a December 2021 or August 2022 priority
Three United States grants and three Japanese divisionals. Expiry dates are the anticipated dates shown by Google Patents, including any term adjustment.
| Number | Filed | Granted | Status | Expiry | One line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 12,179,111 | 2 May 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | Active | 21 Sep 2042 | A game program that shows a player character and a field character in a virtual space, takes an aiming direction, and runs two modes. |
| US 12,220,638 | 18 Jul 2024 | 11 Feb 2025 | Active | 21 Sep 2042 | A method of game processing in which the player aims, sees an aiming point and an indicator of how likely a catch is, picks one of several obtaining items, launches it, and on success holds the caught character. |
| US 12,403,397 | 1 Mar 2023 | 2 Sep 2025 | Active, reexamination requested | 7 May 2044 | A game program that moves a player character on a field and lets a first input summon a sub character. |
| JP 7493117 | 26 Feb 2024 | 30 May 2024 | Active | 22 Dec 2041 | A Japanese divisional in the December 2021 family that covers aiming and throwing a catching item at a field character, with a success check and a fighting mode. |
| JP 7528390 | 5 Mar 2024 | 5 Aug 2024 | Active | 22 Dec 2041 | A second Japanese divisional in the same December 2021 family. |
| JP 7545191 | 30 Jul 2024 | 4 Sep 2024 | Active | 22 Dec 2041 | A third Japanese divisional in the December 2021 family, granted 36 days after filing. |