Category

Game Engines & Development

107 gaming patents in this category from 29 companies. 42 granted, 65 filed applications.

107
Total patents
42
Granted
65
Filed
29
Companies
65 filed (61%) 42 granted (39%)

Published analyses

Published: Jul 7, 2026 Granted

Discord Patents a Game Design Tool That Cuts Out the Code

Discord's patent 12667786, granted June 2026 and published on the USPTO the following day, describes a scripting tool that lets non-technical game designers define complex gameplay logic directly with...
Published: Jun 2, 2026 Granted

Microsoft Just Locked Down 3D Game Editing Tools

Microsoft was granted patent 12632155 on May 19, 2026, covering a 3D visual editing system for interactive videos and games that replaces complex scripting with a node-and-path interface developers ca...
Published: Feb 12, 2026 Filed

ImagineAR's Location Patent Targets Niantic's Core Business Model

ImagineAR's patent describes a system that dynamically modifies video game content based on a player's real-world location and local conditions. When a player launches the game, the system detects the...
Published: Jan 8, 2026 Filed

Microsoft's AI Testing Platform Targets Game QA Infrastructure

Microsoft's intelligent agent platform represents a fundamental shift in game testing methodology, deploying AI agents that interact with games externally through virtual controllers rather than execu...
Published: Dec 9, 2025 Granted

GRID Patents Text-Prompt Game Builder With NFT Integration

GAMING REVOLUTION FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INC. received a patent on December 2, 2025 for a no-code game development platform that lets users create video games by answering text prompts instead ...
Published: Nov 13, 2025 Filed

NetEase's Weather Patent Targets Real Production Costs

NetEase's patent describes a system that dynamically deforms game objects in response to weather changes by adjusting rendering parameters in real-time, rather than relying on pre-rendered animations....
Published: Nov 6, 2025 Filed

Activision's Asset Generation Patent Targets Live-Service Cosmetics Bottleneck

Activision has filed a patent for an automated asset generation system that could fundamentally change how game studios handle cosmetic content creation. The technology uses a relationship-based param...

Patents tracked per month

Oct 25Nov 25Dec 25Jan 26Feb 26Mar 26Apr 26May 26Jun 26Jul 26Aug 26
Total 111114171411481151
Granted 46945513320
Filed 755139635831

Reports

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Granted (2) Filed (3)
June 2026 monthly
Granted (3) Filed (8)
Q2 2026 quarterly
Granted (7) Filed (15)
H1 2026 half-yearly
Granted (21) Filed (43)
May 2026 monthly
Granted (3) Filed (4)
April 2026 monthly
Granted (1) Filed (3)
March 2026 monthly
Granted (5) Filed (6)
Q1 2026 quarterly
Granted (14) Filed (28)

Top companies

Nintendo
37
17 granted · 20 filed
Activision Blizzard
12
6 granted · 6 filed
EA
8
4 granted · 4 filed
Tencent
7
0 granted · 7 filed
Sony
7
2 granted · 5 filed
The Pokemon
6
0 granted · 6 filed

Also in this category NetEase (4), Skydance Silicon Valley (3), Microsoft (3), Roblox (2)

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