Game Engines & Development Gaming Patents

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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 25	Nov 25	Dec 25	Jan 26	Feb 26	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	Jun 26
Total	11	11	14	17	14	11	4	8	3
Granted	4	6	9	4	5	5	1	3	0
Filed	7	5	5	13	9	6	3	5	3

Reports

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

31

14 granted · 17 filed

Activision Blizzard

12

6 granted · 6 filed

Sony

7

2 granted · 5 filed

Tencent

7

0 granted · 7 filed

EA

6

4 granted · 2 filed

The Pokemon

5

0 granted · 5 filed

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