User Interface & Experience

81 gaming patents in this category from 28 companies. 40 granted, 41 filed applications.

Total patents

Granted

Filed

Companies

41 filed (51%) 40 granted (49%)

Published analyses

Published: May 26, 2026 Granted

Netflix Patents Smart Phone Controllers That Change Mid-Game

Netflix was granted US Patent 12629589 on May 19, 2026, covering a system that converts smartphones and tablets into dynamic, context-aware game controllers for video games displayed on a primary scre...

Published: Nov 18, 2025 Granted

AMD Patents Driver-Level Subtitles for Any Game

AMD's ATI Technologies has secured a patent for automatic subtitle and closed caption generation that operates at the GPU driver level, intercepting game audio streams and converting them to text in r...

Patents tracked per month

	Oct 25	Nov 25	Dec 25	Jan 26	Feb 26	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	Jun 26	Jul 26
Total	10	12	4	6	8	7	6	10	15	3
Granted	7	10	3	1	4	3	2	2	7	1
Filed	3	2	1	5	4	4	4	8	8	2

Reports

June 2026 monthly

Granted (7) Filed (8)

Q2 2026 quarterly

Granted (11) Filed (20)

H1 2026 half-yearly

Granted (19) Filed (33)

May 2026 monthly

Granted (2) Filed (8)

April 2026 monthly

Granted (2) Filed (4)

March 2026 monthly

Granted (3) Filed (4)

Q1 2026 quarterly

Granted (8) Filed (13)

Top companies

Tencent

12 granted · 10 filed

NetEase

6 granted · 6 filed

Nintendo

4 granted · 4 filed

Sony

3 granted · 4 filed

Cygames

1 granted · 2 filed

Ncsoft

0 granted · 3 filed

Also in this category Skydance Silicon Valley (2), EA (2), Netflix (2), Hangzhou Pawprint Interactive Entertainment Technology Co. (2)

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