Company

Microsoft

33 gaming-relevant patents tracked. 11 granted, 22 filed applications across 9 technology categories.

Total patents

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Published: Aug 13, 2026 Filed

Microsoft's AI Audio Engine Could Transform Xbox Accessibility Without Developers

Microsoft has filed a patent for a system-level AI audio transformation engine that sits between any game's audio output and a player's ears, using generative AI to identify specific sound classes in ...

Published: Jun 25, 2026 Filed

Microsoft Files Patent to Build Photorealistic Avatars From a Single Photo

Microsoft has filed a patent for a Gaussian splatting-based avatar system that uses a deep neural network prior model to generate photorealistic, real-time 3D human avatars from minimal input data. Th...

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: 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...

Patents tracked per month

	Oct 25	Nov 25	Dec 25	Jan 26	Feb 26	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	Jun 26	Jul 26	Aug 26
Total	3	3	3	2	7	3	3	2	2	3	2
Granted	1	0	2	0	1	3	0	1	1	2	0
Filed	2	3	1	2	6	0	3	1	1	1	2

Reports

August 2026 monthly

Filed (2)

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Granted (2) Filed (1)

June 2026 monthly

Granted (1) Filed (1)

Q2 2026 quarterly

Granted (2) Filed (5)

H1 2026 half-yearly

Granted (6) Filed (13)

May 2026 monthly

Granted (1) Filed (1)

April 2026 monthly

Filed (3)

March 2026 monthly

Granted (3)

Q1 2026 quarterly

Granted (4) Filed (8)