Game Engines & Development Gaming Patents

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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 filed a patent application on 2025-06-30 for an automated asset generation system that could fundamentally change how game studios handle cosmetic content creation. The technology uses a re...

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	Sep 26	Oct 26
Total	11	11	14	17	14	11	4	8	11	5	4	2	1
Granted	4	6	9	4	5	5	1	3	3	2	2	1	0
Filed	7	5	5	13	9	6	3	5	8	3	2	1	1

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Granted (7) Filed (15)

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Granted (21) Filed (43)

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Granted (3) Filed (4)

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Top companies

Nintendo

18 granted · 21 filed

Activision Blizzard

6 granted · 6 filed

5 granted · 4 filed

Tencent

1 granted · 7 filed

Sony

2 granted · 5 filed

The Pokemon

0 granted · 6 filed

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Game Engines & Development