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Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1889, it originally produced handmade playing cards before expanding into video games, game consoles, and other forms of entertainment. Nintendo is one of the world's largest video game companies and is best known for its iconic franchises such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and PokΓ©mon. It has also developed several popular consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), Nintendo 64, GameCube, Wii, and Switch.
These are the the leading inventors for applications assigned to NINTENDO CO., LTD.:
NINTENDO CO., LTD. based in Kyoto, JP has been assigned the rights to these inventions. The list includes both Pending Applications and Patent Grants:
STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#2 | 2026-01-01 β Patent 12,597,199 granted on 2026-04-07STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#3 | 2025-12-25STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#4 | 2025-12-04NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN GAME PROGRAM, GAME SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#5 | 2025-08-26 β Patent 12,397,230 granted on 2025-08-26Systems and methods of controlling virtual characters based on color within a game space
#6 | 2025-06-24 β Patent 12,341,538 granted on 2025-06-24Compressing entropy tables with interpolative coding
#7 | 2025-05-01 β Patent 12,364,927 granted on 2025-07-22STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#8 | 2025-03-13 β Patent 12,511,003 granted on 2025-12-30ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS SET
#9 | 2025-03-06 β Patent 12,465,857 granted on 2025-11-11SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING PLAYER INTERACTIONS IN A MULTIPLAYER VIRTUAL GAME SPACE
#10 | 2025-03-06 β Patent 12,465,853 granted on 2025-11-11SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PERSPECTIVE POLYGON-OFFSET LAYERING
#11 | 2024-12-19 β Patent 12,623,150 granted on 2026-05-12GAME PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#12 | 2024-12-19 β Patent 12,616,898 granted on 2026-05-05COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#13 | 2024-11-07 β Patent 12,220,638 granted on 2025-02-11Storage medium storing game program, game system, game apparatus, and game processing method
#14 | 2024-10-31 β Patent 12,551,798 granted on 2026-02-17STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#15 | 2024-10-24 β Patent 12,496,522 granted on 2025-12-16COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#16 | 2024-10-24 β Patent 12,370,446 granted on 2025-07-29STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#17 | 2024-09-26 β Patent 12,390,729 granted on 2025-08-19IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD
#18 | 2024-08-29 β Patent 12,409,387 granted on 2025-09-09NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN GAME PROGRAM, GAME SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#19 | 2024-08-22 β Patent 12,179,111 granted on 2024-12-31Storage medium storing game program, game system, game apparatus, and game processing method
#20 | 2024-08-15 β Patent 12,370,450 granted on 2025-07-29STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM, GAME APPARATUS, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#21 | 2024-08-08 β Patent 12,501,228 granted on 2025-12-16COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
#22 | 2024-08-08 β Patent 12,582,912 granted on 2026-03-24STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#23 | 2024-08-08 β Patent 12,649,107 granted on 2026-06-09NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#24 | 2024-08-01 β Patent 12,521,631 granted on 2026-01-13NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#25 | 2024-08-01 β Patent 12,478,877 granted on 2025-11-25STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#26 | 2024-08-01 β Patent 12,611,603 granted on 2026-04-28STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#27 | 2024-08-01 β Patent 12,257,052 granted on 2025-03-25Information processing system, information processing device, storage medium storing information processing program, and information processing method
#28 | 2024-07-11 β Patent 12,469,995 granted on 2025-11-11CARTRIDGE WITH SEQUENTIALLY ARRANGED TERMINAL REGIONS
#29 | 2024-07-11 β Patent 12,611,602 granted on 2026-04-28STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#30 | 2024-07-04 β Patent 12,403,399 granted on 2025-09-02STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#31 | 2024-06-20 β Patent 12,390,736 granted on 2025-08-19NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME PROCESSING SYSTEM, GAME PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#32 | 2024-06-06 β Patent 12,605,626 granted on 2026-04-21GAME SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS IMPROVEMENT IN CONVENIENCE OF USER IN SELECTION OF GAME, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#33 | 2024-05-23 β Patent 12,395,806 granted on 2025-08-19Object-based Audio Spatializer
#34 | 2024-05-23 β Patent 12,544,659 granted on 2026-02-10NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WITH EXECUTABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREON, GAME SYSTEM, GAME DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#35 | 2024-05-16 β Patent 12,485,348 granted on 2025-12-02COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#36 | 2024-05-16 β Patent 12,453,925 granted on 2025-10-28NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN GAME PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#37 | 2024-05-09 β Patent 12,582,915 granted on 2026-03-24STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME APPARATUS, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#38 | 2024-05-09 β Patent 12,161,936 granted on 2024-12-10Information processing apparatus having dual modes of video game object launch, and counterpart method and system
#39 | 2024-05-09 β Patent 12,478,870 granted on 2025-11-25NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WITH EXECUTABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREON, GAME SYSTEM, GAME DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#40 | 2024-04-18 β Patent 12,294,539 granted on 2025-05-06Communication system, communication method, communication device, and medium with communication program stored thereon
#41 | 2024-04-18 β Patent 12,458,894 granted on 2025-11-04STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM AND GAME CONTROL METHOD
#42 | 2024-04-11 β Patent 12,420,197 granted on 2025-09-23STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM AND GAME CONTROL METHOD
#43 | 2024-04-11 β Patent 12,576,337 granted on 2026-03-17COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#44 | 2024-04-11 β Patent 12,420,196 granted on 2025-09-23COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#45 | 2024-04-04 β Patent 12,219,724 granted on 2025-02-04Electronic device and device holding system
#46 | 2024-03-28 β Patent 12,285,679 granted on 2025-04-29Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having game program stored therein, game system, game apparatus, and game processing method
#47 | 2024-03-21 β Patent 12,318,697 granted on 2025-06-03Storage medium having information processing program stored therein, information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method
#48 | 2024-03-14 β Patent 12,415,137 granted on 2025-09-16STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#49 | 2024-03-14 β Patent 12,533,589 granted on 2026-01-27STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#50 | 2024-03-14 β Patent 12,485,349 granted on 2025-12-02STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#51 | 2024-03-14 β Patent 12,440,762 granted on 2025-10-14STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#52 | 2024-03-14 β Patent 12,458,889 granted on 2025-11-04STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#53 | 2024-03-14 β Patent 12,383,834 granted on 2025-08-12STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#54 | 2024-03-14 β Patent 12,564,788 granted on 2026-03-03STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#55 | 2024-03-07 β Patent 12,090,394 granted on 2024-09-17Information processing system, information processing apparatus, storage medium having stored therein information processing program, and information processing method
#56 | 2024-02-22 β Patent 12,482,186 granted on 2025-11-25COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
#57 | 2024-02-22 β Patent 12,403,397 granted on 2025-09-02STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#58 | 2024-02-08 β Patent 12,515,136 granted on 2026-01-06STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM, GAME APPARATUS, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#59 | 2024-02-08 β Patent 12,246,248 granted on 2025-03-11Game controller
#60 | 2024-02-01 β Patent 12,380,529 granted on 2025-08-05NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
#61 | 2024-02-01 β Patent 12,485,350 granted on 2025-12-02STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#62 | 2024-02-01 β Patent 12,440,765 granted on 2025-10-14STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM AND GAME CONTROL METHOD
#63 | 2024-02-01 β Patent 12,318,695 granted on 2025-06-03Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having information processing program stored therein, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system
#64 | 2024-02-01 β Patent 12,330,065 granted on 2025-06-17COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
#65 | 2024-02-01 β Patent 12,533,579 granted on 2026-01-27NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
#66 | 2024-02-01 β Patent 12,636,576 granted on 2026-05-26NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#67 | 2024-01-25 β Patent 12,246,252 granted on 2025-03-11Non-transitory storage medium encoded with computer readable program, game device, and method of controlling game device, that allow early start of operation of player character while game information is appropriately conveyed
#68 | 2024-01-11 β Patent 12,186,666 granted on 2025-01-07Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method
#69 | 2024-01-04 β Patent 12,397,232 granted on 2025-08-26COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#70 | 2024-01-04 β Patent 12,533,583 granted on 2026-01-27COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#71 | 2023-12-28 β Patent 12,279,012 granted on 2025-04-15Information processing system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory storage medium
#72 | 2023-12-28 β Patent 12,582,913 granted on 2026-03-24SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
#73 | 2023-12-21 β Patent 12,322,030 granted on 2025-06-03Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having image processing program stored therein, image processing apparatus, image processing system, and image processing method
#74 | 2023-12-21 β Patent 12,491,437 granted on 2025-12-09COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#75 | 2023-12-14 β Patent 12,390,733 granted on 2025-08-19STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#76 | 2023-12-14 β Patent 12,496,520 granted on 2025-12-16COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#77 | 2023-12-07 β Patent 12,427,421 granted on 2025-09-30STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#78 | 2023-11-30 β Patent 12,491,439 granted on 2025-12-09COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#79 | 2023-11-30 β Patent 12,179,109 granted on 2024-12-31Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having game program stored therein, game apparatus, game process method, and game system
#80 | 2023-11-30 β Patent 12,048,879 granted on 2024-07-30Systems and methods of controlling virtual characters based on color within a game space
#81 | 2023-11-30 β Patent 12,478,874 granted on 2025-11-25COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME APPARATUS, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#82 | 2023-11-23 β Patent 12,377,358 granted on 2025-08-05COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#83 | 2023-11-23 β Patent 12,343,630 granted on 2025-07-01COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#84 | 2023-11-16 β Patent 12,029,979 granted on 2024-07-09Image display system, non-transitory storage medium having stored therein image display program, display control apparatus, and image display method
#85 | 2023-11-09 β Patent 12,182,966 granted on 2024-12-31Systems and methods for machine learned image conversion
#86 | 2023-11-09 β Patent 12,478,869 granted on 2025-11-25CONTENT HOLDING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM AND CONTENT HOLDING SERVER
#87 | 2023-10-26 β Patent 12,059,611 granted on 2024-08-13Game controller
#88 | 2023-10-19 β Patent 12,440,760 granted on 2025-10-14NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#89 | 2023-10-19 β Patent 12,465,849 granted on 2025-11-11STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#90 | 2023-10-12 β Patent 12,023,590 granted on 2024-07-02Storage medium storing game program, game apparatus, game system, and game processing method
#91 | 2023-10-05 β Patent 12,233,336 granted on 2025-02-25Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having game program stored therein, game system, game apparatus, and game processing method
#92 | 2023-09-28 β Patent 12,551,793 granted on 2026-02-17STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#93 | 2023-09-28 β Patent 12,343,640 granted on 2025-07-01COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME APPARATUS, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#94 | 2023-09-28 β Patent 12,440,768 granted on 2025-10-14COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
#95 | 2023-09-28 β Patent 12,357,912 granted on 2025-07-15COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#96 | 2023-09-21 β Patent 12,364,922 granted on 2025-07-22NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN GAME PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#97 | 2023-09-07 β Patent 12,380,636 granted on 2025-08-05STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#98 | 2023-09-07 β Patent 11,921,939 granted on 2024-03-05Information processing system, controller, information processing method, and computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein information processing program
#99 | 2023-09-07 β Patent 12,164,709 granted on 2024-12-10Information processing system, controller, information processing method, and computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein information processing program
#100 | 2023-09-07 β Patent 12,390,739 granted on 2025-08-19NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
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