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Nintendo files for more patents than The Pokémon Company, with which it co-owns many patents. In order to look for Pokémon-related patents, it’s most efficient to run a search for patents assigned to The Pokémon Company, such as on a website named Justia (Justia search link). Google Patents is another option, and the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) obviously also allows users to search for applications as well as granted patents.


Based on its history, U.S. Patent No. 12,179,111 could be a product of Nintendo’s Palworld-oriented patent activity. According to its history, Nintendo filed for it on May 2, 2024 (a few months after Palworld’s launch), and it was granted on December 31, 2024. As we have said on other occasions, “the name of the game is the claim”: the patent claims define the scope of protection. The claims of U.S. Patent No. 12,179,111 relate to ways of capturing a field character.


U.S. Patent No. 12,194,382 looks less interesting. It was granted last month, but the application was filed in 2022, and it is about exchanging items with other players of a game.


On February 11 (i.e., in three days from when this article was written), Nintendo will soon get a U.S. patent with number 12,220,638:

That one is also related to capturing characters. It’s about capturing characters and getting a numerical indication of how likely one is to catch a particular field character.


The application for that one (which was derived from an older one) was filed on July 18, 2024, approximately half a year after Palworld’s launch. So that one is also a patent to watch.

 

[DaciaJC]

lol, get fucked Nintendo.

 

[darrylgorn]

Time to go buy the game even if I'm not gonna play it.

 

[DrMano]

 

[bender]

The United States Government has failed us all once again.

 

[Codes 208]

Alternatively sheep with gun but damn if thats not accurate

 

[Doom85]

Hey, Nintendo:

 

[kiphalfton]

They're sore losers.

Probably gonna go take it out on somebody else.

 

[Danjin44]

Meh, fuck both Pokémon and Palworld.

Both Shin Megami Tensei and Monster Hunter series have waaaaaaay better creature designs.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Meh, fuck both Pokémon and Palworld.

Both Shin Megami Tensei and Monster Hunter series have waaaaaaay better creature designs.

Nah that's Yokai Watch

 

[Danjin44]

Nah that's Yokai Watch

Sorry I don’t think so, when comes to demon and Yokai design nothing beats SMT in my opinion.

 

[adamsapple]

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/nintendo-vs-palworld-round-2-nintendo-preparing-anti-palworld-patents-in-the-us-now.1680700/

 

[lughnasadh123]

 

[NanaMiku]

Meh, fuck both Pokémon and Palworld.

Both Shin Megami Tensei and Monster Hunter series have waaaaaaay better creature designs.

Clearly different audience target lol

Personally I love the character design of Pokemon, not the Pokemon itself.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Clearly different audience target lol

Personally I love the character design of Pokemon, not the Pokemon itself.

Pssst Yokai Watch does everything better than Pokémon

 

[Danjin44]

Personally I love the character design of Pokemon, not the Pokemon itself.

I actually have no issue with its human designs but I never was fan of it Pokemon design even back in gen 1.

 

[Shaki12345]

Time to go buy the game even if I'm not gonna play it.

That's just sad.

 

[Robb]

Nintendo applying for anti-Palworld patents, gets whopping 22 out of 23 rejected

 

[CrustyBritches]

Little fuckers

 

[Vaquilla]

Recent Pokémon games are lazy garbage, but Palworld is also blatant plagiarism, the two aren't mutually exclusive

 

[Danjin44]

Recent Pokémon games are lazy garbage, but Palworld is also blatant plagiarism, the two aren't mutually exclusive

Exactly! Nintendo being petty about it but I’m not exactly feeling sorry for Palworld devs either.

 

[Codes 208]

Recent Pokémon games are lazy garbage, but Palworld is also blatant plagiarism, the two aren't mutually exclusive

I mean, Legends Arceus is easily in my top three, but yeah. The 3ds and switch era of pokemon games have been considerably more more miss than hit.

I cant believe I’d rather go back and replay Lets Go Pikachu over s/v

 

[Kotaro]

No Switch-2 for America!!

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Good. Eat shit for patent trolling.

 

[Topher]

What is an "anti-Palworld patent"?

 

[tusharngf]

Fuck you Nintendo.. Same old bullshit recycle games company. They need some reality check.

 

[Doom85]

Clearly different audience target lol

Personally I love the character design of Pokemon, not the Pokemon itself.

 

[Jinxed]

They'll just turn around and take it out on some poor kid who downloaded a ROM of one of their games. Fuck Nintendo

 

[Robb]

What is an "anti-Palworld patent"?

It’s a regular patent that has a 1/23 chance of getting approved.

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

I'll say again: the one great thing Pokemon has is the card game.

Stop making the boring-as-hell combat in the main series, replace it entirely with card battles but with a big adventure around them (sort like Pokemon The Trading Card Game 1/2 on GBC, but amped up), and it'll be 1000x more appealing -- and with a better moat against competitors -- than anything in the main franchise.

 

[bender]

Meh, fuck both Pokémon and Palworld.

Both Shin Megami Tensei and Monster Hunter series have waaaaaaay better creature designs.

 

[darrylgorn]

That's just sad.

I mean.. I'll probably play it.

Probably.

 

[Danjin44]

I have only one thing to tell you....

 

[ntropy]

Fuck you Nintendo.. Same old bullshit recycle games company. They need some reality check.

yea fuck you Nintendo. we need game companies producing games with fresh new ideas like PalWorld!!

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Good.
I mean, it’s in their right to try. But it’s good that they’re not having their way with it.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Meh, fuck both Pokémon and Palworld.

Both Shin Megami Tensei and Monster Hunter series have waaaaaaay better creature designs.

It's not a competition, lol.

 

[Danjin44]

It's not a competition, lol.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[GigaBowser]

they only needs one

 

[Danjin44]

 

[Skifi28]

Clearly different audience target lol

Personally I love the character design of Pokemon, not the Pokemon itself.

 

[Exede]

They simply have to do this to protect their IP.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Clearly different audience target lol

Personally I love the character design of Pokemon, not the Pokemon itself.

Middle one...

 

[Horseganador]

What a nonsense it would be for them to knock it down on 22/23.

 

[Elios83]

Good. It's an obvious attempt to kill a weaker competitor just making a game in the same type/genre using legal ways.

 

[Lethal01]

So your saying they got one through

 

[chromhound]

Fuck em

 

[DrMano]

i'm going to binge watch this over the wekend now based off this screenshot alone.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

That image looks familiar

What anime is this from?

 

[Skifi28]

That image looks familiar

What anime is this from?

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.