Konami Corporation
467Patents
6Active
467Granted
44Portfolio score
Filing activity: Jan 26, 1990 → Dec 19, 2005 · 6 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5616078A | Motion-controlled video entertainment system | Human Necessities | 660 | Expired |
| US6224484A | Progressive gaming system | Physics | 608 | Expired |
| US5967894A | Gaming apparatus and method that indicates odds for winning card hands | Physics | 398 | Expired |
| US6019369A | Competitive game simulation machine | Human Necessities | 394 | Expired |
| US5755619A | Bingo game machine | Human Necessities | 305 | Expired |
| US6227970A | Slot machine | Physics | 300 | Expired |
| US5639089A | Bingo game machine having a rotatable roulette unit which catches balls for randomly selecting bingo signs | Physics | 289 | Expired |
| USD439931S | Game machine | General | 273 | Expired |
| USD428062S | Game machine | General | 261 | Expired |
| US6146278A | Shooting video game machine | Human Necessities | 260 | Expired |
| US6544122B2 | Background-sound control system for a video game apparatus | Human Necessities | 259 | Expired |
| US5213327A | Game apparatus | Physics | 257 | Expired |
| US6778962B1 | Speech synthesis with prosodic model data and accent type | Human Necessities | 248 | Expired |
| US6110039A | Shooting game machine | Human Necessities | 226 | Expired |
| US6347998B1 | Game system and computer-readable recording medium | Physics | 193 | Expired |
| US6379244B1 | Music action game machine, performance operation instructing system for music action game and storage device readable by computer | Physics | 192 | Expired |
| US6126547A | Competitive video game system and method of displaying images in competitive video game system | Human Necessities | 184 | Expired |
| US6890262B2 | Video game apparatus, method and recording medium storing program for controlling viewpoint movement of simulated camera in video game | Human Necessities | 184 | Expired |
| US6390923B1 | Music playing game apparatus, performance guiding image display method, and readable storage medium storing performance guiding image forming program | Physics | 180 | Expired |
| US5910046A | Competition game apparatus | Human Necessities | 178 | Expired |
| USD419606S | Game machine | General | 163 | Expired |
| US6796927B2 | Exercise assistance controlling method and exercise assisting apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 156 | Expired |
| USD407759S | Game machine | General | 149 | Expired |
| US6347993B1 | Video game device, character growth control method for video game and readable storage medium storing growth control program | Human Necessities | 146 | Expired |
| US6921332B2 | Match-style 3D video game device and controller therefor | Human Necessities | 144 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.