Namco Ltd.
203Patents
1Active
203Granted
44Portfolio score
Filing activity: Jan 5, 1982 → Feb 16, 2005 · 1 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5704837A | Video game steering system causing translation, rotation and curvilinear motion on the object | Physics | 512 | Expired |
| US5853324A | Shooting game machine and method of computing the same | Human Necessities | 350 | Expired |
| US4858930A | Game system | Human Necessities | 342 | Expired |
| US4958835A | Game playing system | Human Necessities | 259 | Expired |
| US6322451A | Game machine to permit players to choose other players to play against | Human Necessities | 218 | Expired |
| US5816920A | Game system and method of entering game system | Human Necessities | 172 | Expired |
| US4752068A | Video game machine for business use | Human Necessities | 154 | Expired |
| US6746333B1 | Game system, game machine and game data distribution device, together with computer-usable information for accessing associated data of a game over a network | Human Necessities | 146 | Expired |
| US5569085A | Gun game machine having a sliding gun barrel cover for simulating the impact of a fired gun | Human Necessities | 141 | Expired |
| US5718632A | Recording medium, method of loading games program code means, and games machine | Human Necessities | 133 | Expired |
| US6309301A | Game communication with synchronization of soundtrack system | Human Necessities | 120 | Expired |
| US6821206B1 | Game machine, game route selection method, and information storage medium | Human Necessities | 119 | Expired |
| US4976438A | Multi-player type video game playing system | Human Necessities | 119 | Expired |
| US5366229A | Shooting game machine | Human Necessities | 115 | Expired |
| US6095920A | Image synthesis method, games machine, and information storage medium | Human Necessities | 112 | Expired |
| US6045447A | Image synthesis method, games machine, and information storage medium | Human Necessities | 110 | Expired |
| US5713794A | Simulator controlling device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 108 | Expired |
| USD395464S | Steering wheel for a video game machine | General | 108 | Expired |
| US4998199A | Game machine system with machine grouping feature | Human Necessities | 105 | Expired |
| US6589120B1 | Game apparatus | Human Necessities | 103 | Expired |
| US6924425B2 | Method and apparatus for storing a multipart audio performance with interactive playback | Physics | 103 | Expired |
| US5127657A | Amusement system | Human Necessities | 96 | Expired |
| US6304267A | Image generating system and information storage medium capable of changing angle of view of virtual camera based on object positional information | Human Necessities | 94 | Expired |
| US6463859B1 | Game machine system | Human Necessities | 89 | Expired |
| US6508711B1 | Game machine having a main unit exchanging data with a portable slave machine | Human Necessities | 87 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.