Patent assignee · JP · COMPANY

Namco Ltd.

203Patents
1Active
203Granted
44Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jan 5, 1982 → Feb 16, 2005 · 1 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.