Patent assignee · JP · COMPANY

SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

468Patents
403Active
468Granted
58Portfolio score

Filing activity: Oct 28, 1999 → Oct 4, 2023 · 76 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7115035B2 Method for controlling display of messages transmitted/received in network game Human Necessities 194 Expired
US7058690B2 Method for registering user information to exchange message on network Electricity 170 Expired
US6761638B1 Mobile terminal, method for controlling games, and computer readable recording medium Electricity 88 Expired
USD566195S1 Arcade video game machine General 68 Expired
US6786825B2 Video game in which player sets control values Human Necessities 52 Expired
US7018295B2 Online-composite servicing method, recording medium recorded with programs for realizing the method, and online-composite servicing system Physics 33 Expired
US6609976B1 Method of executing processing for displaying hints to a character, program product and game system for the same Human Necessities 30 Expired
US8873636B2 Moving image distribution server, moving image reproduction apparatus, control method, program, and recording medium Human Necessities 28 Active
US9665334B2 Rendering system, rendering server, control method thereof, program, and recording medium Physics 26 Active
US6758752B1 Recording medium having programs to display frames stored therein, game display method for executing frame-by-frame display, and game displaying apparatus Human Necessities 25 Expired
US6880168B2 Chat application for video game machine Human Necessities 23 Expired
USD829734S1 Display screen with animated graphical user interface General 22 Active
US6765573B2 Surface shading using stored texture map based on bidirectional reflectance distribution function Physics 22 Expired
US7590948B2 Display information selection apparatus and method, program and recording medium Electricity 18 Active
US9246855B2 Method and apparatus for joining electronic conference Electricity 18 Active
US7731590B2 Creation of ranking table for competitive game Human Necessities 17 Active
US9649568B2 Game system for changing a difficulty level of a game Human Necessities 17 Active
US6884169B2 Turn based video game that displays character battle sequence Human Necessities 16 Expired
US8547357B2 Portable game machine with touch panel display Physics 16 Active
US8007362B2 Method of displaying multiple kinds of independently processed display data Human Necessities 16 Active
US6626759B1 Game apparatus, method for displaying motion of character, and computer readable recording medium for recording program used to display motion of character Human Necessities 15 Expired
US8366527B2 Puzzle game apparatus, program and method Human Necessities 15 Active
US8480496B2 Online game server, online game program product and game apparatus Human Necessities 15 Active
US8554842B2 Method and apparatus for joining electronic conference Electricity 15 Expired
US8096879B2 Block game program and block game apparatus for removing blocks in accordance with a timing operation Human Necessities 15 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.