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
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.