A63F 2300/206
Game information storage
Official title: Game information storage, e.g. cartridges, CD ROM's, DVD's, smart cards
A63F2300/206 (Game information storage) appears on 879 US grants and 906 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 879
- Published applications
- 906
- Assignees
- 296
- Inventors
- 1,554
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 34 | 24 |
| 2002 | 48 | 69 |
| 2003 | 33 | 59 |
| 2004 | 44 | 54 |
| 2005 | 22 | 68 |
| 2006 | 39 | 82 |
| 2007 | 14 | 63 |
| 2008 | 26 | 64 |
| 2009 | 28 | 65 |
| 2010 | 33 | 54 |
| 2011 | 45 | 23 |
| 2012 | 51 | 45 |
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| 2020 | 17 | 16 |
| 2021 | 17 | 11 |
| 2022 | 10 | 8 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9 |
| 2024 | 12 | 11 |
| 2025 | 4 | 7 |
| 2026 | 2 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Level screen display method, apparatus, device and storage medium31 Mar 2026US 12,589,305 B2Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
- Virtual performance system27 Jan 2026US 12,533,591 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Content holding system, storage medium and content holding server25 Nov 2025US 12,478,869 B2Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- Cartridge with differently spaced terminals11 Nov 2025US 12,469,995 B2Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- System, terminal, server, image display method, and program30 Sep 2025US 12,430,088 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Communication terminal apparatus, external storage medium, information processing system, one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, and method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295445 A1Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- Asset access system and method16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199791 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Virtual Performance System7 May 2026US 2026/0124543 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Level screen display method, apparatus, device and storage medium16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102704 A1Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
- Systems and methods for capture and use of local elements in gameplay5 Feb 2026US 2026/0034456 A1ImagineAR Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Distributed electronic entertainment method and apparatus1,916US 7,657,910 B1E-Cast, Inc. · 2010
- Video lottery system with improved site controller and validation unit622US 5,398,932 AVideo Lottery Technologies, Inc. · 1995
- Compact hand-held video game system479US 5,184,830 ANintendo Co., Ltd. · 1993
- Sports electronic training system with electronic gaming features, and applications thereof473US 7,927,253 B2adidas International Marketing B. V. · 2011
- Peripheral device download method and apparatus451US 5,759,102 AInternational Game Technology · 1998