Nintendo's Pokemon battling claim is too "obvious" to stand, US patent office says as it revokes the application, but the door's open for the publisher to fight back

A patent on summoning creatures to battle, which was granted to Nintendo and The Pokemon Company in 2025, has now been ...

USPTO Rejects Nintendo's Controversial 'Summon Character and Let It Fight' Pokémon Patent in Non-Final Ruling, as Palworld Legal Battle Rumbles On

Games fray reported that the USPTO rejected all claims of the patent in question, based on ”prior art” references in the form ...

USPTO rejects Nintendo's "summon and fight" Pokémon patent as Palworld battle continues

Nintendo can respond to the decision within two months, amend the claims, and appeal. But the fact that the examiner rejected ...

The Pokémon patent battle is still evolving.

Back in November, the US Patent and Trademark Office decided to reexamine a highly controversial and confusing Nintendo patent related to summoning characters and making them fight. The patent ...