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Lawsuits

Federal Circuit Finds Niantic AR-related Patent Claims Ineligible

On April 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a District Court ruling that patent claims directed to augmented reality (“AR”) location services were not subject-matter eligible under…

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Patent Analysis

U.S. Patent No. 10,902,681: Method and system for displaying a virtual object

U.S. Patent No. 10,902,681: Method and system for displaying a virtual object Issued January 26, 2021, to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Filed/Priority to June 22, 2018 Overview: U.S. Patent No. 10,902,681 (the ‘681…

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U.S. Patent No. 11,045,725: Controller visualization in virtual and augmented reality environments

U.S. Patent No. 11,045,725: Controller visualization in virtual and augmented reality environments Issued June 29, 2021, to Valve Corp. Filed/Priority to May 14, 2019 Hey, where’d my controller go?  A common question…

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U.S. Patent No. 10,569,164: Augmented reality (AR) system for providing AR in video games

U.S. Patent No. 10,569,164: Augmented reality (AR) system for providing AR in video games Issued February 25, 2020 to Valve Corp. Priority Date: September 26, 2018 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 10,569,164 (the…

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U.S. Patent No. 10,509,461: Augmented reality video game systems

U.S. Patent No. 10,509,461: Augmented reality video game systems Issued: December 17, 2019, to Jeffrey David Mullen Priority Date: October 11,  2007 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 10,509,461 (the ’461 Patent) relates to…

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Determining the Article of Manufacture in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Design Patents

There’s a super interesting article just published in the AIPLA quarterly journal by one our (Banner Witcoff’s) law clerks, Sonia Okolie, on design patents within augmented and virtual reality. She does a…

AR Article of Manufacture augmented reality Design
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U.S. Patent no. 10,286,299: Transitioning gameplay on a head-mounted display

U.S. Patent no. 10,286,299: Transitioning gameplay on a head-mounted display Issued May 14, 2019 to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. Priority Date June 7, 2013 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 10,286,299 (the ‘299 Patent)…

10286299 AR patent Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc
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U.S. Patent No. 9,454,849: Augmented reality playspaces with adaptive game rules

U.S. Patent No. 9,454,849: Augmented reality playspaces with adaptive game rules Issued September 27, 2016, to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC Priority Date November 03, 2011   Summary: U.S. Patent No. 9,454,849 (the…

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