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Nintendo Pokemon summon and fight patent rejected by USPTO

April 1, 2026IGN, Nintendo Everything, Jez

IGN, Jez, and multiple outlets report the USPTO rejected Nintendo's controversial Pokemon patent about summoning characters to fight, though some note it is not necessarily a final ruling.

The USPTO has rejected Nintendo’s controversial 'summon character and let it fight' Pokémon patent
Nintendo’s summoning characters to make them battle patent has been rejected, but not a final ruling
Good news for all of gaming, Nintendo's ridiculous, laughable, retroactive "summon and fight" patent got rejected.
US Patent Office revokes Nintendo's controversial Pokémon battling patent in nonfinal decision
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