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Well I'm not old enough and it still messing up. I use the patent control email and password and it sends me back to the sign in

Patent mate, it's patent. You find patients in hospitals!

I'd like to hear more about the new xbox, whether there is a new controller design (they submitted patents for a couple of controller-based things last year I believe) and what Ninja Theory have been up to!

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Just as an FYI, NAMCO owns the US patent to mini games during load screens, which is why you won't see it happen (well unless it's their game). It is a great idea, but definitely not a new one. I guess you can thank them for ****ing us out of having it.

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Are you sure about that? That doesn't sound like something you could patent. (a specific mini game patent could obviously get a patent but having an idea like that be patented seems odd.) But if it is true it seems like it'd be something you could get
around if you used the right terminology. For example you said they own the patent to mini games during load screens so maybe you have your mini game in the lobby instead? Other than that, if you could patent an idea like that then it seems like there would
be all kinds of other ridiculous patents. Like company A would try to patent the ADS feature. I mean, game companies borrow/steal/use ideas from other games all the time so the idea of this patent seems questionable.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/interactive-loading-screen/92-1419/



Just about half way down the page, look for the Trivia heading...



You can also Google "Namco mini game patent" or by the patent number itself ( 5,718,632 )



There are very few things that can't be patented in reality. Fragrances are one of those few things.