Nintendo's 'Summon Character To Fight' Patent Rejected By US Patent Office

The USPTO issued a non-final rejection of Nintendo's 'summon character and let it fight' patent, rejecting all 26 claims.

The rejection cites prior patents — Taura, Yabe, Motokura and Shimomoto — as prior art used to invalidate the claims.

Nintendo has two months to respond and may appeal, and one related Japanese patent was already rejected.