Patent No. 7545191
- [Patent application date: July 30, 2024]
- [Patent registration date: August 27, 2024]
- Relates to a player character throwing an item at a character in the field, which triggers combat.
Patent No. 7493117
- [Patent application date: February 26, 2024]
- [Patent registration date: May 22, 2024]
- Basically an extension of the above, relating to being able to capture Pokémon in the wild rather than just in combat like previous generations.
Patent No. 7528390
- [Patent application date: March 5, 2024]
- [Patent registration date: July 26, 2024]
- Relating to being able to ride creatures in the open world.
Note that every single one of these patents was filed after palworld was released, and they’re all awfully vague about what they actually cover.
It’s a little more specific than that, like it has something to do with a way they attempted to streamline the process of switching between mounted and on-foot.
But yeah, still bullshit.