Controller for electronic game machine
Latest Nintendo Co., Ltd. Patents:
- Storage medium, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and game processing method
- Controller and key structure
- Controlling game processing using determined rotational direction in combination with determined up/down direction
- Information processing system, information processing device, controller device and accessory
- Device holder and device holding system
Description
The broken lines immediately adjacent the shaded areas represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other broken lines are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for a “controller for electronic game machine,” as shown and described.
Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Other references
D220268 | March 1971 | Kliewer |
4739128 | April 19, 1988 | Grisham |
4994795 | February 19, 1991 | MacKenzie |
D325225 | April 7, 1992 | Adhida |
D328463 | August 4, 1992 | King et al. |
D331058 | November 17, 1992 | Morales |
5178477 | January 12, 1993 | Gambaro |
D340042 | October 5, 1993 | Copper et al. |
5296871 | March 22, 1994 | Paley |
5332322 | July 26, 1994 | Gambaro |
D350736 | September 20, 1994 | Takahashi et al. |
D350782 | September 20, 1994 | Barr |
D351430 | October 11, 1994 | Barr |
D360903 | August 1, 1995 | Barr et al. |
5506605 | April 9, 1996 | Paley |
5512892 | April 30, 1996 | Corballis et al. |
5528265 | June 18, 1996 | Harrison |
5563628 | October 8, 1996 | Stroop |
D375326 | November 5, 1996 | Yokoi et al. |
D376826 | December 24, 1996 | Ashida |
D397162 | August 18, 1998 | Yokoi et al. |
D400885 | November 10, 1998 | Goto |
D405071 | February 2, 1999 | Gambaro |
D456410 | April 30, 2002 | Ashida |
D456854 | May 7, 2002 | Ashida |
D459727 | July 2, 2002 | Ashida |
D462683 | September 10, 2002 | Ashida |
6518952 | February 11, 2003 | Leiper |
D473942 | April 29, 2003 | Motoki et al. |
6816151 | November 9, 2004 | Dellinger |
6850221 | February 1, 2005 | Tickle |
D505424 | May 24, 2005 | Ashida et al. |
D531585 | November 7, 2006 | Weitgasser et al. |
D556201 | November 27, 2007 | Ashida et al. |
D556760 | December 4, 2007 | Ashida et al. |
D559847 | January 15, 2008 | Ashida et al. |
D567243 | April 22, 2008 | Ashida et al. |
RE40324 | May 20, 2008 | Crawford |
20070049374 | March 1, 2007 | Ikeda et al. |
20070052177 | March 8, 2007 | Ikeda et al. |
20070072680 | March 29, 2007 | Ikeda |
2 244 546 | May 1990 | GB |
- Kennedy, P.J., “Hand-Held Data Input Device,” IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 26, No. 11, Apr. 1984, pp. 5826-5827.
- “Controllers-Atari Space Age Joystick,” AtariAge: Have You Played Atari Today? www.atariage.com/controller—page.html?SystemID=2600&ControllerID=12.
- “Controllers-Booster Grip,” AtariAge: Have You Played Atari Today? www.atariage.com/controller—page.html?SystemID=2600&ControllerID=18.
- “Coleco Vision: Super Action™ Controller Set,” www.vintagecomputing.com/wp-content/images/retroscan/coleco—sac—1—large.jpg.
- Electro-Plankton Weblog, http://www.tranism.com/weblog/2005/09/, “This is the Revolution, Nintendo Style,” Sep. 15, 2005, 2 pgs.
- CNet News.com, http://news.com.com/2300-1043—3-6070295-2.html?tag=ne.gall.pg, “Nintendo Wii Swings into Action”, May 25, 2006, 1 pg.
- “ASCII Grip One Handed Controller,” One Switch-ASCII Grip One Handed Playstation Controller, http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/1/ascii/grip.htm, Jul. 11, 2008, pp. 1-2.
- “Superfamicom Grip controller by ASCII,” http://superfami.com/sfc—grip.html, Jul. 10, 2008, pp. 1-2.
- “ASCII/Sammy Grip V2,” One Switch-Accessible Gaming Shop-ASCII Grip V2, http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/1/AGS/AGS-onehand/ascii-grip-v2.html, Jul. 10, 2008, pp. 1-2.
- Photographs of prior art ASCII Grip V2 Controller, (cited in previous IDS as: ASCII/Sammy Grip V2 One Switch-Accessible Gaming Shop-ASCII Grip V2, http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/1/AGS/AGS-onehand/ascii-grip-v2.html, Jul. 10, 2008, pp. 1-2.).
Patent History
Patent number: D579015
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 5, 2008
Date of Patent: Oct 21, 2008
Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Kyoto)
Inventors: Kenichiro Ashida (Kyoto), Masato Ibuki (Kyoto), Shinji Yamamoto (Kyoto), Hirokazu Matsui (Kyoto), Akiko Suga (Kyoto)
Primary Examiner: Prabhakar Deshmukh
Assistant Examiner: Keli L Acker
Attorney: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC
Application Number: 29/300,251
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 5, 2008
Date of Patent: Oct 21, 2008
Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Kyoto)
Inventors: Kenichiro Ashida (Kyoto), Masato Ibuki (Kyoto), Shinji Yamamoto (Kyoto), Hirokazu Matsui (Kyoto), Akiko Suga (Kyoto)
Primary Examiner: Prabhakar Deshmukh
Assistant Examiner: Keli L Acker
Attorney: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC
Application Number: 29/300,251
Classifications