IP Library Granted Patent US 1,073,678
Granted Patent S1
US 1,073,678 · App. 29/979,633 · Granted May 6, 2025

Game controller

Inventors: Monique Chatterjee (Seattle, WA); Corrie Greening (Seattle, WA); Matthew Harvey (Boston, MA); Forrest Major (Scituate, MA); Grant Dyer (Providence, RI); Austin Clark (Lansing, MI)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
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Patent No.
US 1,073,678
App. No.
29/979,633
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a game controller as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: CHATTERJEE, MONIQUE; GREENING, CORRIE; HARVEY, MATTHEW; MAJOR, FORREST; DYER, GRANT; CLARK, AUSTIN
To: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
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