ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,610, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo) and Bandai Namco Experience Inc. (Tokyo).

"Game system and game control method" was invented by Yuji Iizuka (Tokyo), Takehito Sasaoka (Tokyo), Takeharu Kijima (Tokyo) and Norihide Nakajima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention can provide a game system and the like that improves the interest of the game in playing a plurality of people by adjusting difficulty of a game with maintaining game enjoyment based on the timing of operation inputs, and providing the production for livening up a battle performed by a plurality of players. The...