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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Zynga Inc.

USPTO Granted Patents = 561

% Expired Patents = 25.8

Trademarks = 50

Forward Citations = 6,816

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451 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

Matthew Adam Ocko (76 out of 76 patents)

Amitt Mahajan (40 out of 40 patents)

Shantanu Talapatra (24 out of 24 patents)

4. Brian Reynolds (20 out of 20 patents)

5. Justin Potter Driemeyer (19 out of 27 patents)

6. Nathan Arthur Etter (18 out of 18 patents)

7. Luke Dicken (18 out of 18 patents)

8. Johnathan Pagnutti (18 out of 18 patents)

9. Yang Wen (18 out of 18 patents)

10. Donald C Mosites (18 out of 18 patents)

11. Justin Waldron (18 out of 18 patents)

12. Daniel McCaffrey (17 out of 17 patents)

13. Justin Rouse (17 out of 17 patents)

14. Kathleen Auterio (17 out of 17 patents)

15. Deniz Ersever (17 out of 17 patents)

Core Competencies:

Touchscreen Interface

Game Engine Architecture

Automated Content Generation

Player Modeling

Game Economies

Location-Based Actions

Dynamic Game Difficulty

Social Network Integration

Game Level Attributes

Advertising Incentives

Matchmaking Systems

User Response Prediction

561 patents: Sort by Forward Citations

1. 12485342 - Touchscreen game user interface (2025-12-02),

2. 12472436 - Game definition file (2025-11-18),

3. 12409389 - On device game engine architecture (2025-09-09),

4. 12268966 - Automated generation of custom content for computer-implemented games (2025-04-08),

5. 12214281 - Operator interface for automated game content generation (2025-02-04),

6. 12145069 - Automated prediction of user response states based on traversal behavior (2024-11-19),

7. 12115446 - Providing virtual items based on location-based actions (2024-10-15),

8. 12109488 - Automated dynamic custom game content generation (2024-10-08),

9. 12083436 - Automated assessment of custom game levels (2024-09-10),

10. 12029985 - Changing a virtual world based on real-world locations of players (2024-07-09),

11. 11957982 - Parametric player modeling for computer-implemented games (2024-04-16),

12. 11957972 - Active social network (2024-04-16),

13. 11948433 - Managing computer-implemented game economies (2024-04-02),

14. 11904237 - Actionable push notifications for computer-implemented games (2024-02-20),

15. 11869313 - Managing computer-implemented game economies (2024-01-09),

Zynga Inc. is a prominent game development company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Specializing in social and mobile gaming, Zynga creates engaging experiences that leverage touchscreen interfaces and innovative game engine architectures. The company focuses on automated content generation and player modeling to enhance user engagement and retention. Additionally, Zynga explores game economies and location-based actions, integrating social networks to foster community interaction and dynamic game difficulty, ensuring a tailored gaming experience for players.

Profile summary based on public USPTO records.

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Oct 6 2026

561 Patents

#15 in San Francisco, CA

#195 in California

#872 in US

#1,732 in the World

San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Zynga Inc.

Forward Citations = 6,816

451 inventors:

Matthew Adam Ocko (76 out of 76 patents)

Amitt Mahajan (40 out of 40 patents)

Shantanu Talapatra (24 out of 24 patents)

4. Brian Reynolds (20 out of 20 patents)

5. Justin Potter Driemeyer (19 out of 27 patents)

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