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S.Apply N. C.3.32. Filed on Nov. Assistant Examiner David Duty USOO8795.090B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,795,090 B2 Link (45) Date of Patent: Aug. 5, 2014 (54) HAND-HELD VIDEO GAME PLATFORM 4,628,304. A 12/1986 Bottiau EMULATION 4,756,528 A 7, 1988 Umashankar 4,771,279 A 9, 1988 Hannah (75) Inventor: Patrick J. Link, Carnation, WA (US) is: A s ingo et al. 4,922,420 A 5/1990 Nakagawa et al. (73) Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto (JP) 4,924.413 A 5/1990 Suwannukul (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (Continued) patent is extended or adjusted under 35 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. EP O96O 637 T 2000 (21) Appl. No.: 13/439,770 JP 63-242293 10, 1988 (22) Filed: Apr. 4, 2012 (Continued) OTHER PUBLICATIONS (65) Prior Publication Data Readme.txt “Gameboy 98” v0.05c online. Jan. 9, 1999 retrieved on US 2013/OO95922 A1 Apr. 18, 2013 Jun. 26, 2013). Retrieved from the internet: <URL:http://www. 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