Josh 🏳️🌈Hey so, about the Pokemon patent situation, the headlines are... maybe not wrong but there's a lot of people not understanding what actually happened. So the patents were reexamined and the claims were rejected, however, the action issued is called a "Non-final Rejection". That should be self-explanatory but that basically means there is more to the examination process that will occur. Even when a "Final Rejection" is made, Nintendo can restart the examination with an RCE or appeal.
So essentially, the claims have been tentatively rejected after reexamination. That absolutely does not mean they won't ever be allowed again and the patent granted. I don't know anything about the specifics of the application, so I wouldn't be able to have an opinion on whether I think they will be allowable at some point, but given the fact they were already allowed once, they might eventually be allowed but with a more limited scope than before.