ChainCatcher news, according to Coinpost, the Pokémon Company has obtained patents related to distributed ledgers and NFTs. It is reported that the application date of the patent is October 27, 2022, and the officially approved registration date is June 25, 2024.

According to the application, the goal of the patent is to “preserve players’ emotions toward cards in a digital TCG (trading card game).” Through the NFT platform, users can freely trade and exchange cards used to build decks or collections, which will help increase transaction volume and may also bring corresponding transaction fee income.

In addition, the patent application also mentioned that players can receive some kind of "rewards" based on the results of the battle in the game or reaching certain conditions.