Capcom applied for a new Dino Crisis trademark on March 4, a Japanese watchdog site reveals, though the developer's seemingly renewed interest in its nearly 30-year-old horror franchise might not be as meaningful as fans are begging it to be.

Capcom trademarked Dino Crisis once again in Japan. The renewal of the intellectual property ownership claim went public today through the Chizai Watch portal, which records all updates in the Japan Patent Office in a faster format to access.