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EP1984914 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING SIGNAL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 22.01.2016 Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	22.01.2016	Refusal of application	published on 24.02.2016 [2016/08]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states LG Electronics Inc. 20, Yeouido-dong Yeongdeungpo-gu Seoul 150-010 / KR
	[N/P]
Former [2010/03]	For all designated states LG Electronics Inc. 20, Yeouido-dong Yeongdeungpo-gu Seoul 150-010 / KR
Former [2010/01]	For all designated states LG Electronics Inc. 20 Yeouido-dong Yeongdeungpo-gu Seoul 150-721 / KR
Former [2008/44]	For all designated states LG Electronics Inc. 20, Yoido-Dong Yongdungpo-Gu Seoul 150-010 / KR
Inventor(s)	01 / JUNG, Yang Won 2-803 Yeoksam Hansin Apt. Dogok-dong, Gangnam-ku Seoul 135-720 / KR
	02 / PANG, Hee Suk LG Electronics Inc. IP Group 16 Woomyeon-Dong Seocho-Gu Seoul 137-724 / KR
	03 / OH, Hyun O 306-403 Hansin Apt. Gangsun village 3danji Juyeop1-dong, Ilsan Seo-ku Goyang-si, Kyunggi-do 411-744 / KR
	04 / KIM, Dong Soo 502 Woolim villa. 602-265 Namhyun-dong, Kwanak-ku Seoul 151-080 / KR
	05 / LIM, Jae Hyun 609 Parkville officetel. 1062-20 Namhyun-dong, Kwanak-ku Seoul 151-080 / KR
	[2008/49]
Former [2008/44]	01 / JUNG, Yang Won 2-803 Yeoksam Hansin Apt. Dogok-dong, Gangnam-ku Seoul 135-720 / KR
	02 / PANG, Hee Suk 101, 4/7, 14-10 Yangjae-dong, Seocho-ku Seoul 137-130 / KR
	03 / OH, Hyun O 306-403 Hansin Apt. Gangsun village 3danji Juyeop1-dong, Ilsan Seo-ku Goyang-si, Kyunggi-do 411-744 / KR
	04 / KIM, Dong Soo 502 Woolim villa. 602-265 Namhyun-dong, Kwanak-ku Seoul 151-080 / KR
	05 / LIM, Jae Hyun 609 Parkville officetel. 1062-20 Namhyun-dong, Kwanak-ku Seoul 151-080 / KR
Representative(s)	Katérle, Axel Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte PartG mbB Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2008/44]	Katérle, Axel Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date	07708825.0	07.02.2007
	[2008/44]
	WO2007KR00675
Priority number, date	US20060765747P	07.02.2006 Original published format: US 765747 P
	US20060771471P	09.02.2006 Original published format: US 771471 P
	US20060773337P	15.02.2006 Original published format: US 773337 P
	US20060775775P	23.02.2006 Original published format: US 775775 P
	US20060781750P	14.03.2006 Original published format: US 781750 P
	US20060782519P	16.03.2006 Original published format: US 782519 P
	US20060792329P	17.04.2006 Original published format: US 792329 P
	US20060793653P	21.04.2006 Original published format: US 793653 P
	[2008/44]
Filing language	KO
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2007091848
	Date:	16.08.2007
	Language:	KO
	[2007/33]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1984914
	Date:	29.10.2008
	Language:	EN
	[2008/44]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	KR	16.08.2007
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	26.05.2010
Classification	IPC:	G10L19/14, G10L19/00	[2010/25]
	CPC:	G10L19/008 (EP,KR,US); G10L19/167 (EP,US); G10L19/24 (EP,US); G11B20/10 (KR); H03M7/30 (KR); H04S3/008 (EP,US); (+) H04S5/00 (KR); H04S2420/01 (EP,US); H04S2420/03 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2008/44]	G10L19/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2008/44]
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM CODIEREN/DECODIEREN EINES SIGNALS	[2008/44]
	English:	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING SIGNAL	[2008/44]
	French:	APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE CODAGE/DÉCODAGE DE SIGNAL	[2008/44]
Entry into regional phase	07.02.2007	Translation filed
	28.08.2008	National basic fee paid
	28.08.2008	Search fee paid
	28.08.2008	Designation fee(s) paid
	28.08.2008	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	28.08.2008	Examination requested [2008/44]
	13.08.2010	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	21.10.2013	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	23.04.2014	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	24.09.2015	Application refused, date of legal effect [2016/08]
	24.09.2015	Date of oral proceedings
	08.10.2015	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2016/08]
	08.10.2015	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 21.10.2013
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	19.02.2009	Renewal fee patent year 03
	18.02.2010	Renewal fee patent year 04
	17.02.2011	Renewal fee patent year 05
	20.02.2012	Renewal fee patent year 06
	21.02.2013	Renewal fee patent year 07
	20.02.2014	Renewal fee patent year 08
	23.02.2015	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]EP1315148 (THOMSON BRANDT GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-15 * column 1, lines 11-30 * * column 2, lines 17-26 * * column 3, lines 4-11 * * column 5, line 42 - column 6, line 9 *;
		[A]EP1617413 (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD [KR]) [A] 1-15 * page 4 * * page 7, line 23 - page 8, line 32 * * figures 9,12,13 *;
		[I] - HERRE J ET AL, "THE REFERENCE MODEL ARCHITECTURE FOR MPEG SPATIAL AUDIO CODING", AUDIO ENGINEERING SOCIETY CONVENTION PAPER, NEW YORK, NY, US, (20050528), pages 1 - 13, XP009059973 [I] 1-15 * page 10 - page 12, column r, paragraph 2 *
		[A] - SCHROEDER E F ET AL, "DER MPEG-2-STANDARD: GENERISCHE CODIERUNG FUER BEWEGTBILDER UND ZUGEHOERIGE AUDIO-INFORMATION. AUDIO-CODIERUNG (TEIL 4)", FKT FERNSEH UND KINOTECHNIK, FACHVERLAG SCHIELE & SCHON GMBH., BERLIN, DE, (19940830), vol. 48, no. 7/08, ISSN 1430-9947, pages 364 - 368,370, XP000460964 [A] 1-15 * figures 1,2 * * page 366, column mid, paragraph last - column r, paragraph l *
	International search	[Y]US6574339 (KIM DOH-HYUNG [KR], et al);
		[Y]US6118875 (MOELLER HENRIK [DK], et al)
		[YP] - BREEBAART J. ET AL., "MULTI-CHANNEL GOES MOBILE: MPEG SURROUND BINAURA RENDERING", AES 29TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, SEOUL, KOREA, (200609), pages 5 - 9, XP007902577
		[Y] - HERRE J. ET AL., "The Reference Model Architecture for MPEG Spatial Audo Coding", PROC. 118TH AES CONVENTION, (200505), page 2, 10, XP003011724
	Examination	- JEROEN BREEBAART ET AL, "MPEG Surround Binaural coding proposal Philips/VAST Audio", 76. MPEG MEETING; 03-04-2006 - 07-04-2006; MONTREUX; (MOTION PICTUREEXPERT GROUP OR ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11),, (20060329), no. M13253, ISSN 0000-0239, XP030041922
	by applicant	EP1315148
		EP1617413
		- E.F. SCHRODER, "Der MPEG-2-Standard", FERNSEH- UND KINOTECHNIK, (1994), vol. 48, no. 7-8
		- JEROEN BREEBAART ET AL., "MPEG Surround Binaural coding proposal Philips/VAST Audio", MPEG MEETING, (20060329), vol. 76, no. M13253

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