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EP2003643 - Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio signal using adaptively switched temporal resolution in the spectral domain [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.12.2014
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip08.05.2015Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 10.06.2015  [2015/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Thomson Licensing
1-5, rue Jeanne d'Arc
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux / FR
[2014/07]
Former [2010/07]For all designated states
Thomson Licensing
1, rue Jeanne d'Arc
92443 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex / FR
Former [2008/51]For all designated states
Thomson Licensing
46, Quai A. Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt / FR
Inventor(s)01 / Boehm, Johannes
Sieberweg 35
37081 Göttingen / DE
02 / Kordon, Sven
Hildesheimer Strasse 117
30173 Hannover / DE
 [2008/51]
Representative(s)Hartnack, Wolfgang
Deutsche Thomson OHG
Karl-Wiechert-Allee 1D
30625 Hannover / DE
[N/P]
Former [2014/07]Hartnack, Wolfgang
Deutsche Thomson OHG European Patent Operations Karl-Wiechert-Allee 74
30625 Hannover / DE
Former [2008/51]Hartnack, Wolfgang
Deutsche Thomson OHG European Patent Operations Karl-Wiechert-Allee 74
30625 Hannover / DE
Application number, filing date08157415.402.06.2008
[2008/51]
Priority number, dateEP2007011028914.06.2007         Original published format: EP 07110289
[2008/51]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2003643
Date:17.12.2008
Language:EN
[2008/51]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2003643
Date:12.02.2014
Language:EN
[2014/07]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP01.10.2008
ClassificationIPC:G10L19/022, G10L19/093, G10L19/02
[2013/25]
CPC:
G10L19/0212 (EP,US); G10L19/03 (KR); G10L19/02 (KR);
G10L19/022 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2008/51]G10L19/02, G10L19/14
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2009/35]
Former [2008/51]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Kodierung und Dekodierung von Audiosignalen über adaptiv geschaltete temporäre Auflösung in einer Spektraldomäne[2008/51]
English:Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio signal using adaptively switched temporal resolution in the spectral domain[2008/51]
French:Procédé et appareil pour coder et décoder un signal audio par résolution temporelle à commutation adaptative dans le domaine spectral[2008/51]
Examination procedure16.05.2009Examination requested  [2009/27]
18.06.2009Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
19.06.2009Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
24.07.2009Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
17.11.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.07.2013Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.07.2013Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
09.09.2013Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.12.2013Fee for grant paid
19.12.2013Fee for publishing/printing paid
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  19.06.2009
Opposition(s)13.11.2014No opposition filed within time limit [2015/04]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.06.2010Renewal fee patent year 03
24.06.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
26.06.2012Renewal fee patent year 05
25.06.2013Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipGB02.06.2014
[2015/24]
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2003.1200003
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/83.128036
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