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EP3316599 - AUDIO DECODING APPARATUS AND AUDIO ENCODING APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2018/18]	CODING DEVICE AND METHOD, DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM
	[2020/21]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.09.2021 Database last updated on 13.11.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 25.09.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 03.06.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 10.09.2019
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 30.03.2018
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 23.12.2016
Most recent event Tooltip	13.09.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MT	published on 16.10.2024 [2024/42]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Sony Group Corporation 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
	[2021/30]
Former [2018/18]	For all designated states Sony Corporation 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / YAMAMOTO Yuki c/o SONY CORPORATION 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
	02 / CHINEN Toru c/o SONY CORPORATION 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
	03 / TSUJI Minoru c/o SONY CORPORATION 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
	[2018/18]
Representative(s)	2SPL Patentanwälte PartG mbB Landaubogen 3 81373 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2018/18]	2SPL Patentanwälte PartG mbB Postfach 15 17 23 80050 München / DE
Application number, filing date	16811469.2	03.06.2016
	[2018/18]
	WO2016JP66574
Priority number, date	JP20150123589	19.06.2015 Original published format: JP 2015123589
	JP20150196494	02.10.2015 Original published format: JP 2015196494
	[2018/18]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2016203994
	Date:	22.12.2016
	Language:	JA
	[2016/51]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3316599
	Date:	02.05.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/18]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3316599
	Date:	28.10.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/44]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	22.12.2016
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	18.01.2019
Classification	IPC:	G10L19/16, // G10L19/008, H04S3/00, H04S7/00	[2019/08]
	CPC:	G10L19/167 (EP,RU,US); G10L19/008 (EP,CN,KR,RU,US); H04S3/008 (EP,US); H04S5/02 (KR,RU); H04S7/00 (KR); H04S7/30 (EP,US); (+) H04S2400/11 (EP,US); H04S2400/15 (EP); H04S2420/03 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2018/18]	H04S5/02, G10L19/008, H04S7/00
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2018/18]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	AUDIODEKODIERUNGSGERÄT UND AUDIOKODIERUNGSGERÄT	[2020/21]
	English:	AUDIO DECODING APPARATUS AND AUDIO ENCODING APPARATUS	[2020/21]
	French:	APPAREIL DE DÉCODAGE AUDIO ET APPAREIL DE CODAGE AUDIO	[2020/21]
	Former [2018/18]	CODIERUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND -VERFAHREN, DECODIERUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND -VERFAHREN SOWIE PROGRAMM
	Former [2018/18]	CODING DEVICE AND METHOD, DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM
	Former [2018/18]	DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ DE CODAGE, DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ DE DÉCODAGE, ET PROGRAMME
Entry into regional phase	11.12.2017	Translation filed
	19.01.2018	National basic fee paid
	19.01.2018	Search fee paid
	19.01.2018	Designation fee(s) paid
	19.01.2018	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	11.12.2017	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	19.01.2018	Examination requested [2018/18]
	29.07.2019	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	12.09.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	30.12.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	27.01.2020	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	18.03.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.06.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	21.09.2020	Fee for grant paid
	21.09.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	21.09.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	29.07.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/40]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	27.06.2018	Renewal fee patent year 03
	25.06.2019	Renewal fee patent year 04
	31.03.2020	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	03.06.2016
	AL	28.10.2020
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	IS	28.02.2021
	PT	01.03.2021
	IE	03.06.2021
	LU	03.06.2021
	BE	30.06.2021
	CH	30.06.2021
	LI	30.06.2021
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	PT	01.03.2021
	IE	03.06.2021
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	BE	30.06.2021
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	LI	30.06.2021
Former [2024/22]	HU	03.06.2016
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	IE	03.06.2021
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	IE	03.06.2021
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	BE	30.06.2021
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Former [2022/34]	AL	28.10.2020
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	IE	03.06.2021
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	CH	30.06.2021
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Former [2022/21]	AL	28.10.2020
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	PT	01.03.2021
	IE	03.06.2021
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	BG	28.01.2021
	NO	28.01.2021
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	PT	01.03.2021
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Former [2021/28]	AT	28.10.2020
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Former [2021/23]	AT	28.10.2020
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Former [2021/22]	FI	28.10.2020
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Documents cited:	Search	[XI]WO2014187991 (DOLBY INT AB [NL]);
	International search	[A]WO2014036121 (DOLBY LAB LICENSING CORP [US]);
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