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EP About this file: EP3518547

EP3518547 - METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO USABILITY INFORMATION (VUI) FOR SCALABLE VIDEO CODING (SVC) [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.08.2022
Database last updated on 29.06.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  03.09.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  09.05.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  24.01.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  28.06.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
200 Bellevue Parkway
Suite 300
Wilmington, DE 19809 / US
[2020/01]
Former [2019/31]For all designated states
Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc
200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300
Wilmington DE 19809 / US
Inventor(s)01 / LUO, Jiancong
28 Richmond Drive
Skillman, New Jersey 08558 / US
02 / ZHU, Lihua
3285 Ruskin Dr.
No 15 YongTaiYuan QingHe HaiDian District
San Jose, California 95132 / US
03 / YIN, Peng
6 John Street
Ithaca, New York 14850 / US
 [2021/40]
Former [2019/31]01 / LUO, Jiancong
28 Richmond Drive
Skillman, New Jersey 08558 / US
02 / ZHU, Lihua
3285 Ruskin Dr.
No 15 YongTaiYuan QingHe HaiDian District
SAN JOSE, California 95132 / US
03 / YIN, Peng
6 John Street
ITHACA, New York 14850 / US
Representative(s)AWA Sweden AB
Box 5117
200 71 Malmö / SE
[N/P]
Former [2021/40]AWA Sweden AB
P.O. Box 5117
200 71 Malmö / SE
Former [2019/31]Huchet, Anne, et al
InterDigital CE Patent Holdings
20, rue Rouget de Lisle
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux / FR
Application number, filing date19155114.220.03.2008
[2019/31]
Priority number, dateUS200791149007P12.04.2007         Original published format: US 91149007 P
[2019/31]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3518547
Date:31.07.2019
Language:EN
[2019/31]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3518547
Date:06.10.2021
Language:EN
[2021/40]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.06.2019
ClassificationIPC:H04N19/70, H04N19/30
[2019/31]
CPC:
H04N19/30 (EP,BR,US); H04N19/31 (EP); H04N19/70 (EP,BR,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   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 [2020/09]
Former [2019/31]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 FÜR VIDEO-NUTZBARKEITSINFORMATION FÜR SKALIERBARE VIDEOCODIERUNG[2019/31]
English:METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO USABILITY INFORMATION (VUI) FOR SCALABLE VIDEO CODING (SVC)[2019/31]
French:PROCÉDÉS ET APPAREIL D'INFORMATIONS D'ÉTAT QUALITATIF DE LA VIDÉO (VUI) POUR LE CODAGE VIDÉO À ÉCHELLE VARIABLE (SVC)[2019/31]
Examination procedure20.01.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
20.01.2020Examination requested  [2020/09]
20.01.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
10.05.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.08.2021Fee for grant paid
26.08.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
26.08.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP08727011.2  / EP2137973
Divisional application(s)EP21200633.2  / EP3968642
Opposition(s)07.07.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/37]
Fees paidRenewal fee
01.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
01.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
01.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
01.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 06
01.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 07
01.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 08
01.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 09
01.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 10
01.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 11
01.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 12
27.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 13
29.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 14
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU20.03.2008
AT06.10.2021
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Documents cited:Search[I]US2005254575  (HANNUKSELA MISKA [FI], et al) [I] 1-15 * abstract * * paragraphs [0008] - [0010] - [0013] , [3047] - [0048] - [0059] *;
 [XP]  - LUO J ET AL, "VUI updates for SVC", VIDEO STANDARDS AND DRAFTS, XX, XX, (20070424), no. JVT-W064, XP030007024 [XP] 1-15 * the whole document *
 [X]  - ZHU L ET AL, "SVC hypothetical reference decoder", VIDEO STANDARDS AND DRAFTS, XX, XX, (20070121), no. JVT-V068, XP030006876 [X] 1-15 * the whole document *
 [A]  - "Joint Scalable Video Model (JSVM) 9_Annex G", VIDEO STANDARDS AND DRAFTS, XX, XX, (20070405), no. W8751, XP030015246 [A] 1-15 * pages 335-336 *
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