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EP About this file: EP3787311

EP3787311 - SOUND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, SOUND IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD AND SOUND IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  29.09.2023
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  21.10.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  12.09.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  29.01.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  02.11.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip24.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT		published on 26.06.2024  [2024/26]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
5-1, Otemachi 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8116 / JP
[2021/09]
Inventor(s)01 / TSUTSUMI Kimitaka
c/o NTT Intellectual Property Center, 9-11,
Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8585 / JP
02 / NOGUCHI Kenichi
c/o NTT Intellectual Property Center, 9-11,
Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8585 / JP
03 / TAKADA Hideaki
c/o NTT Intellectual Property Center, 9-11,
Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8585 / JP
04 / HANEDA Yoichi
4-9-12, Kichijoji-Kitamachi
Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-0001 / JP
 [2021/09]
Representative(s)Hoffmann Eitle
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Arabellastraße 30
81925 München / DE
[2021/09]
Application number, filing date19791922.815.04.2019
[2021/09]
WO2019JP16078
Priority number, dateJP2018008514226.04.2018         Original published format: JP 2018085142
[2021/09]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019208285
Date:31.10.2019
Language:JA
[2019/44]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3787311
Date:03.03.2021
Language:EN
[2021/09]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3787311
Date:23.11.2022
Language:EN
[2022/47]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP31.10.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.01.2022
ClassificationIPC:H04R3/00, G10K11/34, H04R1/40, H04S5/00, H04S7/00
[2021/09]
CPC:
H04S7/30 (EP,US); G10K11/346 (EP); G10K11/348 (EP);
H04R3/12 (EP,US); H04R5/02 (US); H04R5/04 (EP,US);
H04S3/008 (EP); H04S2400/11 (EP); H04S2420/13 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2021/09]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUR WIEDERGABE VON TONBILDERN, VERFAHREN ZUR WIEDERGABE VON TONBILDERN UND PROGRAMM ZUR WIEDERGABE VON TONBILDERN[2021/09]
English:SOUND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, SOUND IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD AND SOUND IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM[2021/09]
French:DISPOSITIF DE REPRODUCTION D'IMAGE SONORE, PROCÉDÉ DE REPRODUCTION D'IMAGE SONORE ET PROGRAMME DE REPRODUCTION D'IMAGE SONORE[2021/09]
Entry into regional phase20.11.2020Translation filed 
20.11.2020National basic fee paid 
20.11.2020Search fee paid 
20.11.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
20.11.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure20.11.2020Examination requested  [2021/09]
13.09.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.10.2022Fee for grant paid
19.10.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
19.10.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)24.08.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/44]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.04.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
03.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP3073766  (SONY CORP [JP]) [A] 1-6 * figures 3, 5-8 * * paragraph [0028] - paragraph [0037] *;
 [A]WO2016162058  (HUAWEI TECH CO LTD [CN], et al) [A] 1-6 * figure 1 ** page 11, line 3 - page 13, line 31 *
International search[A]JP2012156899  (UNIV KANAZAWA) [A] 1-6 * , *;
 [PA]JP2019047478  (NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE, et al) [PA] 1-6* , *;
 [A]  - TSUTSUMI Kimitaka; TAKADA Hideaki; HANEDA Yoichi, "Directivity control with multi-poles comprising plural focused sources in wave field synthesis", Acoustical Society of Japan 2015 Spring Meeting, (20170911), ISSN 1880-7658, pages 469 - 470, XP009523050 [A] 1-6
 [A]  - TSUTSUMI Kiinitaka; TAKADA Hideaki, "Listening area expansion of focus sound source by wave field synthesis using auxiliary array (non-official translation )", Reports of the 2017 Spring Meeting the Acoustical Society of Japan, (20170301), ISSN 1880-7658, pages 433 - 436, XP009524324 [A] 1-6
by applicantJP2011244306
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