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EP About this file: EP3928531

EP3928531 - HYBRID SPEAKER AND CONVERTER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  11.10.2024
Database last updated on 18.11.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  26.11.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  28.08.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip11.10.2024New entry: Despatch of examination report + time limit 
11.10.2024First examination report 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
1-7-1, Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2021/52]For all designated states
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / MATSUKAWA, Takeo
c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC 2207
Bridgepoint Parkway
San Mateo, California 94404 / US
02 / YOO, Jaekwon
c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC 2207
Bridgepoint Parkway
San Mateo, California 94404 / US
[N/P]
Former [2021/52]01 / MATSUKAWA, Takeo
San Mateo, California 94404 / US
02 / YOO, Jaekwon
San Mateo, California 94404 / US
Representative(s)D Young & Co LLP
3 Noble Street
London EC2V 7BQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2021/52]D Young & Co LLP
120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY / GB
Application number, filing date20760321.810.02.2020
[2021/52]
WO2020US17471
Priority number, dateUS20191627989619.02.2019         Original published format: US201916279896
[2021/52]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020171996
Date:27.08.2020
Language:EN
[2020/35]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3928531
Date:29.12.2021
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.08.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2021/52]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US27.08.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.10.2022
ClassificationIPC:H04R5/02, H04R1/32, H04R3/04, H04R3/12, H04R5/04, H04S3/00, H04R5/00, H04S7/00
[2022/46]
CPC:
H04R3/04 (EP,US); H03F3/181 (US); H04R1/22 (US);
H04R1/323 (EP,US); H04R13/00 (US); H04R3/12 (EP);
H04S7/303 (EP); H04R2217/03 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2021/52]H04R5/02, H04R1/32, H04R5/04, H04S3/00, H04R5/00, H04S7/00
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 [2021/52]
TitleGerman:HYBRIDER LAUTSPRECHER UND WANDLER[2021/52]
English:HYBRID SPEAKER AND CONVERTER[2021/52]
French:HAUT-PARLEUR HYBRIDE ET CONVERTISSEUR[2021/52]
Entry into regional phase14.09.2021National basic fee paid 
14.09.2021Search fee paid 
14.09.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
14.09.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure14.09.2021Examination requested  [2021/52]
09.05.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.10.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
27.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
27.02.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[XI]US2014241552  (TAKEDA KATSU [JP], et al);
 [XI]US2016174012  (TAN EE LENG [SG], et al);
International search[Y]US2009202099  (HSU SHOU-HSIU [TW], et al) [Y] 7, 17, 24, 25/24, & 26 * ; paragraphs [0019]-[0022], [0044]-[0045], claim 4 *;
 [Y]US2010208932  (LIOU CHANG-HO [TW], et al) [Y] 8-9, 18-19, 23, 25, & 26/23* ; FIG. 5, paragraphs [0036] & [0046]-[0047] *;
 [XY]US2014241552  (TAKEDA KATSU [JP], et al) [X] 1, 4, 6/1, 6/4, 10/1, 10/4, 11, 14, 16/11, 16/14, 20/11, 20/14, 21, & 22 * ; FIG. 6, paragraphs [0048], [0066], [0072], [0079], [0081]-[0088], & [0090], claim 12 * [Y] 2-3, 5, 6/2, 6/3, 6/5, 7-9, 10/2, 10/3, 10/5, 12-13, 15, 16/12, 16/13, 16/15, 17-19, 20/12, 20/13, 20/15, & 23-26;
 [Y]US9197963  (NORTH DONALD J [US]) [Y] 5, 6/5, 7/6/5, 8/5, 9/8/5, 10/5, 15, 16/15, 17/16/15, 18/15, 19/18/15, 20/15 * ; FIG. 8A, column 6, lines 57-67, column 7, lines 1-8, column 8, lines 8-30, claim 1 *;
 [Y]  - PASCUAL, S et al., SEGAN: Seech Enhancement Generative Adversarial Network, (20170609), pages 3642 - 3646, XP055579756 [Y] 2-3, 6/2, 6/3, 7/6/2, 7/6/3, 8/2, 8/3, 9/8/2, 9/8/3, 10/2, 10/3, 12-13, 16/12, 16/13, 17/16/12, 17/16/13, 18/12, 18/13, 19/18/1219/18/13, 20/12, 20/13 * ; see entire document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2017-1428
by applicantUS2014241552
 US2016174012
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