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EP0577428 - Image signal coding and decoding [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1994/01]	Image signal coding and decoding and image signal recording medium
	[2000/25]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 11.05.2001 Database last updated on 18.11.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	11.05.2001	Refusal of application	published on 27.06.2001 [2001/26]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Sony Corporation 7-35 Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141 / JP
	[N/P]
Former [1994/01]	For all designated states SONY CORPORATION 7-35 Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Yonemitsu, Jun, c/o Int. Prop. Division Sony Corporation, 6-7-35, Kitashinagawa Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141 / JP
	02 / Tahara, Katsumi, c/o Int. Prop. Division Sony Corporation, 6-7-35, Kitashinagawa Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141 / JP
	03 / Suzuki, Teruhiko, c/o Int. Prop. Division Sony Corporation, 6-7-35, Kitashinagawa Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141 / JP
	[1994/01]
Representative(s)	Harris, Ian Richard, et al D Young & Co LLP 120 Holborn London EC1N 2DY / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1994/01]	Harris, Ian Richard, et al c/o D. Young & Co., 21 New Fetter Lane London EC4A 1DA / GB
Application number, filing date	93305182.3	01.07.1993
	[1994/01]
Priority number, date	JP19920177217	03.07.1992 Original published format: JP 17721792
	JP19920286186	23.10.1992 Original published format: JP 28618692
	JP19920294654	02.11.1992 Original published format: JP 29465492
	JP19930126778	28.05.1993 Original published format: JP 12677893
	[1994/01]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0577428
	Date:	05.01.1994
	Language:	EN
	[1994/01]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0577428
	Date:	18.01.1995
	Language:	EN
	[1995/03]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	01.12.1994
Classification	IPC:	H04N7/24, H04N7/32	[2000/25]
	CPC:	H04N9/8047 (EP,US); H04N19/112 (EP,US); H04N19/132 (EP,US); H04N19/176 (EP,US); H04N19/18 (EP,US); H04N19/30 (EP,US); (+) H04N19/37 (EP,US); H04N19/48 (EP,US); H04N19/503 (EP,US); H04N19/577 (EP,US); H04N19/59 (EP,US); H04N19/61 (EP,US); H04N19/90 (EP,US); H04N5/781 (EP,US); H04N5/782 (EP,US); H04N5/85 (EP,US); H04N9/888 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [1994/01]	H04N7/13, H04N7/137
Designated contracting states	DE, ES, FR, GB, NL [1994/01]
Title	German:	Kodierung, Dekodierung von Bildsignalen	[2000/25]
	English:	Image signal coding and decoding	[2000/25]
	French:	Codage, décodage d'un signal d'image	[2000/25]
	Former [1994/01]	Kodierung, Dekodierung und Augzeichnungsträger für Bildsignale
	Former [1994/01]	Image signal coding and decoding and image signal recording medium
	Former [1994/01]	Codage, décodage et support d'enregistrement pour un signal d'image
Examination procedure	26.05.1995	Examination requested [1995/30]
	06.05.1997	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	10.11.1997	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	22.03.1999	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	14.09.1999	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	11.08.2000	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
	23.01.2001	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: formalities examination [2001/26]
	02.02.2001	Application refused, date of legal effect [2001/26]
	15.03.2001	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	11.07.1995	Renewal fee patent year 03
	11.07.1996	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.07.1997	Renewal fee patent year 05
	08.07.1998	Renewal fee patent year 06
	13.07.1999	Renewal fee patent year 07
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.07.2000	08 M06 Not yet paid
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]EP0321318 (FRANCE ETAT [FR]) [A] 1,2,10,11,17,30,31,33 * column 2, line 48 - column 3, line 17 * * figure 1 *;
		[XA]US5001561 (HASKELL BARIN G [US], et al) [X] 23 * column 2, line 17 - line 26 * * column 4, line 17 - line 68 * * figure 2 * [A] 26,27;
		[A]EP0485230 (VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN [JP]) [A] 1,2,5,10,11,29-31 * column 1, line 33 - column 2, line 2 * * column 4, line 21 - column 5, line 12 * * figures 1-3 *;
		[XA] - VANDENDORPE, "Hierarchical transform and subband coding of video signals", SIGNAL PROCESSING. IMAGE COMMUNICATION, AMSTERDAM NL, (199206), vol. 4, no. 3, pages 245 - 262, XP000270232 [X] 1,2,4-6,10 * the whole document * [A] 8,9,11,16,17,19-21,23,30-32 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0923-5965(92)90030-J
		[XA] - CHIANG ET AL, "Compatible Coding of Digital Interlaced HDTV Using Prediction of the Even Fields from the Odd Fields", SIGNAL PROCESSING OF HDTV, III, TURIN, IT, (199109), pages 523 - 530, XP000379990 [X] 16,17,20,21,23,24,26,27 * abstract * * page 525, paragraph 3 * * page 526, paragraph 2 * * page 527, paragraph 2 - page 528, line 1 * * figures 2-4 * [A] 1,2,4-10,12-15,22,30-33
		[A] - DUFOUR ET AL, "A HDTV compatible coding scheme for distribution purposes", SIGNAL PROCESSING OF HDTV,III, TURIN, IT, (199109), pages 353 - 360, XP000379972 [A] 1,2,5-17,20-27,30-33 * abstract * * page 354, paragraph L - page 356, paragraph 1 * * page 359, line 1 - page 360, paragraph 1 * * figures 2,4 *
		[A] - RIOUL ET AL, "Wavelets and Signal Processing", IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING MAGAZINE, NEW YORK US, (199110), vol. 8, no. 4, pages 14 - 38, XP000259548 [A] 3,4,18,19 * figures 2,11 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/79.91217

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