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EP2716046 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LINE BUFFER REDUCTION FOR VIDEO PROCESSING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been withdrawn
Status updated on  02.09.2022
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip02.09.2022Withdrawal of applicationpublished on 05.10.2022  [2022/40]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
HFI Innovation Inc.
3F.-7, No.5, Taiyuan 1st St.
Zhubei City, Hsinchu County 302 / TW
[2016/45]
Former [2014/15]For all designated states
MediaTek Inc.
No.1, Dusing Road 1st Science-Based Industrial Park
Hsin-Chu / TW
Inventor(s)01 / CHUANG, Tzu-Der
5F. No. 50 Zhuangjing 5th St.
Zhubei City Hsinchu County Taiwan / TW
02 / HUANG, Yu-Wen
8F. No. 23 Ln. 298 Longjiang Rd.
Zhongshan Dist.
Taipei City Taiwan / TW
03 / CHEN, Ching-Yeh
4F. No. 809 Sec. 5 Zhongxiao E. Rd.
Nangang Dist.
Taipei City Taiwan / TW
 [2014/15]
Representative(s)Hoefer & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Pilgersheimer Straße 20
81543 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2014/15]Hoefer & Partner
Pilgersheimer Straße 20
81543 München / DE
Application number, filing date12792295.323.04.2012
WO2012CN74524
Priority number, dateUS201161490805P27.05.2011         Original published format: US 201161490805 P
US201161533895P13.09.2011         Original published format: US 201161533895 P
[2014/15]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2012163199
Date:06.12.2012
Language:EN
[2012/49]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2716046
Date:09.04.2014
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.12.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2014/15]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CN06.12.2012
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.07.2014
ClassificationIPC:H04N19/91
[2014/36]
CPC:
H04N19/463 (EP,CN,US); H04N19/00 (KR); H04N19/176 (US);
H04N19/102 (EP,US); H04N19/13 (US); H04N19/159 (US);
H04N19/167 (US); H04N19/70 (CN); H04N19/91 (EP,CN,US) (-)
Former IPC [2014/15]H04N7/26
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 [2014/15]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR LEITUNGSPUFFERREDUKTION FÜR VIDEOVERARBEITUNGEN[2014/15]
English:METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LINE BUFFER REDUCTION FOR VIDEO PROCESSING[2014/15]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL SERVANT À LA RÉDUCTION D'UNE MÉMOIRE TAMPON DE LIGNE POUR UN TRAITEMENT VIDÉO[2014/15]
Entry into regional phase11.09.2013National basic fee paid 
11.09.2013Search fee paid 
11.09.2013Designation fee(s) paid 
11.09.2013Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure11.09.2013Examination requested  [2014/15]
26.09.2014Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
26.10.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
17.02.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.12.2017Date of oral proceedings
19.12.2017Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination {1}
19.12.2017Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
08.08.2022Application withdrawn by applicant  [2022/40]
Appeal following examination20.02.2018Appeal received No.  T1339/18
27.04.2018Statement of grounds filed
08.08.2022Result of appeal procedure: the application was withdrawn
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  26.10.2015
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2014Renewal fee patent year 03
30.04.2015Renewal fee patent year 04
10.02.2016Renewal fee patent year 05
28.04.2017Renewal fee patent year 06
18.04.2018Renewal fee patent year 07
16.04.2019Renewal fee patent year 08
30.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 09
27.04.2021Renewal fee patent year 10
21.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 11
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Documents cited:Search[A]WO2010063184  (MEDIATEK INC [CN], et al) [A] 1-15* the whole document *;
 [X]  - ZHAO J ET AL, "Parallel entropy decoding for high-resolution video coding", VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS AND IMAGE PROCESSING; 20-1-2009 - 22-1-2009; SAN JOSE,, (20090120), XP030081714 [X] 1-15 * section 2 * * section 3 * * section 3.3 * * figures 1, 4 *
 [XP]  - T-D CHUANG ET AL, "CE1.A.3: Reducing line buffers for CABAC", 7. JCT-VC MEETING; 98. MPEG MEETING; 21-11-2011 - 30-11-2011; GENEVA; (JOINT COLLABORATIVE TEAM ON VIDEO CODING OF ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 AND ITU-T SG.16 ); URL: HTTP://WFTP3.ITU.INT/AV-ARCH/JCTVC-SITE/,, (20111107), no. JCTVC-G200, XP030110184 [XP] 1-15 * the whole document *
 [XP]  - LEE T ET AL, "On line buffer removal for CU split flag and skip flag context model", 7. JCT-VC MEETING; 98. MPEG MEETING; 21-11-2011 - 30-11-2011; GENEVA; (JOINT COLLABORATIVE TEAM ON VIDEO CODING OF ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 AND ITU-T SG.16 ); URL: HTTP://WFTP3.ITU.INT/AV-ARCH/JCTVC-SITE/,, (20111126), no. JCTVC-G1022, XP030111006 [XP] 1-15 * the whole document *
International search[A]KR20060082199  (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD [KR]);
 [Y]CN1980395  (LIANHE XINYUAN DIGIT AUDIO TEC [CN]);
 [A]CN101076114  (FUHAN MICROELECTRONICS CO LTD [CN]);
 [A]CN101099391  (UNIV SUNGKYUNKWAN [KR]);
 [Y]CN101765016  (MEDIATEK INC)
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