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EP1457092 - METHOD FOR IMPROVING SPATIAL PERCEPTION IN VIRTUAL SURROUND [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  12.06.2015
Database last updated on 14.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip12.06.2015Refusal of applicationpublished on 15.07.2015  [2015/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
100 Potrero Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94103 / US
[N/P]
Former [2004/38]For all designated states
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
100 Potrero Avenue
San Francisco California 94103 / US
Inventor(s)01 / CHABANNE, Christophe
100 Potrero Avenue
san Francisco, CA 94103 / US
 [2004/38]
Representative(s)MERH-IP Matias Erny Reichl Hoffmann Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Paul-Heyse-Straße 29
80336 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2010/10]MERH-IP Matias Erny Reichl Hoffmann
Paul-Heyse-Strasse 29
80336 München / DE
Former [2004/38]Hoffmann, Eckart, Dipl.-Ing.
Patentanwalt, Bahnhofstrasse 103
82166 Gräfelfing / DE
Application number, filing date02784742.506.12.2002
[2004/38]
WO2002US38915
Priority number, dateUS20010344315P18.12.2001         Original published format: US 344315 P
[2004/38]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO03053099
Date:26.06.2003
Language:EN
[2003/26]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1457092
Date:15.09.2004
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.06.2003 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2004/38]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP26.06.2003
ClassificationIPC:H04S3/00
[2004/38]
CPC:
H04S3/002 (EP,US); H04S3/00 (KR); H04S5/00 (KR);
H04S2400/01 (EP,US); H04S2420/01 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2004/38]
Extension statesALNot yet paid
LTNot yet paid
LVNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
RONot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR VERBESSERUNG DER RÄUMLICHEN WAHRNEHMUNG IN EINER VIRTUELLEN UMGEBUNG[2004/38]
English:METHOD FOR IMPROVING SPATIAL PERCEPTION IN VIRTUAL SURROUND[2004/38]
French:PROCEDE PERMETTANT D'AMELIORER LA PERCEPTION SPATIALE EN SON MULTICANAUX VIRTUEL[2004/38]
Entry into regional phase04.06.2004National basic fee paid 
04.06.2004Designation fee(s) paid 
04.06.2004Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure04.06.2004Examination requested  [2004/38]
11.12.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.06.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.04.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
01.06.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.04.2011Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2015/29]
13.04.2015Application refused, date of legal effect [2015/29]
Appeal following examination27.06.2011Appeal received No.  T2046/11
29.08.2011Statement of grounds filed
13.04.2015Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant was rejected
13.04.2015Date of oral proceedings
16.04.2015Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
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  11.12.2008
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.12.2004Renewal fee patent year 03
15.12.2005Renewal fee patent year 04
13.12.2006Renewal fee patent year 05
12.12.2007Renewal fee patent year 06
24.12.2008Renewal fee patent year 07
28.12.2009Renewal fee patent year 08
27.12.2010Renewal fee patent year 09
27.12.2011Renewal fee patent year 10
26.12.2012Renewal fee patent year 11
27.12.2013Renewal fee patent year 12
29.12.2014Renewal fee patent year 13
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