EP2896224 - PROGRESSIVE AUDIO BALANCE AND FADE IN A MULTI-ZONE LISTENING ENVIRONMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 13.07.2018 Database last updated on 28.05.2024 | |
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Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 27.03.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): AL | published on 19.08.2020 [2020/34] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Harman International Industries, Inc. 400 Atlantic Street, 15th Floor Stamford, CT 06901 / US | [2015/30] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BROCKMOLE, Jeffrey M. 400 Atlantic Street 14th Floor Stamford, Connecticut 06901 / US | [2015/30] | Representative(s) | Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstraße 4 80802 München / DE | [2015/30] | Application number, filing date | 13767207.7 | 13.09.2013 | [2017/36] | WO2013US59708 | Priority number, date | US201261700881P | 13.09.2012 Original published format: US 201261700881 P | US201261706121P | 26.09.2012 Original published format: US 201261706121 P | [2015/30] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2014043501 | Date: | 20.03.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/12] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2896224 | Date: | 22.07.2015 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.03.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2015/30] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2896224 | Date: | 06.09.2017 | Language: | EN | [2017/36] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 20.03.2014 | Classification | IPC: | H04S7/00 | [2015/30] | CPC: |
H04S7/302 (EP,US);
H04R5/04 (US);
H04S7/307 (US);
H04R2499/13 (EP,US);
H04S2400/01 (US);
H04S2400/13 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AL, 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 [2015/30] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | PROGRESSIVE AUDIO-BALANCE UND PROGRESSIVES FADING IN EINER UMGEBUNG MIT MEHREREN HÖRZONEN | [2017/14] | English: | PROGRESSIVE AUDIO BALANCE AND FADE IN A MULTI-ZONE LISTENING ENVIRONMENT | [2015/30] | French: | BALANCE ET FADING AUDIO PROGRESSIFS DANS UN ENVIRONNEMENT CONTENANT PLUSIEURS RÉGIONS SONORES | [2017/15] |
Former [2015/30] | PROGRESSIVER AUDIOAUSGLEICH UND FADING IN EINER MEHRTEILIGEN HÖRUMGEBUNG | ||
Former [2015/30] | ÉQUILIBRAGE ET OUVERTURE EN FONDU PROGRESSIFS DU SON DANS UN ENVIRONNEMENT D'ÉCOUTE À PLUSIEURS ZONES | Entry into regional phase | 12.03.2015 | National basic fee paid | 12.03.2015 | Designation fee(s) paid | 12.03.2015 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 12.03.2015 | Examination requested [2015/30] | 03.11.2015 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 14.03.2016 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 01.07.2016 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.03.2017 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 25.07.2017 | Fee for grant paid | 25.07.2017 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 25.07.2017 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | 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 14.03.2016 | Opposition(s) | 07.06.2018 | No opposition filed within time limit [2018/33] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.09.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 27.09.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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