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EP3007444 - IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  04.07.2020
Database last updated on 15.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.06.2024New entry: Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sun Patent Trust
450 Lexington Avenue, 38th Floor
New York, NY 10017 / US
[N/P]
Former [2016/33]For all designated states
Sun Patent Trust
450 Lexington Avenue, 38th Floor
New York NY 10017 / US
Former [2016/15]For all designated states
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
20000 Mariner Avenue, Suite 200
Torrance, CA 90503 / US
Inventor(s)01 / TERADA, Kengo
c/o Panasonic
Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
IP Management Department
7F OBP Panasonic Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2 Chome, Chuo-ku
Osaka-shi Osaka 540-6207 / JP
02 / NISHI, Takahiro
c/o Panasonic
Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
IP Management Department
7F OBP Panasonic Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2 Chome, Chuo-ku
Osaka-shi Osaka 540-6207 / JP
03 / SASAI, Hisao
c/o Panasonic
Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
IP Management Department
7F OBP Panasonic Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2 Chome, Chuo-ku
Osaka-shi Osaka 540-6207 / JP
04 / YOSHIKAWA, Satoshi
c/o Panasonic
Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
IP Management Department
7F OBP Panasonic Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2 Chome, Chuo-ku
Osaka-shi Osaka 540-6207 / JP
 [2016/15]
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstraße 4
80802 München / DE
[2016/15]
Application number, filing date14807897.504.06.2014
[2016/15]
WO2014JP02974
Priority number, dateUS201361831209P05.06.2013         Original published format: US 201361831209 P
[2016/15]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014196198
Date:11.12.2014
Language:JA
[2014/50]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3007444
Date:13.04.2016
Language:EN
[2016/15]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP11.12.2014
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.10.2016
ClassificationIPC:H04N19/30, H04N19/31, H04N19/187, H04N19/156, H04N19/132
[2016/45]
CPC:
H04N19/30 (EP,US); H04N19/146 (US); H04N19/105 (US);
H04N19/132 (EP,US); H04N19/154 (US); H04N19/156 (EP,US);
H04N19/184 (US); H04N19/187 (EP,US); H04N19/31 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2016/15]H04N19/30
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 [2016/15]
TitleGerman:BILDCODIERUNGSVERFAHREN, BILDDECODIERUNGSVERFAHREN, BILDCODIERUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND BILDDECODIERUNGSVORRICHTUNG[2016/15]
English:IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS[2016/15]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE CODAGE D'IMAGE, PROCÉDÉ DE DÉCODAGE D'IMAGE, APPAREIL DE CODAGE D'IMAGE ET APPAREIL DE DÉCODAGE D'IMAGE[2016/15]
Entry into regional phase11.05.2015Translation filed 
11.05.2015National basic fee paid 
11.05.2015Search fee paid 
18.11.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
18.11.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.11.2015Examination requested  [2016/15]
02.05.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
08.07.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
30.10.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.06.2024Date of oral proceedings
25.06.2024Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
26.06.2024Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination {1}
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
27.06.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
27.06.2018Renewal fee patent year 05
25.06.2019Renewal fee patent year 06
24.06.2020Renewal fee patent year 07
22.06.2021Renewal fee patent year 08
27.06.2022Renewal fee patent year 09
27.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 10
25.06.2024Renewal fee patent year 11
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Documents cited:Search[XI]WO2013004911  (NOKIA CORP [FI], et al);
International search[A]JP2000324486  (SHARP KK) [A] 1-16* , paragraphs [0002] to [0004]; fig. 10 (Family: none) *;
 [A]JP2009540734  (LG Electronics Inc.) [A] 1-16 * , paragraphs [0042] to [0048]; fig. 3 & WO 2008/030068 A1 & US 2009/0220010 A1 & EP 2060123 A1 & KR 10-2008-0093427 A & CN 101395925 A *;
 [A]JP2011216986  (YAMAHA CORP) [A] 1-16 * , paragraphs [0040] to [0043]; fig. 11 (Family: none) *;
 [X]  - BENJAMIN BROSS et al., "Editors' proposed corrections to HEVC version 1", Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) of ITU-T SG 16 WP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 JCTVC-M0432, ITU-T, (20130426), pages 32 - 33,63-66, XP030057924 [X] 8-14, 16
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