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EP3466113 - METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR VIRTUAL POSITIONING OF A REMOTE PARTICIPANT IN A SOUND SPACE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The patent has been granted Status updated on 08.03.2024 Database last updated on 31.05.2024
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 09.11.2023
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 13.08.2021
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 08.03.2019
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 08.12.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	08.03.2024	(Expected) grant	published on 10.04.2024 [2024/15]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Nureva Inc. 401 9 Ave SW Office 1301 Calgary, Alberta T2P 3C5 / CA
	[2021/02]
Former [2019/15]	For all designated states Nureva Inc. 10th Floor Calgary Board of Education 1221 8th Street SW Calgary, Alberta T2R 0L4 / CA
Inventor(s)	01 / MCGIBNEY, Grant Howard 511 Edgement Bay NW Calgary Alberta T3A 2K7 / CA
	[2019/15]
Representative(s)	Mewburn Ellis LLP Aurora Building Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX / GB
	[2024/15]
Former [2019/15]	Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB
Application number, filing date	17805457.3	02.06.2017
	[2019/15]
	WO2017CA50672
Priority number, date	US201662345208P	03.06.2016 Original published format: US 201662345208 P
	[2019/15]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2017205986
	Date:	07.12.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/49]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3466113
	Date:	10.04.2019
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.12.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2019/15]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3466113
	Date:	10.04.2024
	Language:	EN
	[2024/15]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	CA	07.12.2017
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	24.01.2020
Classification	IPC:	H04S7/00, H04M3/56, G06F3/16, H04H60/04	[2023/48]
	CPC:	G06F3/165 (EP,US); H04S7/303 (US); G06F3/167 (EP,US); H04H60/04 (EP,US); H04M3/568 (EP,US); H04S7/302 (EP); (+) H04R2201/401 (EP,US); H04R2227/003 (EP,US); H04R3/005 (US); H04R5/02 (US); H04S1/005 (US); H04S2400/01 (US); H04S2400/11 (EP,US); H04S2400/13 (US); H04S2400/15 (EP,US); H04S2420/01 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2020/09]	H04S7/00, H04M3/56
	Former IPC [2019/15]	H04R3/00
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 [2019/15]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFAHREN, VORRICHTUNG UND COMPUTERLESBARE MEDIEN FÜR VIRTUELLE POSITIONIERUNG EINES ENTFERNTEN TEILNEHMERS IN EINEM KLANGRAUM	[2019/15]
	English:	METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR VIRTUAL POSITIONING OF A REMOTE PARTICIPANT IN A SOUND SPACE	[2019/15]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ, APPAREIL ET SUPPORT LISIBLE PAR ORDINATEUR DESTINÉS AU POSITIONNEMENT VIRTUEL D'UN PARTICIPANT DISTANT DANS UN ESPACE SONORE	[2019/15]
Entry into regional phase	25.01.2019	National basic fee paid
	25.01.2019	Search fee paid
	25.01.2019	Designation fee(s) paid
	25.01.2019	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	deleted	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	25.01.2019	Examination requested [2019/15]
	21.08.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	17.08.2021	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	23.12.2021	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.10.2023	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 06.11.2023
	06.11.2023	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
	10.11.2023	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	04.03.2024	Fee for grant paid
	04.03.2024	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	04.03.2024	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of the search fee
	25.01.2019	Request for further processing filed
	25.01.2019	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	11.02.2019	Decision despatched
	25.01.2019	Request for further processing filed
	25.01.2019	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	11.02.2019	Decision despatched
	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of the filing fee
	25.01.2019	Request for further processing filed
	25.01.2019	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	11.02.2019	Decision despatched
	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of the examination fee
	25.01.2019	Request for further processing filed
	25.01.2019	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	11.02.2019	Decision despatched
	25.01.2019	Request for further processing filed
	25.01.2019	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	11.02.2019	Decision despatched
	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of designation fees TR, SM, SK, SI, SE, RS, RO, PT, PL, NO, NL, MT, MK, MC, LV, LU, LT, IT, IS, IE, HU, HR, GR, GB, FR, FI, ES, EE, DK, DE, CZ, CY, CH, BG, BE, AT, AL
	25.01.2019	Request for further processing filed
	25.01.2019	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	11.02.2019	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	13.06.2019	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.03.2020	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.06.2021	Renewal fee patent year 05
	31.03.2022	Renewal fee patent year 06
	31.03.2023	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]JPH09261792 (NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE) [A] 9,22* the whole document *;
		[Y]US2004013252 (CRANER MICHAEL L [US]) [Y] 1-6,8-19,21-27 * the whole document *;
		[Y]US7720212 (JOUPPI NORMAN PAUL [US], et al) [Y] 1-6,8-19,21-27 * the whole document *;
		[XI]US2016036987 (CARTWRIGHT RICHARD J [AU]) [X] 1,2,6,8,10,12-15,19,21,23,25-27 * the whole document * [I] 3-5,7,9,11,16-18,20,22,24
	International search	[A]US6624841 (BUCHNER GEORGES [FR], et al) [A] 1-27 * -see page 2, line 32 to page 3, line 2; -see page 4, lines 55 to 61; -see page 6, line 20 to page 7, line 2; -see figures 1-3. *;
		[A]US2010135118 (VAN LEEST ADRIAAN JOHAN [NL], et al) [A] 1-27* -see whole document. *;
		[A]US2013101134 (BETTS-LACROIX JONATHAN N [US]) [A] 1-27 * -see whole document. *;
		[A]US2014119552 (BEAUCOUP FRANCK [CA]) [A] 1-27 * -see whole document. *
	by applicant	US2004013252
		US6961439
		US7720212
		US2016036987
		WO2016CA00146

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