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EP3699906 - SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  22.07.2024
Database last updated on 24.08.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  27.10.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  24.07.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  27.04.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip22.07.2024New entry: Communication of intention to grant a patent 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Group Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
[2021/30]
Former [2020/35]For all designated states
Sony Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / TSUJI, Minoru
SONY CORPORATION
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
02 / CHINEN, Toru
SONY CORPORATION
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
03 / FUKUI, Takao
SONY CORPORATION
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
04 / HATANAKA, Mitsuyuki
SONY CORPORATION
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
 [2020/35]
Representative(s)2SPL Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Landaubogen 3
81373 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2020/35]2SPL Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Postfach 15 17 23
80050 München / DE
Application number, filing date18869347.705.10.2018
[2020/35]
WO2018JP37329
Priority number, dateJP2017020387620.10.2017         Original published format: JP 2017203876
[2020/35]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019078034
Date:25.04.2019
Language:JA
[2019/17]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3699906
Date:26.08.2020
Language:EN
[2020/35]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP25.04.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.11.2020
ClassificationIPC:G10K15/12, G10L19/00, H04S5/02, H04S7/00, H04S3/00
[2020/52]
CPC:
H04S3/008 (EP); G10K15/12 (EP,KR); G10K15/08 (US);
G10L19/00 (EP); G10L19/008 (KR); H04S5/02 (KR);
H04S7/00 (KR); H04S7/30 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2020/35]G10K15/12, G10L19/00, H04S5/02, H04S7/00
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 [2020/35]
TitleGerman:SIGNALVERARBEITUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND -VERFAHREN UND PROGRAMM[2020/35]
English:SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM[2020/35]
French:DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT DE SIGNAL, ET PROGRAMME[2020/35]
Entry into regional phase03.04.2020Translation filed 
20.05.2020National basic fee paid 
20.05.2020Search fee paid 
20.05.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
20.05.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure20.05.2020Examination requested  [2020/35]
01.06.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
26.10.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.02.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.07.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.10.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
20.10.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
21.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
19.10.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[XI]EP3096539  (SONY CORP [JP]);
International search[Y]JP2007513370  [Y] 6* ( *;
 [AY]JP2013541275  [A] 5 * , * [Y] 7-10;
 [XY]WO2017043309  (SONY CORP [JP]) [X] 1-4, 11, 12 * , * [Y] 6-10
by applicant   - VILLE PULKKI, "Virtual Sound Source Positioning Using Vector Base Amplitude Panning", Journal of AES, (19970000), vol. 45, no. 6, pages 456 - 466
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