Extract from the Register of European Patents

EP About this file: EP3767950

EP3767950 - TRACKING A REFERENCE PICTURE BASED ON A DESIGNATED PICTURE ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent revoked
Status updated on  31.01.2026
Database last updated on 11.04.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  25.02.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  06.10.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  18.12.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip06.02.2026Revocation of patentpublished on 11.03.2026  [2026/11]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Dolby International AB
77 Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Block C
Grand Canal Docklands
Dublin, D02 VK60 / IE
[N/P]
Former [2022/46]For all designated states
Dolby International AB
77 Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Block C
Grand Canal Docklands
Dublin, D02 VK60 / NL
Former [2022/19]For all designated states
Dolby International AB
Mr. Treublaan 7
1097 DP Amsterdam / NL
Former [2021/03]For all designated states
Dolby International AB
Apollo Building, 3E
Herikerbergweg 1-35
1101 CN Amsterdam Zuidoost / NL
Inventor(s)01 / MISRA, Kiran
c/o Sharp Laboratories of America Inc.
5750 Northwest Pacific Rim Boulevard
Camas, Washington 98607 / US
02 / DESHPANDE, Sachi n. G
c/o Sharp Laboratories of America Inc.
5750 Northwest Pacific Rim Boulevard
Camas, Washington 98607 / US
03 / SEGALL, Christopher A.
c/o Sharp Laboratories of America Inc.
5750 Northwest Pacific Rim Boulevard
Camas, Washington 98607 / US
 [2021/03]
Representative(s)Peterreins Schley
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Hermann-Sack-Straße 3
80331 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2021/03]Peterreins Schley
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Hermann-Sack-Strasse 3
80331 München / DE
Application number, filing date20194910.412.10.2012
[2021/03]
Priority number, dateUS20111327319113.10.2011         Original published format: US201113273191
US20111328701501.11.2011         Original published format: US201113287015
US20111329196108.11.2011         Original published format: US201113291961
US20111329499611.11.2011         Original published format: US201113294996
[2021/03]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3767950
Date:20.01.2021
Language:EN
[2021/03]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3767950
Date:30.03.2022
Language:EN
[2022/13]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.11.2020
ClassificationIPC:H04N19/423, H04N19/44, H04N19/573, H04N19/58, H04N19/70, H04N19/00
[2021/03]
CPC:
H04N19/58 (EP,CN,US); H04N19/423 (EP,CN,US); H04N19/44 (EP,CN,US);
H04N19/573 (EP,CN,US); H04N19/70 (EP,CN,US)
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 [2021/03]
TitleGerman:VERFOLGUNG EINES REFERENZBILDES AUF DER BASIS EINES BESTIMMTEN BILDES AUF EINER ELEKTRONISCHEN VORRICHTUNG[2021/03]
English:TRACKING A REFERENCE PICTURE BASED ON A DESIGNATED PICTURE ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE[2021/03]
French:TRAÇAGE D'UNE IMAGE DE RÉFÉRENCE SUR LA BASE D'UNE IMAGE DÉSIGNÉE SUR UN DISPOSITIF ÉLECTRONIQUE[2021/03]
Examination procedure07.09.2020Examination requested  [2021/03]
15.07.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
07.10.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.02.2022Fee for grant paid
17.02.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
17.02.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP12839718.9  / EP2767090
EP16203741.0  / EP3166314
Divisional application(s)EP22165192.0  / EP4060991
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  30.12.2022  02.01.2023  ADMISSIBLE
Unified Patents, LLC
4445 Willard Avenue
Suite 600
Chevy Chase, MD 20815 / US
Opponent's representative
HGF
HGF Limited
4th Floor, 1 City Square
Leeds LS1 2ES / GB
 [N/P]
Former [2023/06]
Opponent(s)01  30.12.2022  02.01.2023  ADMISSIBLE
Unified Patents, LLC
4445 Willard Avenue
Suite 600
Chevy Chase, MD 20815 / US
Opponent's representative
HGF
HGF Limited
1 City Walk
Leeds LS11 9DX / GB
17.01.2023Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
21.06.2023Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
21.05.2024Date of oral proceedings
19.06.2024Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
19.06.2024Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
20.01.2026Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
22.01.2026Legal effect of revocation of patent [2026/11]
Appeal following opposition19.08.2024Appeal received No.  T1084/24
19.08.2024Payment of appeal fee
21.10.2024Statement of grounds filed
22.01.2026Result of appeal procedure: revocation of the patent
29.01.2026Despatch of the decision of the Board of Appeal
22.01.2026Date of oral proceedings
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
07.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
07.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
07.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
07.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 07
07.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 08
07.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 09
20.10.2021Renewal fee patent year 10
Opt-out from the exclusive  Tooltip
competence of the Unified
Patent Court
See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data
Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court.
Lapses during opposition  Tooltipdeleted
[2023/02]
Former [2022/49]SK30.03.2022
Documents cited:Search[E] EP2727342  (ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M et al.)
 [A]   PARK Y ET AL: "Detection of CDR decoding status", 6. JCT-VC MEETING; 97. MPEG MEETING; 14-7-2011 - 22-7-2011; TORINO; (JOINT COLLABORATIVE TEAM ON VIDEO CODING OF ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 AND ITU-T SG.16 ); URL: HTTP://WFTP3.ITU.INT/AV-ARCH/JCTVC-SITE/,, no. JCTVC-F604, 2 July 2011 (2011-07-02), XP030009627
 [A]   R SJBERG ET AL: "JCTVC-F493: Proposed changes to the HEVC Working Draft", 9 July 2011 (2011-07-09), pages 1 - 28, XP055054084, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20130220] * E1-2 Document JCTVC-F604; Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) of ITU-T SG16 WP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11; 6th Meeting: Torino, 14-22 July, 201 1; "Detection of CDR decoding status (JCTVC-F604); Powerpoint document as companion document to E1-1. *
 [A]   SJBERG R ET AL: "Absolute signaling of reference pictures", 6. JCT-VC MEETING; 97. MPEG MEETING; 14-7-2011 - 22-7-2011; TORINO; (JOINT COLLABORATIVE TEAM ON VIDEO CODING OF ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 AND ITU-T SG.16 ); URL: HTTP://WFTP3.ITU.INT/AV-ARCH/JCTVC-SITE/,, no. JCTVC-F493, 1 July 2011 (2011-07-01), XP030009516
 [PA]   MISRA K ET AL: "AHG21: Long term picture referencing using wrapped POC", 7. JCT-VC MEETING; 98. MPEG MEETING; 21-11-2011 - 30-11-2011; GENEVA; (JOINT COLLABORATIVE TEAM ON VIDEO CODING OF ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 AND ITU-T SG.16 ); URL: HTTP://WFTP3.ITU.INT/AV-ARCH/JCTVC-SITE/,, no. JCTVC-G713, 9 November 2011 (2011-11-09), XP030110697
 [A]   EIFRIG: "POC Wrap, RAP, and Missing frames&fields", 6. JVT MEETING; 63. MPEG MEETING; 09-12-2002 - 13-12-2002; AWAJI, JP;(JOINT VIDEO TEAM OF ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 AND ITU-T SG.16 ),, no. JVT-F098-L, 13 December 2002 (2002-12-13), XP030005663, ISSN: 0000-0428
 [A]   YING CHEN ET AL: "Comments on Clean Decoding Refresh Pictures", 5. JCT-VC MEETING; 96. MPEG MEETING; 16-3-2011 - 23-3-2011; GENEVA;(JOINT COLLABORATIVE TEAM ON VIDEO CODING OF ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11AND ITU-T SG.16 ); URL: HTTP://WFTP3.ITU.INT/AV-ARCH/JCTVC-SITE/,, no. JCTVC-E400, 11 March 2011 (2011-03-11), XP030008906, ISSN: 0000-0005
 [A]   WIEGAND T ET AL: "WD3: Working Draft 3 of High-Efficiency Video Coding", 20110330, no. JCTVC-E603, 30 March 2011 (2011-03-30), XP030009014, ISSN: 0000-0003
ExaminationEP2727342
OppositionWO2006040413
   YOUNGO PARK ET AL.: "Detection of a CDR for random access", JOINT COLLABORATIVE TEAM ON VIDEO CODING (JCT-VC) OF ITU-T SG 16 WP3 AND ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11; 6TH MEETING: TORINO, 22 July 2011 (2011-07-22), pages 1 - 5, XP093014743
   WIEGAND THOMAS; HAN WOO-JIN; BROSS BENJAMIN; OHM JENS-RAINER; SULLIVAN GARY J: "WD3: Working Draft 3 of High-Efficiency Video Coding", JCTVC-F604 JOINT COLLABORATIVE TEAM ON VIDEO CODING (JCT-VC) OF ITU-T SG 16 WP3 AND ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11; 5TH MEETING: GENEVA, CH, 23 March 2011 (2011-03-23), pages 1 - 223, XP055962664 * E1-2 Document JCTVC-F604; Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) of ITU-T SG16 WP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11; 6th Meeting: Torino, 14-22 July, 201 1; "Detection of CDR decoding status (JCTVC-F604); Powerpoint document as companion document to E1-1. *
   YING CHEN; COBAN MUHAMMED; PEISONG CHEN; MARTA KARCZEWICZ: "Comments on Clean Decoding Refresh Pictures", JOINT COLLABORATIVE TEAM ON VIDEO CODING (JCT-VC) OF ITU-T SG 16 WP3 AND ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11; 5TH MEETING: GENEVA, CH, 23 March 2011 (2011-03-23), pages 1 - 4, XP030048503
   AKIRA FUJIBAYASHI ET AL.: "Random Access Support for HEVC", JOINT COLLABORATIVE TEAM ON VIDEO CODING (JCT-VC) OF ITU-T SG 16 WP3 AND ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11; 4TH MEETING: DAEGU, KOREA, 28 January 2011 (2011-01-28), pages 1 - 8, XP030226633
   RICKARD SJDBERG ET AL.: "Absolute signalling of reference pictures", JOINT COLLABORATIVE TEAM ON VIDEO CODING (JCT-VC) OF ITU-T SG 16 WP3 AND ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11; 6TH MEETING: TORINO, 22 July 2011 (2011-07-22), pages 1 - 15, XP093014753
   ANONYMOUS: "Series H: Audiovisual and Multimedia Systems; Infrastructure of audiovisual services - Coding of moving video; Advanced video coding for generic audiovisual services", TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDIZATION SECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION ITU-T RECOMMENDATION H.264, May 2003 (2003-05-01), pages 1 - 343, XP055896909
   WIEGAND THOMAS; HAN WOO-JIN; BROSS BENJAMIN; OHM JENS-RAINER; SULLIVAN GARY J: "WD4: Working Draft 4 of High-Efficiency Video Coding", JOINT COLLABORATIVE TEAM C 1 VIDEO CODING (JCT-VC) OF ITU-T SG 16 WP3 AND SO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 6TH MEETING: TORINO, IT, 14 July 2011 (2011-07-14), pages 1 - 128, XP055946084
The EPO accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of data originating from other authorities; in particular, it does not guarantee that it is complete, up to date or fit for specific purposes.