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EP3987515 - PERFORMING PSYCHOACOUSTIC AUDIO CODING BASED ON OPERATING CONDITIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  16.02.2024
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  11.10.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  25.03.2022
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  15.01.2021
Formerunknown
Status updated on  27.07.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip16.02.2024(Expected) grantpublished on 20.03.2024  [2024/12]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
ATTN: International IP Administration
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, California 92121-1714 / US
[2022/17]
Inventor(s)01 / OLIVIERI, Ferdinando
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, California 92121-1714 / US
02 / SHAHBAZI MIRZAHASANLOO, Taher
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, California 92121-1714 / US
03 / PETERS, Nils Günther
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, California 92121-1714 / US
 [2022/17]
Representative(s)Howe, Steven
Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building
10 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 8QS / GB
[2022/17]
Application number, filing date20742531.523.06.2020
[2022/17]
WO2020US39158
Priority number, dateUS201962865848P24.06.2019         Original published format: US 201962865848 P
US20201690777122.06.2020         Original published format: US202016907771
[2022/17]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020263843
Date:30.12.2020
Language:EN
[2020/53]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3987515
Date:27.04.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.12.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/17]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3987515
Date:20.03.2024
Language:EN
[2024/12]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP30.12.2020
ClassificationIPC:G10L19/008, G10L19/24, H04L65/75
[2023/44]
CPC:
G10L19/008 (EP,CN); G10L19/032 (CN,US); G10L19/24 (EP);
G10L25/48 (US); H04L65/75 (US); H04L65/752 (EP,CN)
Former IPC [2022/17]G10L19/008, G10L19/24
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 [2022/17]  
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:DURCHFÜHRUNG VON PSYCHOAKUSTISCHER AUDIOCODIERUNG AUF DER GRUNDLAGE VON BETRIEBSBEDINGUNGEN[2022/17]
English:PERFORMING PSYCHOACOUSTIC AUDIO CODING BASED ON OPERATING CONDITIONS[2022/17]
French:RÉALISATION D'UN CODAGE AUDIO PSYCHOACOUSTIQUE EN FONCTION DE CONDITIONS D'EXPLOITATION[2022/17]
Entry into regional phase26.11.2021National basic fee paid 
26.11.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
26.11.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.11.2021Examination requested  [2022/17]
26.11.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
27.07.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
12.10.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.02.2024Fee for grant paid
12.02.2024Fee for publishing/printing paid
12.02.2024Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
31.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[A]US2016104493  (KIM MOO YOUNG [US], et al) [A] 1-30* paragraph [0219] - paragraph [0262]; figure 6 *;
 [XI]  - JOHANNES BOEHM (TECHNICOLOR) ET AL, "Scalable Decoding Mode for MPEG-H 3D Audio HOA", no. m33195, (20140326), 108. MPEG MEETING; 20140331 - 20140404; VALENCIA; (MOTION PICTURE EXPERT GROUP OR ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11),, URL: http://phenix.int-evry.fr/mpeg/doc_end_user/documents/108_Valencia/wg11/m33195-v1-m33195_ScalableHOA.docx.zip m33195_ScalableHOA.docx, (20140505), XP030061647 [X] 1,3,14-18,20,29,30 * section 1; section 2.1.1; section 2.2 section 2.2.1; section 2.4.2; section 2.4.4;; figures 2(b),3 * [I] 2,4-13,19,21-28
 [XI]  - DEEP SEN (QUALCOMM) ET AL, "Thoughts on layered/scalable coding for HOA", no. m35160, (20141015), 110. MPEG MEETING; 20141020 - 20141024; STRASBOURG; (MOTION PICTURE EXPERT GROUP OR ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11),, URL: http://phenix.int-evry.fr/mpeg/doc_end_user/documents/110_Strasbourg/wg11/m35160-v1-m35160.zip m35160.docx, (20141015), XP030063532 [X] 1,3,14-18,20,29,30 * the whole document * [I] 2,4-13,19,21-28
 [A]  - "3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Virtual Reality (VR) media services over 3GPP (Release 15)", (20170428), 3GPP DRAFT; S4-170494 TR 26.918 VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) MEDIA SERVICES OVER 3GPPV0.7.0 CLEAN, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHI, URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_sa/WG4_CODEC/TSGS4_93/Docs/, (20170428), XP051269716 [A] 1-30 * section 4.3.3.2;; example 4.19 *
by applicantUS2019007781
    - POLETTI, M., "Three-Dimensional Surround Sound Systems Based on Spherical Harmonics", J. Audio Eng. Soc., (20051100), vol. 53, no. 11, pages 1004 - 1025
    - "Higher Order Ambisonics (HOA) Transport Format", European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI
    - Bluetooth Core Specification v 5.0, (20161206), URL: www.bluetooth.org/en-us/specification/adopted-specifications
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