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| EP4082009 - THE MERGING OF SPATIAL AUDIO PARAMETERS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 09.01.2026 Database last updated on 26.03.2026 | |
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 05.09.2025 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 18.07.2025 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 25.04.2025 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 30.09.2022 | ||
| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 07.07.2021 | Most recent event Tooltip | 16.01.2026 | Change - divisional application(s) | published on 18.02.2026 [2026/08] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Nokia Technologies Oy Karakaari 7 02610 Espoo / FI | [2022/44] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
LAITINEN, Mikko-Ville Metsäpirtintie 2 C 15 02130 Espoo / FI | 02 /
LAAKSONEN, Lasse Näsilinnankatu 23 B 28 33210 Tampere / FI | 03 /
VASILACHE, Adriana Vestonkatu 43 33580 Tampere / FI | 04 /
PIHLAJAKUJA, Tapani Heidehofinpolku 4 H 16 01300 Vantaa / FI | 05 /
RÄMÖ, Anssi Velholehdenkatu 9 33720 Tampere / FI | [2022/44] | Representative(s) | Nokia EPO representatives Nokia Technologies Oy Karakaari 7 02610 Espoo / FI | [2022/44] | Application number, filing date | 20907123.2 | 13.11.2020 | [2022/44] | WO2020FI50750 | Priority number, date | GB20190019130 | 23.12.2019 Original published format: GB 201919130 | [2022/44] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2021130404 | Date: | 01.07.2021 | Language: | EN | [2021/26] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4082009 | Date: | 02.11.2022 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.07.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2022/44] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4082009 | Date: | 11.02.2026 | Language: | EN | [2026/07] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | FI | 01.07.2021 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 18.12.2023 | Classification | IPC: | G10L19/008, H04S7/00 | [2024/03] | CPC: |
G10L19/008 (EP,GB,US);
G10L19/002 (GB);
H04S7/302 (EP,US);
H04S2400/01 (EP);
H04S2400/15 (EP,GB);
H04S2420/03 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [2022/44] | G10L19/008, G10L19/20, G10L19/02, H04S7/00 | 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 [2022/44] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | KH | Not yet paid | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | TN | Not yet paid | Title | German: | ZUSAMMENFÜHREN VON RÄUMLICHEN AUDIOPARAMETERN | [2022/44] | English: | THE MERGING OF SPATIAL AUDIO PARAMETERS | [2022/44] | French: | FUSION DE PARAMÈTRES AUDIO SPATIAUX | [2022/44] | Entry into regional phase | 25.07.2022 | National basic fee paid | 25.07.2022 | Search fee paid | 25.07.2022 | Designation fee(s) paid | 25.07.2022 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 25.07.2022 | Examination requested [2022/44] | 30.05.2024 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 30.05.2024 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 25.04.2025 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 17.07.2025 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 05.09.2025 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.01.2026 | Fee for grant paid | 05.01.2026 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 05.01.2026 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | EP26151318.8 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 13.10.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 29.09.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 04.10.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 06.10.2025 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Documents cited: | Search | [XIYA] WO2019097018 (FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG et al.) [X] 1,5-6,13-15 * page 13, line 18 - page 23, line 27; figures 1a,2a,2b,2c,2d *[I] 2,4 [Y] 8-11 [A] 3,7,12 | [XI] US2016078877 (VASILACHE ADRIANA et al.) [X] 1-3,14-15 * paragraph [0001] * * paragraph [0161] - paragraph [0180]; figure 9 *[I] 4 | [X] GB2574238 (NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY et al.) [X] 1,5,13-15 * page 21, line 3 - page 27, line 16; figure 3 * | [XI] WO2014099285 (DOLBY LAB LICENSING CORP et al.) [X] 1,5,15 * paragraph [0059] - paragraph [0065]; figures 3A,3B * * paragraph [0080] * * paragraph [0089] * * paragraph [0095] - paragraph [0096] *[I] 2-4,6 | [Y] NOKIA CORPORATION: "Proposal for MASA format", vol. SA WG4, no. Bruges, Belgium; 20190128 - 20190201, 22 January 2019 (2019-01-22), XP051611932, Retrieved from the Internet | International search | [XA] WO2014099285 (DOLBY LAB LICENSING CORP et al.) [X] 1-6, 8-11, 13-20, 22-25, 27-28 * Abstract; Pars. [0059], [0062]-[0065], [0080], [0089], [0095]-[0096]; Claim 1; Figs. 3A, 3B *[A] 7, 12, 21, 26 | [X] US2014025386 (XIANG PEI et al.) [X] 1, 13-15, 27-28 * Pars. [0073]-[0074], [0081], [0140]; Claim 1 * | [X] NICOLAS TSINGOS ET AL.: "Perceptual audio rendering of complex virtual environments", ACM TRANSACTIONS ON GRAPHICS, vol. 23, no. 3, 1 August 2004 (2004-08-01), pages 249 - 258, XP058213671, DOI: 10.1145/1015706.1015710 [X] 1, 15 * Sec. 5.1, 1st-5th par.; Fig. 3 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1015706.1015710 | [X] YANG CHENG ET AL.: "Multi-channel Object-Based Spatial Parameter Compression Approach for 3D Audio", ADVANCES IN MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION PROCESSING -- PACIFIC RIM CONFERENCE ON MULTIMEDIA 2015 . PCM 2015. LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, vol. 9314, 22 November 2015 (2015-11-22), pages 354 - 364, XP047320258, ISBN: 978-3-642-17318-9, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-24075-6_34 [X] 1, 14-15, 28 * Sec. 3.1, 2nd par., 3rd listed item; Sec. 3.2, 5th par.; Fig. 5 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24075-6_34 | [A] VERA A. KAZAKOVA ET AL.: "Iterative weighted 2D orientation averaging that minimizes arc-length between vectors", 2017 IEEE /RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS (IROS, 14 December 2017 (2017-12-14), Vancouver, BC, Canada, pages 2499 - 2504, XP033266219, ISSN: 2153-0866, DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2017.8206068 [A] 6, 20 * The entire document, especially Sec. III.B, 1st-3rd pars. * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2017.8206068 | [A] NOKIA CORPORATION: "Proposal for MASA format", 3GPP TSG- SA4#102 MEETING, 22 January 2019 (2019-01-22), Bruges, Belgium, XP051611932, Retrieved from the Internet | by applicant | WO2019097018 | US2016078877 | GB2574238 | WO2014099285 | WO2017005978 |