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EP4018657 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  27.05.2022
Database last updated on 19.07.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  22.10.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip30.03.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Tencent America LLC
2747 Park Boulevard
Palo Alto, California 94306 / US
[N/P]
Former [2022/26]For all designated states
Tencent America LLC
2747 Park Boulevard
Palo Alto, California 94306 / US
Inventor(s)01 / CHEN, Lien-Fei
c/o Tencent America LLC
2747 Park Boulevard
Palo Alto, California 94306 / US
02 / LI, Xiang
c/o Tencent America LLC
2747 Park Boulevard
Palo Alto, California 94306 / US
03 / LIU, Shan
c/o Tencent America LLC
2747 Park Boulevard
Palo Alto, California 94306 / US
 [2022/26]
Representative(s)EP&C
P.O. Box 3241
2280 GE Rijswijk / NL
[2022/26]
Application number, filing date21788455.008.04.2021
[2022/26]
WO2021US26309
Priority number, dateUS202063009293P13.04.2020         Original published format: US 202063009293 P
US20211721119924.03.2021         Original published format: US202117211199
[2022/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021211347
Date:21.10.2021
Language:EN
[2021/42]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4018657
Date:29.06.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.10.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/26]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US21.10.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.09.2022
ClassificationIPC:H04N19/186, H04N19/184, H04N19/115, H04N19/157, H04N19/70
[2022/40]
CPC:
H04N19/61 (EP,KR,US); H04N19/44 (KR,US); G06T7/37 (US);
H04N19/115 (EP); H04N19/12 (EP,KR); H04N19/122 (KR);
H04N19/157 (EP); H04N19/159 (EP,KR); H04N19/176 (EP,KR,US);
H04N19/186 (EP,KR,US); H04N19/46 (KR,US); H04N19/70 (EP);
G06T9/007 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2022/26]H04N19/186, H04N19/184
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 [2022/26]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR VIDEOCODIERUNG[2022/26]
English:METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING[2022/26]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL DE VIDÉOCODAGE[2022/26]
Entry into regional phase22.03.2022National basic fee paid 
22.03.2022Search fee paid 
22.03.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
22.03.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.03.2022Examination requested  [2022/26]
16.02.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
16.02.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
29.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[I]  - L-F CHEN (TENCENT) ET AL, "CU level transform size restriction for adaptive color transform", no. m53283 ; JVET-R0305, (20200409), 130. MPEG MEETING; 20200420 - 20200424; ALPBACH; (MOTION PICTURE EXPERT GROUP OR ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11),, URL: http://phenix.int-evry.fr/mpeg/doc_end_user/documents/130_Alpbach/wg11/m53283-JVET-R0305-v2-JVET-R0305_v2.zip JVET-R0305_WD(on_top_of_JVET-Q2001-vE).docx, (20200409), XP030286429 [I] 1-11 *sections 7.4.11.5, 7.3.10.9 and 7.3.10.5 *
 [A]  - L-F CHEN (TENCENT) ET AL, "CU level transform size restriction for adaptive color transform", no. m53283 ; JVET-R0305, (20200409), 130. MPEG MEETING; 20200420 - 20200424; ALPBACH; (MOTION PICTURE EXPERT GROUP OR ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11),, URL: http://phenix.int-evry.fr/mpeg/doc_end_user/documents/130_Alpbach/wg11/m53283-JVET-R0305-v2-JVET-R0305_v2.zip JVET-R0305-v2.docx, (20200409), XP030286430 [A] 1-11 * the whole document *
 [XP]  - L-F CHEN (TENCENT) ET AL, "CU level transform size restriction for adaptive color transform", no. m53283 ; JVET-R0305, (20200414), 130. MPEG MEETING; 20200420 - 20200424; ALPBACH; (MOTION PICTURE EXPERT GROUP OR ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11),, URL: http://phenix.int-evry.fr/mpeg/doc_end_user/documents/130_Alpbach/wg11/m53283-JVET-R0305-v3-JVET-R0305-v3.zip JVET-R0305-v3.docx, (20200414), XP030286432 [XP] 1-11 * the whole document *
 [A]  - CHEN J ET AL, "Algorithm description for Versatile Video Coding and Test Model 8 (VTM 8)", no. JVET-Q2002, (20200324), 17. JVET MEETING; 20200107 - 20200117; BRUSSELS; (THE JOINT VIDEO EXPLORATION TEAM OF ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 AND ITU-T SG.16 ),, URL: http://phenix.int-evry.fr/jvet/doc_end_user/documents/17_Brussels/wg11/JVET-Q2002-v3.zip JVET-Q2002-v3.docx, (20200324), XP030288001 [A] 1-11 * sections 3.5.4 and 3.9.5 *
 [A]  - ZHAO (HUAWEI) Y ET AL, "CE6: Sub-block transform for inter blocks (CE6.1.2)", no. JVET-L0358, (20180930), pages 1 - 9, 12. JVET MEETING; 20181003 - 20181012; MACAO; (THE JOINT VIDEO EXPLORATION TEAM OF ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 AND ITU-T SG.16 ),, URL: http://phenix.int-evry.fr/jvet/doc_end_user/documents/12_Macao/wg11/JVET-L0358-v2.zip JVET-L0358-v2.docx, (20180930), XP030194091 [A] 1-11 * the whole document *
International search[A]US8086052  (TOTH PETER [SE], et al) [A] 1-20* , entire document *;
 [A]US9185405  (GUO LIWEI [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * , entire document *;
 [YA]US2017318301  (LI BIN [CN], et al) [Y] 1, 4-7, 10, 13-16, 19 * , entire document, especially Abstract; para [0075]-[0077], [0117], [0223]-[0226], [0236]-[0240] * [A] 2-3, 8-9, 11-12, 17-18 and 20;
 [YA]US2019116360  (HINZ TOBIAS [DE], et al) [Y] 1, 4-7, 10, 13-16, 19 * , entire document, especially Abstract; para [0310], [0453]-[0456] * [A] 2-3, 8-9, 11-12, 17-18and 20
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