| EP4580217 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEAT-BASED NATURESCAPES AUDIO [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Request for examination was made Status updated on 12.12.2025 Database last updated on 28.03.2026 | |
| Former | The application has been published Status updated on 29.05.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 12.12.2025 | The date on which the examining division becomes responsible, has been established | 12.12.2025 | Request for examination filed | published on 14.01.2026 [2026/03] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Harman International Industries, Inc. 400 Atlantic Street, 15th Floor Stamford, Connecticut 06901 / US | [2025/27] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
WINTON, Riley Opelika, 36804 / US | 02 /
SONG, Ray Dishan 80809 München / DE | 03 /
ANDREASEN, Kim Fiskbæk 7480 Vildbjerg / DK | [2025/27] | Representative(s) | Kraus & Lederer PartGmbB Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15 80539 München / DE | [2025/27] | Application number, filing date | 24223608.1 | 30.12.2024 | [2025/27] | Priority number, date | US202363616233P | 29.12.2023 Original published format: US 202363616233 P | US202418999819 | 23.12.2024 Original published format: US202418999819 | [2025/27] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4580217 | Date: | 02.07.2025 | Language: | EN | [2025/27] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 22.05.2025 | Classification | IPC: | H04S7/00, // H04R3/12 | [2025/27] | CPC: |
H04S7/302 (EP);
H04R3/00 (CN);
B60K35/26 (US);
H04R5/04 (US);
H04R2420/07 (EP);
H04R2430/00 (CN);
H04R2460/07 (EP);
H04R2499/13 (EP,US);
H04R2499/15 (US);
H04R3/12 (EP);
H04S2400/11 (EP);
H04S2400/13 (EP);
H04S7/305 (EP)
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| 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, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2025/27] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | Validation states | GE | Not yet paid | KH | Not yet paid | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | TN | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR BEREITSTELLUNG VON SITZBASIERTEM NATURKAPSADENAUDIO | [2025/27] | English: | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEAT-BASED NATURESCAPES AUDIO | [2025/27] | French: | APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ POUR FOURNIR UN SON DE NATURE BASÉE SUR UN SIÈGE | [2025/27] | Examination procedure | 09.12.2025 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 09.12.2025 | Examination requested [2026/03] | 09.12.2025 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible |
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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 | [IYX] US2018012589 (MACNEILLE PERRY ROBINSON et al.) | [Y] US2021197667 (WINTON RILEY et al.) | [IYX] US2022374199 (LEE AREUM et al.) [I] 4,6,14 * paragraphs [0020] - [0050] - [0 57] - [0071]; figures 1-5 *[Y] 5,7-9,15 [X] 1-3,10-13 | [Y] US2019208352 (TRESTAIN CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL et al.) [Y] 5,7-9,15 * paragraphs [0047] , [0055] * | by applicant | US11485231 | US10728691 |