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Quality Scalable Coding with Mapping Different Ranges of Bit Depths

US 11,115,651 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on GE Video Compression, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ended Oct 25, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Apr 15, 2020 as application 16/849,271 · Granted Sep 7, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
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Term ended Oct 25, 2026
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Term ended
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 25, 2006, when application PCT/EP2006/010297, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 15, 2020)Oct 25, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 25, 2026High confidence

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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 15, 2020
Reel 52404, frame 952
Marpe, Detlev; Winken, Martin; Schwarz, Heiko; Wiegand, ThomasFraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.VAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 15, 2020
Reel 52405, frame 1
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.VGE Video Compression, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 26, 2024
Reel 69450, frame 446
GE Video Compression, LLCDolby Video Compression, LLCChange of Name

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