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Method and System for Generating a Transform Size Syntax Element for Video Decoding

US 9,628,801 Term ended
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Term ended May 2, 2025 · High confidence

Filed Sep 15, 2015 as application 14/854,556 · Granted Apr 18, 2017
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Term ended May 2, 2025
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 2, 2005, when application 11/119,615, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 15, 2015)May 2, 2025High 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 events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 2, 2025High 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
Jan 14, 2016
Reel 37494, frame 195
Broadcom CorporationFish Dive, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 14, 2016
Reel 37495, frame 1
Fish Dive, Inc.Dolby International ABAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 4, 2016
Reel 37662, frame 740
Dolby International ABDolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 10, 2016
Reel 37694, frame 255
Gordon, Stephen; Chin, DouglasBroadcom Advanced Compression Group LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 10, 2016
Reel 37694, frame 789
Broadcom Advanced Compression Group, LLCBroadcom CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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