Transcript MPEG-2 Patents
MPEG-2 Patents Review ISO/IEC 13818
Rob Glidden, December 2011 1
Disclaimer
Information provided to facilitate consideration of Type-1 / royalty-free MPEG standardization*
Not to be used as legal advice
Not represented as comprehensive
Only public sources considered
Corrections, additions & comments welcome
* See N12204, Call for Proposals (CfP) for Internet Video Coding Technologies, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, July 2011, Torino, Italy http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/working_documents/explorations/ivc/ivc-cfp.zip
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Motivation
MPEG-2 patents are a logical reference point for IPR analysis for royalty-free MPEG Internet Video Codec
MPEG-2 patent pool scrutinized by US Department of Justice* Pool list updated regularly since 1996 MPEG-2 is widely deployed (digital TV, DVDs, Blu-ray, etc.) MPEG-2 is a core competency of MPEG/WG11
By July 2013, anticipated completion of MPEG IVC standard:
75% of (US) patents will have expired 25% of (US) patents will remain 11% (15 patents) outside interlace & systems categories will remain * See US Department of Justice Business Review Letter, MPEG LA, L.L.C., et al., June 26, 1997, at http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/busreview/215742.htm
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Related Materials
“US Patent Expiration for MP3, MPEG-2, H.264”* “Emergence of Essential Patents in Technical Standards: Implications of the Continuation and Divisional Application Systems and the Written Description”**
"With regard to the MPEG-2 standard, ... 44% are those based on divisional, continuation, or CIP applications."
Nero AG v. MPEG LA
“Because at least two patents in the original [1996] pool will not expire until 2014, it is impossible that the [subsequently added] patents were added to extend the duration of the MPEG 2 pool because the “new” patents expire before the original patents.”*** * ** http://www.osnews.com/story/24954/US_Patent_Expiration_for_MP3_MPEG-2_H_264/ M. Omachi, Dec. 2004, at http://www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp/iir-w3/event/WP05-02omachi.pdf
*** Nero AG v. MPEG LA, L.L.C. Case No. 10-cv-3672-MRP-RZ, ORDER RE: DEFENDANT MPEG LA, L.L.C.’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT, 11/24/2010 4
Statistics
134 US patents
Including original 1996 list of 27*
92 parent applications
Most recently added patent:
7,936,817 (added 7/1/11)
* Memorandum, Patent List for MPEG-2 Patent Pool, MPEG-2 IPR Working Group, October 4, 1996 5
Priority
Earliest:
Latest: Dec. 15, 1978 Apr. 22, 1994
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Expiration
50% (67) will expire by Oct. 16, 2012
75% (100) will expire by July 31, 2013
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Expiration By Source
Last-expiring
6,792,001, 24-May-2017 6,160,849, 11-Dec-2017 6,181,712, 30-Jan-2018 7,334,248, 14-Feb-2018
Last-expiring of Original 27
5,457,701, 5-Jan-2014 5,481,553, 27-Feb-2014 5,420,866, 28-Mar-2014 8
Unexpired as of July 31, 2013
25% (34) will remain unexpired as of July 31, 2013
11 interlace
8 2 systems systems & video
13 other video
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MPEG-2 Patents List*
PATENT US 4,970,590 US 4,833,543 Filed Issued Priority Expired 21-Dec-1989 13-Nov-1990 21-Dec-1988 20-Dec-2009 24-Dec-1986 23-May-1989 24-Jan-1986 23-Dec-2006 US 5,453,790 26-Mar-1993 26-Sep-1995 27-Mar-1992 25-Mar-2013 US 5,291,284 23-Jul-1991 1-Mar-1994 12-Dec-1989 28-Feb-2011 US 4,982,270 US 5,068,724 US 5,091,782 US 5,093,720 3-Feb-1989 1-Jan-1991 3-Feb-1989 2-Feb-2009 15-Jun-1990 26-Nov-1991 15-Jun-1990 14-Jun-2010 9-Apr-1990 25-Feb-1992 9-Apr-1990 8-Apr-2010 20-Aug-1990 3-Mar-1992 20-Aug-1990 19-Aug-2010 US 4,796,087 US 5,235,618 US 4,706,260 US 4,813,056 1-Jun-1987 3-Jan-1989 29-May-1986 31-May-2007 6-Nov-1990 10-Aug-1993 6-Nov-1989 5-Nov-2010 7-Nov-1986 10-Nov-1987 7-Nov-1986 6-Nov-2006 8-Dec-1987 14-Mar-1989 8-Dec-1987 7-Dec-2007 US 5,426,464 US 5,486,864 18-Oct-1994 20-Jun-1995 14-Jan-1993 13-Jan-2013 13-May-1993 23-Jan-1996 13-May-1993 12-May-2013 US 5,491,516 US 5,600,376 14-Jan-1993 13-Feb-1996 14-Jan-1993 12-Feb-2013 20-Mar-1995 4-Feb-1997 14-Jan-1993 3-Feb-2014 US 5,796,743 US 4,394,774 US 4,698,672 US 5,867,501 US 4,849,812 US 4,901,075 US 5,021,879 US 5,027,206 US 5,128,758 US 5,179,442 30-Nov-1993 18-Aug-1998 30-Nov-1993 17-Aug-2015 26-Jun-1981 19-Jul-1983 15-Dec-1978 15-Dec-1998 27-Oct-1986 6-Oct-1987 27-Oct-1986 26-Oct-2006 7-Jun-1995 2-Feb-1999 17-Dec-1992 1-Feb-2016 24-Feb-1988 18-Jul-1989 10-Mar-1987 23-Feb-2008 11-Sep-1987 13-Feb-1990 13-Sep-1986 10-Sep-2007 24-Sep-1990 4-Jun-1991 6-May-1987 3-Jun-2008 13-Sep-1989 25-Jun-1991 16-Sep-1988 12-Sep-2009 2-Jun-1989 7-Jul-1992 2-Jun-1989 6-Jul-2009 26-Nov-1990 12-Jan-1993 31-May-1989 11-Jan-2010 US 5,333,135 US 5,606,539 1-Feb-1993 26-Jul-1994 1-Feb-1993 31-Jan-2013 31-Aug-1994 25-Feb-1997 5-Jun-1990 24-Feb-2014 US 5,608,697 US 5,699,476 18-Mar-1996 4-Mar-1997 15-Jun-1990 4-Jun-2011 9-May-1996 16-Dec-1997 22-Feb-1990 18-Oct-2010 US 5,740,310 US 5,844,867 28-Jun-1994 14-Apr-1998 9-Sep-1996 1-Dec-1998 5-Jun-1990 5-Jun-1990 13-Apr-2015 4-Jun-2011 US 6,181,712 US 6,792,001 11-Oct-1995 30-Jan-2001 25-Feb-1994 30-Jan-2018 21-Sep-2000 14-Sep-2004 25-Feb-1994 24-May-2017 US Re 37,057 US Re 37,568 18-May-1998 20-Feb-2001 13-Nov-1993 13-Nov-2014 31-Mar-1999 5-Mar-2002 30-Nov-1993 31-Mar-2014 US 4,954,892 US 5,072,295 4-Oct-1989 4-Sep-1990 14-Feb-1989 3-Oct-2009 20-Aug-1990 10-Dec-1991 21-Aug-1989 19-Aug-2010 US 5,268,846 US 5,949,489 US 5,963,258 US 5,970,175 10-Apr-1991 7-Dec-1993 10-Apr-1991 31-Jul-1998 9-Apr-2011 31-Jul-1998 7-Sep-1999 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 5-Oct-1999 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 26-Oct-1998 19-Oct-1999 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 US 5,990,960 US 6,002,439 9-Dec-1998 23-Nov-1999 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 27-May-1999 14-Dec-1999 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 US 6,097,759 22-Nov-1999 1-Aug-2000 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 PATENT Filed Issued Priority Expired US 6,188,794 20-May-1999 13-Feb-2001 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 US 6,307,973 4-Dec-2000 23-Oct-2001 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 US 7,362,805 US 7,376,184 US 7,756,202 US 7,936,817 2-Mar-2006 22-Apr-2008 28-Feb-1992 29-Jan-2013 4-Nov-2002 20-May-2008 28-Feb-1992 31-May-2014 30-Oct-2007 13-Jul-2010 29-Jan-1992 6-Aug-2013 30-Oct-2007 3-May-2011 29-Jan-1992 29-Jan-2013 US 4,958,226 US 5,227,878 27-Sep-1989 18-Sep-1990 27-Sep-1989 26-Sep-2009 15-Nov-1991 13-Jul-1993 15-Nov-1991 14-Nov-2011 US 5,500,678 US 5,563,593 18-Mar-1994 19-Mar-1996 18-Mar-1994 17-Mar-2014 18-Mar-1994 8-Oct-1996 18-Mar-1994 17-Mar-2014 US Re 35,910 12-May-1994 29-Sep-1998 29-Jun-1989 10-May-2010 US Re 36,015 2-Oct-1995 29-Dec-1998 27-Mar-1992 26-Mar-2012 US Re 36,507 US Re 39,276 21-Oct-1997 18-Jan-2000 27-Mar-1992 26-Mar-2012 27-Apr-2000 12-Sep-2006 8-Nov-1991 1-Nov-2012 US Re 39,278 US Re 39,280 13-Apr-2001 12-Sep-2006 8-Nov-1991 1-Nov-2012 30-May-2001 12-Sep-2006 8-Nov-1991 1-Nov-2012 US 5,223,949 US 5,412,430 US 5,784,107 US 5,461,421 17-Apr-1992 29-Jun-1993 18-Apr-1991 16-Apr-2012 4-May-1994 2-May-1995 31-Jul-1991 30-Jul-2012 23-Jan-1996 21-Jul-1998 17-Jun-1991 20-Apr-2012 29-Nov-1993 24-Oct-1995 30-Nov-1992 28-Nov-2013 US 5,467,086 US 5,654,706 US 6,680,975 US 7,609,760 US 7,616,687 US 7,292,657 US 7,684,490 US 7,724,821 18-Jun-1993 14-Nov-1995 15-Jun-1992 17-Jun-2013 18-Dec-1996 5-Aug-1997 23-Jul-1992 14-Jul-2013 2-Nov-2000 20-Jan-2004 29-Feb-1992 12-Mar-2014 5-Jan-2009 27-Oct-2009 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 5-Jan-2009 10-Nov-2009 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 3-Jul-2003 6-Nov-2007 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 18-Dec-2008 23-Mar-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 24-Dec-2008 25-May-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 7,724,822 US 7,724,823 US 7,724,824 US 7,724,828 24-Dec-2008 25-May-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 24-Dec-2008 25-May-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 5-Jan-2009 25-May-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 16-Nov-2009 25-May-2010 28-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 7,724,829 US 7,742,522 16-Nov-2009 25-May-2010 28-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 5-Jan-2009 22-Jun-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 7,742,527 US 7,764,735 US 7,782,956 US 7,787,538 5-Jan-2009 22-Jun-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 2-Jul-2009 27-Jul-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 16-Nov-2009 24-Aug-2010 28-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 5-Jan-2009 31-Aug-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 5,418,782 US 5,420,866 6-Jan-1994 23-May-1995 30-Oct-1992 29-Oct-2012 29-Mar-1994 30-May-1995 29-Mar-1994 28-Mar-2014 US 5,457,701 US Re 37,222 US 4,864,393 US 5,191,436 31-May-1988 5-Sep-1989 9-Jun-1987 30-May-2008 30-Apr-1991 2-Mar-1993 9-May-1990 29-Apr-2011 US 5,291,486 6-Jan-1994 10-Oct-1995 6-Jan-1994 5-Jan-2014 19-Jul-1994 12-Jun-2001 14-Oct-1989 11-Oct-2010 7-Aug-1992 1-Mar-1994 19-Aug-1991 6-Aug-2012 PATENT US 5,298,991 US 5,343,248 Filed Issued Priority Expired 24-Jul-1992 29-Mar-1994 3-Aug-1991 24-Jul-2012 16-Jul-1992 30-Aug-1994 26-Jul-1991 15-Jul-2012 US 5,428,396 US 5,461,420 27-Dec-1993 27-Jun-1995 3-Aug-1991 23-Jul-2012 17-Sep-1993 24-Oct-1995 18-Sep-1992 16-Sep-2013 US 5,481,553 US 5,510,840 28-Feb-1994 2-Jan-1996 1-Mar-1993 15-May-1995 23-Apr-1996 27-Dec-1991 27-Feb-2014 29-Aug-2013 US 5,539,466 US 5,543,847 US 5,559,557 US 5,663,763 26-Sep-1994 23-Jul-1996 30-Jul-1991 22-Jul-2013 13-Dec-1993 6-Aug-1996 14-Dec-1992 12-Dec-2013 28-Sep-1993 24-Sep-1996 28-Sep-1992 18-Oct-1993 2-Sep-1997 29-Oct-1992 27-Sep-2013 1-Sep-2014 US 5,666,461 US 5,701,164 30-May-1995 9-Sep-1997 29-Jun-1992 9-Sep-2014 19-Dec-1996 23-Dec-1997 24-Mar-1993 23-Mar-2014 US 5,946,042 US 5,982,437 2-Jul-1997 31-Aug-1999 24-Mar-1993 15-Oct-1993 9-Nov-1999 26-Oct-1992 23-Mar-2014 8-Nov-2016 US 6,040,863 US 6,160,849 18-Dec-1998 21-Mar-2000 24-Mar-1993 23-Mar-2014 30-May-1995 12-Dec-2000 29-Jun-1992 11-Dec-2017 US 7,627,041 US Re 35,093 US 4,800,432 US 4,969,055 30-Jun-2005 1-Dec-2009 18-Jan-1993 20-Jun-2016 9-Dec-1994 21-Nov-1995 3-Dec-1990 2-Dec-2010 24-Oct-1986 24-Jan-1989 24-Oct-1986 23-Oct-2006 25-Aug-1988 6-Nov-1990 10-Oct-1984 5-Nov-2007 US 5,289,276 US 5,365,272 19-Jun-1992 22-Feb-1994 19-Jun-1992 18-Jun-2012 2-Jul-1993 15-Nov-1994 19-Jun-1992 18-Jun-2012 US 5,381,181 13-May-1993 10-Jan-1995 13-May-1993 13-May-2013 US 5,422,676 22-Oct-1993 6-Jun-1995 25-Apr-1991 21-Oct-2013 US 5,442,400 US 5,459,789 US 5,483,287 US 5,565,923 29-Apr-1993 15-Aug-1995 29-Apr-1993 28-Apr-2013 22-Apr-1994 17-Oct-1995 22-Apr-1994 21-Apr-2014 3-Aug-1994 9-Jan-1996 19-Jun-1992 15-Nov-2011 22-Aug-1995 15-Oct-1996 13-May-1993 12-May-2013 US 5,784,110 US 7,020,204 23-May-1996 21-Jul-1998 30-Nov-1993 21-Jul-2015 8-Feb-2002 28-Mar-2006 30-Dec-1987 29-Jan-2010 US 7,334,248 US 5,317,397 24-May-2002 19-Feb-2008 22-Apr-1994 14-Feb-2018 29-May-1992 31-May-1994 31-May-1991 28-May-2012 US 5,424,779 US 5,467,136 US 5,742,344 US 5,986,713 US Re 34,965 US Re 35,158 US Re 36,822 US 5,103,307 24-Nov-1993 13-Jun-1995 31-May-1991 12-Jun-2012 17-Feb-1994 14-Nov-1995 31-May-1991 13-Jun-2012 3-Apr-1996 21-Apr-1998 31-May-1991 28-May-2012 11-Jun-1998 16-Nov-1999 31-May-1991 28-May-2012 14-Jan-1993 13-Jun-1995 20-Jan-1989 17-Jan-2010 28-Dec-1992 20-Feb-1996 27-Apr-1989 17-Jan-2010 2-Oct-1998 15-Aug-2000 8-Nov-1991 6-Nov-2012 18-Jan-1991 7-Apr-1992 20-Jan-1990 17-Jan-2011 US 5,175,618 US 4,383,272 30-Oct-1991 29-Dec-1992 31-Oct-1990 29-Oct-2011 13-Apr-1981 10-May-1983 13-Apr-1981 13-Apr-2001 US 5,136,377 US 5,113,255 11-Dec-1990 4-Aug-1992 11-Dec-1990 10-Dec-2010 11-May-1990 12-May-1992 11-May-1989 10-May-2010 * See “MPEG-2 Patent List”, December, 2011 10
MPEG-2 Patents List Fields Tracked*
PATENT PATENT Name Title PRIORITY Filed Issued Priority Foreign Priority APPLICATION HISTORY MPEG LA Group 1st US Appl.
1st filed per parent 1st US Appl. Date Appl. # Appl. Filed Ps P1 P1 Appl. # P1 filed P2 P2 Appl. # P2 Filed P3 P3 Appl. # P3 Filed PCT Appl. # PCT Filed TERM LISTINGS Scope MPEG LA Essentiality Prosecution History Topic MPEG LA Notes Expired PTA Expiring after 7/31/13?
2013 & video 2013 & video & siblings Term Calculation Term Notes 1996 2011 2011S Video Systems Topic Topic Primary US Class Current US Class Field of Search Current International Class Category Claims MPEG LA Description MPEG LA Standard Section Prosecution History Notes Area Capability Description * See “MPEG-2 Patent List”, December, 2011 11
Conclusion
34 MPEG-2 patents (25% of 134) will remain unexpired as of July 31, 2013
11 interlace
8 systems
2 systems & video
13 other video
Last expires Feb 2018
Last of original 27 expires March 2014
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Thank You!
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Relevant Dates
November 23, 1991 ISO/IEC DIS 11172 Coding for Moving Pictures and Associated Audio for Digital Storage Media, Rev. Nov. 23, 1991 (referenced in U.S. Patent No. 5,796,743, col. 1 ll. 18-22) November, 1993 MPEG-2 Systems Committee Draft (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11/N0601, November, 1993, (incorporated by reference in U.S. Patent No. 5,457,701, col. 4 ll. 41-42) December 1, 1993 "Information technology--Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information--Part 1: Systems" published Dec. 1, 1993, as Draft International Standard ISO/IEC CD 13818-1 (referenced in U.S. Patent No. 6,792,001 B1, col. 1 ll. 18-21) March 29, 1994 Latest priority date of US systems patent in original 27 (video + systems) patents (US 5,420,866) June 8, 1995 WTO TRIPS transition, US effective date October 6, 1996 June 26, 1997 March 28, 2014 Baseline MPEG-2 IPR Working Group 27 patents in "Patent List for MPEG-2 Patent Pool" U.S. Department of Justice Business Review Letter mentioning IP Working Groups patent search, "they account for a total of 27 Essential Patents, which are most, but not all, of the Essential Patents" Expiry date of last-expiring US systems patent in original 27 (video + systems) patents (US 5,420,866) 14
US Patent System Notes
U.S. nonprovisional patent application filed
on or after June 8, 1995 before June 8, 1995
Continuation, divisional, or continuation-in-part application filed
on or after June 8, 1995 before June 8, 1995
Patent term is
"20 year term" from earliest applicable application filing date Later of "20 year term" or 17 years from date of issue
Patent term is
"20 year term" from earliest applicable application filing date "regardless of whether the application for which a benefit is claimed ... was filed prior to June 8, 1995." (MPEP 2701) Later of "20 year term" or 17 years from date of issue
Priority claimed to earlier
U.S. provisional patent application U.S nonprovisional patent application (i.e. continuation, divisional, or CIP) Foreign-filed application PCT application
Applicable filing date for calculating 20 year term is
Filing date of nonprovisional (filing date of provisional not used) Filing date of earliest nonprovisional parent application Filing date of U.S patent application (filing date of foreign application not used) Filing date of the international PCT application (International Filing Date, not date of entry to National Stage)
35 U.S.C. 154; 35 U.S.C. §119(e); MPEP 2701; Article 63(1) of EPC 15
Glossary
Continuation: "a second application for the same invention claimed in a prior nonprovisional application and filed before the original prior application becomes abandoned or patented.... The disclosure presented in the continuation must be the same as that of the original application; i.e., the continuation should not include anything which would constitute new matter if inserted in the original application." MPEP 201.07
Continuation-in-part: "an application filed during the lifetime of an earlier nonprovisional application, repeating some substantial portion or all of the earlier nonprovisional application and adding matter not disclosed in the said earlier nonprovisional application." MPEP 201.08
Divisional: "A later application for an independent or distinct invention, carved out of a pending application and disclosing and claiming only subject matter disclosed in the earlier or parent application .... A divisional application is often filed as a result of a restriction requirement made by the examiner." MPEP 201.06
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): provides a mechanism by which an applicant can file a single application that, when certain requirements have been fulfilled, is equivalent to a regular national filing in each designated Contracting State. "[T]he applicant has up to 18 months more than he has in a procedure outside the PCT to reflect on the desirability of seeking protection in foreign countries ...." WIPO, Patent Cooperation Treaty Foreign filed application: "Under certain conditions and on fulfilling certain requirements, an application for patent filed in the United States may be entitled to the benefit of the filing date of a prior application filed in a foreign country, to overcome an intervening reference or for similar purposes." MPEP 201.13. "Foreign priority ... is not considered in determining the term of a patent." MPEP 2701 .
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