MPEG-2 Patents ReviewISO/IEC 13818

Rob Glidden, December 2011

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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

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* See N12204, Call for Proposals (CfP) for Internet Video Coding Technologies, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, July 2011, Torino, Italyhttp://mpeg.chiariglione.org/working_documents/explorations/ivc/ivc-cfp.zip

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

3* 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

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.”***

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* 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

Statistics

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134 US patents

Including original1996 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

Priority

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Earliest: Dec. 15, 1978

Latest: Apr. 22, 1994

Expiration

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50% (67) will expire by Oct. 16, 2012

75% (100) will expire byJuly 31, 2013

Expiration By Source

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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

Unexpired as of July 31, 2013

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25% (34) will remain unexpired as of July 31, 2013

11 interlace

8 systems

2 systems & video

13 other video

MPEG-2 Patents List*

* See “MPEG-2 Patent List”, December, 2011 10

PATENT Filed Issued Priority Expired PATENT Filed Issued Priority Expired PATENT Filed Issued Priority Expired

US 4,970,590 21-Dec-1989 13-Nov-1990 21-Dec-1988 20-Dec-2009 US 6,188,794 20-May-1999 13-Feb-2001 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 US 5,298,991 24-Jul-1992 29-Mar-1994 3-Aug-1991 24-Jul-2012

US 4,833,543 24-Dec-1986 23-May-1989 24-Jan-1986 23-Dec-2006 US 6,307,973 4-Dec-2000 23-Oct-2001 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 US 5,343,248 16-Jul-1992 30-Aug-1994 26-Jul-1991 15-Jul-2012

US 5,453,790 26-Mar-1993 26-Sep-1995 27-Mar-1992 25-Mar-2013 US 7,362,805 2-Mar-2006 22-Apr-2008 28-Feb-1992 29-Jan-2013 US 5,428,396 27-Dec-1993 27-Jun-1995 3-Aug-1991 23-Jul-2012

US 5,291,284 23-Jul-1991 1-Mar-1994 12-Dec-1989 28-Feb-2011 US 7,376,184 4-Nov-2002 20-May-2008 28-Feb-1992 31-May-2014 US 5,461,420 17-Sep-1993 24-Oct-1995 18-Sep-1992 16-Sep-2013

US 4,982,270 3-Feb-1989 1-Jan-1991 3-Feb-1989 2-Feb-2009 US 7,756,202 30-Oct-2007 13-Jul-2010 29-Jan-1992 6-Aug-2013 US 5,481,553 28-Feb-1994 2-Jan-1996 1-Mar-1993 27-Feb-2014

US 5,068,724 15-Jun-1990 26-Nov-1991 15-Jun-1990 14-Jun-2010 US 7,936,817 30-Oct-2007 3-May-2011 29-Jan-1992 29-Jan-2013 US 5,510,840 15-May-1995 23-Apr-1996 27-Dec-1991 29-Aug-2013

US 5,091,782 9-Apr-1990 25-Feb-1992 9-Apr-1990 8-Apr-2010 US 4,958,226 27-Sep-1989 18-Sep-1990 27-Sep-1989 26-Sep-2009 US 5,539,466 26-Sep-1994 23-Jul-1996 30-Jul-1991 22-Jul-2013

US 5,093,720 20-Aug-1990 3-Mar-1992 20-Aug-1990 19-Aug-2010 US 5,227,878 15-Nov-1991 13-Jul-1993 15-Nov-1991 14-Nov-2011 US 5,543,847 13-Dec-1993 6-Aug-1996 14-Dec-1992 12-Dec-2013

US 4,796,087 1-Jun-1987 3-Jan-1989 29-May-1986 31-May-2007 US 5,500,678 18-Mar-1994 19-Mar-1996 18-Mar-1994 17-Mar-2014 US 5,559,557 28-Sep-1993 24-Sep-1996 28-Sep-1992 27-Sep-2013

US 5,235,618 6-Nov-1990 10-Aug-1993 6-Nov-1989 5-Nov-2010 US 5,563,593 18-Mar-1994 8-Oct-1996 18-Mar-1994 17-Mar-2014 US 5,663,763 18-Oct-1993 2-Sep-1997 29-Oct-1992 1-Sep-2014

US 4,706,260 7-Nov-1986 10-Nov-1987 7-Nov-1986 6-Nov-2006 US Re 35,910 12-May-1994 29-Sep-1998 29-Jun-1989 10-May-2010 US 5,666,461 30-May-1995 9-Sep-1997 29-Jun-1992 9-Sep-2014

US 4,813,056 8-Dec-1987 14-Mar-1989 8-Dec-1987 7-Dec-2007 US Re 36,015 2-Oct-1995 29-Dec-1998 27-Mar-1992 26-Mar-2012 US 5,701,164 19-Dec-1996 23-Dec-1997 24-Mar-1993 23-Mar-2014

US 5,426,464 18-Oct-1994 20-Jun-1995 14-Jan-1993 13-Jan-2013 US Re 36,507 21-Oct-1997 18-Jan-2000 27-Mar-1992 26-Mar-2012 US 5,946,042 2-Jul-1997 31-Aug-1999 24-Mar-1993 23-Mar-2014

US 5,486,864 13-May-1993 23-Jan-1996 13-May-1993 12-May-2013 US Re 39,276 27-Apr-2000 12-Sep-2006 8-Nov-1991 1-Nov-2012 US 5,982,437 15-Oct-1993 9-Nov-1999 26-Oct-1992 8-Nov-2016

US 5,491,516 14-Jan-1993 13-Feb-1996 14-Jan-1993 12-Feb-2013 US Re 39,278 13-Apr-2001 12-Sep-2006 8-Nov-1991 1-Nov-2012 US 6,040,863 18-Dec-1998 21-Mar-2000 24-Mar-1993 23-Mar-2014

US 5,600,376 20-Mar-1995 4-Feb-1997 14-Jan-1993 3-Feb-2014 US Re 39,280 30-May-2001 12-Sep-2006 8-Nov-1991 1-Nov-2012 US 6,160,849 30-May-1995 12-Dec-2000 29-Jun-1992 11-Dec-2017

US 5,796,743 30-Nov-1993 18-Aug-1998 30-Nov-1993 17-Aug-2015 US 5,223,949 17-Apr-1992 29-Jun-1993 18-Apr-1991 16-Apr-2012 US 7,627,041 30-Jun-2005 1-Dec-2009 18-Jan-1993 20-Jun-2016

US 4,394,774 26-Jun-1981 19-Jul-1983 15-Dec-1978 15-Dec-1998 US 5,412,430 4-May-1994 2-May-1995 31-Jul-1991 30-Jul-2012 US Re 35,093 9-Dec-1994 21-Nov-1995 3-Dec-1990 2-Dec-2010

US 4,698,672 27-Oct-1986 6-Oct-1987 27-Oct-1986 26-Oct-2006 US 5,784,107 23-Jan-1996 21-Jul-1998 17-Jun-1991 20-Apr-2012 US 4,800,432 24-Oct-1986 24-Jan-1989 24-Oct-1986 23-Oct-2006

US 5,867,501 7-Jun-1995 2-Feb-1999 17-Dec-1992 1-Feb-2016 US 5,461,421 29-Nov-1993 24-Oct-1995 30-Nov-1992 28-Nov-2013 US 4,969,055 25-Aug-1988 6-Nov-1990 10-Oct-1984 5-Nov-2007

US 4,849,812 24-Feb-1988 18-Jul-1989 10-Mar-1987 23-Feb-2008 US 5,467,086 18-Jun-1993 14-Nov-1995 15-Jun-1992 17-Jun-2013 US 5,289,276 19-Jun-1992 22-Feb-1994 19-Jun-1992 18-Jun-2012

US 4,901,075 11-Sep-1987 13-Feb-1990 13-Sep-1986 10-Sep-2007 US 5,654,706 18-Dec-1996 5-Aug-1997 23-Jul-1992 14-Jul-2013 US 5,365,272 2-Jul-1993 15-Nov-1994 19-Jun-1992 18-Jun-2012

US 5,021,879 24-Sep-1990 4-Jun-1991 6-May-1987 3-Jun-2008 US 6,680,975 2-Nov-2000 20-Jan-2004 29-Feb-1992 12-Mar-2014 US 5,381,181 13-May-1993 10-Jan-1995 13-May-1993 13-May-2013

US 5,027,206 13-Sep-1989 25-Jun-1991 16-Sep-1988 12-Sep-2009 US 7,609,760 5-Jan-2009 27-Oct-2009 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 5,422,676 22-Oct-1993 6-Jun-1995 25-Apr-1991 21-Oct-2013

US 5,128,758 2-Jun-1989 7-Jul-1992 2-Jun-1989 6-Jul-2009 US 7,616,687 5-Jan-2009 10-Nov-2009 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 5,442,400 29-Apr-1993 15-Aug-1995 29-Apr-1993 28-Apr-2013

US 5,179,442 26-Nov-1990 12-Jan-1993 31-May-1989 11-Jan-2010 US 7,292,657 3-Jul-2003 6-Nov-2007 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 5,459,789 22-Apr-1994 17-Oct-1995 22-Apr-1994 21-Apr-2014

US 5,333,135 1-Feb-1993 26-Jul-1994 1-Feb-1993 31-Jan-2013 US 7,684,490 18-Dec-2008 23-Mar-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 5,483,287 3-Aug-1994 9-Jan-1996 19-Jun-1992 15-Nov-2011

US 5,606,539 31-Aug-1994 25-Feb-1997 5-Jun-1990 24-Feb-2014 US 7,724,821 24-Dec-2008 25-May-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 5,565,923 22-Aug-1995 15-Oct-1996 13-May-1993 12-May-2013

US 5,608,697 18-Mar-1996 4-Mar-1997 15-Jun-1990 4-Jun-2011 US 7,724,822 24-Dec-2008 25-May-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 5,784,110 23-May-1996 21-Jul-1998 30-Nov-1993 21-Jul-2015

US 5,699,476 9-May-1996 16-Dec-1997 22-Feb-1990 18-Oct-2010 US 7,724,823 24-Dec-2008 25-May-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 7,020,204 8-Feb-2002 28-Mar-2006 30-Dec-1987 29-Jan-2010

US 5,740,310 28-Jun-1994 14-Apr-1998 5-Jun-1990 13-Apr-2015 US 7,724,824 5-Jan-2009 25-May-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 7,334,248 24-May-2002 19-Feb-2008 22-Apr-1994 14-Feb-2018

US 5,844,867 9-Sep-1996 1-Dec-1998 5-Jun-1990 4-Jun-2011 US 7,724,828 16-Nov-2009 25-May-2010 28-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 5,317,397 29-May-1992 31-May-1994 31-May-1991 28-May-2012

US 6,181,712 11-Oct-1995 30-Jan-2001 25-Feb-1994 30-Jan-2018 US 7,724,829 16-Nov-2009 25-May-2010 28-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 5,424,779 24-Nov-1993 13-Jun-1995 31-May-1991 12-Jun-2012

US 6,792,001 21-Sep-2000 14-Sep-2004 25-Feb-1994 24-May-2017 US 7,742,522 5-Jan-2009 22-Jun-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 5,467,136 17-Feb-1994 14-Nov-1995 31-May-1991 13-Jun-2012

US Re 37,057 18-May-1998 20-Feb-2001 13-Nov-1993 13-Nov-2014 US 7,742,527 5-Jan-2009 22-Jun-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 5,742,344 3-Apr-1996 21-Apr-1998 31-May-1991 28-May-2012

US Re 37,568 31-Mar-1999 5-Mar-2002 30-Nov-1993 31-Mar-2014 US 7,764,735 2-Jul-2009 27-Jul-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US 5,986,713 11-Jun-1998 16-Nov-1999 31-May-1991 28-May-2012

US 4,954,892 4-Oct-1989 4-Sep-1990 14-Feb-1989 3-Oct-2009 US 7,782,956 16-Nov-2009 24-Aug-2010 28-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US Re 34,965 14-Jan-1993 13-Jun-1995 20-Jan-1989 17-Jan-2010

US 5,072,295 20-Aug-1990 10-Dec-1991 21-Aug-1989 19-Aug-2010 US 7,787,538 5-Jan-2009 31-Aug-2010 29-Feb-1992 28-Feb-2013 US Re 35,158 28-Dec-1992 20-Feb-1996 27-Apr-1989 17-Jan-2010

US 5,268,846 10-Apr-1991 7-Dec-1993 10-Apr-1991 9-Apr-2011 US 5,418,782 6-Jan-1994 23-May-1995 30-Oct-1992 29-Oct-2012 US Re 36,822 2-Oct-1998 15-Aug-2000 8-Nov-1991 6-Nov-2012

US 5,949,489 31-Jul-1998 7-Sep-1999 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 US 5,420,866 29-Mar-1994 30-May-1995 29-Mar-1994 28-Mar-2014 US 5,103,307 18-Jan-1991 7-Apr-1992 20-Jan-1990 17-Jan-2011

US 5,963,258 31-Jul-1998 5-Oct-1999 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 US 5,457,701 6-Jan-1994 10-Oct-1995 6-Jan-1994 5-Jan-2014 US 5,175,618 30-Oct-1991 29-Dec-1992 31-Oct-1990 29-Oct-2011

US 5,970,175 26-Oct-1998 19-Oct-1999 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 US Re 37,222 19-Jul-1994 12-Jun-2001 14-Oct-1989 11-Oct-2010 US 4,383,272 13-Apr-1981 10-May-1983 13-Apr-1981 13-Apr-2001

US 5,990,960 9-Dec-1998 23-Nov-1999 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 US 4,864,393 31-May-1988 5-Sep-1989 9-Jun-1987 30-May-2008 US 5,136,377 11-Dec-1990 4-Aug-1992 11-Dec-1990 10-Dec-2010

US 6,002,439 27-May-1999 14-Dec-1999 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 US 5,191,436 30-Apr-1991 2-Mar-1993 9-May-1990 29-Apr-2011 US 5,113,255 11-May-1990 12-May-1992 11-May-1989 10-May-2010

US 6,097,759 22-Nov-1999 1-Aug-2000 22-Oct-1991 15-Oct-2012 US 5,291,486 7-Aug-1992 1-Mar-1994 19-Aug-1991 6-Aug-2012

MPEG-2 Patents List Fields Tracked*

11* See “MPEG-2 Patent List”, December, 2011

PATENT PATENT TERM MPEG LA Notes

Name Expired

Title PTA

Filed Expiring after 7/31/13?

Issued 2013 & video

PRIORITY Priority 2013 & video & siblings

Foreign Priority Term Calculation

APPLICATION HISTORY MPEG LA Group Term Notes

1st US Appl. LISTINGS 1996

1st filed per parent 2011

1st US Appl. Date 2011S

Appl. # Video

Appl. Filed Systems

Ps Scope Topic

P1 Topic

P1 Appl. # Primary US Class

P1 filed Current US Class

P2 Field of Search

P2 Appl. # Current International Class

P2 Filed Category

P3 MPEG LA Essentiality Claims

P3 Appl. # MPEG LA Description

P3 Filed MPEG LA Standard Section

PCT Appl. # Prosecution History Prosecution History Notes

PCT Filed Topic Area

Capability

Description

Conclusion

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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

Thank You!

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Relevant DatesNovember 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 Baseline MPEG-2 IPR Working Group 27 patents in "Patent List for MPEG-2 Patent Pool"

June 26, 1997 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"

March 28, 2014 Expiry date of last-expiring US systems patent in original 27 (video + systems) patents (US 5,420,866)

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US Patent System Notes

U.S. nonprovisional patentapplication filed

Patent term is

on or after June 8, 1995 "20 year term" from earliest applicable application filing date before June 8, 1995 Later of "20 year term" or 17 years from date of issueContinuation, divisional, orcontinuation-in-partapplication filed

Patent term is

on or after June 8, 1995 "20 year term" from earliest applicable application filing date "regardless of whether theapplication for which a benefit is claimed ... was filed prior to June 8, 1995." (MPEP 2701)

before June 8, 1995 Later of "20 year term" or 17 years from date of issue

Priority claimed to earlier Applicable filing date for calculating 20 year term isU.S. provisional patentapplication

Filing date of nonprovisional (filing date of provisional not used)

U.S nonprovisional patentapplication (i.e. continuation,divisional, or CIP)

Filing date of earliest nonprovisional parent application

Foreign-filed application Filing date of U.S patent application (filing date of foreign application not used)

PCT application 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

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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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