List of United States MPEG-2 patents explained

A large number of patents have been filed in the United States since 1978 for video coding systems and devices adhering to the MPEG-2 standard. All of these patents are now expired.

PatentFiled
granted
First
File
ExpirySummaryNotesCompany
4833543 24 December 1986 23 May 1989 24 December 1986 24 December 2006 Image processing system and phase-locked loop used therein
file+20: [2006, 12, 24]
grant+17: [2006, 5, 23]
Alcatel-Lucent
4970590 21 December 1989 13 November 1990 21 December 1989 21 December 2009 System and device for package multiplexing in transmission of many data flows generated by a sole algorithm
file+20: [2009, 12, 21]
grant+17: [2007, 11, 13]
Alcatel-Lucent
5453790 26 March 1993 26 September 1995 26 March 1993 26 March 2013 Video decoder having asynchronous operation with respect to a video display
file+20: [2013, 3, 26]
grant+17: [2012, 9, 26]
Alcatel-Lucent
5136377 11 December 1990 4 August 1992 11 December 1990 11 December 2010 Adaptive non-linear quantizer
file+20: [2010, 12, 11]
grant+17: [2009, 8, 4]
AT&T Bell Laboratories
4383272 13 April 1981 10 May 1983 13 April 1981 13 April 2001 Video signal interpolation using motion estimation
file+20: [2001, 4, 13]
grant+17: [2000, 5, 10]
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
5291284 23 July 1991 1 March 1994 12 December 1989 1 March 2011 Predictive coding and decoding with error drift reduction
file+20: [2011, 7, 23] pct_file+20: [2009, 12, 12]
grant+17: [2011, 3, 1]
British Telecommunications plc
4982270 3 February 1989 1 January 1991 3 February 1989 3 February 2009 Video data transmitting system
file+20: [2009, 2, 3]
grant+17: [2008, 1, 1]
Canon Inc.
5068724 15 June 1990 26 November 1991 15 June 1990 15 June 2010 Adaptive motion compensation for digital television
file+20: [2010, 6, 15]
grant+17: [2008, 11, 26]
CIF LICENSING, LLC
5091782 9 April 1990 25 February 1992 9 April 1990 9 April 2010 Apparatus and method for adaptively compressing successive blocks of digital video
file+20: [2010, 4, 9]
grant+17: [2009, 2, 25]
CIF LICENSING, LLC
5093720 20 August 1990 3 March 1992 20 August 1990 20 August 2010 Motion compensation for interlaced digital television signals
file+20: [2010, 8, 20]
grant+17: [2009, 3, 3]
CIF LICENSING, LLC
RE35093 3 December 1990 9 March 1993 3 December 1990 3 December 2010 Systems and methods for coding even fields of interlaced video sequences Reissue of 05193004 filed 9 December 1994
granted 21 November 1995

file+20: [2010, 12, 3]
related_patent+20: [2010, 12, 32]
grant+17: [2010, 3, 9]
Columbia University
4796087 1 June 1987 3 January 1989 1 June 1987 1 June 2007 Process for coding by transformation for the transmission of picture signals
file+20: [2007, 6, 1]
grant+17: [2006, 1, 3]
France Télécom
5235618 6 November 1990 10 August 1993 6 November 1990 6 November 2010 Video signal coding apparatus, coding method used in the video signal coding apparatus and video signal coding transmission system having the video signal coding apparatus
file+20: [2010, 11, 6]
grant+17: [2010, 8, 10]
Fujitsu
4706260 7 November 1986 10 November 1987 7 November 1986 7 November 2006 DPCM system with rate-of-fill control of buffer occupancy
file+20: [2006, 11, 7]
grant+17: [2004, 11, 10]
General Electric
4813056 8 December 1987 14 March 1989 8 December 1987 8 December 2007 Modified statistical coding of digital signals
file+20: [2007, 12, 8]
grant+17: [2006, 3, 14]
General Electric
4394774 26 June 1981 19 July 1983 15 December 1978 15 December 1998 Digital video compression system and methods utilizing scene adaptive coding with rate buffer feedback
file+20: [2001, 6, 26]
related_patent+20: [1998, 12, 15]
Override: Referenced patent had its term changed
grant+17: [2000, 7, 19] terminal disclaimer date December 15, 1998
General Instrument
4698672 27 October 1986 6 October 1987 27 October 1986 27 October 2006 Coding system for reducing redundancy
file+20: [2006, 10, 27]
grant+17: [2004, 10, 6]
General Instrument
5426464 18 October 1994 20 June 1995 14 January 1993 14 January 2013 Field elimination apparatus for a video compression/decompression system
file+20: [2014, 10, 18]
related_patent+20: [2013, 1, 14]
grant+17: [2012, 6, 20]
GE
5486864 13 May 1993 23 January 1996 13 May 1993 13 May 2013 Differential time code method and apparatus as for a compressed video signal
file+20: [2013, 5, 13]
grant+17: [2013, 1, 23]
GE
5491516 14 January 1993 13 February 1996 14 January 1993 13 February 2013 Field elimination apparatus for a video compression/decompression system
file+20: [2013, 1, 14]
grant+17: [2013, 2, 13]
GE
5600376 20 March 1995 4 February 1997 14 January 1993 4 February 2014 Field elimination apparatus for a video compression/decompression system
file+20: [2015, 3, 20]
related_patent+20: [2013, 1, 14]
grant+17: [2014, 2, 4]
GE
5796743 23 May 1996 18 August 1998 30 November 1993 18 August 2015 Data word indicator in a system for assembling transport data packets
file+20: [2016, 5, 23] pct_file+20: [2013, 11, 30]
grant+17: [2015, 8, 18]
GE
5867501 7 June 1995 2 February 1999 17 December 1992 2 February 2016 Encoding for communicating data and commands
file+20: [2015, 6, 7]
related_patent+20: [2012, 12, 17]
grant+17: [2016, 2, 2]
Hewlett-Packard Company
4849812 24 February 1988 18 July 1989 24 February 1988 24 February 2008 Television system, in which digitized picture signals subjected to a transform coding are transmitted from an encoding station to a decoding station
file+20: [2008, 2, 24]
grant+17: [2006, 7, 18]
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
4901075 11 September 1987 13 February 1990 11 September 1987 11 September 2007 Method and apparatus for bit rate reduction
file+20: [2007, 9, 11]
grant+17: [2007, 2, 13]
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
5021879 24 September 1990 4 June 1991 25 April 1988 4 June 2008 System for transmitting video pictures
file+20: [2010, 9, 24]
related_patent+20: [2008, 4, 25]
grant+17: [2008, 6, 4]
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
5027206 13 September 1989 25 June 1991 13 September 1989 13 September 2009 High-definition television systems
file+20: [2009, 9, 13]
grant+17: [2008, 6, 25]
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
5128758 2 June 1989 7 July 1992 2 June 1989 7 July 2009 Method and apparatus for digitally processing a high definition television augmentation signal
file+20: [2009, 6, 2]
grant+17: [2009, 7, 7]
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
5179442 26 November 1990 12 January 1993 2 June 1989 12 January 2010 Method and apparatus for digitally processing a high definition television augmentation signal
file+20: [2010, 11, 26]
related_patent+20: [2009, 6, 2]
grant+17: [2010, 1, 12]
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
5333135 1 February 1993 26 July 1994 1 February 1993 1 February 2013 Identification of a data stream transmitted as a sequence of packets
file+20: [2013, 2, 1]
grant+17: [2011, 7, 26]
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
5606539 31 August 1994 25 February 1997 5 June 1991 25 February 2014 Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio and/or video signal, and a record carrier for use with such apparatus
file+20: [2014, 8, 31]
related_patent+20: [2011, 6, 5]
grant+17: [2014, 2, 25]
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
5608697 18 March 1996 4 March 1997 5 June 1991 5 June 2011 Record carrier containing an audio and/or video signal, which has been encoded and includes a decoder delay time parameter indicating a time delay for one or more portions of the signal
file+20: [2016, 3, 18]
related_patent+20: [2011, 6, 5]
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
5699476 9 May 1996 16 December 1997 19 October 1990 19 October 2010 Method and apparatus for transmitting and/or storing a series of hierarchically encoded digital image data blocks
file+20: [2016, 5, 9]
related_patent+20: [2010, 10, 19]
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
5740310 28 June 1994 14 April 1998 30 May 1991 14 April 2015 Method of maintaining display continuity from a CD with slow-motion or freeze capability
file+20: [2014, 6, 28]
related_patent+20: [2011, 5, 30]
grant+17: [2015, 4, 14]
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
5844867 9 September 1996 1 December 1998 5 June 1991 5 June 2011 Methods and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio and/or video signal, and a record carrier used therewith or produced therefrom
file+20: [2016, 9, 9]
related_patent+20: [2011, 6, 5]
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
6181712 11 October 1995 30 January 2001 23 February 1995 30 January 2018 Method and device for transmitting data packets
file+20: [2015, 10, 11] pct_file+20: [2015, 2, 23]
grant+17: [2018, 1, 30]
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
6792001 21 September 2000 14 September 2004 23 February 1995 24 May 2017 Method and device for transmitting data packets
file+20: [2020, 9, 21]
related_patent+20: [2015, 2, 23]
Override: Auto parse missed date term extension 821 days
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
RE37057 14 November 1994 21 May 1996 14 November 1994 14 November 2014 Apparatus and method for converting an HDTV signal to a non-HDTV signal Reissue of 05519446 filed 18 May 1998
granted 20 February 2001

file+20: [2014, 11, 14]
related_patent+20: [2014, 11, 32]
grant+17: [2013, 5, 21]
LG Electronics
RE37568 30 November 1993 1 April 1997 30 November 1993 1 April 2014 Inverse Quantizer Reissue of 05617094 filed 31 March 1999
granted 5 March 2002

file+20: [2013, 11, 30]
related_patent+20: [2013, 11, 32]
grant+17: [2014, 4, 1]
LG Electronics
5113255 11 May 1990 12 May 1992 11 May 1990 11 May 2010 Moving image signal encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus
file+20: [2010, 5, 11]
grant+17: [2009, 5, 12]
Matsushita
RE35910 11 May 1990 12 May 1992 11 May 1990 11 May 2010 Moving image signal encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus Reissue of 05113255 filed 12 May 1994
granted 29 September 1998

file+20: [2010, 5, 11]
related_patent+20: [2010, 5, 32]
grant+17: [2009, 5, 12]
Matsushita
RE36015 27 March 1992 8 March 1994 27 March 1992 27 March 2012 Apparatus and method for processing groups of fields in a video data compression system Reissue of 05293229 filed 2 October 1995
granted 29 December 1998

file+20: [2012, 3, 27]
related_patent+20: [2012, 3, 32]
grant+17: [2011, 3, 8]
Matsushita
RE36507 27 March 1992 8 March 1994 27 March 1992 27 March 2012 Apparatus and method for processing groups of fields in a video data compression system to encode a single frame as an I-field and a P-field Reissue of 05293229 filed 21 October 1997
granted 18 January 2000

file+20: [2012, 3, 27]
related_patent+20: [2012, 3, 27]
grant+17: [2011, 3, 8]
Matsushita
RE39276 20 July 1994 28 April 1998 2 November 1992 28 April 2015 Method for determining motion compensation Reissue of 05745182 filed 27 April 2000
granted 12 September 2006

file+20: [2014, 7, 20]
related_patent+20: [2012, 11, 2]
grant+17: [2015, 4, 28]
Matsushita
RE39278 20 July 1994 28 April 1998 2 November 1992 28 April 2015 Method for determining motion compensation Reissue of 05745182 filed 13 April 2001
granted 12 September 2006

file+20: [2014, 7, 20]
related_patent+20: [2012, 11, 2]
grant+17: [2015, 4, 28]
Matsushita
RE39280 20 July 1994 28 April 1998 2 November 1992 28 April 2015 Method for determining motion compensation Reissue of 05745182 filed 30 May 2001
granted 12 September 2006

file+20: [2014, 7, 20]
related_patent+20: [2012, 11, 2]
grant+17: [2015, 4, 28]
Matsushita
5223949 17 April 1992 29 June 1993 17 April 1992 17 April 2012 Coding means for a signal processing system
file+20: [2012, 4, 17]
grant+17: [2010, 6, 29]
Matsushita
5412430 4 May 1994 2 May 1995 31 July 1992 31 July 2012 Image coding method and image coding apparatus
file+20: [2014, 5, 4]
related_patent+20: [2012, 7, 31]
grant+17: [2012, 5, 2]
Matsushita
5784107 23 January 1996 21 July 1998 21 April 1992 21 April 2012 Method and apparatus for picture coding and method and apparatus for picture decoding
file+20: [2016, 1, 23]
related_patent+20: [2012, 4, 21]
Matsushita
4954892 4 October 1989 4 September 1990 4 October 1989 4 October 2009 Buffer controlled picture signal encoding and decoding system
file+20: [2009, 10, 4]
grant+17: [2007, 9, 4]
Mitsubishi
5072295 20 August 1990 10 December 1991 20 August 1990 20 August 2010 Adaptive quantization coder/decoder with limiter circuitry
file+20: [2010, 8, 20]
grant+17: [2008, 12, 10]
Mitsubishi
5268846 10 April 1991 7 December 1993 10 April 1991 10 April 2011 Method and apparatus for nonsequential multimedia data interchange in a data processing system
file+20: [2011, 4, 10]
grant+17: [2010, 12, 7]
Mitsubishi
5949489 31 July 1998 7 September 1999 16 October 1992 16 October 2012 Image signal coding system
file+20: [2018, 7, 31]
related_patent+20: [2012, 10, 16]
Mitsubishi
5963258 31 July 1998 5 October 1999 16 October 1992 16 October 2012 Image signal coding system
file+20: [2018, 7, 31]
related_patent+20: [2012, 10, 16]
Mitsubishi
5970175 26 October 1998 19 October 1999 16 October 1992 16 October 2012 Image signal coding system
file+20: [2018, 10, 26]
related_patent+20: [2012, 10, 16]
Mitsubishi
5990960 9 December 1998 23 November 1999 16 October 1992 16 October 2012 Image signal coding system
file+20: [2018, 12, 9]
related_patent+20: [2012, 10, 16]
Mitsubishi
6002439 27 May 1999 14 December 1999 16 October 1992 16 October 2012 Image signal coding system
file+20: [2019, 5, 27]
related_patent+20: [2012, 10, 16]
Mitsubishi
6097759 22 November 1999 1 August 2000 16 October 1992 16 October 2012 Image signal coding system
file+20: [2019, 11, 22]
related_patent+20: [2012, 10, 16]
Mitsubishi
6188794 20 May 1999 13 February 2001 16 October 1992 16 October 2012 Image signal coding system
file+20: [2019, 5, 20]
related_patent+20: [2012, 10, 16]
Mitsubishi
6307973 4 December 2000 23 October 2001 16 October 1992 16 October 2012 Image signal coding system
file+20: [2020, 12, 4]
related_patent+20: [2012, 10, 16] term extension 0 days
Mitsubishi
7362805 2 March 2006 22 April 2008 29 January 1993 29 January 2013 High efficiency encoder and video information recording/reproducing apparatus
file+20: [2026, 3, 2]
related_patent+20: [2013, 1, 29] term extension 0 days
Mitsubishi
7376184 4 November 2002 20 May 2008 29 January 1993 31 May 2014 High-efficiency encoder and video information recording/reproducing apparatus
file+20: [2022, 11, 4]
related_patent+20: [2013, 1, 29] term extension 487 days
Mitsubishi
7756202 30 October 2007 13 July 2010 29 January 1993 6 August 2013 High-efficiency encoder and video information recording/reproducing apparatus
file+20: [2027, 10, 30]
related_patent+20: [2013, 1, 29] term extension 189 days
Mitsubishi
7936817 30 October 2007 3 May 2011 29 January 1993 29 January 2013 High-efficiency encoder and video information recording/reproducing apparatus
file+20: [2027, 10, 30]
related_patent+20: [2013, 1, 29]
Mitsubishi
4958226 27 September 1989 18 September 1990 27 September 1989 27 September 2009 Conditional motion compensated interpolation of digital motion video
file+20: [2009, 9, 27]
grant+17: [2007, 9, 18]
Multimedia Patent Trust
5227878 15 November 1991 13 July 1993 15 November 1991 15 November 2011 Adaptive coding and decoding of frames and fields of video
file+20: [2011, 11, 15]
grant+17: [2010, 7, 13]
Multimedia Patent Trust
5500678 18 March 1994 19 March 1996 18 March 1994 18 March 2014 Optimized scanning of transform coefficients in video coding
file+20: [2014, 3, 18]
grant+17: [2013, 3, 19]
Multimedia Patent Trust
5563593 18 March 1994 8 October 1996 18 March 1994 18 March 2014 Video coding with optimized low complexity variable length codes
file+20: [2014, 3, 18]
grant+17: [2013, 10, 8]
Multimedia Patent Trust
4849812 24 February 1988 18 July 1989 24 February 1988 24 February 2008 Television system, in which digitized picture signals subjected to a transform coding are transmitted from an encoding station to a decoding station
file+20: [2008, 2, 24]
grant+17: [2006, 7, 18]
Philips
4901075 11 September 1987 13 February 1990 11 September 1987 11 September 2007 Method and apparatus for bit rate reduction
file+20: [2007, 9, 11]
grant+17: [2007, 2, 13]
Philips
5021879 24 September 1990 4 June 1991 25 April 1988 4 June 2008 System for transmitting video pictures
file+20: [2010, 9, 24]
related_patent+20: [2008, 4, 25]
grant+17: [2008, 6, 4]
Philips
5027206 13 September 1989 25 June 1991 13 September 1989 13 September 2009 High-definition television systems
file+20: [2009, 9, 13]
grant+17: [2008, 6, 25]
Philips
5128758 2 June 1989 7 July 1992 2 June 1989 7 July 2009 Method and apparatus for digitally processing a high definition television augmentation signal
file+20: [2009, 6, 2]
grant+17: [2009, 7, 7]
Philips
5179442 26 November 1990 12 January 1993 2 June 1989 12 January 2010 Method and apparatus for digitally processing a high definition television augmentation signal
file+20: [2010, 11, 26]
related_patent+20: [2009, 6, 2]
grant+17: [2010, 1, 12]
Philips
5333135 1 February 1993 26 July 1994 1 February 1993 1 February 2013 Identification of a data stream transmitted as a sequence of packets
file+20: [2013, 2, 1]
grant+17: [2011, 7, 26]
Philips
5606539 31 August 1994 25 February 1997 5 June 1991 25 February 2014 Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio and/or video signal, and a record carrier for use with such apparatus
file+20: [2014, 8, 31]
related_patent+20: [2011, 6, 5]
grant+17: [2014, 2, 25]
Philips
5608697 18 March 1996 4 March 1997 5 June 1991 5 June 2011 Record carrier containing an audio and/or video signal which has been encoded and includes a decoder delay time parameter indicating a time delay for one or more portions of the signal
file+20: [2016, 3, 18]
related_patent+20: [2011, 6, 5]
Philips
5740310 28 June 1994 14 April 1998 30 May 1991 14 April 2015 Method of maintaining display continuity from a CD with slow-motion or freeze capability
file+20: [2014, 6, 28]
related_patent+20: [2011, 5, 30]
grant+17: [2015, 4, 14]
Philips
5844867 9 September 1996 1 December 1998 5 June 1991 5 June 2011 Methods and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio and/or video signal, and a record carrier used therewith or produced therefrom
file+20: [2016, 9, 9]
related_patent+20: [2011, 6, 5]
Philips
5461421 29 November 1993 24 October 1995 29 November 1993 29 November 2013 Encoding and decoding method and apparatus thereof
file+20: [2013, 11, 29]
grant+17: [2012, 10, 24]
Samsung
5467086 18 June 1993 14 November 1995 18 June 1993 18 June 2013 Apparatus and method of coding/decoding video data
file+20: [2013, 6, 18]
grant+17: [2012, 11, 14]
Samsung
5654706 18 December 1996 5 August 1997 15 July 1993 15 July 2013 System for variable length decoding digital transmission data which has been compressed by selecting a scanning pattern
file+20: [2016, 12, 18]
related_patent+20: [2013, 7, 15]
Samsung
6680975 2 November 2000 20 January 2004 1 March 1993 12 March 2014 Signal encoding and decoding system and method
file+20: [2020, 11, 2]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1] term extension 376 days
Samsung
7292657 3 July 2003 6 November 2007 1 March 1993 1 March 2013 Signal compressing signal
file+20: [2023, 7, 3]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1]
Samsung
7609760 5 January 2009 27 October 2009 1 March 1993 1 March 2013 Signal compressing system
file+20: [2029, 1, 5]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1]
Override: Autoparse missed application Ser. No. 08/024,305, filed Mar. 1, 1993. term extension 0 days
Samsung
7616687 5 January 2009 10 November 2009 1 March 1993 1 March 2013 Signal compressing system
file+20: [2029, 1, 5]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1]
Override: Autoparse missed application Ser. No. 08/024,305, filed Mar. 1, 1993. term extension 0 days
Samsung
7684490 18 December 2008 23 March 2010 1 March 1993 1 March 2013 Signal compressing system
file+20: [2028, 12, 18]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1]
Override: Autoparse missed application Ser. No. 08/024,305, filed Mar. 1, 1993. term extension 0 days
Samsung
7724821 24 December 2008 25 May 2010 1 March 1993 1 March 2013 Signal compressing system
file+20: [2028, 12, 24]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1]
Override: Autoparse missed application Ser. No. 08/024,305, filed Mar. 1, 1993. term extension 0 days
Samsung
7724822 24 December 2008 25 May 2010 1 March 1993 1 March 2013 Signal compressing system
file+20: [2028, 12, 24]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1]
Override: Autoparse missed application Ser. No. 08/024,305, filed Mar. 1, 1993. term extension 0 days
Samsung
7724823 24 December 2008 25 May 2010 1 March 1993 1 March 2013 Signal compressing system
file+20: [2028, 12, 24]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1]
Override: Autoparse missed application Ser. No. 08/024,305, filed Mar. 1, 1993. term extension 0 days
Samsung
7724824 5 January 2009 25 May 2010 1 March 1993 1 March 2013 Signal compressing system
file+20: [2029, 1, 5]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1]
Override: Autoparse missed application Ser. No. 08/024,305, filed Mar. 1, 1993. term extension 0 days
Samsung
7724828 16 November 2009 25 May 2010 1 March 1993 1 March 2013 Signal compressing system
file+20: [2029, 11, 16]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1] term extension 0 days
Samsung
7724829 16 November 2009 25 May 2010 1 March 1993 1 March 2013 Signal compressing system
file+20: [2029, 11, 16]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1] term extension 0 days
Samsung
7742522 5 January 2009 22 June 2010 1 March 1993 1 March 2013 Signal compressing system
file+20: [2029, 1, 5]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1]
Override: Autoparse missed application Ser. No. 08/024,305, filed Mar. 1, 1993.
Samsung
7742527 5 January 2009 22 June 2010 1 March 1993 1 March 2013 Signal compressing system
file+20: [2029, 1, 5]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1]
Override: Autoparse missed application Ser. No. 08/024,305, filed Mar. 1, 1993. term extension 0 days
Samsung
7764735 2 July 2009 27 July 2010 1 March 1993 1 March 2013 Signal compressing system
file+20: [2029, 7, 2]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1]
Override: Autoparse missed application Ser. No. 08/024,305, filed Mar. 1, 1993.
Samsung
7782956 16 November 2009 24 August 2010 1 March 1993 1 March 2013 Signal compressing system
file+20: [2029, 11, 16]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1] term extension 0 days
Samsung
7787538 5 January 2009 31 August 2010 1 March 1993 1 March 2013 Signal compressing system
file+20: [2029, 1, 5]
related_patent+20: [2013, 3, 1]
Override: Autoparse missed application Ser. No. 08/024,305, filed Mar. 1, 1993. term extension 0 days
Samsung
5418782 6 January 1994 23 May 1995 30 October 1992 30 October 2012 Methods and apparatus for providing virtual service selection in a multi-service communications system
file+20: [2014, 1, 6]
related_patent+20: [2012, 10, 30]
grant+17: [2012, 5, 23]
Scientific Atlanta
5420866 29 March 1994 30 May 1995 29 March 1994 29 March 2014 Methods for providing conditional access information to decoders in a packet-based multiplexed communications system
file+20: [2014, 3, 29]
grant+17: [2012, 5, 30]
Scientific Atlanta
5457701 6 January 1994 10 October 1995 6 January 1994 6 January 2014 Method for indicating packet errors in a packet-based multi-hop communications system
file+20: [2014, 1, 6]
grant+17: [2012, 10, 10]
Scientific Atlanta
4864393 31 May 1988 5 September 1989 31 May 1988 31 May 2008 Motion vector estimation in television images
file+20: [2008, 5, 31]
grant+17: [2006, 9, 5]
Sony
RE37222 12 October 1990 21 July 1992 12 October 1990 12 October 2010 Video signal transmitting system Reissue of 05132792 filed 19 July 1994
granted 12 June 2001
file+20: [2010, 10, 12]
related_patent+20: [2010, 10, 32]
grant+17: [2009, 7, 21]
Sony
5191436 30 April 1991 2 March 1993 30 April 1991 30 April 2011 Method for recording coded motion picture data
file+20: [2011, 4, 30]
grant+17: [2010, 3, 2]
Sony
5291486 7 August 1992 1 March 1994 7 August 1992 7 August 2012 Data multiplexing apparatus and multiplexed data demultiplexing apparatus
file+20: [2012, 8, 7]
grant+17: [2011, 3, 1]
Sony
5298991 24 July 1992 29 March 1994 24 July 1992 24 July 2012 Variable length coding apparatus and method for motion vector
file+20: [2012, 7, 24]
grant+17: [2011, 3, 29]
Sony
5343248 16 July 1992 30 August 1994 16 July 1992 16 July 2012 Moving image compressing and recording medium and moving image data encoder and decoder
file+20: [2012, 7, 16]
grant+17: [2011, 8, 30]
Sony
5428396 27 December 1993 27 June 1995 24 July 1992 24 July 2012 Variable length coding/decoding method for motion vectors
file+20: [2013, 12, 27]
related_patent+20: [2012, 7, 24]
grant+17: [2012, 6, 27]
Sony
5461420 17 September 1993 24 October 1995 17 September 1993 17 September 2013 Apparatus for coding and decoding a digital video signal derived from a motion picture film source
file+20: [2013, 9, 17]
grant+17: [2012, 10, 24]
Sony
5481553 28 February 1994 2 January 1996 28 February 1994 28 February 2014 Methods and apparatus for preventing rounding errors when transform coefficients representing a motion picture signal are inversely transformed
file+20: [2014, 2, 28]
grant+17: [2013, 1, 2]
Sony
5510840 15 May 1995 23 April 1996 30 August 1993 30 August 2013 Methods and devices for encoding and decoding frame signals and recording medium therefor
file+20: [2015, 5, 15]
related_patent+20: [2013, 8, 30]
grant+17: [2013, 4, 23]
Sony
5539466 26 September 1994 23 July 1996 23 April 1993 23 July 2013 Efficient coding apparatus for picture signal and decoding apparatus therefor
file+20: [2014, 9, 26]
related_patent+20: [2013, 4, 32]
grant+17: [2013, 7, 23]
Sony
5543847 13 December 1993 6 August 1996 13 December 1993 13 December 2013 Picture coding and decoding method for random accessing
file+20: [2013, 12, 13]
grant+17: [2013, 8, 6]
Sony
5559557 28 September 1993 24 September 1996 28 September 1993 28 September 2013 Motion video coding with adaptive precision for DC component coefficient quantization and variable length coding
file+20: [2013, 9, 28]
grant+17: [2013, 9, 24]
Sony
5663763 18 October 1993 2 September 1997 18 October 1993 2 September 2014 Picture signal encoding method and apparatus and picture signal decoding method and apparatus
file+20: [2013, 10, 18]
grant+17: [2014, 9, 2]
Sony
5666461 30 May 1995 9 September 1997 21 April 1993 9 September 2014 High efficiency encoding and decoding of picture signals and recording medium containing same
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: United States Patent: 5214678 . 2015-12-02 . dead. https://archive.today/20120713230506/http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5214678 . 2012-07-13 .