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(11) EP 4 825 060 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
21.10.2026 Bulletin 2026/43

(21) Application number: 24828262.6

(22) Date of filing: 06.12.2024
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04S 7/00(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
H04S 7/302; H04S 7/304; H04S 2400/11
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2024/058803
(87) International publication number:
WO 2025/128413 (19.06.2025 Gazette 2025/25)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA
Designated Validation States:
GE KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 11.12.2023 WO PCT/CN2023/137864
21.12.2023 US 202363613203 P
23.08.2024 WO PCT/CN2024/114322
25.09.2024 US 202463698765 P

(71) Applicants:
  • Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    San Francisco, CA 94103 (US)
  • Dolby International AB
    Dublin, D02 VK60 (IE)

(72) Inventors:
  • YANG, Ziyu
    San Francisco, California 94103 (US)
  • PURNHAGEN, Heiko
    San Francisco, California 94103 (US)
  • STODDARD, Jeremy Grant
    San Francisco, California 94103 (US)
  • LU, Lie
    San Francisco, California 94103 (US)

(74) Representative: Dolby International AB Patent Group Europe 
77 Sir John Rogerson's Quay Block C Grand Canal Docklands
Dublin, D02 VK60
Dublin, D02 VK60 (IE)

   


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