MPEG LA, LLC announces a call for patents essential to the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard - currently HEVC Draft 7. HEVC, also known as H.265 and MPEG-H Part 2, is intended to improve video coding efficiency for the benefit of mobile service providers and consumers. HEVC is also expected to deliver next-generation higher resolution HDTV video displays for 4K and 8K Ultra High Definition TV.

In order to participate in the initial facilitation effort for the creation of a joint HEVC License, MPEG LA invites any party that believes it has patents that are essential to the HEVC Draft 7 standard (or subsequent revisions that may issue) to submit an initial patent by 7 September 2012, in accordance with terms and procedures governing patent submissions.

HEVC Draft 7, available from the ITU-T/ISO/IEC Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC), is subject to further revisions by the JCT-VC; a final approved standard for HEVC is expected to issue around January 2013.

MPEG LA points out that although only issued patents will be included in the license, patent applications with claims that owners believe are essential to the currently published HEVC draft standards and likely to issue in a patent also may be submitted in order to participate in the license development process.

Story filed 09.07.12