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Heiner Kirchhoffer — 162 Patents

GE: 138 patents #21 of 36,430Top 1%
Fraunhofer: 14 patents #164 of 4,748Top 4%
DCDolby Video Compression: 6 patents #3 of 27Top 15%
Berlin, DE: #7 of 9,690 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #5,314 of 4,157,543Top 1%
162 Patents All Time
Heiner Kirchhoffer has been granted 162 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in December 2025. Heiner Kirchhoffer ranks #5,314 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.13%). Patent records list Heiner Kirchhoffer in Berlin, DE.

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Showing 1–25 of 162 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12513307 Inter-plane prediction Martin Winken, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand 2025-12-30
12452440 Video decoder, video encoder, method for decoding a video content, method for encoding a video content, computer program and video bitstream Jan Stegemann, Detlev Marpe, Heiko Schwarz, Thomas Wiegand 2025-10-21
12431916 Apparatuses for encoding and decoding a sequence of integer values, methods for encoding and decoding a sequence of integer values and computer program for implementing these methods Paul HAASE, Karsten MÜLLER, Detlev Marpe, Heiko Schwarz, Thomas Wiegand 2025-09-30
12413244 Arithmetic encoder for arithmetically encoding and arithmetic decoder for arithmetically decoding a sequence of information values, methods for arithmetically encoding and decoding a sequence of information values and computer program for implementing these methods Paul HAASE, Karsten Mueller, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand 2025-09-09
12389024 Sample array coding for low-delay Valeri George, Anastasia Henkel, Detlev Marpe, Thomas SCHIERL 2025-08-12
12382064 Coding of significance maps and transform coefficient blocks Heiko Schwarz, Tung Nguyen, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand 2025-08-05
12375716 Transform coefficient coding Tung Nguyen, Detlev Marpe 2025-07-29
12328453 Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-division Martin Winken, Philipp Helle, Detlev Marpe, Heiko Schwarz, Thomas Wiegand 2025-06-10
12316846 Entropy coding of motion vector differences Valeri George, Benjamin Bross, Detlev Marpe, Tung Nguyen, Matthias Preiss +3 more 2025-05-27
12301819 Entropy coding supporting mode switching Valeri George, Benjamin Bross, Detlev Marpe, Tung Nguyen, Matthias Preiss +4 more 2025-05-13
12200216 Transform coefficient block coding Paul HAASE, Christian RUDAT, Phan Hoang Tung NGUYEN, Mischa Siekmann, Heiko Schwarz +2 more 2025-01-14
12155867 Scalable video coding using inter-layer prediction contribution to enhancement layer prediction Tobias Hinz, Haricharan Lakshman, Jan Stegemann, Philipp Helle, Mischa Siekmann +6 more 2024-11-26 $74,595,000
12137242 Picture coding supporting block merging and skip mode Heiko Schwarz, Philipp Helle, Simon Oudin, Jan Stegemann, Benjamin Bross +2 more 2024-11-05 $124,677,000
12120316 Inter-plane prediction Martin Winken, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand 2024-10-15 $76,926,000
12095486 Arithmetic encoders, arithmetic decoders, video encoder, video decoder, methods for encoding, methods for decoding and computer program Jan Stegemann, Detlev Marpe, Paul HAASE, Stefan MATLAGE, Christian Bartnik +2 more 2024-09-17
12069267 Context initialization in entropy coding Valeri George, Benjamin Bross, Detlev Marpe, Tung Nguyen, Matthias Preiss +3 more 2024-08-20 $70,071,000
12058352 Video decoder, video encoder, method for decoding a video content, method for encoding a video content, computer program and video bitstream Jan Stegemann, Detlev Marpe, Heiko Schwarz, Thomas Wiegand 2024-08-06
12010334 Scalable video coding using base-layer hints for enhancement layer motion parameters Tobias Hinz, Haricharan Lakshman, Jan Stegemann, Philipp Helle, Mischa Siekmann +6 more 2024-06-11 $37,024,000
11997319 Coding concept allowing parallel processing, transport demultiplexer and video bitstream Thomas SCHIERL, Valeri George, Karsten Grueneberg, Anastasia Henkel, Detlev Marpe 2024-05-28 $60,749,000
11979584 Arithmetic encoders and decoders, video encoders and decoders, methods for encoding or decoding symbols, and methods for encoding or decoding video content Detlev Marpe, Benjamin Bross, Phan Hoang Tung NGUYEN, Christian RUDAT, Heiko Schwarz +1 more 2024-05-07
11968395 Transform coefficient coding Tung Nguyen, Detlev Marpe 2024-04-23 $75,250,000
11949897 Sample array coding for low-delay Valeri George, Anastasia Henkel, Detlev Marpe, Thomas SCHIERL 2024-04-02 $46,648,000
11910029 Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-division preliminary class Martin Winken, Philipp Helle, Detlev Marpe, Heiko Schwarz, Thomas Wiegand 2024-02-20 $45,861,000
11856240 Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-division Martin Winken, Philipp Helle, Detlev Marpe, Heiko Schwarz, Thomas Wiegand 2023-12-26 $32,502,000
11838511 Entropy coding supporting mode switching Valeri George, Benjamin Bross, Detlev Marpe, Tung Nguyen, Matthias Preiss +4 more 2023-12-05 $28,416,000