US Patent Issued to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG on Sept. 9 for "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" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,244, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Munich).

"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" was invented by Paul Haase (Berlin), Heiner Kirchhoffer (Berlin), Karsten Mueller (Berlin), Heiko Schwarz (Berlin), Detlev Marpe (Berlin) and Thomas Wiegand (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An encoding scheme is provided for arithmetically encodi...