ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,071, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB (Dublin).

"Method for signaling a step-wise temporal sub-layer access sample" was invented by Sachin G. Deshpande (Camas, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device for encoding a picture is described. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that are in electronic communication with the processor. The instructions are executable to encode a step-wise temporal sub-layer access (STSA) sample grouping. The instructions are further executable to send and/or store the STSA sample grouping."

The patent was filed on Dec. 24, 2...