Patents

Since its founding in 1959, Grass Valley® has pioneered a host of media production, playout, and management innovations for the broadcast, media, and entertainment industries, such as production switchers, signal routers, user interfaces, camera imagers, media storage, and video server, processor, and editing systems. As a result, today’s Grass Valley, and its predecessor companies Miranda® Technologies and Snell Advanced Media®, has won more than thirty-three (33) technical Emmy® Awards and many more industry accolades.

This webpage is intended to serve as notice under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a). The products listed below may be covered by one or more U.S. patents and or pending patent applications. The absence of a patent or product from this list does not mean that the product is unpatented or that no other patents apply. Additional patents may be issued or pending that are not listed here. This webpage is subject to change without notice. While we make reasonable efforts to keep this information current, the status and scope of patents may change due to new issuances, expirations, or other legal developments. Accordingly, it may include patents from a prior update that have since expired or are no longer subsisting. The company reserves the right to enforce patents for fast pass infringement even if they are not currently listed. The webpage also may include patents owned or assigned to third parties who may have requested that such patents be associated with certain products. In providing this webpage, Grass Valley makes no representation or admission regarding such third-party patents, including, but not limited to, whether such third-party patents are valid, cover our products or remain subsisting.

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Patent List

Representative ProductsRepresentative Part NumbersRepresentative US Patent
Certain products may be covered under international patents or related pending applications
GV AMPPGV AMPP9,912,611
10,397,135
9,838,571
10,761,707
10,455,126
10,972,636
10,440,403
10,728,586
10,812,411
10,812,412
10,798,021
11,316,912
11,429,268
11,595,550
11,588,868
11,601,361
11,669,308
11,695,970
11,967,345
11,868,819
GV AMPPGVUI, Flex10,560,373
11,429,268
Camera ViewfindersEyeCatcher EC 200
EyeCatcher EC 744
LDK 5307
9,654,693
CamerasLDX® 86 & LDX® 86N Series
LDX® C86 & LDX® C86N Compact Series
(LDX 86 WorldCam, LDX 86 4K, LDX 86 Universe, LDX 86 HiSpeed, LDK 86 XtremeSpeed, LDX C86 WorldCam, LDX C86 HiSpeed, LDX C86 XtremeSpeed, LDX C86 4K, LDX 86N WorldCam, LDX 86N 4K, LDX 86N Universe, LDX 86N HiSpeed, LDK 86N XtremeSpeed, LDX C86N WorldCam, LDX C86N HiSpeed, LDX C86N XtremeSpeed, LDX C86N 4K)
10,242,435
10,270,987
10,270,997
10,284,801
10,419,697
10,430,931
10,547,795
10,750,109
10,764,519
10,944,922
11,258,959
11,27,2129
11,368,641
11,356,621
CamerasLDX® 82 Series
(LDX 82 Flex, LDX 82 Elite, LDX 82 Premiere)

LDX® 86 & LDX® C86 Compact Series
(LDX 86 WorldCam, LDX 86 4K, LDX 86 Universe, LDX 86 HiSpeed, LDK 86 XtremeSpeed, 

LDX® C82 Compact Series
(LDX C82 Elite, LDX C82 Premiere, LDX C82 WorldCam)

FOCUS 70™ Live
FOCUS 75™ Live
7,857,231
10,242,435
10,270,987
10,270,997
10,284,801
10,419,697
10,430,931
10,547,795
10,687,006
10,750,109
10,764,519
10,944,922
11,258,959
11,27,2129
11,368,641
11,356,621
 CamerasLDX® 100 Series & LDX® 100 Compact Series
(LDX 135, LDX C135, LDX 150, LDX C150)
10,242,435
10,270,987
10,270,997
10,284,801
10,419,697
10,430,931
10,547,795
10,750,109
10,764,519
10,944,922
11,258,959
11,27,2129
11,368,641
11,356,621
11,314,154

 CamerasGeneric10,911,694
11,134,185
11,489,997
11,489,997

 CamerasCGP500
(“Creative Grading” Camera Control System)
11,445,105

 CamerasLDX® 90 Series & LDX® C90 Compact Series
(LDX 92, LDX 96, LDX 98, LDX C92, LDX C96, LDX C98)
10,944,922
11,258,959
11,27,2129
11,368,641
11,356,621

Conversion ProductsADVC® G1A9,160,157
Conversion ProductsSTORM 3G ELITE ®
STORM™ MOBILE
9,160,157
Fiber Optic SystemsCopperHead™ xx
(e.g. CopperHead 3050, CopperHead 3200, CopperHead 3404, CopperHead Pro)
7,327,959
Editing SystemsRio9,042,707
Editing SystemsEDIUS®9,042,707
10,311,914
10,636,152
10,636,450
IP RoutingGV Node™9,912,611
10,397,135
10,812,411
10,812,412
10,798,021
IP RoutingIQMIX xx
(e.g: IQMIX10, IQMIX10_KP, IQMIX40, IQMIX25)

IQUCP xx
(e.g: IQUCP25, IQUCP50)

IQEDGE xx
(e.g: IQEDGE25_6, IQEDGE40_6)
9,912,611
10,397,135
Live Event Replay systemK2 Dyno® xx

(e.g. K2 Dyno S, K2 Dyno Flex, K2 Dyno Elite, K2 Dyno Express, K2 Dyno Pro, K2 Dyno Universe™)
9,263,089
Media Asset ManagementGV STRATUS®
GV STRATUS xx
(e.g: GV STRATUS Newsroom Express,
GV STRATUS Newsroom Pro, GV STRATUS Newsroom Elite etc)
8,868,615
Media ServersK2 Summit® xx
(e.g: K2 Summit TX, K2 Summit 3G, K2 Summit 3G Transmission, K2 Summit 3G Production)
K2 Solo®
9,123,380
9,558,786
10,056,111
10,546,612
Media ServerssQ® 1000 Series Media Servers
(e.g. sQ1000, SQ1200, SQ1800)
9,123,380
10,056,111
Playout SystemsiTX™9,711,180
9,123,380
10,056.111
10,546,612
10,560,373
Playout SystemsICE9,123,380
10,056,111
10,546,612
Playout SystemsMorpheus®10,546,612
Production AutomationIgnite®
9,711,180
10,546,612
10,573,347
Production SwitchersKahuna® xx

(e.g. Kahuna 9600, Kahuna 6400, Kahuna 4800)
8,605,220
8,482,674
Production SwitchersKula® xx
Kula 4K UHD
Kula 12G-SDI
Kula IP
(e.g. Kula 1 M/E, Kula 2 M/E etc.)
8,605,220
8,482,674
Production SwitchersGV Director™
GVD-FLEX-BL
10,013,154
11,734,881
Production SwitchersKayenne®
Karerra®
GV Korona™
K-Frame™ xx-Series
(e.g. K-Frame X-series, K-Frame V-series, K-Frame S-series etc)
8,605,220
8,482,674
9,167,178
Production SwitchersGeneric11,503,094
Production Asset ManagementGV STRATUS®
GV STRATUS xx
(e.g: GV STRATUS Newsroom Express,
GV STRATUS Newsroom Pro,
GV STRATUS Newsroom Elite etc)
8,843,462
Routing SwitchersNV 8500 Hybrid Router Series
(e.g: NV 8140, NV 8144, NV 8280, NV 8576)
Re 48,325 E
9,479,711
Routing SwitchersSirius 800 Series
(e.g: Sirius 830, Sirius 840, Sirius 850)
Re 48,325 E
8,750,295
Workflow AutomationMomentum9,342,804
Media BiometricsSigMa10,219,033
10,719,550
10,893,323
Modular InfrastructureIQ Modules10,812,411
10,812,412
10,798,021
Modular InfrastructureDensité Modules
UHD-3901, XIP-3901-UC, XIP-3901-DC, XIP-3901-FS, KMX-3921, KMX-4921, XIP-3901-UDC-S1, XIP-3901-UDC-IP
10,600,148
GV STRATUS®GV STRATUS®11,157,545
11,176,197