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BOSTON, Dec. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Access Advance, an independent licensing administrator, today announced that

Microsoft, a global technology leader, has become a Licensor and Licensee of

the HEVC Advance Patent Pool.

As a Licensor, all of Microsoft's HEVC/H.265 essential patents are now included

under the HEVC Advance Patent Pool license. As a Licensee, Microsoft gains

access to the over 16,500 (and counting) world-wide patents essential to

implementing the HEVC/H.265 video codec standard licensed through the HEVC

Advance pool.

"We are very pleased to welcome Microsoft, one of the world's most recognized

and respected companies and a leader in innovation, to our HEVC Advance

program," said Access Advance CEO Peter Moller. "Microsoft becoming a licensee,

as well as a licensor making their H.265/HEVC essential patents available for

license through the HEVC Advance Patent Pool, further demonstrates the value of

our HEVC Advance pool license."

About Access Advance:

Access Advance LLC (formerly HEVC Advance LLC) is an independent licensing

administrator company formed to lead the development, administration, and

management of patent pools for licensing essential patents of the most

important standards-based video codec technologies. Access Advance provides a

transparent and efficient licensing mechanism for both patent owners and patent

implementers. Access Advance currently manages and administers the HEVC Advance

Patent Pool for licensing patents essential to H.265/HEVC technology, and the

separate and independent VVC Advance Patent Pool for licensing essential

patents to VVC/H.266 technology.  For more information about Access Advance or

the HEVC Advance Patent Pool, please visit www.accessadvance.com.

Contact: press@accessadvance.com

SOURCE: Access Advance