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EP1204965 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT OF SPEECH DISTORTION FROM SAMPLES OF TELEPHONIC VOICE SIGNALS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 17.06.2005 Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	17.06.2005	Application deemed to be withdrawn	published on 03.08.2005 [2005/31]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states MCI Worldcom, Inc. Technology Department, 1133 19th Street N.W. Washington, DC 20036 / US
	[2002/20]
Inventor(s)	01 / HARDY, William, C. 8712 Lacrosse Drive Dallas, TX 75231 / US
	[2002/20]
Representative(s)	Hofmann, Harald Sonnenberg Fortmann Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Herzogspitalstrasse 10a 80331 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2002/20]	Hofmann, Harald Sonnenberg Fortmann, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Herzogspitalstrasse 10a 80331 München / DE
Application number, filing date	00930108.6	17.05.2000
	[2002/20]
	WO2000US09808
Priority number, date	US19990313823	18.05.1999 Original published format: US 313823
	[2002/20]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0070604
	Date:	23.11.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/47]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1204965
	Date:	15.05.2002
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.11.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2002/20]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	23.11.2000
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	03.02.2004
Classification	IPC:	G10L19/00, H04M3/22	[2004/12]
	CPC:	G10L25/69 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2002/20]	G10L15/10
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2002/20]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR MESSUNG VON SPRACHVERZERRUNGEN AUS SIGNALMUSTERN VON FERNSPRECHSTIMMEN	[2002/20]
	English:	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT OF SPEECH DISTORTION FROM SAMPLES OF TELEPHONIC VOICE SIGNALS	[2002/20]
	French:	PROCEDE ET SYSTEME PERMETTANT DE MESURER LES DISTORSIONS SONORES D'ECHANTILLONS DE SIGNAUX VOCAUX TELEPHONIQUES	[2002/20]
Entry into regional phase	23.11.2001	National basic fee paid
	23.11.2001	Search fee paid
	23.11.2001	Designation fee(s) paid
	23.11.2001	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	18.12.2000	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	23.11.2001	Examination requested [2002/20]
	08.09.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	19.01.2005	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2005/31]
	24.02.2005	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time [2005/31]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	21.05.2002	Renewal fee patent year 03
	26.05.2003	Renewal fee patent year 04
	24.05.2004	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]US5794188 (HOLLIER MICHAEL PETER [GB]) [A] 1-24 * abstract *;
		[DA]US5448624 (HARDY WILLIAM C [US], et al) [DA] 1-24 * abstract *;
		[A] - BERGSTROM A ET AL, "CODE-BOOK DRIVEN GLOTTAL PULSE ANALYSIS", SPEECH PROCESSING 1. GLASGOW, MAY 23 - 26, 1989, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH & SIGNAL PROCESSING. ICASSP, NEW YORK, IEEE, US, (19890523), vol. 1 CONF. 14, pages 53 - 56, XP002931142 [A] 1-24 * the whole document *
		[A] - DIMOLITSAS S, "OBJECTIVE SPEECH DISTORTION MEASURES AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO SPEECH QUALITY ASSESSMENTS", IEE PROCEEDINGS I. SOLID- STATE & ELECTRON DEVICES, INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS. STEVENAGE, GB, (19891001), vol. 136, no. 5, PART 1, ISSN 0956-3776, pages 317 - 324, XP000070252 [A] 1-24 * abstract *
		[A] - JIN LIANG ET AL, "Output-based objective speech quality", VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, 1994 IEEE 44TH STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 8-10 JUNE 1994, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, (19940608), ISBN 0-7803-1927-3, pages 1719 - 1723, XP002181892 [A] 1-24 * the whole document *
		[T] - JOHN ANDERSON, "Methods for Measuring Perceptual Speech Quality passage", METHODS FOR MEASURING PERCEPTUAL SPEECH QUALITY, XX, XX, (20010301), pages 1 - 34, XP002172414 [T] 1-24 * the whole document *
	International search	[A]US5602959 (BERGSTROM CHAD S [US], et al);
		[A]US5664055 (KROON PETER [US]);
		[YP]US6018303 (SADEH ILAN [IL]);
		[A]US5327521 (SAVIC MICHAEL I [US], et al);
		[A]US5448624 (HARDY WILLIAM C [US], et al)
		[Y] - BERGTROM ET AL., "Code-book driven glottal pulse analysis", INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING,, (1989), pages 53 - 56, XP002931142

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