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EP1739657
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| EP1739657 - Speech signal enhancement [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [2007/01] | System for adaptive enhancement of speech signals | ||
| [2012/21] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.11.2013 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 13.12.2013 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 15.01.2014 [2014/03] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states QNX Software Systems Limited 1001 Farrar Road Kanata, Ontario K2K 0B3 / CA | [2012/14] |
| Former [2011/51] | For all designated states QNX Software Systems Limited 175 Terence Matthews Crescent Ottawa, Ontario K2M 1W8 / CA | ||
| Former [2007/16] | For all designated states QNX Software Systems (Wavemakers), Inc. 302-134 Abott Street Vancouver BC V6B 2K4 / CA | ||
| Former [2007/01] | For all designated states Harman Becker Automotive Systems-Wavemakers, Inc. 302- 134 Abbott Street Vancouver BC V6B 2K4 / CA | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Giesbrecht, David 298 Sorauren Ave. Toronto Ontario M6R 2G6 / CA | 02 /
Hetherington, Phillip 23 Fernway Drive Port Moody British Columbia V3H 5H7 / CA | [2007/01] | Representative(s) | Roberts, Gwilym Vaughan, et al Kilburn & Strode LLP Lacon London 84 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8NL / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2010/36] | Roberts, Gwilym Vaughan, et al Kilburn & Strode LLP 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ / GB | ||
| Former [2010/35] | Hollywood, Jane Constance, et al Kilburn & Strode LLP 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ / GB | ||
| Former [2007/01] | Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 06012166.2 | 13.06.2006 | [2007/01] | Priority number, date | US20050167955 | 28.06.2005 Original published format: US 167955 | [2007/01] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1739657 | Date: | 03.01.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/01] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP1739657 | Date: | 07.03.2007 | [2007/10] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1739657 | Date: | 09.01.2013 | Language: | EN | [2013/02] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 05.02.2007 | Classification | IPC: | G10L15/06, G10L21/02 | [2007/10] | CPC: |
G10L21/02 (EP,KR,US);
G10L19/02 (KR);
G10L15/065 (EP,US);
G10L15/20 (EP,KR,US);
G10L21/0208 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [2007/01] | G10L21/02 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [2007/46] |
| Former [2007/01] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | Title | German: | Sprachsignalverbesserung | [2012/21] | English: | Speech signal enhancement | [2012/21] | French: | Amélioration d'un signal de parole | [2012/21] |
| Former [2007/01] | System für adaptive Verstärkung von Sprachsignalen | ||
| Former [2007/01] | System for adaptive enhancement of speech signals | ||
| Former [2007/01] | Système d'amélioration de l'adaptation des signaux de parole | Examination procedure | 08.05.2007 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 26.06.2007 | Examination requested [2007/32] | 07.09.2007 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 12.10.2007 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | 18.05.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 28.11.2011 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.04.2012 | Date of oral proceedings | 07.05.2012 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 22.05.2012 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 20.07.2012 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 10.08.2012 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 30.10.2012 | Fee for grant paid | 30.10.2012 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 18.05.2011 | Opposition(s) | 10.10.2013 | No opposition filed within time limit [2013/51] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 25.06.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.06.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 23.07.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 13.06.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 14.06.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 30.06.2010 | 05 M06 Fee paid on 23.07.2010 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | IT | 09.01.2013 | [2014/03] | Documents cited: | Search | [XA]WO9843238 (SECR DEFENCE [GB], et al) [X] 24-28 * page 2, line 26 - line 31 * * page 5, line 11 - line 16 * * page 7, line 1 - page 9, line 8 * * page 12, line 11 - line 28 * * page 14, line 29 - page 15, line 10 * [A] 1-23,29,30; | [XA]US6032115 (KANAZAWA HIROSHI [JP], et al) [X] 1-23,29,30 * figure 3 * * column 5, line 25 - column 6, line 1 * * column 8, line 4 - line 12 * [A] 24-28; | [A]US6411927 (MORIN PHILIPPE [US], et al) [A] 1,10,20,24,29 * column 2, line 12 - line 58 *; | [X] - ACERO A ET AL, "ACOUSTICAL PRE-PROCESSING FOR ROBUST SPOKEN LANGUAGE SYSTEMS", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPOKEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING (ICSLP). KOBE, NOV. 18 -22, 1990, TOKYO, ASJ, JP, (19901118), VOL. 2, pages 1121 - 1124, XP000506955 [X] 1,20 * page 1121, column R - page 1122, column R * | [A] - ACERO A ET AL, "Robust speech recognition by normalization of the acoustic space", SPEECH PROCESSING 2, VLSI, UNDERWATER SIGNAL PROCESSING. TORONTO, MAY 14 - 17, 1991, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH & SIGNAL PROCESSING. ICASSP, NEW YORK, IEEE, US, (19910414), VOL. 2 CONF. 16, ISBN 0-7803-0003-3, pages 893 - 896, XP010043116 [A] 1,10,20,24,29 * page 893, column R - page 894, column L * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.1991.150483 |