blank Quick help
blank Maintenance news

Scheduled maintenance

Regular maintenance outages:
between 05.00 and 05.15 hrs CET (Monday to Sunday).

Other outages
Availability
Register Forum

2022.02.11

More...
blank News flashes

News flashes

New version of the European Patent Register - SPC information for Unitary Patents.

2024-03-06

More...
blank Related links

Release notes
European Patent Register Assistant
European Patent Register Resource Book
European Patent Register – pocket guide
FAQ - European Patent Register
FAQ - Register Alert
Federated Register (Flyer)
Global Dossier (Flyer)
Register events
Deep link coverage
Federated Register content
The Patent Information Tour
Fair use charter

Extract from the Register of European Patents

EP About this file: EP2184929

EP2184929 - N band FM demodulation to aid cochlear hearing impaired persons [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  07.02.2014
Database last updated on 12.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.09.2015Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 07.10.2015  [2015/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Oticon A/S
Kongebakken 9
2765 Smørum / DK
[2010/19]
Inventor(s)01 / Lunner, Thomas
Oticon A/S
c/o Kongebakken 9
2765 Smørum / DK
02 / Pontoppidan, Niels Henrik
Oticon A/S
c/o Kongebakken 9
2765 Smørum / DK
 [2013/14]
Former [2010/19]01 / Lunner, Thomas
Oticon A/S c/o Kongebakken 9
2765 Smørum / DK
02 / Pontoppidan, Niels Henrik
Oticon A/S c/o Kongebakken 9
2765 Smørum / DK
Representative(s)Nielsen, Hans Jørgen Vind
Demant A/S
IP Management
Kongebakken 9
2765 Smørum / DK
[N/P]
Former [2013/09]Nielsen, Hans Jørgen Vind
Oticon A/S
IP Management
Kongebakken 9
2765 Smørum / DK
Former [2010/19]Nielsen, Hans Jörgen Vind
Oticon A/S Kongebakken 9
2765 Smørum / DK
Application number, filing date09175148.705.11.2009
[2010/19]
Priority number, dateWO2008EP6519610.11.2008         Original published format: PCT/EP2008/065196
[2010/19]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2184929
Date:12.05.2010
Language:EN
[2010/19]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2184929
Date:03.04.2013
Language:EN
[2013/14]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.02.2010
ClassificationIPC:A61N1/36
[2012/44]
CPC:
H04R25/35 (EP); H04R25/505 (EP); H04R2225/43 (EP);
H04R2430/03 (EP)
Former IPC [2010/19]H04R25/00
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2010/19]
TitleGerman:N-Band FM-Demodulation als Hilfe zur Hörverbesserung von Cochlea-Hörgeschädigten[2010/19]
English:N band FM demodulation to aid cochlear hearing impaired persons[2010/19]
French:Démodulation FM à bandes multiples pour aider les personnes à déficience cochléaire[2010/19]
Examination procedure12.11.2010Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
12.11.2010Examination requested  [2010/51]
27.02.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.07.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.07.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
18.09.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.10.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.02.2013Fee for grant paid
19.02.2013Fee 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  27.02.2012
Opposition(s)06.01.2014No opposition filed within time limit [2014/11]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.11.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
30.11.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
Opt-out from the exclusive  Tooltip
competence of the Unified
Patent Court		 See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data
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  TooltipHU05.11.2009
AT03.04.2013
BE03.04.2013
CY03.04.2013
CZ03.04.2013
EE03.04.2013
FI03.04.2013
HR03.04.2013
IT03.04.2013
LT03.04.2013
LV03.04.2013
MC03.04.2013
MK03.04.2013
MT03.04.2013
NL03.04.2013
PL03.04.2013
RO03.04.2013
SE03.04.2013
SI03.04.2013
SK03.04.2013
SM03.04.2013
TR03.04.2013
BG03.07.2013
NO03.07.2013
GR04.07.2013
ES14.07.2013
IS03.08.2013
PT05.08.2013
IE05.11.2013
LU05.11.2013
[2015/41]
Former [2015/34]HU05.11.2009
AT03.04.2013
BE03.04.2013
CY03.04.2013
CZ03.04.2013
EE03.04.2013
FI03.04.2013
HR03.04.2013
IT03.04.2013
LT03.04.2013
LV03.04.2013
MC03.04.2013
MK03.04.2013
NL03.04.2013
PL03.04.2013
RO03.04.2013
SE03.04.2013
SI03.04.2013
SK03.04.2013
SM03.04.2013
TR03.04.2013
BG03.07.2013
NO03.07.2013
GR04.07.2013
ES14.07.2013
IS03.08.2013
PT05.08.2013
IE05.11.2013
LU05.11.2013
Former [2015/32]AT03.04.2013
BE03.04.2013
CY03.04.2013
CZ03.04.2013
EE03.04.2013
FI03.04.2013
HR03.04.2013
IT03.04.2013
LT03.04.2013
LV03.04.2013
MC03.04.2013
MK03.04.2013
NL03.04.2013
PL03.04.2013
RO03.04.2013
SE03.04.2013
SI03.04.2013
SK03.04.2013
SM03.04.2013
TR03.04.2013
BG03.07.2013
NO03.07.2013
GR04.07.2013
ES14.07.2013
IS03.08.2013
PT05.08.2013
IE05.11.2013
Former [2015/24]AT03.04.2013
BE03.04.2013
CY03.04.2013
CZ03.04.2013
EE03.04.2013
FI03.04.2013
HR03.04.2013
IT03.04.2013
LT03.04.2013
LV03.04.2013
MC03.04.2013
NL03.04.2013
PL03.04.2013
RO03.04.2013
SE03.04.2013
SI03.04.2013
SK03.04.2013
SM03.04.2013
BG03.07.2013
NO03.07.2013
GR04.07.2013
ES14.07.2013
IS03.08.2013
PT05.08.2013
IE05.11.2013
Former [2014/48]AT03.04.2013
BE03.04.2013
CY03.04.2013
CZ03.04.2013
EE03.04.2013
FI03.04.2013
HR03.04.2013
IT03.04.2013
LT03.04.2013
LV03.04.2013
MC03.04.2013
NL03.04.2013
PL03.04.2013
RO03.04.2013
SE03.04.2013
SI03.04.2013
SK03.04.2013
BG03.07.2013
NO03.07.2013
GR04.07.2013
ES14.07.2013
IS03.08.2013
PT05.08.2013
IE05.11.2013
Former [2014/33]AT03.04.2013
BE03.04.2013
CY03.04.2013
CZ03.04.2013
EE03.04.2013
FI03.04.2013
HR03.04.2013
IT03.04.2013
LT03.04.2013
LV03.04.2013
MC03.04.2013
NL03.04.2013
PL03.04.2013
RO03.04.2013
SE03.04.2013
SI03.04.2013
SK03.04.2013
BG03.07.2013
NO03.07.2013
GR04.07.2013
ES14.07.2013
IS03.08.2013
PT05.08.2013
Former [2014/11]AT03.04.2013
BE03.04.2013
CY03.04.2013
CZ03.04.2013
EE03.04.2013
FI03.04.2013
HR03.04.2013
IT03.04.2013
LT03.04.2013
LV03.04.2013
NL03.04.2013
PL03.04.2013
RO03.04.2013
SE03.04.2013
SI03.04.2013
SK03.04.2013
BG03.07.2013
NO03.07.2013
GR04.07.2013
ES14.07.2013
IS03.08.2013
PT05.08.2013
Former [2014/10]AT03.04.2013
BE03.04.2013
CY03.04.2013
CZ03.04.2013
EE03.04.2013
FI03.04.2013
HR03.04.2013
LT03.04.2013
LV03.04.2013
NL03.04.2013
PL03.04.2013
SE03.04.2013
SI03.04.2013
SK03.04.2013
BG03.07.2013
NO03.07.2013
GR04.07.2013
ES14.07.2013
IS03.08.2013
PT05.08.2013
Former [2014/09]AT03.04.2013
BE03.04.2013
CY03.04.2013
EE03.04.2013
FI03.04.2013
HR03.04.2013
LT03.04.2013
LV03.04.2013
NL03.04.2013
PL03.04.2013
SE03.04.2013
SI03.04.2013
BG03.07.2013
NO03.07.2013
GR04.07.2013
ES14.07.2013
IS03.08.2013
PT05.08.2013
Former [2013/52]AT03.04.2013
BE03.04.2013
CY03.04.2013
FI03.04.2013
HR03.04.2013
LT03.04.2013
LV03.04.2013
NL03.04.2013
PL03.04.2013
SE03.04.2013
SI03.04.2013
BG03.07.2013
NO03.07.2013
GR04.07.2013
ES14.07.2013
IS03.08.2013
PT05.08.2013
Former [2013/51]AT03.04.2013
BE03.04.2013
FI03.04.2013
HR03.04.2013
LT03.04.2013
LV03.04.2013
NL03.04.2013
PL03.04.2013
SE03.04.2013
SI03.04.2013
BG03.07.2013
NO03.07.2013
GR04.07.2013
ES14.07.2013
IS03.08.2013
PT05.08.2013
Former [2013/50]AT03.04.2013
BE03.04.2013
FI03.04.2013
LT03.04.2013
LV03.04.2013
NL03.04.2013
PL03.04.2013
SE03.04.2013
SI03.04.2013
BG03.07.2013
NO03.07.2013
GR04.07.2013
ES14.07.2013
IS03.08.2013
PT05.08.2013
Former [2013/49]AT03.04.2013
BE03.04.2013
FI03.04.2013
LT03.04.2013
NL03.04.2013
SE03.04.2013
SI03.04.2013
NO03.07.2013
GR04.07.2013
ES14.07.2013
IS03.08.2013
PT05.08.2013
Former [2013/48]AT03.04.2013
LT03.04.2013
NL03.04.2013
SI03.04.2013
NO03.07.2013
ES14.07.2013
IS03.08.2013
PT05.08.2013
Former [2013/47]LT03.04.2013
SI03.04.2013
NO03.07.2013
PT05.08.2013
Former [2013/37]SI03.04.2013
Documents cited:Search[ID]US2003044034  (ZENG FAN-GANG [US], et al) [ID] 1-20 * paragraphs [0003] , [0024]; figure 1 *
 [X]  - BAUER LUKAS, "Entwicklung eines abgleichfreien Audioschaltkreisesals Modul eines Multinorm-single-chip-Farbfernsehers in 1,2Ém BiCMOS-Technologie", Technische Universität Berlin - STUDIENARBEIT, Berlin, DE, (19921223), pages 1 - 100, URL: http://mikro.ee.tu-berlin.de/~bauer/Studienarbeit_Bauer.pdf, (20100208), XP002567293 [X] 1,17 * page 7 - page 8 *
by applicantUS7225027
 WO9857436
 WO0191111
 WO2007006658
    - BARNEY A; SHADLE CH; DAVIES P, "Fluid flow in a dynamic mechanical model of the vocal folds and tract. . Measurements and theory", J. ACOUST. SOC. AM., (1999), vol. 105, no. 1, pages 446 - 455
    - BETSER, M.; COLLEN, P.; RICHARD, G. ET AL., "Estimation of Frequency for AM/FM Models Using the Phase Vocoder Framework", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING, (2008), vol. 56, no. 2, pages 505 - 517
    - FRIDBERGER A, TOMO; ULFENDAHL M; BOUTET DE MONVEL J, "Imaging hair cell transduction at the speed of sound: Dynamic behavior of mammalian stereocilia", PNAS, (2006), vol. 103, pages 1918 - 1923
    - GEISLER CD, "A realizable cochlear model using feedback from motile outer hair cells", HEAR RES 1993 AUG, (1991), vol. 68, no. 2, pages 253 - 62
    - GHITZA O, "On the upper cutoff frequency of the auditory critical- band envelope detectors in the context of speech perception", JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, (2001), vol. 110, no. 3, pages 1628 - 1640
    - HOPKINS K; MOORE BCJ, "Moderate cochlear hearing loss leads to a reduced ability to use temporal fine structure information", J ACOUST SOC AM, (2007), vol. 122, no. 2, pages 1055 - 1068
    - HOPKINS K; MOORE BCJ; STONE MA, "Effects of moderate cochlear hearing loss on the ability to benefit from temporal fine structure information in speech", J ACOUST SOC AM, (2008), vol. 123, no. 2, pages 1140 - 1153
    - HUDSPETH AJ, "How the ear's works work: mechanoelectrical transduction and amplification by hair cells", C. R. BIOLOGIES, (2005), vol. 328, pages 155 - 162
    - JOHN MS ET AL., "Multiple auditory steady-state responses to AM and FM stimuli", AUDIOL. NERUROOTOL., (2001), vol. 6, no. 1, pages 12 - 27
    - LIBERMANN MC ET AL., "Prestin is required for electromotility of the outer hair cell and for the cochlear amplifier", NATURE, (2002), vol. 419, pages 300 - 304
    - LORENZI, C.; GILBERT, G.; CARN, H. ET AL., "Speech perception problems of the hearing impaired reflect inability to use temporal fine structure", PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, (2006), vol. 103, no. 49, pages 18866 - 18869
    - MARAGOS, P; KAISER, JF; QUATIERI, TF, "On Amplitude and Frequency Demodulation Using Energy Operators", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING, (1993), vol. 41, no. 4, pages 1532 - 1550
    - MARAGOS P; KAISER JF; QUATIERI TF, "Energy Separation in Signal Modulations with Application to Speech Analysis", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING, (1993), vol. 41, page 10
    - "Nonlinear methods for speech analysis and synthesis. In: Advances in Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing", MCLAUGHLIN S; MARAGOS P, EURASIP Book Series on Signal Processing and Communications, HINDAWI PUBLISHING CORPORATION, (2006), vol. 6, pages 103 - 136
    - MILLER RL ET AL., "Effects of acoustic trauma on the representation of the vowel /E/ in cat auditory nerve fibers", J ACOUST SOC AM, (1997), vol. 101, no. 6, pages 3602 - 3616
    - MOORE BC; SKRODZKA E, "Detection of frequency modulation by hearing-impaired listeners: effects of carrier frequency", MODULATION RATE, AND ADDED AMPLITUDE MODULATION, (2002), vol. 111, pages 327 - 35
    - PICTON TW; DIMITRIJEVIC A; JOHN MS, "Multiple auditory steady-state responses", ANN OTOL RHINOL LARYNGOL SUPPL., (2002), vol. 189, pages 16 - 21
    - RABBITT RD ET AL., "Evidence of Piezoelectric Resonance in Isolated Outer Hair Cells", BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, (2005), vol. 88, pages 2257 - 2265
    - RU P, CHI T; SHAMMA S, "The synergy between speech production and perception", J ACOUST SOC AM, (2003), vol. 113, no. 1, pages 498 - 515
    - SHADLE CH; BARNEY A; DAVIES P, "Fluid flow in a dynamic mechanical model of the vocal folds and tract. . Implications for speech production studies", J. ACOUST. SOC. AM., (1999), vol. 105, no. 1, pages 456 - 466
    - "Evidence for nonlinear sound production mechanisms in the vocal tract. In", TEAGER HM; TEAGER SM, Speech Production and Speech Modeling, ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS, (1990), pages 241 - 261
    - WANG, Y.; KUMARESAN, R., "Real Time Decomposition of Speech into Modulated Components", J ACOUST SOC AM, (2006), vol. 119, no. 6, pages EL68 - EL73
    - FAN-GANG ZENG ET AL., "Speech recognition with amplitude and frequency modulations", PNAS, (20050215), vol. 102, no. 7, pages 2293 - 2298
    - ZHOU, G.; HANSEN, J.H.L.; KAISER, J.F., "Nonlinear Feature Based Classification of Speech Under Stress", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SPEECH AND AUDIO PROCESSING, (2001), vol. 9, no. 3, pages 201 - 216
The EPO accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of data originating from other authorities; in particular, it does not guarantee that it is complete, up to date or fit for specific purposes.