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EP0977175 - Method and apparatus for recognizing speech using a knowledge base [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.09.2006 Database last updated on 05.08.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	21.03.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 23.04.2008 [2008/17]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP
	[N/P]
Former [2000/05]	For all designated states CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Yamamoto, Naoko, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP
	02 / Suda, Aruna Rohra, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP
	03 / Wakai, Masanori, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP
	[2000/05]
Representative(s)	Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al Beresford Crump LLP 16 High Holborn London WC1V 6BX / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2000/05]	Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al BERESFORD & Co. High Holborn 2-5 Warwick Court London WC1R 5DJ / GB
Application number, filing date	99305887.4	26.07.1999
	[2000/05]
Priority number, date	JP19980210979	27.07.1998 Original published format: JP 21097998
	JP19990201528	15.07.1999 Original published format: JP 20152899
	[2000/05]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0977175
	Date:	02.02.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/05]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0977175
	Date:	09.08.2000
	[2000/32]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0977175
	Date:	09.11.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/45]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	26.06.2000
Classification	IPC:	G10L15/18	[2000/05]
	CPC:	G10L15/1815 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IT, NL [2001/17]
Former [2000/05]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
Title	German:	Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Spracherkennung unter Verwendung einer Wissensbasis	[2000/05]
	English:	Method and apparatus for recognizing speech using a knowledge base	[2000/05]
	French:	Procédé et dispositif de reconnaissance de la parole utilisant une base de connaissance	[2000/05]
Examination procedure	21.12.2000	Examination requested [2001/08]
	10.07.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	24.02.2004	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	26.04.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	14.06.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	17.12.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.05.2005	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	08.09.2005	Fee for grant paid
	08.09.2005	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	10.08.2006	No opposition filed within time limit [2006/42]
Request for further processing for:	26.04.2004	Request for further processing filed
	26.04.2004	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	11.05.2004	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.07.2001	Renewal fee patent year 03
	19.07.2002	Renewal fee patent year 04
	23.07.2003	Renewal fee patent year 05
	22.07.2004	Renewal fee patent year 06
	20.07.2005	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	IT	09.11.2005
	NL	09.11.2005
	[2008/17]
Former [2006/24]	NL	09.11.2005
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		[X] - HITOSHI IIDA ET AL, "PREDICTING THE NEXT UTTERANCE LINGUISTIC EXPRESSIONS USING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION", IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS,JP,INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS INFORMATION AND COMM. ENG. TOKYO, (19930101), vol. E76 - D, no. 1, ISSN 0916-8532, pages 62 - 73, XP000354887 [X] 1-8,27,28,30-36,40-47,66,67,69-75,79-84 * paragraph [02.2] * * paragraph [0005] * * paragraph [07.4] *
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19930804), vol. 017, no. 419, Database accession no. (P - 1585), & JP05080793 A 19930402 (KOKUSAI DENSHIN DENWA CO LTD ;OTHERS: 01) [A] 1,40 * abstract *
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		[Y] - SETLUR A R ET AL, "Correcting recognition errors via discriminative utterance verification", PROCEEDINGS ICSLP 96. FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPOKEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING (CAT. NO.96TH8206), PROCEEDING OF FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPOKEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING. ICSLP '96, PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA, 3-6 OCT. 1996, 1996, New York, NY, USA, IEEE, USA, ISBN 0-7803-3555-4, pages 602 - 605 vol.2, XP002139609 [Y] 11,13,20,50,52,59 * abstract * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICSLP.1996.607433

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