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EP1049073 - Method of operating a vocoder [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2000/44]Fixed codebook search for celp speech coding
[2004/27]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  07.10.2005
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip10.10.2008Change - representativepublished on 12.11.2008  [2008/46]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
600 Mountain Avenue
Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0636 / US
[N/P]
Former [2000/44]For all designated states
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
600 Mountain Avenue
Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974-0636 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Erzin, Engin
107 Hidden Valley Drive
Edison, New Jersey 08820 / US
02 / Recchoine, Michael C.
565 Passaic Avenue
Nutley, New Jersey 07110 / US
[2000/44]
Representative(s)Sarup, David Alexander, et al
Alcatel-Lucent Telecom Ltd
Patent Business
c/o Nokia
125 Finsbury Pavement
London EC2A 1NQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2008/46]Sarup, David Alexander, et al
Alcatel-Lucent Telecom Limited Unit 18, Core 3, Workzone Innova Business Park Electric Avenue Enfield
EN3 7XU / GB
Former [2005/25]Sarup, David Alexander, et al
Lucent Technologie NS UK Limited 5 Mornington Road
Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0TU / GB
Former [2000/44]Buckley, Christopher Simon Thirsk, et al
Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road
Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0TU / GB
Application number, filing date00303361.020.04.2000
[2000/44]
Priority number, dateUS1999030031428.04.1999         Original published format: US 300314
[2000/44]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1049073
Date:02.11.2000
Language:EN
[2000/44]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1049073
Date:26.03.2003
[2003/13]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1049073
Date:01.12.2004
Language:EN
[2004/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.02.2003
ClassificationIPC:G10L19/10
[2003/13]
CPC:
G10L19/12 (EP,US); H03M7/42 (KR); G10L2019/0013 (EP)
Former IPC [2000/44]G10L19/12
Designated contracting statesDE,   FI,   FR,   GB,   SE [2003/51]
Former [2000/44]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Verfahren zum Betrieb eines Sprachkodierers[2004/27]
English:Method of operating a vocoder[2004/27]
French:Procédé d'opération d'un codeur de parole[2004/27]
Former [2000/44]Suche des festen Kodebuchs in einem CELP Sprachkodierer
Former [2000/44]Fixed codebook search for celp speech coding
Former [2000/44]Recherche dans le dictionnaire de codage fixe d'un codeur de parole de type CELP
Examination procedure15.09.2003Examination requested  [2003/46]
06.02.2004Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.04.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.06.2004Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.09.2004Fee for grant paid
11.09.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)02.09.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/47]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.04.2002Renewal fee patent year 03
11.04.2003Renewal fee patent year 04
23.04.2004Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFI01.12.2004
SE01.03.2005
[2007/09]
Former [2005/24]FI01.12.2004
Documents cited:Search[AX]EP0714089  (OKI ELECTRIC IND CO LTD [JP]) [A] 1-14 * abstract * * page 4, lines 18-21 * * page 5, line 26 - page 6, line 12 * [X] 15-20;
 [A]  - CAMPBELL JR J P ET AL, "THE FEDERAL STANDARD 1016 4800 BPS CELP VOICE CODER", DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING, ACADEMIC PRESS, ORLANDO,FL, US, (19910701), vol. 1, no. 3, ISSN 1051-2004, pages 145 - 155, XP000393612 [A] 1-20 * page 146, column L, line 19 - line 29; figures 1,2 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/1051-2004(91)90106-U
 [A]  - RECCHIONE M C, "THE ENHANCED VARIABLE RATE CODER: TOLL QUALITY SPEECH FOR CDMA", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPEECH TECHNOLOGY, KLUWER, DORDRECHT,, NL, (1999), vol. 2, no. 4, ISSN 1381-2416, pages 305 - 315, XP001011504 [A] 1-20 * paragraph [03.6] *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02108646
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