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EP1579428 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE DISTRIBUTED SPEECH RECOGNITION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 13.11.2020 Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 06.12.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 12.11.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 10.09.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 24.04.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 06.03.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	05.02.2021	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state	published on 10.03.2021 [2021/10]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Google Technology Holdings LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 / US
	[2020/02]
Former [2016/14]	For all designated states Google Technology Holdings LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 / US
Former [2012/35]	For all designated states Motorola Mobility LLC 600 North US Highway 45 Libertyville, IL 60048 / US
Former [2011/09]	For all designated states Motorola Mobility, Inc. 600 North US Highway 45 Libertyville, IL 60048 / US
Former [2005/39]	For all designated states MOTOROLA, INC. 1303 East Algonquin Road Schaumburg, IL 60196 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / ANASTASAKOS, Tasos 1026 Monica Lane San Jose, CA 95125 / US
	02 / BALASURIYA, Senaka 1405 Crane Street Arlington Heights, IL 60004 / US
	03 / VAN WIE, Michael 3650 18th Street No. 2 San Fransisco, CA 94110 / US
	[2005/49]
Former [2005/39]	01 / ANASTASAKOS, Tasos 1026 Monica Lane San Jose, CA 95125 / US
	02 / BALASURIYA, Senaka 1405 Crane Street Arlington Heights, IL 60004 / US
	03 / VAN WIE, Michael 24 Portsmouth Terrace 3 Rochester, NY 14607 / US
Representative(s)	Watkin, Timothy Lawrence Harvey, et al Marks & Clerk LLP 2nd Floor, Wytham Court 11 West Way Oxford OX2 0QL / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2020/02]	Watkin, Timothy Lawrence Harvey, et al Marks & Clerk LLP Fletcher House The Oxford Science Park Heatley Road Oxford OX4 4GE / GB
Former [2014/32]	Schley, Jan Malte, et al Fish & Richardson P.C. HighLight Business Towers Mies-van-der-Rohe-Str. 8 80807 München / DE
Former [2013/51]	Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
Former [2005/39]	McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
Application number, filing date	03787191.0	24.11.2003
	[2005/39]
	WO2003US37898
Priority number, date	US20020334030	30.12.2002 Original published format: US 334030
	[2005/39]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2004061819
	Date:	22.07.2004
	Language:	EN
	[2004/30]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1579428
	Date:	28.09.2005
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.07.2004 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2005/39]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1579428
	Date:	08.01.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/02]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	14.07.2005
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	16.05.2007
Classification	IPC:	G10L15/30, G10L15/22	[2019/19]
	CPC:	G10L15/30 (EP,US); G10L2015/228 (EP)
	Former IPC [2005/51]	G10L11/00
	Former IPC [2005/39]	G10L21/00
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IT [2020/02]
Former [2006/16]	DE, FR, GB, IT
Former [2005/39]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG FÜR SELEKTIVE VERTEILTE SPRACHERKENNUNG	[2005/39]
	English:	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE DISTRIBUTED SPEECH RECOGNITION	[2005/39]
	French:	PROCEDE ET APPAREIL DESTINES A LA RECONNAISSANCE VOCALE SELECTIVE REPARTIE	[2005/39]
Entry into regional phase	20.06.2005	National basic fee paid
	20.06.2005	Search fee paid
	20.06.2005	Designation fee(s) paid
	20.06.2005	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	20.06.2005	Examination requested [2005/39]
	23.07.2007	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	07.03.2008	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	15.05.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.03.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	12.09.2011	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	22.02.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	13.06.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	29.03.2019	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 04.04.2019
	04.04.2019	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
	25.04.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	05.09.2019	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	05.09.2019	Fee for grant paid
	05.09.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	12.11.2019	Information about intention to grant a patent
	12.11.2019	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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 23.07.2007
Opposition(s)	09.10.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2020/51]
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
	15.05.2008	Request for further processing filed
	15.05.2008	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	28.05.2008	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	07.11.2005	Renewal fee patent year 03
	06.11.2006	Renewal fee patent year 04
	06.11.2007	Renewal fee patent year 05
	07.11.2008	Renewal fee patent year 06
	06.11.2009	Renewal fee patent year 07
	22.10.2010	Renewal fee patent year 08
	07.11.2011	Renewal fee patent year 09
	07.11.2012	Renewal fee patent year 10
	07.11.2013	Renewal fee patent year 11
	26.11.2014	Renewal fee patent year 12
	30.11.2015	Renewal fee patent year 13
	28.11.2016	Renewal fee patent year 14
	27.11.2017	Renewal fee patent year 15
	27.11.2018	Renewal fee patent year 16
	27.11.2019	Renewal fee patent year 17
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	IT	08.01.2020
	[2021/10]
Documents cited:	Search	[XY]WO0023985 (ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M [SE]) [X] 1-4,7-10,13 * page 3, line 17 - page 5, line 7 * * page 6, line 8 - page 7, line 29; figures 1a,1b,2 * * page 26, line 4 - line 8 * [Y] 5,6,11,12;
		[A]US6119087 (KUHN THOMAS MURRAY [US], et al) [A] 1-13* column 3, line 63 - column 4, line L; figure 4 *;
		[PX]US2003046074 (RUBACK HARVEY M [US], et al) [PX] 1-13 * abstract *;
		[Y] - "Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)", ETSI STANDARDS, EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, SOPHIA-ANTIPO, FR, (200209), vol. 3-SA1, no. V600, ISSN 0000-0001, XP014027156 [Y] 5,6,11,12 * Section "6 Speech recognition technology" on pages 10-12; page 22, lines 6-12 *
	International search	[A]US2001047262 (KURGANOV ALEXANDER [US], et al);
		[A]US2001056350 (CALDERONE THEODORE [US], et al);
		[X]US2003046074 (RUBACK HARVEY M [US], et al);
		[AP]US6615172 (BENNETT IAN M [US], et al);
		[AP]US6633846 (BENNETT IAN M [US], et al)

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