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EP2737480 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACOUSTIC TRANSFORMATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 12.02.2016 Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	12.02.2016	Application deemed to be withdrawn	published on 16.03.2016 [2016/11]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Thotra Incorporated 101 College Street, Suite 402 Toronto ON M5G 1L7 / CA
	[2014/33]
Former [2014/23]	For all designated states Rudzicz, Frank 215-20 Elsie Lane Toronto, Ontario M6P 3N9 / CA
	For all designated states Hirst, Graeme John 250 Withrow Avenue Toronto, Ontario M4K 1E4 / CA
	For all designated states Van Lieshout, Pascal Hubert Henri Marie 1076 Mayfair Road Oakville, Ontario L6M 1G7 / CA
	For all designated states Penn, Gerald Bradley 55 Brownstone Circle Thornhill, Ontario L4J 7P7 / CA
	For all designated states Shein, Graham Fraser 2276 Gerrard Streat East Toronto, Ontario M4E 2E1 / CA
Inventor(s)	01 / see applicant ...
	[2014/23]
Representative(s)	TBK Bavariaring 4-6 80336 München / DE
	[2014/23]
Application number, filing date	12817709.4	25.07.2012
	WO2012CA50502
Priority number, date	US201161511275P	25.07.2011 Original published format: US 201161511275 P
	[2014/23]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2013013319
	Date:	31.01.2013
	Language:	EN
	[2013/05]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2737480
	Date:	04.06.2014
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 31.01.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2014/23]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	CA	31.01.2013
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	18.02.2015
Classification	IPC:	G10L21/02, G10H1/02	[2014/23]
	CPC:	G10H1/366 (EP,US); G10L15/22 (US); G10L21/003 (EP,US); G10H2250/541 (EP,US); G10L2021/0135 (EP,US); G10L21/0364 (EP,US); (+) G10L25/60 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, 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, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2014/23]
Title	German:	SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN FÜR AKUSTISCHE TRANSFORMATION	[2014/23]
	English:	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACOUSTIC TRANSFORMATION	[2014/23]
	French:	SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE TRANSFORMATION ACOUSTIQUE	[2014/23]
Entry into regional phase	21.01.2014	National basic fee paid
	21.01.2014	Search fee paid
	21.01.2014	Designation fee(s) paid
	21.01.2014	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	21.01.2014	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	21.01.2014	Examination requested [2014/23]
	17.09.2015	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2016/11]
	23.10.2015	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time [2016/11]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.07.2014	Renewal fee patent year 03
	07.08.2015	Renewal fee patent year 04
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.07.2015	04 M06 Fee paid on 07.08.2015
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Documents cited:	Search	[XY]US2010299148 (KRAUSE LEE [US], et al) [X] 1,11 * abstract * * paragraph [0006] * * paragraph [0018] - paragraph [0026] * [Y] 2-10,12-15;
		[XY] - J.-P. HOSOM ET AL, "Intelligibility of modifications to dysarthric speech", 2003 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, 2003. PROCEEDINGS. (ICASSP '03)., (20030101), vol. 1, doi:10.1109/ICASSP.2003.1198933, ISBN 978-0-78-037663-2, pages I - 924, XP055114804 [X] 1,11 * abstract * * paragraph [0003] * * table 1 * [Y] 2-10,12,15 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2003.1198933
		[Y] - KAIN ET AL, "Improving the intelligibility of dysarthric speech", SPEECH COMMUNICATION, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, AMSTERDAM, NL, (20070724), vol. 49, no. 9, doi:10.1016/J.SPECOM.2007.05.001, ISSN 0167-6393, pages 743 - 759, XP022165860 [Y] 2-10,12-15 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2007.05.001
		[XP] - RUDZICZ F, "Production Knowledge in the Recognition of Dysarthric Speech", (20110831), pages 1 - 229, THESIS,, URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/29854, (20150203), XP008169379 [XP] 1 * chapter 7, pages 162-189 *
		[XP] - Frank Rudzicz, "Acoustic transformations to improve the intelligibility of dysarthric speech", Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies, (20110730), pages 11 - 21, URL: http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/2150000/2140502/p11-rudzicz.pdf?ip=145.64.134.245&id=2140502&acc=OPEN&key=E80E9EB78FFDF9DF.4D4702B0C3E38B35.4D4702B0C3E38B35.6D218144511F3437&CFID=444562445&CFTOKEN=21860556&__acm__=1398238299_bfc2593350865c87423f2c06b5e8e756, (20140423), XP055114823 [XP] 1 * abstract *
	International search	[A]US2005246170 (VIGNOLI FABIO [NL], et al);
		[X]US2010299148 (KRAUSE LEE [US], et al);
		[X] - HOSOM ET AL., "Intelligibility of Modifications to Dysarthric Speech", 2003 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, (20030406), vol. 1, pages I-924 - I-927, XP055114804 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2003.1198933
		[Y] - KAIN ET AL., "Improving the Intelligibility of Dysarthric Speech", SPEECH COMMUNICATION, (200709), vol. 49, no. 9, pages 743 - 759, XP022165860 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2007.05.001
		[XP] - RUDZICZ, F., "Production Knowledge in the Recognition of Dysarthric Speech", DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, (20110831), XP008169379
		[XP] - RUDZICZ, F., "Acoustic Transformations to Improve the Intelligibility of Dysarthric Speech", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND WORKSHOP ON SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING FOR ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES (SLPAT2011) AT THE ACL CONFERENCE ON EMPIRICAL METHODS IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING, (20110730), pages 11 - 21, XP055114823
		[A] - KAIN ET AL., "Using Speech Transformation to Increase Speech Intelligibility for the Hearing and Speaking Impaired", 2009 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (ICASSP), (20090419), pages 3605 - 3608, XP031460052
		[A] - TOLBA ET AL., "Towards the Improvement of Automatic Recognition of Dysarthric Speech", 2009 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (ICCSIT), (20090808), pages 277 - 281, XP031527552
		[A] - MENGISTU ET AL., "Adapting Acoustic and Lexical Models to Dysarthric Speech", 2011 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (ICASSP), (20110522), pages 4924 - 4927, XP032001785 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2011.5947460

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