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EP3054447 - VOICE QUALITY EVALUATION METHOD AND APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 30.04.2018 Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 26.05.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	10.08.2018	Refusal of application	published on 12.09.2018 [2018/37]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Huawei Administration Building Bantian Longgang District Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 / CN
	[N/P]
Former [2016/32]	For all designated states Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Huawei Administration Building Bantian Longgang District Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 / CN
Inventor(s)	01 / XIAO, Wei Huawei Administration Building Bantian Longgang Shenzhen Guangdong 518129 / CN
	[2016/32]
Representative(s)	Maiwald GmbH Elisenhof Elisenstraße 3 80335 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2016/32]	Maiwald Patentanwalts GmbH Engineering Elisenhof Elisenstrasse 3 80335 München / DE
Application number, filing date	14849044.4	05.05.2014
	[2016/32]
	WO2014CN76779
Priority number, date	CN201310462268	30.09.2013 Original published format: CN201310462268
	[2016/32]
Filing language	ZH
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2015043184
	Date:	02.04.2015
	Language:	ZH
	[2015/13]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3054447
	Date:	10.08.2016
	Language:	EN
	[2016/32]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	CN	02.04.2015
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	28.09.2016
Classification	IPC:	G10L25/60, H04L29/06, H04L12/811	[2016/43]
	CPC:	G10L25/60 (EP,US); G10L25/30 (US); H04L65/80 (EP,US); H04M3/2236 (EP,US); G10L19/22 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2016/32]	G10L25/60
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 [2016/32]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR SPRACHQUALITÄTSBEWERTUNG	[2016/32]
	English:	VOICE QUALITY EVALUATION METHOD AND APPARATUS	[2016/32]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL D'ÉVALUATION DE LA QUALITÉ DE VOIX	[2016/32]
Entry into regional phase	05.04.2016	Translation filed
	05.04.2016	National basic fee paid
	05.04.2016	Search fee paid
	05.04.2016	Designation fee(s) paid
	05.04.2016	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	05.04.2016	Examination requested [2016/32]
	29.03.2017	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	26.05.2017	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	07.06.2017	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	13.09.2017	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.04.2018	Application refused, date of legal effect [2018/37]
	12.04.2018	Date of oral proceedings
	25.04.2018	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	30.04.2018	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2018/37]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	05.04.2016	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.05.2017	Renewal fee patent year 04
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.05.2018	05 M06 Not yet paid
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		[A]US2007286351 (ETHIER RANDALL P J [US], et al) [A] 5,6,11,12 * paragraphs [0019] , [0020] , [0046] - [0048] - [0051] , [0053] , [0055] , [0062] , [0063] *;
		[A]US2006221942 (FRUTH FRANK [US], et al) [A] 5,6,11,12 * paragraphs [0032] , [0034] , [0035] , [0042] , [0055] *;
		[A]US8503313 (LANG HOWARD [US], et al) [A] 5,6,11,12 * column 5, line 33 - line 46 * * column 6, line 45 - line 58 * * column 7, line 46 - line 65 * * column 9, line 63 - column 10, line 22 *
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