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EP0243562 - Improved voice coding process and device for implementing said process [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.12.1992
Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip03.12.1992No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 20.01.1993 [1993/03]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
International Business Machines Corporation
New Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504 / US
[N/P]
Former [1987/45]For all designated states
International Business Machines Corporation
Old Orchard Road
Armonk, N.Y. 10504 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Galand, Claude
56, Avenue des Tuilières
F-06800 Cagnes sur Mer / FR
02 / Menez, Jean
Le Manet 43, Chemin du Lautin
F-06800 Cagnes sur Mer / FR
[1987/45]
Representative(s)Tubiana, Max
Compagnie IBM France Département de Propriété Industrielle
06610 La Gaude / FR
[N/P]
Former [1987/45]Tubiana, Max
Compagnie IBM France Département de Propriété Industrielle
F-06610 La Gaude / FR
Application number, filing date86430014.030.04.1986
[1987/45]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0243562
Date:04.11.1987
Language:EN
[1987/45]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0243562
Date:29.01.1992
Language:EN
[1992/05]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.02.1987
ClassificationIPC:G10L9/14
[1987/45]
CPC:
G10L19/06 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1987/45]
TitleGerman:Sprachkodierungsverfahren und Einrichtung zur Ausführung dieses Verfahrens[1987/45]
English:Improved voice coding process and device for implementing said process[1987/45]
French:Procédé de codage de la parole et dispositif pour la mise en oeuvre dudit procédé[1987/45]
Examination procedure24.02.1988Examination requested  [1988/16]
27.04.1990Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.08.1990Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.02.1991Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
31.05.1991Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.06.1991Fee for grant paid
13.06.1991Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.10.1992No opposition filed within time limit [1993/03]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.04.1988Renewal fee patent year 03
13.04.1989Renewal fee patent year 04
10.04.1990Renewal fee patent year 05
15.04.1991Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]   ICASSP 81 PROCEEDINGS-IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, Atlanta, Georgia, US, 30th March - 1st April 1981, pages 824-827, IEEE, New York, US; H. KATTERFELDT: "A DFT-based residual-excited linear predictive coder (RELP) for 4.8 and 9.6 kb/s" [A]
 [A]   IBM JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, vol. 29, no. 2, March 1985, pages 147-157, New York, US; C. GALAND et al.: "Voice-excited predictive coder (VEPC) implementation on a high-performance signal processor" [A]
 [A]   ICASSP 80 PROCEEDINGS-IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, Denver, Colorado, US, 9th-11th April 1980, pages 356-359, IEEE, New York, US; M. BEROUTI et al.: "An embedded-code multirate speech transform coder" [A]
 [A]   ICASSP 81 PROCEEDINGS-IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, Atlanta, Georgia, US, 30th March - 1st April 1981, pages 205-208, IEEE, New York, US; P. HEDELIN: "A tone-oriented voice-excited vocoder" [A]
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