blank Quick help
blank Maintenance news

Scheduled maintenance

Regular maintenance outages:
between 05.00 and 05.15 hrs CET (Monday to Sunday).

Other outages
Availability
Register Forum

2022.02.11

More...
blank News flashes

News flashes

New version of the European Patent Register - SPC information for Unitary Patents.

2024-03-06

More...
blank Related links

Extract from the Register of European Patents

EP About this file: EP0442342

EP0442342 - Voice signal processing device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.09.1995
Database last updated on 26.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip21.09.1995No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 08.11.1995 [1995/45]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi Osaka
571-8501 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1991/34]For all designated states
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
1006, Ohaza Kadoma
Kadoma-shi, Osaka-fu, 571 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Kane, Joji
4-34, Jingu 1-chome
Nara-shi, Nara 631 / JP
02 / Nohara, Akira
10-17, Matsuzonocho
Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo 662 / JP
[1991/34]
Representative(s)Beetz & Partner mbB
Patentanwälte
Prinzregentenstraße 54
80538 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1991/34]Patentanwälte Beetz - Timpe - Siegfried Schmitt-Fumian - Mayr
Steinsdorfstrasse 10
D-80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date91101452.004.02.1991
[1991/34]
Priority number, dateJP1990003321013.02.1990         Original published format: JP 3321090
JP1990003321113.02.1990         Original published format: JP 3321190
[1991/34]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0442342
Date:21.08.1991
Language:EN
[1991/34]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0442342
Date:17.11.1994
Language:EN
[1994/46]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.05.1991
ClassificationIPC:G10L3/00, G10L3/02
[1991/34]
CPC:
G10L25/93 (EP,US); G10L15/02 (KR); G10L21/0208 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   LI,   NL,   SE [1991/34]
TitleGerman:Sprachsignalverarbeitungsvorrichtung[1991/34]
English:Voice signal processing device[1991/34]
French:Dispositif pour le traitement de signaux vocaux[1991/34]
Examination procedure05.07.1991Examination requested  [1991/36]
06.07.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
25.10.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.01.1994Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
09.05.1994Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.07.1994Fee for grant paid
27.07.1994Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)18.08.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.02.1993Renewal fee patent year 03
28.02.1994Renewal fee patent year 04
Opt-out from the exclusive  Tooltip
competence of the Unified
Patent Court
See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data
Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court.
Documents cited:Search[A]US3566035  (NOLL A MICHAEL, et al);
 [A]US4630305  (BORTH DAVID E [US], et al);
 [A]WO8807739  (AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH [US])
 [X]  - THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, vol. 41, no. 2, 1967, pages 293-309; A.M. NOLL: "Cepstrum pitch determination"
 [Y]  - PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, CONTROL AND INSTRUMENTATION, Cambridge, MA, 3rd - 6th November 1987, pages 997-1002; R.J. CONWAY et al.: "Adaptive processing with feature extraction to enhance the intelligibility of noise-corrupted speech"
 [A]  - PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, San Diego, CA, 19th - 21st March 1984, pages 18A.5.1-4; B.A. HANSON et al.: "The harmonic magnitude supression (BMS) technique for intelligibility enhancement in the presence of interfering speech"
The EPO accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of data originating from other authorities; in particular, it does not guarantee that it is complete, up to date or fit for specific purposes.