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EP0722603 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING REDUCED RATE VARIABLE RATE VOCODING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 09.01.2009 Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	20.05.2011	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): GR	published on 22.06.2011 [2011/25]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 5775 Morehouse Drive San Diego, CA 92121-1714 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2008/10]	For all designated states QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 5775 Morehouse Drive San Diego, California 92121-1714 / US
Former [2003/03]	For all designated states QUALCOMM Incorporated 5775 Morehouse Drive San Diego, California 92121-1714 / US
Former [1996/30]	For all designated states QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 6455 Lusk Boulevard San Diego, California 92121 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / DEJACO, Andrew, P. 10424 Flanders Cove San Diego, CA 92126 / US
	[1996/30]
Representative(s)	Wagner, Karl H. Wagner & Geyer Partnerschaft mbB Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Gewürzmühlstrasse 5 80538 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2008/33]	Wagner, Karl H. Wagner & Geyer Partnerschaft Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Gewürzmühlstrasse 5 80538 München / DE
Former [1996/30]	Wagner, Karl H., Dipl.-Ing. WAGNER & GEYER Patentanwälte Gewürzmühlstrasse 5 80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date	95928266.6	01.08.1995
	[1996/30]
	WO1995US09780
Priority number, date	US19940286842	05.08.1994 Original published format: US 286842
	[1996/30]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9604646
	Date:	15.02.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/08]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0722603
	Date:	24.07.1996
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.02.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1996/30]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0722603
	Date:	05.03.2008
	Language:	EN
	[2008/10]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	15.02.1996
Classification	IPC:	G10L19/14	[2007/29]
	CPC:	G10L19/18 (EP,US); G10L19/00 (FI); G10L13/00 (KR); G10L19/002 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [1996/30]	G10L5/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1996/30]
Extension states	LT	05.07.1996
	LV	05.07.1996
	SI	05.07.1996
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR SPRACHKODIERUNG MIT REDUZIERTER, VARIABLER BITRATE	[1996/30]
	English:	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING REDUCED RATE VARIABLE RATE VOCODING	[1996/30]
	French:	PROCEDE ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT D'EFFECTUER LE CODAGE DE LA PAROLE A VITESSE VARIABLE, VITESSE REDUITE	[2007/29]
	Former [1996/30]	PROCEDE ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT D'EFFECTUER LE CODAGE DE LA VOIX A VITESSE VARIABLE, VITESSE REDUITE
Entry into regional phase	04.04.1996	National basic fee paid
	04.04.1996	Designation fee(s) paid
	08.08.1996	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	08.08.1996	Examination requested [1996/41]
	04.04.1997	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	10.08.1999	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	21.02.2000	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	19.04.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08)
	28.12.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	16.07.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M07)
	25.02.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.03.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	22.09.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	28.06.2007	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	08.11.2007	Fee for grant paid
	08.11.2007	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP03005273.2 / EP1339044
Opposition(s)	08.12.2008	No opposition filed within time limit [2009/07]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.07.1997	Renewal fee patent year 03
	27.07.1998	Renewal fee patent year 04
	21.07.1999	Renewal fee patent year 05
	21.07.2000	Renewal fee patent year 06
	21.08.2001	Renewal fee patent year 07
	21.08.2002	Renewal fee patent year 08
	25.08.2003	Renewal fee patent year 09
	09.07.2004	Renewal fee patent year 10
	08.08.2005	Renewal fee patent year 11
	07.08.2006	Renewal fee patent year 12
	03.08.2007	Renewal fee patent year 13
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	05.03.2008
	DK	05.03.2008
	GR	06.06.2008
	LU	01.08.2008
	PT	05.08.2008
	CH	31.08.2008
	LI	31.08.2008
	MC	31.08.2008
	[2011/25]
Former [2010/28]	AT	05.03.2008
	DK	05.03.2008
	LU	01.08.2008
	PT	05.08.2008
	CH	31.08.2008
	LI	31.08.2008
	MC	31.08.2008
Former [2009/30]	AT	05.03.2008
	DK	05.03.2008
	PT	05.08.2008
	CH	31.08.2008
	LI	31.08.2008
	MC	31.08.2008
Former [2009/18]	AT	05.03.2008
	DK	05.03.2008
	PT	05.08.2008
	MC	31.08.2008
Former [2009/08]	AT	05.03.2008
	DK	05.03.2008
	PT	05.08.2008
Former [2008/49]	AT	05.03.2008
	PT	05.08.2008
Former [2008/39]	AT	05.03.2008
Cited in	International search	[Y]US4589131 (HORVATH STEPHAN [CH], et al) [Y] 3,14,25 * column 4; figure 1 *;
		[Y]EP0433015 (TOSHIBA KK [JP]) [Y] 6,17,28* page 6; figure 5 *;
		[XY]WO9222891 (QUALCOMM INC [US]) [X] 1,7,12,18,23,29 * page 11 - page 12, line 8 * [Y] 2-6,11,13-17,22,24-28,33;
		[X]EP0578436 (AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH [US]) [X] 1,12,23 * page 2, line 32 - line 54 *
		[XY] - PAKSOY ET AL., "Variable rate speech coding for multiple access wireless networks", PROCEEDINGS OF MELECON '94, ANTALYA, TR, (19940412), vol. 1, pages 47 - 50 [X] 1,12,23 * page 49 * [Y] 2,13,24
		[Y] - ERDÖL ET AL., "Recovery of Missing Speech Packets Using the Short-Time Energy and Zero-Crossing Measurements", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SPEECH AND AUDIO PROCESSING, (19930701), vol. 1, no. 3, pages 295 - 303 [Y] 4,15,26 * paragraph [00II] *
		[Y] - TANIGUCHI T ET AL., "Speech coding with dynamic bit allocation (multimode coding)", ADVANCES IN SPEECH CODING, VANCOUVER, BC, CA, (19890905), pages 157 - 166 [Y] 5,11,16,22,27,33 * page 159, line 5 - page 160, line 4 *
		[A] - LYNCH ET AL., "Speech/silence segmentation for real-time coding via rule based adaptive endpoint detection", INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING 1987, DALLAS, TX, US, (19870406), pages 1348 - 1351 vol.3

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