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EP0926660 - Speech encoding/decoding method [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.09.2006
Database last updated on 24.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip22.09.2006No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 25.10.2006  [2006/43]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku Kawasaki-shi
Kanagawa 212-8572 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2005/46]For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku Kawasaki-shi
Kanagawa 212-8572 / JP
Former [1999/26]For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Amada, Tadashi
c/o Toshiba Kabushiki Kaisha, Intell. Prop. Div.
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105 / JP
02 / Miseki, Kimio
c/o Toshiba Kabushiki Kaisha, Intell. Prop. Div.
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105 / JP
[1999/26]
Representative(s)Waldren, Robin Michael
Marks & Clerk LLP
90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9RA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1999/26]Waldren, Robin Michael
MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS / GB
Application number, filing date98310747.524.12.1998
[1999/26]
Priority number, dateJP1997035574824.12.1997         Original published format: JP 35574897
[1999/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0926660
Date:30.06.1999
Language:EN
[1999/26]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0926660
Date:05.04.2000
[2000/14]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0926660
Date:16.11.2005
Language:EN
[2005/46]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.02.2000
ClassificationIPC:G10L19/10
[2005/23]
CPC:
G10L19/10 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1999/26]G10L9/14
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2000/50]
Former [1999/26]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Sprachkodierung und -dekodierung[1999/26]
English:Speech encoding/decoding method[1999/26]
French:Procédé de codage et décodage de la parole[1999/26]
Examination procedure22.01.1999Examination requested  [1999/26]
06.10.2000Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
05.01.2001Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, CY
05.01.2001Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) BE, CH, DK, ES, FI, GR, IE, IT, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
06.11.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
16.05.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.06.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
05.01.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.07.2004Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.01.2005Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.05.2005Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.09.2005Fee for grant paid
21.09.2005Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)17.08.2006No opposition filed within time limit [2006/43]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.12.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
13.12.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
12.12.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
12.12.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
14.12.2004Renewal fee patent year 07
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
31.10.2000AT   M01   Not yet paid
31.10.2000BE   M01   Not yet paid
31.10.2000CH   M01   Not yet paid
31.10.2000DK   M01   Not yet paid
31.10.2000ES   M01   Not yet paid
31.10.2000FI   M01   Not yet paid
31.10.2000GR   M01   Not yet paid
31.10.2000IE   M01   Not yet paid
31.10.2000IT   M01   Not yet paid
31.10.2000LU   M01   Not yet paid
31.10.2000MC   M01   Not yet paid
31.10.2000NL   M01   Not yet paid
31.10.2000PT   M01   Not yet paid
31.10.2000SE   M01   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[A]US4731846  (SECREST BRUCE G [US], et al) [A] 1,3-8,11-18 * column 7 *;
 [A]WO8802165  (BRITISH TELECOMM [GB]) [A] 1,3-8,11-18 * abstract *;
 [A]EP0411655  (FUJITSU LTD [JP]) [A] 1,3-8,11-18 * column 5 *;
 [A]EP0778561  (NEC CORP [JP]) [A] 1,3-8,11-18 * page 3, line 10 - line 35 *;
 [DA]  - ADOUL ET AL., "FAST CELP CODING BASED ON ALGEBRAIC CODES", 1987 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH & SIGNAL PROCESSING, ICASSP '87, DALLAS, TX, US, (19870406), vol. 4, pages 1957 - 1960, XP000615778 [DA] 1,3-8,11-18 * page 1959, column R - page 1960, column L, line 14 *
 [T]  - AMADA ET AL., "CELP speech coding based on an adaptive pulse position codebook", 1999 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, ICASSP '99, PHOENIX, AZ, US, (19990315), vol. 1, ISBN 0-7803-5041-3, pages 13 - 16, XP002120384 [T] 1-8,11-18 * the whole document *
Examination   - EHARA ET AL, "A study on phase-adaptive pulse search in CELP coding", PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 1996 AUTUMN MEETING, (199609), pages 273 - 274
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