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Andrew T. Caldwell

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 6361, Phone: (571)272-3702 , Office: P/2182 )

Most Active Art Unit
2442
Art Unit(s)
2157, 2182, 2442, 2100, 2183, 2137, 2151, 2758, 2154, 2784, 2763, 2445, 2142
Total Applications
458
Issued Applications
217
Pending Applications
151
Abandoned Applications
93

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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08/957595
First formant location determination and removal from speech correlation information for pitch detection Oct 23, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4005829 [patent_doc_number] => 05960394 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-09-28 [patent_title] => 'Method of speech command recognition with dynamic assignment of probabilities according to the state of the controlled applications' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/956498 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-10-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 81 [patent_figures_cnt] => 90 [patent_no_of_words] => 53990 [patent_no_of_claims] => 28 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 156 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/960/05960394.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 956498 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/956498
Method of speech command recognition with dynamic assignment of probabilities according to the state of the controlled applications Oct 21, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3954147 [patent_doc_number] => 05899968 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-05-04 [patent_title] => 'Speech coding method using synthesis analysis using iterative calculation of excitation weights' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/860799 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-10-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 14333 [patent_no_of_claims] => 24 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 814 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/899/05899968.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 860799 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/860799
Speech coding method using synthesis analysis using iterative calculation of excitation weights Oct 13, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3965089 [patent_doc_number] => 05983185 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-11-09 [patent_title] => 'Method and device for simultaneously recording and presenting radio quality parameters and associated speech' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/948898 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-10-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 4309 [patent_no_of_claims] => 41 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 7 [patent_words_short_claim] => 92 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/983/05983185.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 948898 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/948898
Method and device for simultaneously recording and presenting radio quality parameters and associated speech Oct 9, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4322532 [patent_doc_number] => 06188985 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-02-13 [patent_title] => 'Wireless voice-activated device for control of a processor-based host system' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/943795 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-10-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 3107 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 155 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/188/06188985.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 943795 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/943795
Wireless voice-activated device for control of a processor-based host system Oct 2, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4333288 [patent_doc_number] => 06243672 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-06-05 [patent_title] => 'Speech encoding/decoding method and apparatus using a pitch reliability measure' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/927895 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-09-11 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 14 [patent_no_of_words] => 9989 [patent_no_of_claims] => 5 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 216 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/243/06243672.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 927895 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/927895
Speech encoding/decoding method and apparatus using a pitch reliability measure Sep 10, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4017756 [patent_doc_number] => 05924071 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-07-13 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for optimizing a playlist of material' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/925098 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-09-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 17 [patent_no_of_words] => 5146 [patent_no_of_claims] => 23 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 86 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/924/05924071.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 925098 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/925098
Method and apparatus for optimizing a playlist of material Sep 7, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3971335 [patent_doc_number] => 05978760 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-11-02 [patent_title] => 'Method and system for improved discontinuous speech transmission' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/897852 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-07-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 2443 [patent_no_of_claims] => 5 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 141 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/978/05978760.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 897852 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/897852
Method and system for improved discontinuous speech transmission Jul 20, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4025765 [patent_doc_number] => 05890125 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-03-30 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding multiple audio channels at low bit rates using adaptive selection of encoding method' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/895496 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-07-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 7210 [patent_no_of_claims] => 69 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 12 [patent_words_short_claim] => 125 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/890/05890125.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 895496 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/895496
Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding multiple audio channels at low bit rates using adaptive selection of encoding method Jul 15, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4059894 [patent_doc_number] => 05913194 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-06-15 [patent_title] => 'Method, device and system for using statistical information to reduce computation and memory requirements of a neural network based speech synthesis system' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/892295 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-07-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 4462 [patent_no_of_claims] => 90 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 167 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/913/05913194.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 892295 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/892295
Method, device and system for using statistical information to reduce computation and memory requirements of a neural network based speech synthesis system Jul 13, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4184356 [patent_doc_number] => 06084582 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-07-04 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for recording a voice narration to accompany a slide show' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/886898 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-07-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 5269 [patent_no_of_claims] => 29 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 152 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/084/06084582.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 886898 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/886898
Method and apparatus for recording a voice narration to accompany a slide show Jul 1, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3784137 [patent_doc_number] => 05850627 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1998-12-15 [patent_title] => 'Apparatuses and methods for training and operating speech recognition systems' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/883297 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-06-26 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 81 [patent_figures_cnt] => 105 [patent_no_of_words] => 54038 [patent_no_of_claims] => 17 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 139 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/850/05850627.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 883297 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/883297
Apparatuses and methods for training and operating speech recognition systems Jun 25, 1997 Issued
08/849847 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTING A SIGNAL FOR A SPEECH CODER Jun 8, 1997 Abandoned
08/856578 SPEECH SYNTHESIZER APPARATUS UTILIZING CONCATENATION OF SPEECH SEGMENTS OF SPEECH WAVEFORM SIGNALS OF NATURAL UTTERANCE May 14, 1997 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 4114679 [patent_doc_number] => 06067516 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-05-23 [patent_title] => 'Speech and text messaging system with distributed speech recognition and speaker database transfers' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/853977 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-05-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 3362 [patent_no_of_claims] => 2 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 188 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/067/06067516.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 853977 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/853977
Speech and text messaging system with distributed speech recognition and speaker database transfers May 8, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3954133 [patent_doc_number] => 05940791 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-08-17 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for speech analysis and synthesis using lattice ladder notch filters' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/854150 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-05-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 8578 [patent_no_of_claims] => 32 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 33 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/940/05940791.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 854150 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/854150
Method and apparatus for speech analysis and synthesis using lattice ladder notch filters May 8, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4043608 [patent_doc_number] => 05884264 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-03-16 [patent_title] => 'Identifying mechanical damage using sound samples' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/853119 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-05-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 1 [patent_figures_cnt] => 2 [patent_no_of_words] => 2812 [patent_no_of_claims] => 5 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 244 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/884/05884264.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 853119 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/853119
Identifying mechanical damage using sound samples May 7, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4315481 [patent_doc_number] => 06182037 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-01-30 [patent_title] => 'Speaker recognition over large population with fast and detailed matches' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/851982 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-05-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 2 [patent_figures_cnt] => 3 [patent_no_of_words] => 4132 [patent_no_of_claims] => 23 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 298 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/182/06182037.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 851982 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/851982
Speaker recognition over large population with fast and detailed matches May 5, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3946654 [patent_doc_number] => 05953697 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-09-14 [patent_title] => 'Gain estimation scheme for LPC vocoders with a shape index based on signal envelopes' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/851223 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-05-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 3 [patent_no_of_words] => 2104 [patent_no_of_claims] => 6 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 156 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/953/05953697.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 851223 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/851223
Gain estimation scheme for LPC vocoders with a shape index based on signal envelopes May 4, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4083661 [patent_doc_number] => 06009399 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-12-28 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for encoding digital signals employing bit allocation using combinations of different threshold models to achieve desired bit rates' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/838297 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-04-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 2876 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 100 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/009/06009399.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 838297 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/838297
Method and apparatus for encoding digital signals employing bit allocation using combinations of different threshold models to achieve desired bit rates Apr 15, 1997 Issued
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