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V. Paul Harper

Examiner (ID: 12004)

Most Active Art Unit
2626
Art Unit(s)
2657, 2654, 2617, 2626
Total Applications
383
Issued Applications
254
Pending Applications
31
Abandoned Applications
104

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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09/827280
Method of estimating the pitch of a speech signal using an average distance between peaks, use of the method, and a device adapted therefor Apr 4, 2001 Issued
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09/824064
Method of finding answers to questions Apr 2, 2001 Issued
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10/276292
Noise suppression device including subband-based signal-to-noise ratio Mar 27, 2001 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6988089 [patent_doc_number] => 20010037202 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2001-11-01 [patent_title] => 'Speech synthesizing method and apparatus' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 09/818886 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2001-03-27 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 3977 [patent_no_of_claims] => 22 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 77 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0037/20010037202.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09818886 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/818886
Speech synthesizing method and apparatus using prosody control Mar 26, 2001 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6483421 [patent_doc_number] => 20020024519 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-02-28 [patent_title] => 'System and method for producing three-dimensional moving picture authoring tool supporting synthesis of motion, facial expression, lip synchronizing and lip synchronized voice of three-dimensional character' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 09/816592 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2001-03-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 14 [patent_figures_cnt] => 14 [patent_no_of_words] => 6587 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 14 [patent_words_short_claim] => 62 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0024/20020024519.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09816592 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/816592
System and method for producing three-dimensional moving picture authoring tool supporting synthesis of motion, facial expression, lip synchronizing and lip synchronized voice of three-dimensional character Mar 22, 2001 Abandoned
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09/786885
Measurement of signal quality Mar 8, 2001 Issued
Array ( [id] => 438114 [patent_doc_number] => 07263484 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-08-28 [patent_title] => 'Phonetic searching' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 09/799385 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2001-03-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 2 [patent_figures_cnt] => 2 [patent_no_of_words] => 4364 [patent_no_of_claims] => 16 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 112 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/263/07263484.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09799385 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/799385
Phonetic searching Mar 4, 2001 Issued
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09/785650
Tracking time using portable recorders and speech recognition Feb 15, 2001 Issued
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09/773157
Method for handling requests for information in a natural language understanding system Jan 30, 2001 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 1192011 [patent_doc_number] => 06735560 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2004-05-11 [patent_title] => 'Method of identifying members of classes in a natural language understanding system' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/773137 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2001-01-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 3 [patent_no_of_words] => 5975 [patent_no_of_claims] => 26 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 82 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/735/06735560.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09773137 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/773137
Method of identifying members of classes in a natural language understanding system Jan 30, 2001 Issued
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09/770093
Speech therapy system and method Jan 24, 2001 Issued
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09/769776
Speech analysis and therapy system and method Jan 24, 2001 Issued
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09/760342
Voice user interface for controlling a consumer media data storage and playback device Jan 11, 2001 Abandoned
09/743578 Interval normalization device for voice recognition input voice Jan 11, 2001 Abandoned
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09/760279
Method for incorporating multiple cursors in a speech recognition system Jan 11, 2001 Issued
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09/757713
System and method for hybrid voice recognition Jan 8, 2001 Issued
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09/755131
Noise spectrum subtraction method and system Jan 7, 2001 Issued
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09/748879
Conversation processing apparatus, method therefor, and recording medium therefor Dec 25, 2000 Abandoned
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09/749375
Coding and storage of phonetical characteristics of strings Dec 20, 2000 Issued
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09/740826
Method and apparatus for speech coding with voiced/unvoiced determination Dec 20, 2000 Issued
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