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Method for recognizing a spoken word in the presence of interfering speech

EP 0713597 B1 · Applicant: VCS INDUSTRIES, Inc. d.b.a. VOICE CONTROL SYSTEMS

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  • Filed August 15, 1994 and granted April 26, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 15, 2014.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by February 15, 2020.
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FiledAugust 15, 1994
PublishedMay 29, 1996
GrantedApril 26, 2000
Term endedAugust 15, 2014
Application numberEP 94925293
Classification (CPC)G10L15/20

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedAug 15, 1994PublishedMay 29, 1996Patent grantedApril 26, 2000Term endedAug 15, 2014

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