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A Method Of Processing A Signal In A Hearing Instrument, And Hearing Instrument - EP2783522

The patent EP2783522 was granted to Phonak on Jul 18, 2018. The application was originally filed on Nov 22, 2011 under application number EP11790853A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Revoked".

EP2783522

PHONAK

Application Number: EP11790853A
Filing Date: Nov 22, 2011
Status: Revoked; Dec 22, 2023
Publication Date: Jul 18, 2018
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OTICON GN HEARING WIDEX	Apr 17, 2019	COHAUSZ & FLORACK	ADMISSIBLE

Patent Citations (15) New

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Citation Phase	Publication Number
DESCRIPTION	US2006083395
DESCRIPTION	US2010202642
DESCRIPTION	WO2010016925
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT	EP1594344
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT	EP1830602
OPPOSITION	EP1594344
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OPPOSITION	EP2234414
OPPOSITION	US4289143
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OPPOSITION	WO2006044644
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OPPOSITION	WO2010016925
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Non-Patent Literature (NPL) Citations (11) New

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Citation Phase	Reference Text
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT	- KEVIN J. MUNRO ET AL, "Measuring the Real-Ear to Coupler Difference Transfer Function With an Insert Earphone and a Hearing Instrument: Are They the Same?", EAR AND HEARING, (20050201), vol. 26, no. 1, doi:10.1097/00003446-200502000-00003, pages 27 - 34, XP055011871 [A] 1-13 * the whole document *
OPPOSITION	- HARVEY DILLON, "Hearing Aids", Boomerang Press / Thieme, (20010000), ISBN 1-58890-052-5, pages i - xiv, 74-96 ; 117-137, XP055585300
OPPOSITION	- VERNON D. et al., "Measurements of acoustic impedance at the input to the occluded ear canal", Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, (19930201), vol. 30, no. 1, pages 129 - 136, XP055585306
OPPOSITION	- KEVIN J. MUNRO et al., "Measuring the Real-Ear to Coupler Difference Transfer Function With an Insert Earphone and a Hearing Instrument: Are They the Same?", Ear & Hearing, (20050201), vol. 26, no. 1, pages 27 - 34, XP055011871
OPPOSITION	- SAMUEL GILMAN et al., "The effect of occluded ear impedances on the eardrum SPL produced by hearing aids", The Journal of the Acoustic Society of America ( J. Acoust. Soc. Am., (19810801), vol. 70, no. 2, pages 370 - 386, XP009049360
OPPOSITION	- HERBERT HUDDE, "Measurements of the eardrum impedance of human ears", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America ( J. Acoust. Soc. Am., (19830101), vol. 73, no. 1, pages 242 - 247, XP001074159
OPPOSITION	- SAMUEL GILMAN et al., "Acoustics of ear canal measurement of eardrum SPL in simulators", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America ( J. Acoust. Soc. Am., (19860901), vol. 80, no. 3, pages 783 - 793, XP009049175
OPPOSITION	- J AMES M. KATES, "A computer simulation of hearing aid response and the effects of ear canal size", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , ( J. Acoust. Soc. Am., (19880501), vol. 83, no. 5, pages 1952 - 1963, XP002461063
OPPOSITION	- Susan E. Voss et al., "Measurement of acoustic impedance and reflectance in the human ear canal", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America ( J. Acoust. Soc. Am., (19940101), vol. 95, no. 1, pages 372 - 384, XP000435090
OPPOSITION	- DORTE HAMMERSHO et al., "Sound transmission to and within the human ear canal", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , ( J. Acoust. Soc. Am., (19960701), vol. 100, no. 1, pages 408 - 427, XP055585314
OPPOSITION	- MANFRED JOSWIG, "Impulse response measurement of individual ear canals and impedances at the eardrum in man", ACUSTICA, (19930101), vol. 77, pages 270 - 282, XP055585324

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Jul 30, 2018
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Written opinion of the ISA, boxes No. I to VIII
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