Patent

1981078481: Speech Processor (1981 - 1997)

From: 11 December 1981
To: 31 July 1997
Website: https://ipsearch.ipaustralia.gov.au/patents/1981078481

Summary

The patent for the invention Speech Processor (application number 1981078481) was granted on 6 June 1985. This was an important milestone in the development of the bionic ear (cochlear implant). The patent was awarded by the Australian Patent Office in respect of the application (on 12 December 1980) by the Commonwealth of Australia for an invention entitled "Improvements in Speech Processors", with the inventors named as James Patrick, Graeme Clark, Yit Chow (Joe) Tong and Peter Seligman. The Commonwealth subsequently lodged the complete application on 30 June 1981. The effective date of the patent was recorded as 11 December 1981 and it ceased on 31 July 1997.

Timeline

Related Corporate Bodies

Commonwealth of Australia (1901 - )
The Commonwealth of Australia made the application for the patent 1981078481: Speech Processor
Patent Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1903 - 1992)
The Australian Patent Office awarded the patent.

Related Cultural Objects

Multi-channel Cochlear Implant (Bionic Ear) (1978 - )
The granting of the patent for the Speech Processor [Improvements in Speech Processors] was an important milestone in the development of the bionic ear

Related People

Clark, Graeme Milbourne (1935 - )
Graeme Clark was a co-inventor named on the patent.
Patrick, James (Jim) Finlay
James (Jim) Finlay Patrick was a co-inventor named on the patent.
Seligman, Peter M.
Peter Seligman was a co-inventor named on the patent.
Tong, Yit Chow (Joe)
Joe Tong was a co-inventor named on the patent.

Jack Roberts

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