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No /आवेदन सं या/Application No/ 202227076349 िदनांक/Date of Dispatch/Email: 08/12/2023
सेवा मे,/To
CHETAN CHADHA,
CHADHA & CHADHA, The Capital, 7th Floor, B-Wing, Plot No. C-70, G-Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Behind
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िवषय: एक व अिधिनयम, 1970 क धारा 12 व 13 तथा एक व िनयम, 2003 के अधीन परी ण रपोट
Subject: Examination report under sections 12 & 13 of the Patents Act, 1970 and the Patents Rules, 2003.
1. उपयु आवेदन के संदभ मे परी ण रपोट ( अथात, एक व िनयम, 2003 (यथा संशोिधत) के िनयम 24-ख(3) म िविनिद आपि य का
पथम कथन ) इसके साथ संल न है यह रपोट परी ण हे तु अनुरोध िदनांक 28/12/2022 के उ र मे जारी क गयी है परी ण रपोट का
उ र दािखल करने क अंितम ितिथ (अथात, इस रपोट म लगाई गयी सभी आव यकताओं के अनुपालन क अविध) आवेदक को आपि य का
पथम कथन जारी होने क ितिथ से छः माह है
Please find enclosed herewith an Examination Report ( i.e. a first statement of objections as specified in Rule
24-B(3) of The Patents Rules, 2003 (as amended) ) in respect of above-mentioned application. This report is
issued with reference to a request for examination dated 28/12/2022.The last date for filing a response to the
Examination Report (i.e. a period to comply with all the requirements raised in this examination report) is six
months from the date on which the first statement of objections is issued to the Applicant.
2. यिद रपोट के अंतगत लगाई गयी आव यकताओं का अनुपालन एक व िनयम, 2003 (यथा संशोिधत) के िनयम 24 ख(5) म िविनिद
अविध के भीतर अंदर अनुपालन नह िकया गया तो एक व अिधिनयम 1970 क धारा 21(1) के अधीन वतमान आवेदन को प र य माना
जाएगा
The instant application shall be deemed to have been abandoned under Section 21(1) of The Patents Act, 1970,
unless all the requirements raised in this report are complied with in the period as specified in Rule 24-B (5) of
The Patents Rules, 2003 (as amended).
3. आपका यान एक व िनयम, 2003 के िनयम 24 ख(6) के पावधान क ओर भी आमंितत िकया जाता है
Your attention is also invited to the provisions of Rule 24-B (6) of the Patents Rules 2003.
4. आपको सलाह दी जाती है िक शीघ िनपटान हे तु अपना उ र शीघ प तुत कर
You are advised to file the reply at the earliest for early disposal.
Arpit Jain
िनयंतक पेट ट/ Controller of Patents
संल न/Enclosed: अपरो अनुसार/As above
िट पणी: यह इले टोिनक प से उ प न रपोट है
NOTE: This is an electronically generated report.
सभी पताचार िनयंतक एक व को उपरोि लिखत पते पर भे जा जाये
All communications should be sent to the Controller of Patents at the above mentioned address.
THE PATENT OFFICE
परी ण रपोट /Examination Report
आवेदन सं या /Application Number 202227076349
दािखल करने क ितिथ /Date of Filing 28/12/2022
पूिव ा िदनांक /Date of Priority 02/09/2020
पीसीटी अंतरा ीय आवेदन क सं या व िदनांक / PCT International Application No. & Date US2021048931 -- 02/09/2021
आवेदक /Applicant GOOGLE LLC
परी ण हे तु अनुरोध क सं या व िदनांक /Request for Examination No. & Date R20222047334 28/12/2022
पकाशन क ितिथ /Date of Publication 10/02/2023
इस परी ण रपोट के चार भाग ह, अथात रपोट का सारांश, िव तृत तकनीक रपोट, औपचा रक आव यकताएँ तथा रकॉड मे द तावेज़ /
This examination report consists of four parts, namely summary of the report, detailed
technical report, formal requirements and documents on record.
भाग -1: रपोट का सारांश
PART-I: SUMMARY OF THE REPORT
क. सं.
अिधिनयम के तहत आव यकताओं पर िव तृत िट पिणयां
/Sl. दाव क सं या /Claim Numbers िट पणी /Remarks
/Requirements under the Act
No.
दावे /Claims: हाँ /Yes
नवीनता /Novelty
दावे /Claims: 1-24 नह /No
धारा 2(1)(ञ) के तहत दावे /Claims: हाँ /Yes
1. आिव कार /Invention u/s आिव कारी कदम / Inventive step
2(1)(j) दावे /Claims: 1-24 नह /No
औ ोिगक उपयोिगता /Industrial दावे /Claims: 1-24 हाँ /Yes
Applicability दावे /Claims: नह /No
धारा 3 के अधीन पेटट-अयो यता (यिद हाँ, खंड 3(क-त) /Non- हाँ /Yes
दावे /Claims: 1-24
2. patentability u/s 3 k
(if yes, specify section3(a-p)) दावे /Claims: नह /No
धारा 10 (5) के अधीन आिव कार क एकलता /Unity of invention दावे /Claims: हाँ /Yes
3.
u/s 10 (5) दावे /Claims: 1-24 नह /No
[धारा 10(5) व 10(4) (ग)] दावे /Claims: हाँ /Yes
प ता/ संि ता /Clarity /
4. के अधीन दावे /Claims
Conciseness दावे /Claims: 1-24 नह /No
[u/s 10(5) & 10(4) (c)]
भाग –II िव तृत तकनीक रपोट
PART-II: DETAILED TECHNICAL REPORT
क. उ रत द तावेज क सूची /A.List of documents cited:
(क) पेटट सािह य / (a). Patent Literature :
कोई द तावेज़ उ ृत नह है /No Document Cited
(ख) गैर-पेटट सािह य /(b).Non-patent literature
उ रत द तावेज़
का पासंिगक
िववरण (पृ व
अिभकिथत अिभकिथत
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अिभकिथत अिभकिथत
पकाशन अनु छे द सं या)
क. सं. आिव कार के दावे आिव कार के दावे
ितिथ(िदन/माह/वष) /Relevant
/ द तावेज़ का िववरण /Details of documents /Relevant /Claims of
/Publication description
Sl.no claims of cited alleged
date (page and
document invention
paragraph no.)
of cited
document
D1: Song Yang ET AL: "Generative
Modeling by Estimating Gradients of the
1 Data Distribution", 29 October 2019 (2019- 29/10/2019 section 4 1-24
10-29), Retrieved from the Internet:
URL:https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.05600v2.pdf
D2: Ho Jonathan ET AL: "Denoising
Diffusion Probabilistic Models", 19 June figures 2, 7;
2 2020 (2020-06-19), Retrieved from the 19/06/2020 sections 1, 2, 1-24
Internet: 3, 4.2, 4.3, 8
URL:https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.11239v1.pdf
ख. अिधिनयम के तहत आव यकताओं पर िव तृत िट पिणयां /B. Detailed observations on the requirements under the
Act:
(1).नवीनता / NOVELTY:
(I) ऊपर उ रत द तावेज़ के संदभ (1-24) मे िदये गए पकटन के पूवानुमान को यान मे रखते हए, िन निलिखत कारण से दावा(व ) (1-24) मे
नवीनता क कमी है /
Claim(s) (1-24) lack(s) novelty, being anticipated in view of disclosure in the document cited above under
reference D1 for the following reasons:
The references to the document are given in parentheses.
Regarding claim 1, document D1 discloses a method of generating a final network output comprising a plurality
of outputs conditioned on a network input, the method comprising: obtaining the network input; initializing a
current network output; and generating the final network output by updating the current network output at each of
a plurality of iterations, wherein each iteration corresponds to a respective noise level, and wherein the updating
comprises, at each iteration: processing a model input for the iteration comprising (i) the current network output
and (ii) the network input using a noise estimation neural network that is configured to process the model input to
generate a noise output, wherein the noise output comprises a respective noise estimate for each value in the
current network output; and updating the current network output using the noise estimate and the noise level for
the iteration (see section 4).
Thus, in view of the teachings of D1, the technical aspects as claimed in independent claim 1 are lacking the
'novelty' aspect as per Section 2(1)(j) of the Indian Patent Act 1970, as amended.
The same reasoning applies to the subject matter of the corresponding independent claims 20, 23, and 24, which
therefore are also considered not new.
Dependent claims 2-19 and 21-22 do not contain any features which, in combination with the features of the
claim to which they refer. Features of said claims are directly known from D1. Hence the subject matter of claims
1-24 is not novel.
(2).आिव कारी कदम / INVENTIVE STEP:
(I) ऊपर उ रत द तावेज़(ज ) के संदभ D1, D2 मे प अ यापन(न ) को यान मे रखते हए, िन निलिखत कारण से दावा(व ) (1-24) मे
आिव कारी कदम क कमी है
Claim(s) (1-24) lack(s) inventive step, being obvious in view of teaching (s) of cited document(s) above under
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reference D1, D2 for the following reasons:
If novelty should be disputed based on some minor difference of interpretation, it is pointed out that the subject
matter of these claims would in any case not involve an inventive step, given that D1 attempts to solve the same
problem and describes the same type of solution as presently claimed.
Regarding claims 2-5, applying a mel spectrogram of a speech segment, with the spectrogram having been
generated by a text-to-speech model, and providing a waveform for the speech segment as the final network
output is commonly known. Therefore, the subject-matter of these dependent claims either relates to features
which are already known from the prior arts or to obvious design options which come within the scope of the
customary practice followed by persons skilled in the art.
Regarding claims 7-9, the additional features of claims 7-9 are disclosed by D2, page 4, Algorithm 2, line 4.
Regarding claims 10-11, the additional feature of claims 10 and 11 are anticipated by each of D1 (see D1, e.g.
section 4.3, first paragraph) and D2 (see D2, e.g. section 3.2 incl. line 1 of Algorithm 2) individually.
Regarding claim 12, D1 discloses the additional feature of claim 12 that "the model input for each iteration
includes the noise level corresponding to the iteration" (see D1, e.g. page 6, Algorithm 1, line 6: noise level o; for
each iteration input to the model).
Regarding claim 13, the additional feature of claim 13, according to which "the model input for each iteration
includes an aggregate noise level for the iteration generated from the noise levels corresponding to the iteration
and to any iterations after the iteration in the plurality of iterations", is apparently not disclosed or rendered
obvious by persons skilled in the art.
The dependent claims 6, 14-19, and 21-22 do not contain any additional features which, in combination with the
features of any claim to which they refer, meet the requirements of the Patent Act 1970, with respect to inventive
step. The subject-matter of these dependent claims either relates to features which are already known from the
prior arts or to obvious design options which come within the scope of the customary practice followed by
persons skilled in the art.
(3).पेटट अयो यता /NON PATENTABILITY:
(I) िन निलिखत कारण से धारा 3 के खंड (k )के पावधान के तहत दावा(वे) (1-24) सांिविधक प से पेटट यो य नह ह /
Claim(s) (1-24) are statutorily non-patentable under the provision of clause ( k ) of Section 3 for the following
reasons:
Without prejudice to objection U/S 2(1)(j), Claims 1-24 appear to fall under sub clause (k) of section 3 of the
Indian Patent Act 1970 (as amended), for falling within the scope of "software program" or “computer program per
se”. The said claims claiming a processor which comprises storage medium having a computer program
executable by the processor. Therefore, it seems that main function lies in the stored computer program which is
nothing but computer program per se which is executed in the form of an algorithm, hence it attracts section 3(k)
of the Patents Act.
(4).आिव कार क एकलता /UNITY OF INVENTION:
(I) दावा(व ) 1-24 मे आिव कार क एकलता क कमी है य िक दावे िकसी एक आिव कार या आिव कार का समूह जो िमलकर एक आिव कारी
संक पना क संरचना कर उससे संबि धत नह ह Claim(s) 1-24 lack(s) unity of invention as the claims do not relate to a
single invention or to a group of inventions linked so as to form a single inventive concept:
Claims 1-19, 23-24 relates to method of generation of final network output.
Claims 20-22 relates to method of training the noise estimation neural network.
These two set of claims donot combine to form a single general inventive concept asper Section 10(5) of the
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Patents act, 1970(as amended) and hence only one set of claims shall be allowed in further prosecution.
(II) इस आवेदन का दावा (के दावे) सह-लंिबत आवेदन सं या के दावे के पर पर िवरोध मे है
Claim(s)of the instant application conflict(s) with claim(s) of co-pending application no.
(6).पकटन क द ता /SUFFICIENCY OF DISCLOSURE:
(7). प ता एवं संि ता /CLARITY AND CONCISENESS:
(I) दावा(वे) 1-24 के संबंध मे प प से परीभािषत नह ह.
Claim(s) 1-24 are not clearly worded in respect of:
1. In absence of reference numerals in claims 1-24, the subject matter does not seem to be clear U/R 13(4)
and U/S 10(4) of Indian Patent Act, 1970. Hence comply with this requirement.
2. Independent and its subsequent dependent claims of the instant application should be clearly formulated
defining the correct scope of the invention, U/s 10 (4) of the Indian patent act, 1970.
3. The wording “further” should be deleted from all the claims wherever applicable because it is broadening
the scope of the claims. Hence same should be rectified U/S 10 (5) of the Indian patent act, 1970.
4. The phrase of dependent claims “of claim” should be rephrased as “as claimed in claim” for clarity.
5. The independent claims should be cast in the two-part form where appropriate, with those features known in
combination from the prior art being placed in the preamble and the remaining features being included in the
characterizing part.
6. There is the use of expressions 'any one of claims' in the dependent Claims which tends to make their
dependencies vague and unclear. The claims should be suitably re-drafted to make their respective
dependencies clearer.
7. Regarding claim 1, 20, 23, and 24, the iterative process that is performed for generating a final waveform is
considered as being central to the invention. An iterative process is however defined by: 1) initial conditions,
2) update mechanism and 3) stopping/exit condition. All of the three requirements are however missing in
claim 1, i.e. it is not specified how the waveform is initialised, it is not clear in which way the model input is
processed and it is not clear, either, at which point the iterative process stops. It goes without saying that
such an iterative process must be clearly defined so that the claimed method can credibly provide an
advantageous solution over the prior art in the whole claim breadth.
8. Moreover, claim 1 (correspondingly each of claims 20, 21, 23 and 24) is unclear, because (i) it neither allows
to understand whether - and possibly how - the network providing the "output” relates to the "noise
estimation neural network", nor whether - and possibly how - a "value in the current network output” relates
to the "plurality of outputs", and (ii) it remains unclear from the wording of the claim which of the plurality of
noise estimates (constituted by the claimed expression "a respective noise estimate for each value in the
current output”) is used for the claimed "updating the current network output using the noise estimate".
9. The two independent claims(1 and 20 ) in same category of method shall not be allowed. The claims
otherwise fall under Section 10(5) due to factor of divisionality.
(8).अ य आव यकताएँ /OTHERS REQUIREMENTS:
(I)
1. If any amendment is necessitated in the complete specification then it is required to clearly identify
(submission of marked copy) the amendments carried out and to indicate the portion (page no and line no)
of the complete specification as filed on which these amendments are based on.
2. Details regarding the search and/or examination report including claims of the application allowed, as
referred to in Rule 12(3) of the Patent Rule, 2003, in respect of same or substantially the same invention
filed in all the major Patent offices along with appropriate translation where applicable, should be submitted
within a period of six months from the date of receipt of this communication as provided under section 8(2)
of the Indian Patents Act.
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3. All the submitted documents and forms have been presumed as originally signed by the authorized signatory
under the provisions of the Patents Act, 1970. If not, submit the originally signed copy of the same failing to
which the document may not be considered filed.
भाग – III: औपचा रक आव यकताएँ /PART-III: FORMAL REQUIREMENTS
आपि यां /Objections िट पणी /Remarks
Time line of
Application number should be mentioned in Form 3, Form 5, and Form 18.
Application
Details regarding application for Patents which may be filed outside India from time to time
for the same or substantially the same invention should be furnished within six months from
Statement & Under
the date of filing of the said application under clause(b) of subsection(1) of section 8 and
Taking (Form 3
rule 12(1) of the Patents Act,1970 (as amended). Applicant must furnish details relating to
Details)
the processing of application outside India from time to time as per section 8(2) of the
Patents Act, 1970(as amended).
Reference numerals are missing from the 'abstract' given by the applicant. The applicant is
required to freshly prepare an 'abstract' in accordance with the instructions contained in
Format of Rule 13{7} of the Patent Rules, 2003(as amended).
Specification (rule
13) The features of the claims should be provided with reference signs placed in parentheses
to increase the intelligibility of the claims. This applies to both the preamble and
characterizing portion.
a. All the submitted documents and forms like PA/GPA etc. have been presumed as
originally signed by the authorized signatory under the provisions of the Patents Act,
1970. If not, submit the originally signed copy of the same failing to which the
document may not be considered filed.
Other Deficiencies b. If any amendment is necessitated in the complete specification then it is required to
clearly identify (submission of marked copy) the amendments carried out and to
indicate the portion (page no and line no) of the complete specification as filed on
which these amendments are based on. Further the pages wherever amendments are
carried out need to be freshly typed on white pages and to be filed in duplicate.
भाग-IV: रकॉड मे द तावेज़ /PART-IV: DOCUMENTS ON RECORD
िन निलिखत द तावेज़ के आधार पर यह परी ण रपोट तैयार क गयी है
The examination report has been prepared based on the following documents:
कायसूची ितिथ / कायसूची सं या /Docket
पिवि सं या िववरण /Entry Number Description
Docket Date Number
28(i)-Request For Examination After 18 months Publication -
28 Dec 2022 83400
Form 18
1-New Application For Patent With Provisional /Complete
28 Dec 2022 83400
Specification
02 Jan 2023 125 45-Form Of Authorisation Of Patent Agent - Form 26
02 Jan 2023 131 Proof of Right
06 Jun 2023 46231 3-Statement & Undertaking - Form 3
28 Nov 2023 98443 3-Statement & Undertaking - Form 3
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परी क का नाम /Name of the Examiner: ASHISH CHOUDHARY
परी क थान /Examiner Location: Delhi
िनयंतक का नाम /Name of the Controller: Arpit Jain
Controller's Email: ajain.ipo@gov.in
िनयंतक थान /Controller Location: Delhi
िट पणी: परी ण रपोट का उ र दािखल करने क अंितम ितिथ / Note: Last date for filing response to the Examination Report:
08/06/2024
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