Patentee Name Harmonisation - ecoom.be
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" CO., AG" 4 AG Replace with " COMPANY"<br />
" GMBH & CO. AG" 4 AG Replace with " & COMPANY"<br />
" (AG)" 4 AG Remove<br />
" CO. AG." 4 AG Replace with " COMPANY"<br />
" AG + CO" 3 AG Replace with " & COMPANY"<br />
" AG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT" 3 AG Remove<br />
" AG CO." 3 AG Replace with " COMPANY"<br />
" A.-G." 3 AG Remove<br />
" AKTIEN-GESELLSCHAFT" 3 AG Remove<br />
" CO AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT" 3 AG Replace with " COMPANY"<br />
" CO., AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT" 2 AG Replace with " COMPANY"<br />
" + CIE AG" 2 AG Replace with " & COMPANY"<br />
" A/G" 2 AG Remove<br />
" GMBH & CO AG" 2 AG Replace with " & COMPANY"<br />
" AG + CO." 2 AG Replace with " & COMPANY"<br />
" CIE. AG." 2 AG Replace with " COMPANY"<br />
" CIE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT" 2 AG Replace with " COMPAGNIE"<br />
" AG & CO AG" 1 AG Replace with " & COMPANY"<br />
" AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, AG" 1 AG Remove<br />
" + CO AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT" 1 AG Replace with " & COMPANY"<br />
", AG & CO." 1 AG Replace with " & COMPANY"<br />
" + CO. AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT" 1 AG Replace with " & COMPANY"<br />
" A.G. & CO." 1 AG Replace with " & COMPANY"<br />
" A.G. AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT" 1 AG Remove<br />
", A.G" 1 AG Remove<br />
" CO., A.G." 1 AG Replace with " COMPANY"<br />
" AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT UND CO." 1 AG Replace with " & COMPANY"<br />
" CIE. AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT" 1 AG Replace with " COMPAGNIE"<br />
" AKTIENGESELL-SCHAFT" 1 AG Remove<br />
" CIE. A.-G." 1 AG Replace with " COMPANY"<br />
" AG+ CO." 1 AG Replace with " & COMPANY"<br />
" CO. A.G." 1 AG Replace with " COMPANY"<br />
" AG AND CO." 1 AG Replace with " & COMPANY"<br />
" GMBH & CO., AG" 1 AG Replace with " & COMPANY"<br />
The keyword to look for contains the identified spelling variation. For every spelling variation,<br />
the num<strong>be</strong>r of occurrences at the end of the string is indicated.<br />
The legal from contains the harmonized legal form (“AG” in this case). In general, abbreviations<br />
are used <strong>be</strong>cause several legal forms of different countries might have the same abbreviation<br />
(e.g. Société Anonyme and Sociedad Anónima), making it not always possible at the level of the<br />
name to identify the real underlying legal form. Additional address (country) information can <strong>be</strong><br />
used to identify the exact legal form, although this can lead to misleading results for<br />
multinational companies.<br />
Mostly, the legal form indication can <strong>be</strong> removed at the end of the name (“Remove” in field<br />
REMARK) but, in some cases, some additional harmonization is carried out (e.g., in a name<br />
ending with “ CO. A.G.”, the real legal form “ A.G.” will <strong>be</strong> removed and the element “ CO.” will<br />
<strong>be</strong> replaced with “ COMPANY”). This harmonization is carried out for words that are not really<br />
part of the legal form but appear in combination with it, and that can <strong>be</strong> harmonized<br />
immediately.<br />
Table 16 contains some examples of word variations commonly appearing <strong>be</strong>fore a legal form<br />
indication and their harmonized equivalent.<br />
Table 16: Variations and harmonized equivalent of words commonly<br />
appearing <strong>be</strong>fore legal form indications<br />
VARIATIONS IN NAME HARMONIZED EQUIVALENT<br />
CO, CO., … “COMPANY”<br />
AND CO, AND COMPANY, … “& COMPANY”<br />
CIE, CIE., … “COMPAGNIE”<br />
ET CIE, … “& COMPAGNIE”<br />
INTL, INT’L “INTERNATIONAL”<br />
CORP, CORP., … “CORPORATION”<br />
MFG, MFG., … “MANUFACTURING”<br />
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