INPAFAMDB - FIZ Karlsruhe

INPADOCDB 

The International Patent DOCumentation DataBase 

INPAFAMDB 

The International Patent FAMily DataBase 

Handbook 

September 2009

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Published by STN International, Europe 

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CONTENTS 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

CONTENTS 

INTRODUCTION 3 

THE INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB DATABASES 5 

OVERVIEW 5 

DOCUMENT STRUCTURE IN INPADOCDB 7 

DOCUMENT STRUCTURE IN INPAFAMDB 18 

WHICH FILE TO CHOOSE, INPADOCDB OR INPAFAMDB? 20 

SUBJECT SEARCH 21 

TEXT SEARCH 21 

Basic Index 21 

Title 21 

Abstract 22 

Simultaneous left and right truncation 26 

The (T)-operator 28 

CLASSIFICATIONS 29 

International Patent Classification (IPC) 

Structure of the IPC 

29 

29 

IPC Classification concepts 31 

Old concept 31 

New concept 31 

Reclassification 33 

Reference database MCD 33 

STN‟s concept: Backfile 33 

STN‟s concept: New documents 33 

New IPC search concept 33 

Search with Core Level Codes 35 

Search with Advanced Level Codes 36 

New IPC display options 36 

New SELECT options for statistics 38 

The IPC Thesaurus and its applications 40 

European Patent Classifications (EPC, ICO, IDT) 45 

EPC (ECLA) 45 

The ICO Classification (ECLA K-Y; In Computer Only) 54 

The IDT Classification (Indeling der Techniek) 55 

National Patent Classification (NCL) 56 

NAME SEARCH 58 

APPLICANT AND INVENTOR NAMES 58 

ADDRESS INFORMATION 64 

SUPER SEARCH FIELDS 66 

INPAFAMDB: FAMILIY RELATED INDEXES AND DISPLAYS 67 

SEARCH FOR NUMBERS AND DATES 70 

PATENT-RELEVANT NUMBERS 70 

Changing patent number formats 72 

PATENT NUMBERS 73 

Japanese patent numbers 78 

APPLICATION AND PRIORITY NUMBERS 81 

KIND OF DOCUMENTS 83 

“DATES OF AVAILABILITY” (DAV) FIELD 86 

THE “PATENT STATUS” (STA) FIELD 88 

THE “FILING DETAILS” (FDT) FIELD 89 

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I

COUNTRY DESIGNATIONS 93 

DATES 

Date Edit 

95 

95 

CITATION SEARCH 97 

TYPE OF A CITATION (SRT) 103 

CATEGORY OF A CITATION (CAT) 104 

FAMILY SEARCHING 106 

WHAT IS A PATENT FAMILY? 106 

The "SIMPLE FAMILY" of the European Patent Office 107 

FAMILY DISPLAY 109 

INPADOCDB 109 

Display format FAM 113 

Display Browse 113 


INPAFAMDB: Display of basic patent and hit patent 

130 

137 

FSEARCH AND FSORT 140 

LEGAL STATUS SEARCHING 143 

LEGAL STATUS DISPLAY 145 

LEGAL STATUS SEARCH FIELDS 149 

Search examples 152 

Search for legal status information on a national application 152 

Search for legal status events 154 

Legal Status Categories (/LSC2) 157 

UPDATES AND SETTING UP ALERTS 161 

DOCUMENT UPDATES IN INPADOCDB 161 

Search and display field “Change” (CHG) 165 

PATENT FAMILY UPDATES IN INPADOCDB 167 

Update codes for patent families 167 

UPDATES IN INPAFAMDB 168 

DISPLAY FORMATS FOR PATENT FAMILY UPDATES IN INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 169 

SETTING UP OF AN AUTOMATIC ALERT 175 

Legal status monitoring with "PROXIMITY LINKED SDI" 178 

MANUAL MONITORING 179 

Searching with family SDI formats 179 

APPENDICES 183 

ONLINE HELPS IN INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 183 

ONLINE HELPS ON PROXIMITY OPERATORS 184 

NUMBER OF RECORDS PER COUNTRY 186 

COUNTRY CODES (/PC) AND KIND CODES (/PK) 188 

PRIORITY APPLICATION INFORMATION TYPE (/PRAIT) 207 

STN NUMBER FORMATS WITH APPENDED CODE 216 

Patent numbers 216 

Application and priority numbers 218 

COUNTRIES WITH LEGAL STATUS INFORMATION 219 

MEMBER STATES PCT 221 

TITLE LANGUAGE/ORIGINAL DOCUMENT LANGUAGE 223 

ITALY: PROVINCE CODING FOR APPLICATION NUMBERS 225 

TYPICAL SEARCHES IN INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 227 

Search Examples 228 

SUMMARY SHEETS (1 ST PAGE) 247 

INPADOCDB 247 

INPAFAMDB 248 

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Introduction 

This handbook is supposed to make users familiar with the INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 

databases in order to enable them to correctly use the search and display options. Special attention 

is given to family and legal status searches. How to set up and use SDIs is also explained in detail. 

For cost-saving training the learning files LINPADOCDB and LINPAFAMDB are available. 

Learning files do have all search and display functionalities as the normal files, but they are not 

updated and contain only a limited selection of database records. 

This workshop is aimed at users who already have basic knowledge of patents and the STN 

command language. Detailed descriptions of the command language is available on the FIZ 

Karlsruhe (www.fiz-karlsruhe.de or www.stn-international.de) and CAS websites (www.cas.org) 

for further study. 

A „Guide to STN Patent Databases“ is available in the training center on the STN Karlsruhe 

homepage (http://www.stn-international.de/). Some explanations from this guide have been 

included in this workshop manual. 

INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB on STN International | Page 3


DOCDB 

THE INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 

DATABASES 

Overview 

INPADOC (INternational PAtent DOcumentation Center) was founded on May 2, 1972 following 

an agreement between the WIPO and the Republic of Austria. In 1991 INPADOC was adopted by 

the European Patent Office (EPO). The database is now produced by the EPO (in The Hague and 

Vienna) and is one of the largest patent files with respect to time and country coverage. It consists 

of the INPADOC Patent Family Service (PFS), the EPO‟s data stock DOCDB, and legal status 

information from INPADOC Patent Register Service (PRS). The PFS part covers more than 90 

countries since 1968. Periods of coverage vary for the individual countries. The PRS contains 

legal status information from 58 countries (42 countries + national phases for WO) since 1978 

with differences in time coverage. 


During a project which lasted for several years the data from the INPADOC Patent Family Service 

(PFS) and those from the EPO‟s DOCDB backfile were merged. Besides, cited references from 

the so-called REFI database were included. The EPO internally stores the entire database under 

the name of DOCDB. Since the end of April 2007, only one data format is delivered: DOCDB 

XML according to WIPO ST.36. 

Patent authorities and patent offices deliver the data to the EPO on electronic storage media or in 

print. The EPO tries to edit and standardize these data, but the reached quality level is limited by 

the nature of received input. About 1 million data corrections are performed by the EPO each year. 

For further improvement of the database, data undergo another quality check at FIZ Karlsruhe and 

are corrected by the FIZ editorial team. 

In INPADOCDB the documents consist of all publication series/documents of a patent application 

from one country. The documents can be grouped to families by priority. This allows the user to 

find out in which country a patent application was filed and where the patent was granted. 

In the INPAFAMDB file database records consist of all publications for one patent family. Search 

indexes are family-based, which means that for a record terms from the complete family are 

considered in the indexes. 

The two databases therefore offer excellent possibilities for performing patent SDIs in order to 

monitor the import and export strategies of competitors or to find out in which countries the 

invention is not protected and thus freely usable. 

At present, cited references for 21 countries are available. They comprise cited references from the 

search report, applicants‟ citations and citations from other sources. This information is very 

useful in order to find related applications or competitors. 

The legal status part of the database provides information as to whether a patent is still valid or has 

expired. This makes it easier to find inventions for which the patent has been discontinued or 

which are no longer valid because the annual fee has not been paid. All legal status changes, 

before and after the granting of the patent, are listed in chronological order and can be searched 

for in detail on STN. At present there are more than 2,600 legal status codes. About 1,300 codes 

were categorized in STN to simplify legal status searching. 

INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB data start with the patent number US X1 from 1790 and currently 

comprise 70 million publications. 

Bibliographic coverage for countries with more than 500,000 records 


”What is a record?“ 

Document structure in INPADOCDB 

INPADOCDB records comprise all publication levels of a country or patent authority for an 

invention/application, which means records are application-based. They are ranked according to 

the date of publication. 

DISPLAY IALL 

Example (Record): 

shows the data of the latest 

publication. The field names are 

=> D IALL 

written in full length in this 

L1 ANSWER 1 OF 1342 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2009 indented EPO/FIZ format. KA on STN 

ACCESSION NUMBER: 52826468 INPADOCDB 

ED 20070322 EW 200712 UP 20070809 

FAMILY NUMBER: 15412274 

TITLE: 

Spritzgiessmaschine. 

TITLE LANGUAGE: German 

INVENTOR(S): 

NON-STANDARD.: WOHLRAB, WALTER 

STANDARDIZED: WOHLRAB WALTER, DE 

PATENT ASSIGNEE(S): 

NON-STANDARD.: KRAUSS-MAFFEI KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH 

STANDARDIZED: KRAUSS MAFFEI KUNSTSTOFFTECH, DE 

PATENT INFORMATION: 

NUMBER KIND DATE 

-------------------------------- 

DE 19928770 B8 20060803 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: DEB8 CORRECTED FIRST PAGE (GRANTED PATENT) 

DATE OF AVAILABILITY: 20060803 modified-first-page-pub 

PATENT STATUS: 

PRE-GRANT PUBLICATION 

APPLICATION INFO.: DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 

APPL. INFO. TYPE: DEA Patent application 

PRIORITY APPL. INFO.: DE 1999-19907169 A 19990219 (DEA1, 20070322, Y) 

DE 1999-19913240 A 19990323 (DEA1, 20070322, Y) 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 (DEA, 20070322, Y) 

PRIO. APPL. INFO. TYPE: DEA1 Domestic priority claimed for patent 

CITED REFERENCE COUNT: 

8. THERE ARE 8 CITED REFERENCES (6 PATENT, 2 NON 

PATENT) AVAILABLE FOR THIS RECORD. ALL CITATIONS ARE 

AVAILABLE IN THE RE FORMAT. 

IPC ORIGINAL (ADV): B29C0045-54 [I,A ]; B22D0017-00 [I,A ]; 

B29C0045-03 [I,A ]; B29C0045-52 [I,A ]; 

B29C0045-58 [I,A ]; B29C0047-40 [I,A ] 

IPC ORIGINAL (CORE): B29C0045-53 [I,C*]; B22D0017-00 [I,C*]; 

B29C0045-03 [I,C*]; B29C0045-46 [I,C*]; 

B29C0045-58 [I,C*]; B29C0047-38 [I,C*] 

EPC CLASSIF. (ECLA): 

ICO CLASSIF.: 

FIELD AVAILABILITY: 

UPDATE CHANGES: 

B29C0045-54D; B29C0045-23; B29C0045-58 

L29C0047:50C 

AI; AN; DAV; DT; ED; EPC; EW; ICO; IN; INS; IPC; IPCI; 

PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; REN; REP; TI 

EPC C 


=> D IALL.M LS 

DISPLAY IALL.M LS 

Field code extension .M shows all 

ANSWER 1 

INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2009 EPO/FIZ publications KA STN of a record, LS shows legal 

status information 


UP 20070712 UW 200728 


TITLE: 

Pressure injection molding machine with continuous 

extruder and separate injection cylinders is designed 

to avoid use of three way valves and prevent external 

leakage of e.g. filled plastic melt or thixotropic 

magnesium. 


TITLE LANGUAGE: English; German 

INVENTOR(S): 








-------------------------------- 

DE 19928770 A1 20000831 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: DEA1 DOC. LAID OPEN (FIRST PUBLICATION) 

DATE OF AVAILABILITY: 20000831 unexamined-printed-without-grant 






DE 1999-19913240 A 19990323 (DEA1, 20070322, Y) 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 (DEA, 20070322, Y) 


IPC VERSION(1-7): 7 

INT. PATENT CLASSIF.: 

MAIN: 

B29C0045-54 (not assigned by patent authority) 

SECONDARY: 

B29C0045-03; B29C0047-40; B29C0045-58; B22D0017-00; 

B29C0045-52 

EPC CLASSIF. (ECLA): B29C0045-54D; B29C0045-23; B29C0045-58 

ICO CLASSIF.: 

L29C0047:50C 

ABSTRACT (ENGLISH): Injection units comprise cylinders with 

reversibly-driven stepped pistons dividing their 

volume into injection- and feed- chambers. The larger, 

leading piston areas occupy the injection chambers, 

the smaller, rear annular surfaces of the pistons 

occupy the feed chambers. Ball non-return valves are 

connected in series with passages between chambers in 

each piston and cylinder unit. Cylinder outlets 

connect to the injection nozzle via injection channels 

and further non return valves. Feed chambers are 

directly connected via a feed channel system to the 

extruder head space. An Independent claim is included 

for the method of operating the injection molding 

machine. Each hydraulic cylinder is controlled so, 

during injection chamber filling via the hot channel, 

the feed chambers and the passages with the non return 


ABSTRACT LANGUAGE: 

ABSTRACT SOURCE: 

ABSTRACT (GERMAN): 

ABSTRACT LANGUAGE: 

ABSTRACT SOURCE: 



valves are essentially free of pressure, or under 

reduced pressure. Further developments of the machine 

and method are described. Preferred features: The 

double screw extruder has co-rotating screws. A 

four-shaft variant with eight screws is described. The 

feed chambers are connected directly via a hot channel 

to the extruder, i.e. with no intermediate arrangement 

of path-switching valves. The injection units are 

driven by e.g. double-acting hydraulic cylinders. 

English 

translation 

Bei einer Spritzgiessmaschine mit einem Extruder und 

mindestens zwei jeweils einen Einspritzkolben und 

einen Enspritzzylinder aufweisenden Einspritzeinheiten 

ist in jedem der alternierend mit Kunststoffschmelze 

befuellbaren Einspritzzylinder ein Stufenkolben 

reversierbar gefuehrt, der den Zylinderraum in einen 

Einspritzraum und in einen Einspeiseraum unterteilt. 

Die groessere Kolbenflaeche des Stufenkolbens begrenzt 

den Einspritzraum, der ueber die Einspritzduese mit 

der Formkavitaet des Spritzgiesswerkzeugs in 

Verbindung steht und den Einspeiseraum, der mit dem 

Extruder in Verbindung steht. Im Stufenkolben ist eine 

die Passage vom Einspritzraum zum Einspeiseraum 

sperrende Rueckstromsperre mit einem Ventilkoerper 

angeordnet. Um zu vermeiden, dass beim Einspritzen von 

Kunststoffschmelze aus dem Einspritzraum in die 

Formkavitaet durch den sich rasch vergroessernden 

Einspeiseraum in diesen ein Unterdruck entsteht, der 

die Gefahr mit sich bringt, dass ueber die Dichtung 

der Kolbenstange des Stufenkolbens 

Hydraulikfluessigkeit oder Luft von aussen in den 

Einspeiseraum gelangt, wird vorgeschlagen, dass die 

Ventilkoerper der Rueckstromsperren derjenigen 

Einspritzeinheiten, die keinen Einspritzvorgang 

vollfuehren, entsperrt werden. 

German 

national office 

AB; ABDE; AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICO; ICS; IN; 

INS; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; TI 

EPC C 


UP 20070712 UW 200728 


TITLE: 



INVENTOR(S): 








-------------------------------- 

DE 19928770 C2 20031120 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: DEC2 PATENT SPECIFICATION (SECOND PUBL.) 


FILING DETAILS: DED2 Grant of a patent after the examination procedure 

DATE OF AVAILABILITY: 20031120 printed-with-grant 


GRANTED 




DE 1999-19913240 A 19990323 (DEA1, 20070322, Y) 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 (DEA, 20070322, Y) 


CITED REFERENCE COUNT: 8. THERE ARE 8 CITED REFERENCES (6 PATENT, 2 NON 



IPC VERSION(1-7): 7 

INT. PATENT CLASSIF.: 

MAIN: 

B29C0045-54 (not assigned by patent authority) 

SECONDARY: 

B29C0045-03; B29C0047-40; B29C0045-58; B22D0017-00; 

B29C0045-52 

EPC CLASSIF. (ECLA): B29C0045-54D; B29C0045-23; B29C0045-58 

ICO CLASSIF.: 

L29C0047:50C 

FIELD AVAILABILITY: AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICO; ICS; IN; INS; PA; PAS; 

PI; PIT; PRAI; REN; REP; TI 

UPDATE CHANGES: EPC C 


ED 20070322 EW 200712 UP 20070809 


TITLE: 



INVENTOR(S): 








-------------------------------- 

DE 19928770 B8 20060803 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: DEB8 CORRECTED FIRST PAGE (GRANTED PATENT) 

DATE OF AVAILABILITY: 20060803 modified-first-page-pub 






DE 1999-19913240 A 19990323 (DEA1, 20070322, Y) 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 (DEA, 20070322, Y) 


CITED REFERENCE COUNT: 

8. THERE ARE 8 CITED REFERENCES (6 PATENT, 2 NON 



IPC ORIGINAL (ADV): B29C0045-54 [I,A ]; B22D0017-00 [I,A ]; 

B29C0045-03 [I,A ]; B29C0045-52 [I,A ]; 

B29C0045-58 [I,A ]; B29C0047-40 [I,A ] 

IPC ORIGINAL (CORE): B29C0045-53 [I,C*]; B22D0017-00 [I,C*]; 

B29C0045-03 [I,C*]; B29C0045-46 [I,C*]; 

B29C0045-58 [I,C*]; B29C0047-38 [I,C*] 

EPC CLASSIF. (ECLA): 

ICO CLASSIF.: 

B29C0045-54D; B29C0045-23; B29C0045-58 

L29C0047:50C 




AI; AN; DAV; DT; ED; EPC; EW; ICO; IN; INS; IPC; IPCI; 

PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; REN; REP; TI 

EPC C 

LEGAL STATUS 

AN 52826468 INPADOCDB 

19990219 DEA1 PRI Domestic priority claimed for patent 

DE 1999-19907169 A1 19990219 

.......................................20070322 

19990323 DEA1 PRI Domestic priority claimed for patent 

DE 1999-19913240 A1 19990323 

.......................................20070322 

19990623 DEA PRI Patent application 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 

.......................................20070322 

19990623 DEA APP Patent application 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 

.......................................20070322 

20000831 DEA1 PUB DOC. LAID OPEN (FIRST PUBLICATION) 

DE 19928770 A1 20000831 

20000831 DEOP8 + REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION AS TO PARAGRAPH 44 PATENT LAW 

EXA Examination, Search Report 

.......................................20070322 

20031120 DEC2 PUB PATENT SPECIFICATION (SECOND PUBL.) 

DE 19928770 C2 20031120 

20031120 DE8304 + GRANT AFTER EXAMINATION PROCEDURE 

.......................................20070322 

20040519 DE8364 + NO OPPOSITION DURING TERM OF OPPOSITION 

.......................................20070322 

20060803 DEB8 PUB CORRECTED FIRST PAGE (GRANTED PATENT) 

DE 19928770 B8 20060803 

200712.................................20070322 

20060803 DE8396 REPRINT OF ERRONEOUS FRONT PAGE 

.......................................20070322 

20071025 DE8327 CHANGE IN THE PERSON/NAME/ADDRESS OF THE PATENT OWNER 

KRAUSS MAFFEI GMBH, 80997 MUENCHEN, DE 

CHG Change of Owner, Inventor, Applicant 

200743.................................20071025 


KRAUSSMAFFEI TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, 80997 MUENCHEN, DE 


200808.................................20080225 


=> D MAXO2 

D MAX shows all available fields of a record 

D MAXO shows additional original data 

D MAXO2 shows the data of MAXO using national characters 

ANSWER 1 

INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2009 EPO/FIZ KA on STN 

AN 52826468 INPADOCDB UP 20070712 UW 200728 

FN 15412274 

TI Pressure injection molding machine with continuous extruder and separate 

injection cylinders is designed to avoid use of three way valves and 

prevent external leakage of e.g. filled plastic melt or thixotropic 

magnesium. 

Spritzgießmaschine. 

TL English; German 

IN WOHLRAB, WALTER 

INS WOHLRAB WALTER, DE 

PA KRAUSS-MAFFEI KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH 

PAS KRAUSS MAFFEI KUNSTSTOFFTECH, DE 

DT Patent 

PI DE 19928770 A1 20000831 

PIT DEA1 DOC. LAID OPEN (FIRST PUBLICATION) 

DAV 20000831 unexamined-printed-without-grant 

STA PRE-GRANT PUBLICATION 

AI DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 

AIO 19928770 

AIT DEA Patent application 

PRAI DE 1999-19907169 A 19990219 (DEA1, 20070322, Y) 

DE 1999-19913240 A 19990323 (DEA1, 20070322, Y) 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 (DEA, 20070322, Y) 

PRAO 199 07 169.1 ; 199 13 240.2 

PRAIT DEA1 Domestic priority claimed for patent 

IC.V 7 

ICM B29C0045-54 

ICS B29C0045-03; B29C0047-40; B29C0045-58; B22D0017-00; B29C0045-52 

EPC B29C0045-54D; B29C0045-23; B29C0045-58 

ICO L29C0047:50C 

AB Injection units comprise cylinders with reversibly-driven stepped pistons 

dividing their volume into injection- and feed- chambers. The larger, 

leading piston areas occupy the injection chambers, the smaller, rear 

annular surfaces of the pistons occupy the feed chambers. Ball 

non-return valves are connected in series with passages between chambers 

in each piston and cylinder unit. Cylinder outlets connect to the 

injection nozzle via injection channels and further non return valves. 

Feed chambers are directly connected via a feed channel system to the 

extruder head space. An Independent claim is included for the method of 

operating the injection molding machine. Each hydraulic cylinder is 

controlled so, during injection chamber filling via the hot channel, the 

feed chambers and the passages with the non return valves are essentially 

free of pressure, or under reduced pressure. Further developments of the 

machine and method are described. Preferred features: The double screw 

extruder has co-rotating screws. A four-shaft variant with eight screws 

is described. The feed chambers are connected directly via a hot channel 

to the extruder, i.e. with no intermediate arrangement of path-switching 


valves. The injection units are driven by e.g. double-acting hydraulic 

cylinders. 

AL English 

AS translation 

ABDE Bei einer Spritzgießmaschine mit einem Extruder und mindestens zwei 

jeweils einen Einspritzkolben und einen Enspritzzylinder aufweisenden 

Einspritzeinheiten ist in jedem der alternierend mit Kunststoffschmelze 

befüllbaren Einspritzzylinder ein Stufenkolben reversierbar 

geführt, der den Zylinderraum in einen Einspritzraum und in einen 

Einspeiseraum unterteilt. Die größere Kolbenfläche des 

Stufenkolbens begrenzt den Einspritzraum, der über die 

Einspritzdüse mit der Formkavität des Spritzgießwerkzeugs 

in Verbindung steht und den Einspeiseraum, der mit dem Extruder in 

Verbindung steht. Im Stufenkolben ist eine die Passage vom Einspritzraum 

zum Einspeiseraum sperrende Rückstromsperre mit einem 

Ventilkörper angeordnet. Um zu vermeiden, dass beim Einspritzen von 

Kunststoffschmelze aus dem Einspritzraum in die Formkavität durch 

den sich rasch vergrößernden Einspeiseraum in diesen ein 

Unterdruck entsteht, der die Gefahr mit sich bringt, dass über die 

Dichtung der Kolbenstange des Stufenkolbens Hydraulikflüssigkeit 

oder Luft von außen in den Einspeiseraum gelangt, wird 

vorgeschlagen, dass die Ventilkörper der Rückstromsperren 

derjenigen Einspritzeinheiten, die keinen Einspritzvorgang 

vollführen, entsperrt werden. 

AL German 

AS national office 

FA AB; ABDE; AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICO; ICS; IN; INS; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; 

PRAI; TI 

CHG EPC C 


FN 15412274 

TI Spritzgießmaschine. 

TL German 





DT Patent 

PI DE 19928770 C2 20031120 

PIT DEC2 PATENT SPECIFICATION (SECOND PUBL.) 

FDT DED2 Grant of a patent after the examination procedure 

DAV 20031120 printed-with-grant 

STA GRANTED 

AI DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 

AIO 19928770 


PRAI DE 1999-19907169 A 19990219 (DEA1, 20070322, Y) 

DE 1999-19913240 A 19990323 (DEA1, 20070322, Y) 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 (DEA, 20070322, Y) 

PRAO 199 07 169.1 ; 199 13 240.2 


REC 8. THERE ARE 8 CITED REFERENCES (6 PATENT, 2 NON PATENT) AVAILABLE FOR 

THIS RECORD. 

REP DE 19607666 C1 (SEA, pat) 

AT 397229 

B (SEA, pat) 

GB 1397461 

A (SEA, pat) 

US 5454995 

A (SEA, pat) 


US 3310837 

A (SEA, pat) 

JP 01063121 A (SEA, npl) 

REN (1) Patent abstracts of Japan M 838, 1989, Vol.13, No.258 & JP 01063121 A 

(SEA) 

(2) DE-B.: Mink,W., "Grundzuege der Spritzgiesstechnik",1979, Zechner & 

Huethig Verlag GmbH, Speyer am Rhein, S.192-195 (SEA) 

IC.V 7 

ICM B29C0045-54 

ICS B29C0045-03; B29C0047-40; B29C0045-58; B22D0017-00; B29C0045-52 

EPC B29C0045-54D; B29C0045-23; B29C0045-58 

ICO L29C0047:50C 

FA AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICO; ICS; IN; INS; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; 

REN; REP; TI 

CHG EPC C 

AN 52826468 INPADOCDB ED 20070322 EW 200712 UP 20070809 

FN 15412274 

TI Spritzgießmaschine. 

TL German 





DT Patent 

PI DE 19928770 B8 20060803 

PIT DEB8 CORRECTED FIRST PAGE (GRANTED PATENT) 

DAV 20060803 modified-first-page-pub 


AI DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 

AIO 19928770 


PRAI DE 1999-19907169 A 19990219 (DEA1, 20070322, Y) 

DE 1999-19913240 A 19990323 (DEA1, 20070322, Y) 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 (DEA, 20070322, Y) 

PRAO 199 07 169.1 ; 199 13 240.2 



THIS RECORD. 


AT 397229 

B (SEA, pat) 

GB 1397461 

A (SEA, pat) 

US 5454995 

A (SEA, pat) 

US 3310837 

A (SEA, pat) 

JP 01063121 A (SEA, npl) 

REN (1) Patent abstracts of Japan M 838, 1989, Vol.13, No.258 & JP 01063121 A 

(SEA) 

(2) DE-B.: Mink,W., "Grundzuege der Spritzgiesstechnik",1979, Zechner & 

Huethig Verlag GmbH, Speyer am Rhein, S.192-195 (SEA) 

IPCI B29C0045-54 [I,A ]; B22D0017-00 [I,A ]; B29C0045-03 [I,A ]; 

B29C0045-52 [I,A ]; B29C0045-58 [I,A ]; B29C0047-40 [I,A ] 

B29C0045-53 [I,C*]; B22D0017-00 [I,C*]; B29C0045-03 [I,C*]; 

B29C0045-46 [I,C*]; B29C0045-58 [I,C*]; B29C0047-38 [I,C*] 

EPC B29C0045-54D; B29C0045-23; B29C0045-58 

ICO L29C0047:50C 

FA AI; AN; DAV; DT; ED; EPC; EW; ICO; IN; INS; IPC; IPCI; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; 

PRAI; REN; REP; TI 

CHG EPC C 


LEGAL STATUS 


20000831 DEOP8 + REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION AS TO PARAGRAPH 44 PATENT LAW 


.......................................20070322 

20031120 DE8304 + GRANT AFTER EXAMINATION PROCEDURE 

.......................................20070322 


.......................................20070322 

20060803 DE8396 REPRINT OF ERRONEOUS FRONT PAGE 

.......................................20070322 


KRAUSS MAFFEI GMBH, 80997 MUENCHEN, DE 


200743.................................20071025 


KRAUSSMAFFEI TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, 80997 MUENCHEN, DE 


200808.................................20080225 


The original language characters are available in ALLO, ALLO.M, MAXO, MAXO2 format and 

can be displayed in “STN on the Web” and in “STN Express”. With PRINT EMAIL and in “STN 

on the Web” original characters can be displayed in PDF-Format without loading special character 

sets when the language dependent character sets are installed. 

Example for a Chinese application: 

Display of original characters can be very helpful if there is no English-language abstract or 

equivalent available. Via copy and paste of the original text free internet language tools (e.g. 

Google) may be used for a machine translation. 


National characters - like ä, ß, â, ç … - can be displayed with the format MAXO2. No 

highlighting is available in these fields. 


Document structure in INPAFAMDB 

In INPAFAMDB all publication levels of a patent family build one database record, which means 

that records are family-based. Within one family record the documents are ranked according to 

application country and publication date. 

All family display formats of INPADOCDB are also available in INPAFAMDB. For 

INPAFAMDB additional „deduplicated“ family display formats were developed. They show only 

non redundant information from all publications for each display field. That means if a family 

consists of 10 publications in which the applicant information appears in three different variations, 

three entries are shown in the applicant field, each variation only once. 

Example record: 

DISPLAY BRIEF (default format) 

Shows selected fields of the patent family, an English 

=> D BRIEF 

abstract and family-relevant patent numbers in tabular 

form. Content of display fields is deduplicated. 

L2 ANSWER 6 OF 355 INPAFAMDB COPYRIGHT 2008 EPO/FIZ KA on STN 

AN 10953655 UPFB 20090723 UWF 200930 

TI SKID STEER LOADER VEHICLE. 

- VEHICULE DE CHARGEMENT A DIRECTION PAR GLISSEMENT. 

- BAGGERFAHRZEUG MIT RUTSCHLENKUNG. 

- VEHICULO CARGADOR DE DIRECCION DESLIZANTE. 

- Skid steer loader vehicle with front and rear ground propellers driven by 

transmissions for propelling and steering. 

- VEHICULE CHARGEUR COMPACT A DIRECTION PAR PATINAGE. 

- Skid steer loader. 

INS BAMFORD JOSEPH CYRIL, CH 

- BAMFORD JOSEPH CYRIL 

PAS BAMFORD JOSEPH CYRIL, CH 

- BAMFORD JOSEPH CYRIL 

- JCB SPECIAL PRODUCTS LTD 

- BAMFORD JOSEPH C 

IPCI E02F0009-20 [I,A ]; B60K0017-04 [I,A ]; E02F0009-08 [I,A ]; 

E02F0003-34 [I,A ]; B62D0011-06 [I,A ]; E02F0009-20 [I,C*]; 

B60K0017-04 [I,C*]; E02F0009-08 [I,C*]; E02F0003-28 [I,C*]; 

B62D0011-06 [I,C*] 

IPCR B60K0017-04 [I,A ]; B60K0017-10 [N,A ]; B60K0017-342 [N,A ]; 

B60K0017-356 [N,A ]; B62D0011-06 [I,A ]; B62D0021-18 [I,A ]; 

B62D0049-02 [I,A ]; E02F0003-28 [I,A ]; E02F0003-34 [I,A ]; 

E02F0009-08 [I,A ]; E02F0009-16 [I,A ]; B60K0017-04 [I,C*]; 

B60K0017-10 [N,C*]; B60K0017-34 [N,C*]; B62D0011-06 [I,C*]; 

B62D0021-18 [I,C*]; B62D0049-00 [I,C*]; E02F0003-28 [I,C*]; 

E02F0009-08 [I,C*]; E02F0009-16 [I,C*] 

EPC 

B60K0017-04; B62D0021-18C; B62D0049-02; E02F0003-28S; E02F0003-34P; 

E02F0009-08; E02F0009-16 

AB (US 5964567 A) 

A skid steer loader vehicle comprising a body having a front end and a 

rear end and provided with first and second ground engageable propulsion 

wheels respectively disposed on opposite sides of the vehicle and in 

which the first and second propulsion wheels are driven by first and 

second transmission systems respectively to permit the vehicle to be 

propelled and steered by driving the propulsion wheels on one side of the 

vehicle independently from the propulsion wheels on the other side of the 


vehicle, an operator's compartment and a boom assembly, the boom assembly 

having, at an outer end thereof, connecting structure for connecting a 

material handling implement to the boom assembly and an inner end of the 

boom assembly being pivotally mounted on the body, adjacent the rear end 

of the body, for movement between a raised position and a lowered 

position in which the boom assembly extends forwards alongside the 

operator's compartment and the material handling implement is disposed 

forward of the front end of the body and a transmission case, disposed on 

one side of the vehicle, having therein said first and second 

transmission systems. 

PATENT FAMILY INFORMATION INPAFAMDB 

+-------- Publications --------+ +-------- Applications --------+ 

CA 2269535 A1 19990304 CA 1998-2269535 A 19980819 

CA 2269535 C 20061128 

DE 69809877 D1 20030116 DE 1998-69809877 A 19980819 

DE 69809877 T2 20030424 

EP 932729 A1 19990804 EP 1998-946379 A 19980819 

EP 932729 B1 20021204 

ES 2191338 T3 20030901 ES 1998-946379 T 19980819 

FR 2767507 A1 19990226 FR 1998-3145 A 19980313 

FR 2767507 B1 19991231 

GB 9717892 D0 19971029 GB 1997-17892 A 19970823 

GB 9802685 D0 19980401 GB 1998-2685 A 19980210 

GB 2328429 A 19990224 

GB 2328429 B 20001011 

JP 2001509225 T 20010710 JP 1999-513909 T 19980819 

JP 3972962B B2 20070905 

US 5964567 A 19991012 US 1998-21250 A 19980210 

WO 9910606 A1 19990304 WO 1998-EP5263 W 19980819 

+--------- Priorities ---------+ 

WO 1998-EP5263 W 19980819 

GB 1997-17892 A 19970823 

GB 1998-2685 A 19980210 

3 priorities, 10 applications, 17 publications 

Hint 

Display formats in INPAFAMDB show deduplicated information. In order 

to show all information, append “.F” to display codes. 

DISPLAY PAS: deduplicated, only differing entries 

DISPLAY PAS.F: entries from all publications of one family, may show 

redundant information 


Which file to choose, INPADOCDB or 

INPAFAMDB? 

While both files, INPADOCDB and INPFAFMDB, contain the same data, these data are 

structured differently. INPAFAMDB the invention-based approach, is an ideal complement to the 

application-based file INPADOCDB. These two different views at the same data-set provide you 

with an optimized environment for any kind of search. 

Most general searches concerning state of the art, inventors or patent assignees are best conducted 

in INPAFAMDB where the bundling of different patent documents into families offers a clear and 

uncluttered overview. Due to the similar concept of its records INPAFAMDB is also the file of 

choice for multifile searching with databases such as WPINDEX and CAPLUS. 

INPADOCDB is used whenever single applications are addressed specifically (i.e. legal status 

changes in a specific country) or for single-country statistics and overviews. 

For an overview of different kinds of searches and the recommended file to use see chapters 

“Typical searches in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB” and “When to choose which database” in the 

appendix. Search examples for all kinds of searches are also given in the appendix. 

Hint 

As both files are built on the same data-set, each search can technically be 

conducted in either file. The different representations in INPAFAMDB and 

INPADOCDB allow for maximum ease of use and optimized results for 

every application. 


Text Search 

SUBJECT SEARCH 

Text searches can be performed in the Basic Index, Titel or Abstract. Please consider that not all 

content in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB is present in English. For more complete search results, 

additional search terms in other languages like German, French or Spanish (see appendix) must be 

included. 

Another option for suject searches is the use of patent classifications. The best results are obtained 

by a combination of both search strategies. 

Hint 

In INPADOCDB search indexes are related to applications/inventions, in 

INPAFAMDB to patent families! 

Examples in the following are mostly derived from the INPADOCDB file. Search fields are 

identical for INPADOCDB and INPAFAMDB, however due to the different file structures search 

queries may differ with respect to the proximity operators. In INPAFAMDB linking of two search 

terms with AND, retrieves documents in which the two terms may appear in different publications 

of one patent family. By using the L-proximity operator the search is limited to documents in 

which both terms are present in one publication. 

Basic Index 

The Basic Index comprises individual words from title and abstract. Simultaneous left and right 

truncation is supported in the Basic Index. Besides original or translated titles, words from 

additions to a title may also be available. 

Title 

Patent titles are available for about 90% of the records. 90% of these are in English. To find all 

relevant hits, besides English other important languages should be included in a search. 

Hint 

Use SET PLURALS ON and SET SPELLINGS ON to search automatically 

for singular and plural of the search term and for American and British 

English variations. 


Abstract 

At present, the database contains over 15 million abstracts, mostly in English. The Field 

Availability (/FA) field shows the distribution of languages. 

=> E A/FA 

**** START OF FIELD **** 

E3 0 --> A/FA 

E4 14832568 AB/FA 

E5 964692 ABDE/FA 

E6 660435 ABES/FA 

E7 2142444 ABFR/FA 

E8 298812 ABOL/FA 

E9 250452 ABOR/FA 

… 

An analysis resulted in the following distribution of abstracts by country (Status August 2009): 

Country PC Records with Abstracts (million) Language 

US 

GB 

CN 

WO 

EP 

DE 

CA 

FR 

ES 

5.0 

2.0 

2.0 

1.6 

1.2 

1.0 

0.9 

0.6 

0.5 

EN 

EN 

EN, CN 

EN, DE, FR, ES 

EN, DE, FR 

DE, EN 

EN, FR 

FR, EN 

ES 

Number of abstracts per country and year available in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB (Status 

August 2009) 


Search Question: 

Search for the above example “Laser cutting” with and without abstract 

field. Examine the additional documents found by means of the abstract for 

relevance. Use KWIC in the display. 

=> FIL INPADOCDB 

FILE 'INPADOCDB' ENTERED AT 10:55:13 ON 12 MAR 2008 

COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 European Patent Office / FIZ Karlsruhe 

FILE LAST UPDATED: 7 MAR 2008 

7 MAR 2008 

MOST RECENT DOCDB WEEK: 200810 

FILE COVERS 1836 TO DATE. 

>>> See HELP CHANGE for new search and display capabilities 

(last changed November 7, 2007) > The database summary sheet (revised October 2007) is available at 

http://www.stn-international.de/stndatabases/sum_sheet/INPADOCDB.pdf > HELP for European Patent Classifications see 

HELP ECLA, HELP ICO and HELP IDT.

L2 

1188 LASER CUTT?/TI 

((LASER(W)CUTT?)/TI) 

=> S L1 NOT L2 

L3 915 L1 NOT L2 

=> D TI KWIC 1-5 

L3 ANSWER 1 OF 915 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2008 EPO/FIZ KA on STN 

TI SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS. 

SYSTEME ET PROCEDE DE FABRICATION D'ALIGNEURS ORTHODONTIQUES. 

AB . . . on the stereo lithographic plastic pattern, excess portions of 

the aligner polymeric material are trimmed using manual tools and/or a 

laser cutting machine. 


TI APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MAKING LEAFLETS AND VALVE PROSTHESES INCLUDING 

SUCH LEAFLETS. 

APPAREIL ET PROCEDES DE FABRICATION DE FEUILLETS ET DE PROTHESES DE 

VALVULE COMPRENANT CES FEUILLETS. 

AB . . . includes providing a non- contact cutting apparatus and a layer 

of tissue . The non-contact cutting apparatus may include a laser 

cutting system or high pressure water jet system. A leaflet (40) is cut 

from the layer of tissue using a predefined. . . 


TI METHOD OF SEPARATING SEMICONDUCTOR DIES. 

PROCEDE DE SEPARATION DE PUCES SEMI-CONDUCTRICES. 

AB . . . dies may have any desired bonding pads and/or patterned 

circuitry added to the semiconductor surface. The remerged hard metal 

after laser cutting and heating should be strong enough for handling. 

Tape may be added to the wafer, and a breaker may be. . . 


TI LASER CUT INTRALUMINAL MEDICAL DEVICES. 

AB . . . into, or coated onto, the intraluminal device or stent. Precise 

geometries or patterns are simply and readily achievable using the 

laser cutting methods in the presence of an inert gas while 

minimizing damage to the precursor materials. 


TI METHOD OF SEPARATING SEMICONDUCTOR DIES. 

AB . . . dies may have any desired bonding pads and/or patterned 

circuitry added to the semiconductor surface. The remerged hard metal 

after laser cutting and heating should be strong enough for handling. 

Tape may be added to the wafer, and a breaker may be. . . 


Looking at various documents related to “LASER CUTTER” one notices that “ CUTTING BY 

LASER BEAM” or “LASER BEAM CUTTING” should also be taken into account. This can be 

done using the proximity operator (1A) (alternative order with no more than one term in between). 

Thus, about 1000 additional documents can be found. 

If you search for LASER(L)POLARIZATION you find 700 records in addition if you have used 

the SET command for English and American spellings: SET SPELLING ON. 

=> S LASER(1A)CUT? 

239025 LASER 

14002 LASERS 

243475 LASER 

(LASER OR LASERS) 

652916 CUT? 

L4 3230 LASER(1A)CUT? 

=> SET SPELLING OFF 

=> S LASER (L) POLARISATION 

L5 

253061 LASER 

14658 LASERS 

257684 LASER 


34206 POLARIZATION 

1527 POLARIZATIONS 


(POLARIZATION OR POLARIZATIONS) 

3336 LASER(L)POLARIZATION 

=> SET SPELLING ON 

=> S LASER (L) POLARISATION 

253061 LASER 

14658 LASERS 

257684 LASER 



1527 POLARIZATIONS 


(POLARIZATION OR POLARIZATIONS) 

17720 POLARISATION 

1012 POLARISATIONS 

18191 POLARISATION 

(POLARISATION OR POLARISATIONS) 


(POLARIZATION OR POLARISATION) 

L6 4141 LASER(L)POLARIZATION 


Simultaneous left and right truncation 

Simultaneous left and right truncation (SLART) is supported in the Basic Index (/BI), the Title 

(/TI) and the Abstracts (/AB). 

=> S ?TEST?/AB 

L1 262688 ?TEST?/AB 

=> S ?TEST?/TI 

L2 236041 ?TEST?/TI 

=> S ?TEST?/BI 

L3 421384 ?TEST?/BI 

=> S HOLOGRA? 

L1 21113 HOLOGRA? 

=> S ?HOLOGRA? 

L2 21290 ?HOLOGRA? 


L3 177 L2 NOT L1 

=> D KWIC 9-11 

TI . . . BIOHOLOGRAPHIC ZONES ON THE LONG BONES OF HUMAN BODY. 

AB Diagnostic, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of 

bioholographic zones on the long bones of human body has a 

novelty in that the axis (3) with a thrust (4) is set on a 

bioholographic zone of a long bone and by pressing a cylindrical 

body (1) over a support (8), a cover with a. . . a thrust, that over a 

spring support (9) and the axle (3) is transmitted to the thrust (4), 

that impacts bioholographic zone for diagnostics and therapy. 


TI Vorrichtung zur Herstellung eines Reflektionshologramms . 

ABDE Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Vorrichtung zur Herstellung eines 

Reflexionshologramms mit einem Masterhologramm 1, 

welches zumindest eine farbsensitive, reflektierende Schicht umfasst, mit 

einem auf das Masterhologramm aufgebrachten photosensitiven 

Film 2 sowie mit einem auf dem Film angeordneten Filter 3, durch welchen 

..... 


TI GROSSE ZUSAMMENGESETZTE ANZEIGENHOLOGRAMME UND VERFAHREN. 


AB . . . converting, and, restoring, of single and groups of a plurality 

of wavelengths. The optical switch elements are preferably voltage 

controlled Electroholography based optical switches. Three 

dimensional spatial representations of system structure and function are 

provided. 


Expand with and without left truncation: 

=> E HOLOGRA 

E4 1 HOLOGPHIC/BI 

E5 3 HOLOGR/BI 

E6 

1 --> HOLOGRA/BI 

E7 2 HOLOGRAAFILINE/BI 

E8 1 HOLOGRAFADA/BI 

E9 3 HOLOGRAFI/BI 

E10 10 HOLOGRAFIA/BI 

E11 1 HOLOGRAFIAR/BI 

E12 2 HOLOGRAFIAS/BI 

E13 1 HOLOGRAFIC/BI 

E14 45 HOLOGRAFICA/BI 

E15 1 HOLOGRAFICAMENTE/BI 

=> E LEFT HOLOGRA/BI 25 

E16 1 HOLOGPHIC/BI 

E17 3 HOLOGR/BI 

E18 1 --> HOLOGRA/BI 

E19 2 HOLOGRAAFILINE/BI 

E20 1 HOLOGRAFADA/BI 

E21 3 HOLOGRAFI/BI 

E22 1 ULTRALJUDHOLOGRAFI/BI 

E23 10 HOLOGRAFIA/BI 

E24 1 HOLOGRAFIAR/BI 

E25 2 HOLOGRAFIAS/BI 

E26 1 HOLOGRAFIC/BI 

E27 45 HOLOGRAFICA/BI 

E28 1 HOLOGRAFICAMENTE/BI 

E29 14 HOLOGRAFICAS/BI 

E30 1 IMAGENSHOLOGRAFICAS/BI 

E31 5 HOLOGRAFICE/BI 

E32 1 HOLOGRAFICKE/BI 

E33 35 HOLOGRAFICO/BI 

E34 1 HOLOGRAFICOE/BI 

E35 9 HOLOGRAFICOS/BI 

E36 1 HOLOGRAFICZNEJ/BI 

E37 1 HOLOGRAFICZNYM/BI 

E38 7 HOLOGRAFIE/BI 

E39 1 DOPPELBELICHTUNGSHOLOGRAFIE/BI 

E40 1 REFLEXIONSHOLOGRAFIE/BI 

EXPAND LEFT and the number 25 

show 25 terms containing the string 

HOLOGRA. 

Bold terms can only be found by using 

SLART in the search for HOLOGRA 


The (T)-operator 

The (T)-operator allows to connect parts of a term ( T= tight). This helps to easily search for terms 

that are either hyphenated or written in one word. (T) is very useful for instance to search for 

chemical names. 

=> S ?ETHYLEN?(T)?CARBONATE? 

310805 ?ETHYLEN? 

115865 ?CARBONATE? 

L2 48 ?ETHYLEN?(T)?CARBONATE? 

=> D KWIC=10 1 3 4 5 


AB . . . 50% of one selected from a group consisting of 

dimethylcarbonate, ethylenemethylenecarbonate, 

diethylcarbonate, methylpropylcarbonate, ethylpropionate, methylacetate, 

ethylacetate, propylacetate, dimethylester, 1,3-dioxolane, THF and. . . 


AB . . . from the group consisting of polyglycolide, polylactide, 

polycaprolactone, polydioxanon, polyglycolate, 

polytrimethylenecarbonate, polylactate, poly(ortho ester), 

poly(anhydro), poly(phosphagen), poly(amino acid), chitosan, cellulose 

derivatives,. . . 


AB . . . by adding at least one of 0.01-10wt% selected from an 

ethylenetrithiocarbonate or induction material to a non-aqueous 

electrolyte solution for a. . . 


AB . . . solvent. The organic solvent get to use selectively one of 

ethylenecarbonate, propylenecarbonate, dimethylcarbonate, 

diethylcarbonate, -butyrolactone or methyl-ethylcarbonate, with weight 

ratio of. . . 

However, an additional EXPAND is always recommended: 

=> E ETHYLENCARB 

E1 2 ETHYLENC/BI 

E2 5 ETHYLENCALLY/BI 

E3 

0 --> ETHYLENCARB/BI 

E4 28 ETHYLENCARBONAT/BI 

E5 2 ETHYLENCARBONATE/BI 

E6 1 ETHYLENCARBONATS/BI 

E7 1 ETHYLENCARBONHYDRICOPOLYMER/BI 

E8 1 ETHYLENCARBONT/BI 

E9 4 ETHYLENCARBONYL/BI 

E10 1 ETHYLENCARBONYLE/BI 

E11 1 ETHYLENCARBOSYLSYRECOPOLYMER/BI 

E12 5 ETHYLENCHLORHYDRIN/BI 


Classifications 

International Patent Classification (IPC) 

Structure of the IPC 

The International Patent Classification (IPC) is hierarchical: 

A Section HUMAN NECESSITIES, PERSONAL OR DOMESTIC ARTICLES C 

A47 Class FURNITURE (arrangements of seats for, or adaptation of seats to, vehicles C 

B60N); DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE 

MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (ladders E06C) 

A47L Sub-Class DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or C 

of other hollow articles of one kind B08B 9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION 

CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08) 

A47L13 Group Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings C 

(brushes, their handles or fastenings 

A47L 13/00 Main-Group Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings C 

(brushes, their handles or fastenings 

A47L 13/02 Sub-Group · Scraping C 

A47L 13/10 Sub-Group · Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing C 

A47L 13/20 Sub-Group · · Mops C 

A47L 13/22 Sub-Group · · · with liquid-feeding devices A 

A47L 13/23 Sub-Group · · · · connectible to the water mains A 

The IPC is administered by the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). On January 1, 

2006, Version 8 was introduced. It offers many enhancements compared to version 7 (as regards, 

for example, structure, classification rules, revisions, database updates). The IPC is available on a 

Core Level (C) and an Advanced Level (A). The Core Level is a relatively stable subset of about 

20 000 entries, in addition to this, the dynamic advanced level covers the entire set of entries in the 

IPC. This advanced level is continuously updated. The Advanced Level is assigned by large patent 

authorities (PCT minimum documentation). It is planned to revise the Core Level, which is 

applied by smaller patent offices in three-year intervals, next time in 2010. Some patent offices 

only classify up to sub-class level (according to a WIPO survey only Monaco up to now). 

Documents can be classified as follows: 

Advanced Levels only 

Core Levels only 

Advanced und Core Levels 

Subclass Levels only 

Hint 

The IPC is also available as an IPC Thesaurus in STN patent databases (see 

below). 

The advanced level is available on the internet: 

https://depatisnet.dpma.de/ipc/init.do 

http://www.wipo.int/classifications/ipc/ipc8/ 

The internet version offers additional information, like additional definitions, chemical structure 

formulas, graphics, and references. 


Revisions to the classification will be announced by the WIPO about two or three months in 

advance. 

WIPO provides helpful tools related to IPC: 

http://www.wipo.int/classifications/ipc/en 


IPC Classification concepts 

Old concept 

Patent documents must be assigned a main notation denoting the main features of the invention, as 

described in the main claim. This main notation is printed on the original document in bold. If 

necessary, secondary notations are assigned which describe further aspects of the invention. 

Accordingly, patent databases distinguish between Main IPC, field ICM, and Secondary IPC, field 

ICS. The entries from ICM and ICS can be searched and displayed together in the IC field. Some 

patent authorities assign Additional IPCs (field ICA) and Index IPCs (field ICI), providing 

additional information on the content of the patent document (non mandatory, non-invention). 

These classifications are listed on the document after a separator //. 

The format of an IPC (IPC 1-7) is ANNAnnN/NNnnn 

A: Letter 

N: Digit 

n: Optional digit, if the digits are not needed, the space is left empty (not filled with 0 on the 

original document) 

Section Class Sub-Class Group Sub-Group 

A NN A nnN / NNnnn 

A-H 01-99 A-Z 1-999 00-99999 

New concept 

The new IPC concept came into force at the first of January 2006.The so called IPC2006 is the 8th 

IPC version and is therefore sometimes also refered to as IPC8. 

An IPC (one or more notations) denoting the main features of the invention (invention IPC) is 

assigned for both Core and the Advanced Level. The entire document is classified, not only the 

claims as in the old IPC versions. Besides the invention IPC, non-invention („additional“) IPCs 

are assigned for both levels. The codes according to WIPO ST.10/C appear on the document as 

follows: 

Italic: Advanced Level Codes 

Non-italic = Core Level Codes 

Bold = Invention IPC 

Non-bold = non-invention IPC 


Documents can be classified with: 

Advanced Level only 

Core Level only 

Advanced and Core Level 

Sub-Class Level only (small patent offices) 

Document with Advanced Level Codes: 

Version indicator 

The format of a notation is: ANNAnnnN/NNnnnn 

A: letter 

N: digit 

n: optional digit; if the digits are not needed, the space is left empty (not filled with 0 on the 

original document) 

Section Class Sub-Class Group Sub-Group 

A NN A nnnN / NNnnnn 

A-H 01-99 A-Z 1-9999 00-999999 

The format of the version indicator on the document is: (YYYY.MM) 

YYYY: year 

MM: month 

The core level indicator only quotes the year. 

Additional related information is included in the meta data provided by the patent authorities and 

is available for search and display in the databases. 

Documents already present in the databases are continuously updated to match the current version 

of the IPC. 


Reclassification 

Reference database MCD 

Backfile data are reclassified when a new IPC version comes into force. Reclassification of the 

complete backfile was conducted when IPC8 was introduced and all future revisions of the IPC 

require subsequent reclassifications. To cope with this vast effort only one patent of a patent 

family is reclassified. This new classification is then transferred to the other members of this 

family. 

This transfer is based on the EPO reference database MCD, Master Classification Database. An 

Advanced-to-Core-Level roll-up is conducted in the MCD which means, that for each advanced 

level code a corresponding core level code is assigned. 

Since these reclassification codes are generated by machine, each rolled-up notation is labeled 

with the meta data entry „MACHINE“ (see section „New IPC search concept“). 

To transfer the new classification to the patent family the following EPO family definition is used: 

Same priority/priorities (“simple family“-concept). 

STN’s concept: Backfile 

All old notations (IPC 1-7) are kept in all STN patent databases. The search and display fields 

ICM, ICS, ICA, ICI and IC are maintained for the backfile. 

Reclassification of the backfile has been conducted in INPADOCDB. However there are still gaps 

for a few minor offices and reclassification of some old documents is very time-consuming. About 

78% of the backfile are reclassified, most of the missing documents are old ones published before 

1968. But please notice that in older days no classification exists. 

New search and display fields, related to IPC codes and additional IPC information, were 

introduced for the IPC8. They can be applied to reclassified backfile and new documents. 

STN’s concept: New documents 

The new IPC8 is adopted in all STN patent files. Either new search and display fields for IPC 

codes and additional IPC information are introduced or the old fields are used for the IPC8. 

In all patent files, new documents contain the original data assigned by the responsible patent 

office. 

New IPC search concept 

To comply with the new IPC8 requirements, and to offer a homogeneous search concept for the 

old and new IPC data, two new IPC search fields have been implemented on STN: 

• In the IPC field all types of IPC codes (IPC 1-8) can be searched, independent of their 

attributes. The search in /IPC covers the old fields /ICM, /ICS, /ICA, /ICI plus the new IPC8 

content. 

• The IPC.KW field contains standardized key words describing attributes of both the old and 

the new IPC codes. 

When searching for both the IPC codes and its attributes, the two search fields can be linked by 

means of the proximity operator (S). 


Example: Search with the IPC code B60R 21/01 in the IPC field and limit to „Invention“ for new 

IPC8 codes of 2006 or later: 

=> S B60R0021-01/IPC 

L1 14668 B60R0021-01/IPC 

=> S B60R021-01/IPC(S)INVENTION/IPC.KW AND PY>=2006 

14668 B60R021-01/IPC 

(B60R0021-01/IPC) 

46282035 INVENTION/IPC.KW 

2836261 PY>=2006 

L2 1922 L9 AND PY>=2006 

A search in the IPC field retrieves the broadest answer set. By using the IPC.KW field limitation 

to specific attributes (see table 1) is possible. IPC code and corresponding IPC attribute have to be 

linked with the (S) proximity operator. 

IPC codes can be entered with 7 or 8 digits before the hyphen (e.g., G02C0005-00/IPC or 

G02C005-00/IPC) - reformatting is done automatically in STN. 

Table: IPC attributes in the IPC.KW field 

Content of the IPC.KW field Abbreviation 

MAIN 

ICM 

IPC1-7 Code Attributes SECONDARY 

ICS 

ADDITIONAL 

ICA 

INDEX 

ICI 

INITIAL 

IPCI 

Status of the IPC Codes RECLASSIFICATION R 

CURRENT *) 

CUR 

ORIGINAL 

O 

DELETED 

D 

Indexing Patent Office PC (z.B. DE, EP, WO) - 

CORE 

C 

IPC8 Code Level 

ADVANCED 

A 

SUBCLASS 

S 

FIRST 

F 

Position of IPC8 Code LATER 

L 

INVENTION 

I 

Value 

NON-INVENTION N 

HUMAN - 

How was the code assigned MACHINE - 

SOFTWARE - 

Rolled-up Core Rolled up core RC 

*) WPINDEX only; not in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 


Search with Core Level Codes 

The new IPC8 has been implemented in the STN patent files in such a way that for each advanced 

level code the corresponding core level code is generated. For reclassified IPC data, these core 

level codes are created by the EPO. For new patent publications the corresponding core level code 

is automatically generated by STN with the help of a concordance list. Only for DOCDB these 

Rolled-up core level codes for new documents are also received from the patent office. This 

means that, when using core level codes in a search, the corresponding advanced level codes are 

automatically included. 

Section of the IPC8 hierarchy from the subclass G02C Spectacles: advanced level 

G02C 5/00 constructions of non-optical parts Core 

G02C 5/02 . Bridges; Browbars; Intermediate bars ... Advanced 

G02C 5/04 .. with adjustable means Advanced 

G02C 5/06 .. with resilient means Advanced 

G02C 5/08 .. foldable Advanced 

G02C 5/10 .. intermediate bar or bars between bridge and side-members Advanced 

Example: Search with Core Level Symbol G02C 5/00 

=> S G02C0005-00/IPC 

L1 10597 G02C0005-00/IPC 

A search with core level code G02C 5/00 automatically includes the corresponding advanced level 

codes G02C 5/02, G02C 5/04, G02C 5/06, G02C 5/08 and G02C 5/10. 

Searching with core level codes has various advantages: 

• Core level codes are only revised every three years. 

• Changes of the corresponding advanced level codes are automatically considered during the 

search. 

• A search with core level codes includes all patent publications. 

• Core level codes are very well suited for SDIs. 

A disadvantage is that the answer sets may be too large. 

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Search with Advanced Level Codes 

Searches carried out using advanced level codes have the great advantage that specific answer sets 

are generated. However, when searching, following issues have to be taken into account: 

• Advanced level codes have to be checked for validity. Changes of the advanced level are 

announced by the WIPO six months in advance. 

• The search does not include publications of smaller patent offices who only do core level 

classification. If completeness is required it is essential to include the corresponding core level 

code in the search. 

Example:: Comprehensive search with Advanced Level Code G02C 5/08 

=> S G02C0005-08/IPC OR G02C0005-00/IPC(S)HUMAN/IPC.KW 

454 G02C0005-08/IPC 

10597 G02C0005-00/IPC 

2597909 HUMAN/IPC.KW 

218 G02C0005-00/IPC(S)HUMAN/IPC.KW 

L1 670 G02C0005-08/IPC OR G02C0005-00/IPC(S)HUMAN/IPC.KW 

The search term G02C0005-00/IPC(S)HUMAN/IPC.KW finds both documents classified with 

advanced level code G02C 5/08 and documents classified by the indexing patent office with the 

corresponding core level code (IPC.KW = HUMAN: code assigned by the patent examiner). 

Search with main IPC symbols 

In the old IPC system it was obligatory to classify a patent publication with a main IPC symbol. 

The main notation no longer exists in the new IPC system, but patent offices may add the 

attributes FIRST or LATER to an invention symbol. However, as FIRST is used and interpreted 

differently by the various patent offices, it cannot be considered a real equivalent to the main 

notation. In the meantime patent offices, except for Italy and Israel, agreed to label the main code 

consistently with FIRST. However the realization of this agreement will require some more time. 

Example: Search for publications with the main IPC code G02C 5/08 

=> S G02C0005-08/IPC(S)(F OR ICM)/IPC.KW 

244 G02C0005-08/IPC 

104735 F/IPC.KW 

32243783 ICM/IPC.KW 

L1 191 G02C0005-08/IPC(S)(F OR ICM)/IPC.KW 

F- FIRST; ICM – main notation of the IPC1-7 

New IPC display options 

New display formats were developed to display old and new IPC data. They show the new IPC8 

codes either in abbreviated form or with all their attributes. 

The display format IPC provides both the old and the new IPC data. Here the most important 

attributes for IPC8 symbols are shown in brackets. Included are the fields IPCI, IPC8 data of the 

original, and IPCR, re-classified IPC data of the latest version. 

Example 7: IPC data from the INPADOCDB file for a document published in 2006 


=> D IPC 

IPCI H01L0021-8247 [I,A]; H01L0027-22 [I,A] 

H01L0021-70 [I,C*]; H01L0027-22 [I,C*] 

C* - automatically generated core level codes (Rolled-Up Core, attribute=MACHINE) 

Example: IPC data from the INPADOCDB file for a document published before 2006 

=> D PI IPC 

AN 29072192 INPADOCDB UP 20061129 

PI IT 1248974 B 19950211 

IC.V 6 

ICM B42D 

IPCR D21H0021-48 [I,A]; G06K0019-12 [I,A]; G07D0007-04 [I,A]; G07F0007-08 

[I,A] 

D21H0021-40 [I,C*]; G06K0019-12 [I,C*]; G07D0007-00 [I,C*]; G07F0007-08 

[I,C*] 

EPC D21H0021-48; G06K0019-12; G07D0007-04; G07F0007-08B 

The inclusion of the re-classified backfile data in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB, offers significant 

advantages to the searchers. The above example perfectly demonstrates that there may be 

fundamental differences between re-classified data and the original IPC data. Patent documents 

from Italy, for example, which have been classified with sub-class codes, now have much more 

detailed IPC codes available. The re-classification enormously improves the chances of finding 

relevant documents. Thus, differences in the classification practice of the different patent offices 

become partially irrelevant. 

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Example: The display format IPC.TAB gives a table of the IPC Symbols with all their attributes 

=> D PI IPC.TAB 

PI EP-----1628341 A2 20060222 

IPC CODE VERSION LEVEL INV POS CC ASSIGNM. DATE STAT 

---- --------------- ---------- -------- --- --- -- --------- -------- --- 

IPCI H01L0021-8247 (200601) Advanced I F EP Human 20051128 O 

H01L0027-22 (200601) Advanced I L EP Human 20051128 O 

H01L0021-70 (2006) Core* I F - Machine 20051128 O 

H01L0027-22 (2006) Core* I L - Machine 20051128 O 

IPC version (IPC.VER) and classification date (IPC.ACD) are special search fields; attributes are 

searchable in the IPC keyword field (IPC.KW). 


New SELECT options for statistics 

For statistic evaluations and trend analyses, IPC codes have to be selectable. In addition to the 

SELECT options for IPC information from version 1-7, new SELECT fields were created for the 

IPC8 data. 

Table: Summary of the new IPC SELECT fields 

IPC.F selects ICM-Codes (IPC1-7) and IPC8 Codes FIRST 

IPC.A selects all advanced level codes 

IPC.AI selects all advanced level codes, invention 

IPC.C selects all core level codes 

IPC.CI selects all core level codes, invention 

IPC.ACD selects Action Dates 

IPC.VER selects IPC Version 

IPC.KW selects IPC Keywords (meta data) 

With the new field IPC.F, only one significant IPC code per document is selected, either the IPC 

main notation of older documents, or the IPC8 code with the attribute FIRST of new documents. 

However, when working with IPC.F, one has to keep in mind that FIRST does not necessarily 

stand for the main code of the invention. The way FIRST is used and interpreted varies from one 

patent office to the other. 

Example: Technology analysis of the company Syngenta by means of the IPC 

INPADOCDB 


=> S SYNGENTA/PA,PAS 

6262 SYNGENTA/PA 

6271 SYNGENTA/PAS 

L1 6286 SYNGENTA/PA,PAS 

=> SET ICFORMAT ON 

SET COMMAND COMPLETED 

=> ANA L1 IPC.F 

L2 ANALYZE L1 1- IPC.F : 612 TERMS 

SET ICFORMAT ON – important for 

statistical analyses, because all old IPC 

data have to be displayed with 8 digits 

(default display for old IPC data has 7 

digits) 

=> D 1- 

L2 ANALYZE L1 1- IPC.F : 612 TERMS 

TERM # # OCC # DOC % DOC IPC.F 

------ ------- ------ ------ --------------- 

1 616 616 9.80 A01H0005-00 

2 217 217 3.45 C12N0015-82 

3 168 168 2.67 A01H0001-00 

4 146 146 2.32 C12N0015-09 


5 144 144 2.29 A01N0025-30 

6 104 104 1.65 A01N0043-40 

7 97 97 1.54 A01N0043-90 

8 91 91 1.45 A01N0025-04 

9 91 91 1.45 C07D0277-20 

10 89 89 1.42 A01N0041-10 

...... 

This simple analysis shows rapidly that plant biotechnology is one of Syngenta„s main fields of 

technology. 

Particularly suited for carrying out an analysis according to fields of technology is the IPC.CI 

field. It selects all core level codes with the attribute Invention which means that the analysis is 

based on significant IPC codes but at a less detailed level. 


The same analysis was carried out in the INPAFAMDB file. Here the analysis results in the 

number of inventions for an IPC, thus giving a better overview. 

By adding “LEN8” to the analyse command IPCs are analysed only up to digit 8, which 

means IPC group level. (But be aware that this analysis is time consuming because 1 

patent family records can have many family members!) 

=> FIL INPAFAMDB 

=> S SYNGENTA/PA,PAS 

1720 SYNGENTA/PA 

1715 SYNGENTA/PAS 

L1 1724 SYNGENTA/PA,PAS 

IPC.F: First IPC given on original 

document 

=> ANA L1 LEN8 IPC.F 

........ 

L2 ANALYZE L1 1- IPC IPC.F LEN 8 8 : 1119 TERMS 

=> D 

L2 ANALYZE L1 1- IPC.F LEN 8: 1119 TERMS 

TERM # # OCC # DOC % DOC IPC IPC.F 

------ ------- ------ ------ --------------- 

4 2000 388 22.51 A01H0005 

5 1631 274 15.89 A01N0043 

11 1312 222 12.88 C12N0015 

14 1262 155 8.99 A01N0025 

16 655 153 8.87 A01H0001 

21 197 119 6.90 A01N 

33 130 77 4.47 C07D 

38 631 69 4.00 A01N0037 

41 162 68 3.94 C12Q0001 

53 94 52 3.02 A61K0031 

In INPAFAMDB DOC shows the 

number of inventions/patent families! 

OCC shows the number of occurrences 

in inventions/patent families 1. 

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The IPC Thesaurus and its applications 

Together with the IPC8, an IPC thesaurus for IPC versions 1-8 were included in all STN patent 

files. The IPC Thesaurus is a very helpful tool to search or display ranges from the IPC hierarchy. 

Possible applications for the IPC Thesaurus: 

• hierarchical IPC searches can be carried out on all hierarchy levels 

• defined ranges within the IPC can easily be searched for 

• the IPC8 Thesaurus display considers the correlation between Advanced and Core Level 

• the IPC Thesaurus includes the WIPO IPC keyword index; by using key words appropriate 

IPC codes can be identified 

Valuable online help is provided by HELP THESAURUS and HELP RCODES (information 

about the content of the thesaurus and on the meaning and usage of Relationship Codes). 

Example: Hierarchical search with the 2-dot subgroup G03F 7/027, all appropriate sub-groups 

should be included in the search 

Excerpts from the IPC8 hierarchy of class G03 - Photography 

G03F 7/027 ..non-macromolecular photopolymerisable compounds Core 

G03F 7/028 …with photosensitivity-increasing substances Core 

G03F 7/029 ....Inorganic compounds; Onium compounds Core 

G03F 7/031 ....Organic compounds not covered by group G03F 7/029 Core 

G03F 7/032 ...with binders Core 

G03F 7/033 ....the binders being polymers Core 

G03F 7/035 ....the binders being polyurethanes Advanced 

G03F 7/037 ....the binders being polyamides or polyimides Advanced 

=> E G03F0007-027/IPC 

E# FREQUENCY AT TERM 

-- --------- -- ---- 

E38 368 2 G03F0007-025/IPC 

E39 1 G03F0007-0269/IPC 

E40 13917 2 --> G03F0007-027/IPC 

E41 5083 2 G03F0007-028/IPC 

E42 5929 2 G03F0007-029/IPC 

E43 1 G03F0007-03/IPC 

E44 5857 2 G03F0007-031/IPC 

E45 6880 2 G03F0007-032/IPC 

E46 6374 2 G03F0007-033/IPC 

1. An EXPAND on the IPC symbol 

shows if the symbol is part of the 

IPC thesaurus. The column AT hints 

to the IPC thesaurus. 

1= old entry IPC1-7 

2= IPC8 

2. The relationship code +NT displays 

=> E G03F0007-027+NT/IPC 

all „narrower terms“. 

E50 13917 --> G03F0007-027/IPC 

. . Non-macromolecular photopolymerisable compounds 

having carbon-to-carbon double bonds, e.g. ethylenic 

compounds (G03F0007-075 takes precedence) 


CORE 

VALID FROM 19900101 TO PRESENT ( IPC EDITION: 5-8 ) 

E51 5083 NT1 G03F0007-028/IPC 

. . . with photosensitivity-increasing substances, e.g. 

photoinitiators 

CORE 


E52 5929 NT2 G03F0007-029/IPC 

. . . . Inorganic compounds; Onium compounds; Organic 

compounds having hetero atoms other than oxygen, 

nitrogen or sulfur 

CORE 


E53 5857 NT2 G03F0007-031/IPC 

. . . . Organic compounds not covered by group 

G03F0007-029 

CORE 


E54 6880 NT1 G03F0007-032/IPC 

. . . with binders 

CORE 


E55 6374 NT2 G03F0007-033/IPC 

. . . . the binders being polymers obtained by 

reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated 

bonds, e.g. vinyl polymers 

CORE 


E56 897 NT2 G03F0007-035/IPC 

. . . . the binders being polyurethanes 

ADVANCED 


E57 1528 NT2 G03F0007-037/IPC 

. . . . the binders being polyamides or polyimides 

ADVANCED 


********** END ********** 

=> S G03F0007-027+NT/IPC 

L1 30709 G03F0007-027+NT/IPC (8 TERMS) 

3. The relationship code +NT can also be 

used to include all narrower terms in the 

search. 

Example: IPC range search – search for all IPC codes from G03F 7/027 to G03F 7/039 

=> S G03F0007-027-G03F0007-039/IPC 

L2 53088 G03F0007-027-G03F0007-039/IPC (10 TERMS) 

(G03F0007-027+NEXT9/IPC) 

=> D TI IPC 


TI VERBESSERUNG BEI DER HALTBARKEIT VON PHOTOINITIATOREN. 

IPCI C07D0295-10 [I,A]; C07D0295-12 [I,A]; C08F0002-46 [I,A]; C09D0011-10 

[I,A]; G03F0007-028 [I,A]; C07D0295-00 [I,C*]; C08F0002-46 

[I,C*]; C09D0011-10 [I,C*]; G03F0007-028 [I,C*] 

IPCR C07D0295-096 [I,A]; C07D0295-112 [I,A]; C08F0002-50 [I,A]; G03F0007-00 

[I,A]; G03F0007-031 [I,A] 

G03F0007-00 [I,C*]; G03F0007-031 [I,C*] 


Hint 

Only valid IPC symbols can be entered as initial and final codes in IPC range 

searches. 

Example: Which core level code corresponds to advanced level code G03 F/035? 

2. The relationship code +BT displays 

all „broader terms“. 

=> E G03F0007-035+BT/IPC 

E# FILE FREQUENCY TERM 

-- ---- --------- ---- 

E1 INPADOCDB 246213 BT5 G03F/IPC 

PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF .... 

E2 INPADOCDB 37997 BT4 G03F0007-00/IPC 

Photomechanical, e.g. photolitho... 

CORE 

VALID FROM 19680901 TO PRESENT (IPC 

EDITION: 1-8 ) 


. Photosensitive materials 

CORE 




. . Non-macromolecular... 

CORE 




. . . with binders 

CORE 



E6 INPADOCDB 897 --> G03F0007-035/IPC 

. . . . the binders being polyurethan 

ADVANCED 

VALID FROM 19900101 TO PRESENT( IPC 


The relationship code BT (broader terms) shows all higher-level IPC codes up to sub-class level. 

The hierarchy clearly shows the relationship between advanced and core level. 

Example: How to search conveniently for the advanced level G03F0007-035 and the 

corresponding core level without using the ICP thesaurus? 

=> S G03F0007-035+CORE/IPC 

L1 7065 G03F0007-035+CORE/IPC (2 TERMS) 

=> S G03F0007-035/IPC OR G03F0007-032/IPC 

908 G03F0007-035/IPC 

7026 G03F0007-032/IPC 

L2 7065 G03F0007-035/IPC OR G03F0007-032/IPC 

The relationship code CORE can be used with EXPAND and SEARCH. It shows/searches 

advanced plus corresponding core level IPC codes. 

With +CORE the corresponding corel 

level IPC code is included in the search. 


Example: Identification of relevant IPC classes for the chemical treatment of wood 

1. EXPAND on keywords in the IPC 

=> E WOOD/IPC 

E# FILE FREQUENCY AT TERM 

field 

-- ---- --------- -- ---- 

E1 INPADOCDB 0 1 WOGGLES/IPC 

E2 INPADOCDB 0 1 WOLFRAM/IPC 

E3 INPADOCDB 0 1 --> WOOD/IPC 

E4 INPADOCDB 0 1 WOOD * ABRASIVE GRINDING OR POLISHING 

OF WOOD/IPC 

2. EXPAND on relevant keywords with 

E5 INPADOCDB 0 1 WOOD * ARTIFICIAL WOOD/IPC 

E6 INPADOCDB 0 1 WOOD * CHEMICAL the OR relationship PHYSICAL TREATMENT code +KT shows 

OF WOOD/IPC relevant IPCs 

E7 INPADOCDB 0 1 WOOD * CHIPBOARD/IPC 

E8 INPADOCDB 0 1 WOOD * CUTTING SCREW-THREADS ON 

WOOD/IPC 

=> E E6+KT 


-- ---- --------- ---- 

E1 INPADOCDB 0 --> WOOD * chemical or physical treatment 

of WOOD/IPC 

E2 INPADOCDB 27136 KT B27K/IPC 

********** END ********** 

=> E B27K+ED/IPC 


-- ---- --------- ---- 

E1 INPADOCDB 27136 --> B27K/IPC 

3. EXPAND on relevant IPC class with 

the relationship code +ED shows the title 

of the IPC symbol 

PROCESSES, APPARATUS OR SELECTION OF 

SUBSTANCES FOR IMPREGNATING, STAINING, 

DYEING, BLEACHING OF WOOD OR SIMILAR 

MATERIALS, OR TREATING OF WOOD OR 

SIMILAR MATERIALS WITH PERMEANT LIQUIDS, 

NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (applying 

liquids or other fluent materials to 

surfaces in general B05; coating wood or 

similar material B44D); CHEMICAL OR 

PHYSICAL TREATMENT OF CORK, CANE, REED, 

STRAW OR SIMILAR MATERIALS 

Search tips 

95 % of the reclassification for the newer data stock since 1968 is complete. This means 

that INPADOCDB can be searched with the current IPC version. 

Prior to each search, the IPC8 Codes, especially the advanced level codes, ought to be 

checked for validity. Die WIPO will announce changes of the advanced level two or three 

months in advance. 

It is advisable to check whether the used IPC codes are advanced or core level codes and to 

adapt the search strategy accordingly (see examples 2 and 3). 

SDIs have to be adapted to new search fields, and the IPC codes have to be checked for 

validity. Ideally, core level codes are used for SDIs. To monitor entire IPC ranges or 

hierarchies, you can benefit from the IPC thesaurus (see examples 11 and 12). It is 


advisable to formulate search queries for SDIs in such a way that changes in the advanced 

level are automatically considered. This can be accomplished by adding “+NT” to your 

IPC search term. All narrower terms of the IPC thesaurus are then included in your search. 

In addition to the full IPC, the IPC symbols are also stored on sub-class and group level in the 

database index: 

Sub-class level 

Group level 

Full IPC Symbol 

G01R/IPC 

G01R0023/IPC 

G01R0023-00/IPC 

Therefore, no truncation is required when searching on these levels. For a search on a higher IPC 

level, class or even section, masking with “!” is required (e.g. “G01!” or “G!!!”). 

A look into the database index with the EXPAND command clearly shows the IPC structure: 

=> EXP G01R/IPC 


-- --------- -- ---- 

E1 1 G01Q0033-53/IPC 

E2 1 G01Q0033-68/IPC 

E3 449182 2 --> G01R/IPC 

E4 38616 G01R0001/IPC 

E5 7440 2 G01R0001-00/IPC 

E6 1 G01R0001-01/IPC 

E7 9764 2 G01R0001-02/IPC 

E8 6948 2 G01R0001-04/IPC 

E9 6727 2 G01R0001-06/IPC 

E10 8497 2 G01R0001-067/IPC 

E11 1 G01R0001-0673/IPC 

E12 2 G01R0001-067E/IPC 

Detailed information on the IPC Thesaurus is available in the STN News and in the presentations 

on the internet. 

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European Patent Classifications (EPC, ICO, IDT) 

When classifying the technical content of an invention the examiners of the EPO assign the 

European Patent Classification EPC (also known as ECLA) and the internal secondary 

classification ICO (In Computer Only). Old documents may also contain IDT (Indeling der 

Techniek). 

EPC (ECLA) 

The European Patent Classification (about 130,000 terms) is based on the International Patent 

Classification IPC ( about 75,000 terms) and was initially used by the EPO‟s patent examiners for 

internal searches. Today the EPC is publicly available. 

FIZ Karlsruhe offers the description of the ECLA (EPC and ICO) for download in zipped PDFfiles. 

Links to the monthly updated files are shown in the INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB file 

banner. Quarterly complete files are replaced with a more current version, in between updates are 

offered as supplements. New, changed and deleted classifications are labeled with N (new), C 

(changed) or D (deleted). The labeling also gives information when the change took place, e.g. 

[N0801] means new in January 2008. 

The following example shows the IPC and the additional EPC entries (bold and in italics) for the 

subclass H04L (extract from the ECLA PDF-files). 

H04L NT5 TI: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC 

COMMUNICATION (typewriters (see ECLA/ICO: B41J); 

……… 

H04L0001-00 NT7 TI: Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the 

information received (correcting synchronisation (see 

ECLA/ICO: H04L0007-00); [N:for digital computers (see 

ECLA/ICO: G06F0011-00)]; arrangements in the transmission 

path (see ECLA/ICO: H04B)) 

H04L0001-00A NT8 [N: Systems modifying transmission characteristics according 

to link quality (adaptive data allocation for multicarrier 

modulation (see ECLA/ICO: H04L27/26M1P); controlling 

transmission power for radio systems (see ECLA/ICO: 

H04B7/005B))] [N9911] [C0508] 

H04L0001-00A1 NT9 [N: by adapting the transmission rate] [N9911] 

H04L0001-00A1M NT10 [N: by switching between different modulation schemes] 

[N9911] 

H04L0001-00A3 NT9 [N: by adapting the transmission format] [N9911] 

H04L0001-00A3L NT10 [N: by modifying the frame length] [N9911] 

H04L0001-00A5 NT9 [N: by adapting the channel coding ( (see ECLA/ICO: 

H04L0001-18D) takes precedence)] [N9911] [C0307] 

H04L0001-00A7 NT9 [N: by adapting the source coding] [N9911] 

H04L0001-00A9 NT9 [N: characterised by the signalling] [N0508] 

H04L0001-00A9A NT10 [N: Transmission of mode-switching indication] [N0508] 

H04L0001-00A9B NT10 [N: Transmission of channel quality indication] [N0508] 

In INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB the EPC and ICO are displayed in IPC8 format. 


Search question: Search for EPC H04L1/00A1M . 

=> E H04L/EPC 

E1 919 H04K0003/EPC 

E2 919 H04K0003-00/EPC 

E3 562427 --> H04L/EPC 

E4 64565 H04L0001/EPC 

E5 1104 H04L0001-00/EPC 

E6 7 H04L0001-00+IDT/EPC 

E7 2507 H04L0001-00A/EPC 

E8 2706 H04L0001-00A1/EPC 

E9 128 H04L0001-00A13/EPC 

E10 146 H04L0001-00A13B/EPC 

E11 36 H04L0001-00A13D/EPC 

E12 96 H04L0001-00A15/EPC 

=> S E8 

L1 2320 H04L0001-00A1/EPC 

=> D TI PI IND 1-5 


TI DATA COMMUNICATION WITH CONTROL OF THE TRANSMISSION RATE OF DATA. 

COMMUNICATION DE DONNEES AVEC UNE REGULATION DU DEBIT DE TRANSMISSION DE 

DONNEES. 

PI WO 2008015501 A1 20080207 

AN 55743920 INPADOCDB ED 20080214 EW 200807 UP 20080214 UW 200807 

IPCI H04L0001-00 [I,A]; H04L0001-00 [I,C*] 

EPC H04L0001-00A3L; H04L0001-00A1; H04L0001-00A9A 


TI Power Control for Reverse Packet Data Channel in CDMA Systems. 

PI US 20080025265 A1 20080131 


IPCI H04B0007-216 [I,A]; H04B0007-204 [I,C*] 

IPCR H04B0007-005 [I,A]; H04L0001-00 [I,A]; H04L0001-08 [N,A]; H04L0001-20 [I,A] 

H04B0007-005 [I,C*]; H04L0001-00 [I,C*]; H04L0001-08 [N,C*]; H04L0001-20 [I,C*] 

NCL 370335000 

EPC H04B0007-005B2Q4; H04B0007-005B2E; H04B0007-005B3B4; H04L0001-00A1; 

H04L0001-00A9A; H04L0001-20 

ICO T04B0007:005B1L2; T04B0007:005B1N; T04L0001:08 


TI RATE SELECTION FOR EIGENSTEERING IN A MIMO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. 

SELECTION DE DEBIT POUR GUIDAGE EN MODE PROPRE DANS UN SYSTEME DE 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS MIMO. 

PI CA 2607606 A1 20061123 



IPCI H04B0007-02 [I,A]; H04B0007-02 [I,C*] 

EPC H04L0001-00A9B; H04L0001-00A1; H04L0001-06 

ICO T04L0001:16F15 


TI VORWAeRTSVERBINDUNGSZUWEISUNG IN EINEM DRAHTLOSEN KOMMUNIKATIONSSYTEM. 

PI DE 60132074 D1 20080207 


IPCI H04B0007-26 [I,A]; H04Q0007-38 [I,A]; H04B0007-26 [I,C*]; H04Q0007-38 [I,C*] 

IPCR H04B0001-707 [I,A]; H04B0007-005 [I,A]; H04L0001-00 [I,A]; H04L0012-28 [I,A] 

H04B0001-707 [I,C*]; H04B0007-005 [I,C*]; H04L0001-00 [I,C*]; H04L0012-28 [I,C*] 

EPC H04W0072-12; H04B0007-005B1N; H04L0001-00A1; H04L0012-28W; H04Q0007-38C6 

ICO T04B0007:005B2Q; T04W0052:04 


TI ADAPTACION DE SUB-PAQUETES EN UN SISTEMA DE COMUNICACION INALAMBRICO. 

PI ES 2288916 T3 20080201 


IPCI H04L0001-00 [I,A]; H04L0001-00 [I,C*] 

IPCR H04J0003-00 [I,A]; H04B0007-26 [I,A]; H04L0001-08 [I,A]; H04L0001-18 

[I,A]; H04L0012-56 [I,A] 

H04J0003-00 [I,C*]; H04B0007-26 [I,C*]; H04L0001-08 [I,C*]; H04L0001-16 

[I,C*]; H04L0012-56 [I,C*] 

EPC H04L0001-00A1; H04L0001-00A3; H04L0001-00A5; H04L0001-00A9A; 

H04L0001-00A9B; H04L0001-08; H04L0001-18D2 

ICO T04L0001:00B7K3; T04L0001:00B7P; T04L0001:18D; T04L0001:18R3C 

Since the EPC is available on STN in the IPC8 format, the IPC can be selected and searched for as 

EPC: 

=> SEL L1 IPC.F 1-100 

E1 THROUGH E41 ASSIGNED 

=> D SEL 

E1 10 H04L0001-00/IPC 

E2 9 H04J0013-00/IPC 

E3 7 H04B0007-26/IPC 

E4 6 H04B0001-69/IPC 

E5 5 H04L0001-18/IPC 

E6 5 H04Q0007-38/IPC 

E7 4 H04B0007-005/IPC 

E8 4 H04L0012-56/IPC 

E9 4 H04L0029-08/IPC 

E10 4 H04Q0007-20/IPC 

E11 3 H04B0001-707/IPC 

E12 3 H04L0001-16/IPC 

E13 2 H04B0007-204/IPC 

E14 2 H04J0003-00/IPC 

E15 2 H04J0013-04/IPC 

.... 

=> S E1-E10/IPC,EPC 

More comprehensive search 

results are obtained by 

searching IPCs of the answer 

sets in the EPC field 


L3 

48442 H04L0001-00/IPC 

1055 H04L0001-00/EPC 

25372 H04J0013-00/IPC 

1740 H04J0013-00/EPC 

116311 H04B0007-26/IPC 

1036 H04B0007-26/EPC 

11657 H04B0001-69/IPC 

1114 H04B0001-69/EPC 

10676 H04L0001-18/IPC 

1057 H04L0001-18/EPC 

144914 H04Q0007-38/IPC 

782 H04Q0007-38/EPC 

28907 H04B0007-005/IPC 

1442 H04B0007-005/EPC 

137607 H04L0012-56/IPC 

1730 H04L0012-56/EPC 

58752 H04L0029-08/IPC 

49 H04L0029-08/EPC 

41865 H04Q0007-20/IPC 

519 H04Q0007-20/EPC 

461677 (H04L0001-00/IPC,EPC OR H04J0013-00/IPC,EPC OR H04B0007-26/IPC,E 

PC OR H04B0001-69/IPC,EPC OR H04L0001-18/IPC,EPC OR H04Q0007-38/ 

IPC,EPC OR H04B0007-005/IPC,EPC OR H04L0012-56/IPC,EPC OR H04L002 

9-08/IPC,EPC OR H04Q0007-20/IPC,EPC) 

=> S E1-E10/IPC 

48442 H04L0001-00/IPC 

25372 H04J0013-00/IPC 

116311 H04B0007-26/IPC 

11657 H04B0001-69/IPC 

10676 H04L0001-18/IPC 

144914 H04Q0007-38/IPC 

28907 H04B0007-005/IPC 

137607 H04L0012-56/IPC 

58752 H04L0029-08/IPC 

41865 H04Q0007-20/IPC 

L4 461533 (H04L0001-00/IPC OR H04J0013-00/IPC OR H04B0007-26/IPC OR H04B00 

01-69/IPC OR H04L0001-18/IPC OR H04Q0007-38/IPC OR H04B0007-005/ 

IPC OR H04L0012-56/IPC OR H04L0029-08/IPC OR H04Q0007-20/IPC) 


L5 

144 L3 NOT L4 

=> D TI IND 3-5 

144 additional documents 

retrieved if IPC symbols are 

also searched in the EPC field! 


TI CODE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING IN A SINGLE-CARRIER FREQUENCY DIVISION 

MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEM. 

MULTIPLEXAGE PAR REPARTITION EN CODE DANS UN SYSTEME D'ACCES MULTIPLE PAR 

REPARTITION EN FREQUENCE A PORTEUSE UNIQUE. 


FN 35255782 

IPCI H04J0011-00 [I,A]; H04B0001-707 [I,A]; H04L0027-26 [I,A]; H04J0011-00 

[I,C*]; H04B0001-707 [I,C*]; H04L0027-26 [I,C*] 

EPC H04B0001-69 ; H04J0011-00 

ICO T04B0001:69A; T04J0011:00D4 



TI Wireless data acquisition network. 


FN 8252526 

IPCI H04Q0007-24 [I,A]; H04Q0007-24 [I,C*] 

NCL 370338000 

EPC H04L0029-08 


TI Mixed wireless and cabled data acquisition network. 


FN 8252434 

IPCI H04Q0007-24 [I,A]; H04Q0007-24 [I,C*] 

NCL 370338000 

EPC H04L0029-08 

In addition to IPC and 

EPC national patent 

classifications are 

available for search 

and display in the 

NCL field. 

Just like for the IPCs, the EPC and ICO classification symbols are additionally also stored on subclass 

and group level in the database index, i.e.subclass and main group symbols can be searched 

without truncation. 

=> E G05C0002/EPC 

E25 1 G05B0049/EPC 

E26 1 G05B0049-00G26/EPC 

E27 0 --> G05C0002/EPC 

E28 130754 G05D/EPC 

E29 20379 G05D0001/EPC 

E30 160 G05D0001-00/EPC 

E31 12 G05D0001-00+IDT/EPC 

E32 142 G05D0001-00B/EPC 

E33 6 G05D0001-00B2/EPC 

E34 807 G05D0001-00C/EPC 

E35 376 G05D0001-00D/EPC 

E36 850 G05D0001-00D2/EPC 


A copy of one pdf page containing chemical structures: 


"Linked" EPC 

The „+“ notation is used in EPC/ECLA to combine subject matters that are individually covered 

by separate entries in one classification symbol. The „+“-notation is only present for some defined 

technical fields – most of them in organic chemistry. Their meaning is roughly comparable with 

the linked indexing codes in the IPC. Possible combinations are explained in particular in the 

ECLA description. E.g.,C07C ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS: “[N: Note (1) In 

this filed a combined notation between the groups dealing with preparation and purification 

(C07C0001-00 to C07C0007-00) and the groups dealing with products (C07C0009-00 to 

C07C0015-00) is used in order to indicate the products or the class of the products which are 

prepared or purified…” 

The „+M“ notation is used to indicate additional details about the subject matter classified. For 

compositions containing one or more known active ingredients, e.g. formulations, synergistic 

mixtures, the symbol +M is added to the classification symbol, e.g. A01N0039/0002+M. 

Other “+letter” classifications occur, for example, in subclass C10G (CRACKING 

HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY 

DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION) in the 

ECLA scheme. 

The following list shows all possible “+letter” notations for C10G: 

+ B Obtained product gasoline 

+ D Obtained product diesel oil 

+ G Obtained product gasoil 

+ J Obtained product Jet fuel 

+ L Obtained product lubricating oil 

+ L1 Obtained product electrical isolation oil 

+ L2 Obtained product white oil, eating oil 

+ R Starting material Residues 

+ S Obtained product Solvents 

+ X1 Obtained product C2-C4 olefins 

+ X2 Obtained product higher olefins 

+ X3 Obtained product acetylene and homologues 

+ Y1 Obtained product fuel gas 

+ Y2 Obtained product propane and butane 

+ Z Obtained product aromatics 

As syntax of the “+M” and “+letter” notations may vary, a look in the index is recommended. 

=> E C10G0009-00/EPC 25 

E1 198 C10G0007-12/EPC 

E2 9523 C10G0009/EPC 

E3 1900 --> C10G0009-00/EPC 

E4 833 C10G0009-00+IDT/EPC 

E5 13 C10G0009-00+L/EPC 

E6 2 C10G0009-00+P/EPC 

E7 1 C10G0009-00+R/EPC 

E8 157 C10G0009-00+X1/EPC 

E9 8 C10G0009-00+X1&AMP;Z/EPC 


E10 2 C10G0009-00+X1X3Z/EPC 

E11 3 C10G0009-00+X1Y1/EPC 

E12 1 C10G0009-00+X1Z/EPC 

E13 24 C10G0009-00+X2/EPC 

E14 4 C10G0009-00+X2Z/EPC 

E15 18 C10G0009-00+Y1/EPC 

E16 7 C10G0009-00+Y1X1/EPC 

E17 23 C10G0009-00+Z/EPC 

E18 11 C10G0009-00+ZX1/EPC 

E19 631 C10G0009-00C/EPC 

E20 80 C10G0009-00C+X1/EPC 

E21 9 C10G0009-00C+X3/EPC 

E22 3 C10G0009-00C+X3X1/EPC 

E23 13 C10G0009-00C+Y1+X1/EPC 

E24 404 C10G0009-00L/EPC 

E25 14 C10G0009-00L+R/EPC 

=> E X1/EPC.KW 

E1 5 V/EPC.KW 

E2 11 X/EPC.KW 

E3 2130 --> X1/EPC.KW 

E4 5 X1&AMP;Y1/EPC.KW 

E5 18 X1&AMP;Z/EPC.KW 

E6 50 X1X2/EPC.KW 

E7 13 X1X3/EPC.KW 

E8 2 X1X3Z/EPC.KW 

E9 3 X1Y/EPC.KW 

E10 45 X1Y1/EPC.KW 

E11 1 X1Y1Y2/EPC.KW 

E12 1 X1Y1Z/EPC.KW 

In “+M” and “+letter” notations the linked IPC codes given after the „+“ sign are mostly indicated 

in a shortened version. On STN the complete code (e.g. C10G0009-00C+Y1+X1) and the first 

code without linked notations (e.g. C10G0009-00C) is indexed in EPC. The linked notations (e.g. 

Y1 and X1) are indexed separately in EPC.KW field. 

This offers two different search options: 

=> S C10G0009-00C+Y1+X1/EPC 

or 

=> S C10G0009-00C/EPC(S)(Y1(S)X1)/EPC.KW EPC and linked notations are 

combined by S-proximity operator 


For „+“ notations the complete code (e.g. B01D0009-00B4+/00C6+/00E+/02) and also all other 

complete versions of the shortened notations are indexed in EPC. Short forms of the linked 

notations are indexed in EPC.KW: 

B01D0009-00B4+/00C6+/00E+/02/EPC 

B01D0009-00B4/EPC 

B01D0009-00C6/EPC 

B01D0009-00E/EPC 

B01D0009-02/EPC 

B01D0009/EPC 

00C6/EPC.KW 

00E/EPC.KW 

02/EPC.KW 

For more information please have a look into the pdffiles of the EPC and ICO indicated in the 

INPADOC file banners. You can search in the pdf files for the terms: 

"+" sign 

sign "+" 

additional symbol 

and find there more hints about the linked ECLA in the NOTES. 

Example: 

K61M202/04 NT8 TI: Liquids 

Note: The codes can be followed by additional 

symbols. The symbols have the meaning as listed 

below: 

+A fluid entering a filter; 

+B fluid leaving the cross-flow filter without 

having 

passed through the filtering element [N9408]; 

+C filtrate, i.e. the fluid passing through the 

filter; 

+D residue retained by the filter due to size; 

+E retained by adsorption; 

+F changed by biological action; 

+H product to be retained or harvested, e.g. by 

pheresis; 

+K changed by chemical action: 

+W product washed out; 

+Z starting product created by centrifuging. 

L05D451/00 NT7 TI: Type of carrier, type of coating (Multilayers) 

Note: For multilayers the types of coating are 

indicated with letters separated by a "+" sign. 

The letters are chosen from the list in the Note 

after group (see ECLA/ICO: L05D401/00) and 

added one after the other in the order of the 

layers. 

example: 

substrate) 

(see ECLA/ICO: L05D451/00)+BDF 

B = first layer (closer to the 

D = 

F = 

(see IDT=2nd) layer 

(see IDT=3rd) layer 


The ICO Classification (ECLA K-Y; In Computer Only) 

ICO (In Computer Only) notations describe secondary aspects of an invention, for example, its 

technical realization. They were developed by EPO examiners for their internal use and are based 

on ECLA classification symbols. For distinction the initial letters are different: 

K (ECLA A) 

L (ECLA B) 

M (ECLA C) 

N (ECLA D) 

P (ECLA E) 

R (ECLA F) 

S (ECLA G) 

T (ECLA H) 

ICO codes also have been standardized to IPC8 format, for example M12Q0001-68D4 

For documents from 2004 onwards, there is the additional ICO section Y: Nanotechnology: 

Y01N0002 

Y01N0004 

Y01N0006 

Y01N0008 

Y01N0010 

Y01N0012 

Nanobiotechnology 

Nanotechnology for information processing, storage and transmission 

Nanotechnology for materials and surface science 

Nanotechnology for interacting, sensing or actuating 

Nanooptics 

Nanomagnetics 

Example: Document with ICO classification Y01N0002 (Nanobiotechnology) from INPADOCDB 

=> E Y/ICO 

... 

E3 

0 --> Y/ICO 

E4 13935 Y01N0002:00/ICO 

E5 27874 Y01N0004:00/ICO 

E6 27684 Y01N0006:00/ICO 

E7 10883 Y01N0008:00/ICO 

E8 12883 Y01N0010:00/ICO 

E9 9551 Y01N0012:00/ICO 

**** END OF FIELD **** 

=> S E4 

L2 

12533 "Y01N0002:00"/ICO 

=> D TI IND 


TI Functionalized carbon nanotubes, a process for preparing the same and 

their use in medicinal chemistry. 

IPCI A61K0038-08 [I,A]; A61K0031-403 [I,A]; C07K0007-06 [I,A]; A61K0038-08 

[I,C*]; A61K0031-403 [I,C*]; C07K0007-00 [I,C*] 

IPCR A61K0047-48 [I,A]; A61P0031-00 [I,A]; A61P0037-00 [I,A]; A61P0043-00 

[I,A]; C01B0031-02 [I,A]; G01N0033-543 [I,A]; G01N0033-551 [I,A] 

A61K0047-48 [I,C*]; A61P0031-00 [I,C*]; A61P0037-00 [I,C*]; A61P0043-00 

[I,C*]; C01B0031-00 [I,C*]; G01N0033-543 [I,C*]; G01N0033-551 [I,C*] 

NCL X514410000; X977746000; X548416000; 514017000; X530329000 

EPC A61K0047-48W14B; C01B0031-02B; G01N0033-543F; G01N0033-551 

ICO Y01N0002:00 ; Y01N0006:00 


The IDT Classification (Indeling der Techniek) 

The old Dutch IDT Classification (literally, Indeling der Techniek) was used by the Institut 

International des Brevets (IIB) and served to develop the ECLA. EPO converted many IDT entries 

into the ECLA but for some areas of organic chemistry this was not possible. IDT was only 

assigned until 1991, but it my still be a helpful tool in retrieval. 

A zipped PDF-file with descriptions of the IDT (11,000 entries in total – mostly in French) is 

available on STN. 

The link can be found in the INPADOC file banners. 

Example document with IDT 12D: 

IDT - 12D 

XIDT- 012_D 

TI - Clarification, séparation, filtration (filtres et filtres-presses). 

Notes 

A partir des 2 juillet 1976, 29 mars et 18 octobre 1979 et 8 avril 

1983, la sous-classe 12 D est clôturée et remplacée par B01D, B01J et 

C01B 

Les groupes clôturés correspondent globalement aux groupes de B01D 

,B01J et C01B de la façon suivante : 

12 D 25 : B01D 39/00 

12 D 25 F : B01J 20/00 

12 D 25 F 6 : B01J 20/10 

12 D 25 F 6 E - E 2 : C01B 33/28B 

12 D 25 F 6 E 2 A : C01B 33/28B2 

12 D 25 F 6 E 2 B : C01B 33/28B4 

12 D 25 F 6 E 2 B 1 : C01B 33/28B4B 

12 D 25 F 6 E 2 B 2 : C01B 33/28B4D 

12 D 25 F 6 E 2 C : C01B 33/28B6 

12 D 25 F 6 E 2 D : C01B 33/28B8 

12 D 25 F 6 E 2 E : C01B 33/28B10 

12 D 25 F 6 E 2 F : C01B 33/28B12 

12 D 25 F 6 E 2 G : C01B 33/28B14 

Matériaux filtrants et leur épuration. 

IDT - 12D25 

XIDT- 012_D025 

TI - Matériaux filtrants, adsorbants, accessoires pour filtres et 

échangeurs d'ions (VIDE). 

Remarque 

Les échangeurs d'ions contenant une partie minérale et une partie 

organique, p.ex. les phosphates contenant de l'acide citrique, 

acitates, 

etc. sont rangés dans la dernière place possible; donc dans le groupe 

des échangeurs organiques appropriés. 


National Patent Classification (NCL) 

In addition to IPC and EPC, INPADOCDB and INPAFAMDB records can include national patent 

classifications assigned by national patent authorities. They are not standardized and therefore 

need to be searched in the format displayed within the INPADOCDB record. 

Table of authorities with national classification (NCL) in more than 100,000 records (April 2009): 

Country 

Number of applications with NCL 

US 5.518.000 

GB 578.000 

CH 466.000 

CA 462.000 

DE 432.000 

AT 359.000 

DK 128.000 

Example for a document with US classification (given are the originally assigned classifications): 

=> S 349 73/NCL 

L2 90 349 73/NCL 

=> D TI PA PIT PI IND 


TI LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF. 

PA CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 

PIT USA1 FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 

PI US 20080284947 A1 20081120 


FN 37361640 

IPCI G02F0001-133 [I,A ]; G09G0005-00 [I,A ]; G02F0001-13 [I,C*]; 

G09G0005-00 [I,C*] 

NCL X345 13; 349 73 

There are about 1 million documents present in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB with national 

classifications that have been neither classified according to IPC, nor according to EPC: 

=> S NCL/FA NOT IPC/FA 

7891687 NCL/FA 

48668890 IPC/FA 

L14 1023164 NCL/FA NOT IPC/FA 

=> S L14 NOT EPC/FA 


L15 

29899892 EPC/FA 

1011383 L14 NOT EPC/FA 

=> D BIB IND 



FN 35400867 

TI Trial access for media files from a media list. 

TL English 

IN MALIK DALE 

INS MALIK DALE, US 

PA BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 

PAS BELLSOUTH INTELLECT PTY CORP 

DT Patent 

PI US 20070067243 A1 20070322 English 




AI US 2005-229897 A 20050919 

AIT USA Patent application 

PRAI US 2005-229897 A 20050919 (USA, 20070405) 

PRAIT USA Patent application 


FN 35400867 

NCL 705059000 

EPC G06Q0030-00C 

Hint 

Also use the US national calssification when searching for new US records, 

because the IPC is not always available! The use of EXPAND is 

recommended, as the format of national classification symbols in NCL is not 

standardized. 

An US national classification thesaurus is available in CAPLUS and 

USPATFULL. There you can check meaning and hierarchy of codes in the 

field /NCL. 


Applicant and inventor names 

NAME SEARCH 

Names searches can be conducted in the inventor name ( /IN, /INS) and applicant name ( /PA, 

PAS) fields. /INS (inventor) and /PAS (applicant) are name fields standardized by EPO. They are 

recommended for complementary use together with the non-standardized name fields. The 

standardization offers support for the formulation of the search query and the fields IN and PA are 

sometimes empty or contain unexpected spellings due to different transliterations of Asian names 

for example. For complete results, the essential parts of the name should be identified using 

EXPAND and then linked with (S) Proximity. 

In the inventor field a mixed index is used, i.e., the same index contains the entire name as a 

phrase and individual parts of the name as a word. If several parts of an inventor name are entered, 

there is no automatic proximity applied, but the words are searched exactly as entered, as one 

phrase. In order to consider all cases for the search where the first and second name have been 

entered in reversed order a proximity explicitly (usually (S) proximity) has to be mentioned. 

Search question: Search the inventor/applicant Wolfgang Schneider… 

=> E SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG/IN,INS 

E1 2 SCHNEIDER WOLFBERG DR/INS 

E2 1 SCHNEIDER WOLFBERG DR D 6900 HEIDELBERG DE/IN 

E3 395 --> SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG/IN 

E4 651 SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG/INS 

E5 1 SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG 2300 KIEL/IN 

E6 3 SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG 31675 BUECKEBURG DE/IN 

E7 1 SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG 38350 HELMSTEDT DE/IN 

E8 1 SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG 40764 LANGENFELD DE/IN 

E9 1 SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG 4170 GELDERN/IN 

E10 1 SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG 4170 GELDERN DE/IN 

E11 1 SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG 47608 GELDERN DE/IN 

E12 2 SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG 4952 PORTA WESTFALICA DE/IN 

=> E WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER/IN,INS 

E13 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIBER/IN 

E14 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDEL/INS 

E15 109 --> WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER/IN 

E16 25 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER/INS 

E17 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER DIPL KOEBMAND/IN 

E18 3 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER DR/IN 

E19 3 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER DR/INS 


E20 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER DR ING/IN 

E21 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER DR ING/INS 

E22 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER ET HANS GEORG SCHACHNER/IN 

E23 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER JOSEF PETERS ET KARL GAFFAL/IN 

E24 1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER JURGEN HABERMEIER KURT AMSLER ET H/IN 

=> S E15 

L1 

109 "WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER"/IN 

An entry in INS can have a 

maximum lenth of 30 characters. 

=> D IN INS 1-5 


IN GERT SPRUNER V MERTZ; WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER 

INS MERTZ GERT SPRUNER V; SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG 


IN FRANK RUNKEL; WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER ; OLIVER SCHMIDT; GEORG 

MAXIMILIAN ENGELHARD 

INS RUNKEL FRANK; SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG; SCHMIDT OLIVER; ENGELHARD GEORG 

MAXIMILIAN 


IN FRANK RUNKEL; WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER ; OLIVER SCHMIDT; GEORG 

MAXIMILIAN ENGELHARD 

INS RUNKEL FRANK; SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG; SCHMIDT OLIVER; ENGELHARD GEORG 

MAXIMILIAN 


IN WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER 

INS SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG 


IN WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER 

INS SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG 

=> S (WOLFGANG (S) SCHNEIDER)/IN,INS 

230569 WOLFGANG/IN 

227932 WOLFGANG/INS 

51666 SCHNEIDER/IN 

51453 SCHNEIDER/INS 

L2 900 (WOLFGANG (S) SCHNEIDER)/IN,INS 

As shown above, it is necessary to search for all possible combinations of first and last name plus 

the initials. 

Hint Entries in fields INS and PAS have a maximum length of 30 

characters! 


It is recommended to search for inventors also in the applicant field. For example in utility model 

applications the inventor is only given in the applicant field. 

=> S (WOLFGANG (S) SCHNEIDER)/PA,PAS 

39022 WOLFGANG/PA 

33726 WOLFGANG/PAS 

27398 SCHNEIDER/PA 

26031 SCHNEIDER/PAS 

L3 160 (WOLFGANG (S) SCHNEIDER)/PA,PAS 

=> S L2-3 

L4 938 (L2 OR L3) 

A mixed index with interpretation is used for patent applicants in the fields PA and PAS. Names 

are indexed as complete phrases, e.g. The Procter and Gamble Company, and in addition also 

fragmented in single words, e.g. the words THE; PROCTER; AND; GAMBLE; and COMPANY 

also appears in the index. If there are several entries in the name field, each name is treated as one 

sentence. Automatic (S) proximity is used during the search process: 

=> S FISCHER & PORTER/PA 

35374 FISCHER/PA 

5487 PORTER/PA 

L5 978 FISCHER & PORTER/PA 

((FISCHER(S)PORTER)/PA) 

The & sign is automatically 

eliminated! 

The EXPAND shows the various spelling variants in the PA field. The PAS field, however, contains only 

standardized spellings and therefore significantly less variations of one name. Special characters, e.g. the 

&, are not considered in the search index. 

=> E FISCHER PORTER/PA, PAS 

=> e fisher porter/pa,pas 

E1 2 FISHER PIUS A/PAS 

E2 1 FISHER PLASTICS LTD H/PAS 

E3 

0 --> FISHER PORTER/PA 

E4 0 FISHER PORTER/PAS 

E5 1 FISHER PORTER CO/PA 

E6 5 FISHER PORTER CO US/PA 

E7 4 FISHER PORTER COMPANY/PA 

E8 4 FISHER PORTER COMPANY/PAS 

E9 3 FISHER PORTER GMBH/PA 

E10 1 FISHER PORTER PTY LTD/PA 

E11 12 FISHER POWER WAVE LIMITED/PA 

E12 3 FISHER POWER WAVE LIMITED/PAS 

=> S E9 

L1 

3 "FISHER PORTER GMBH"/PA 

=> D HIT 


PA FISHER & PORTER GMBH 

If the entered name is to be searched as a phrase, it has to be put in quotation marks in the PA/PAS 

field: 

=> S FISCHER PORTER/PA 



L1 


971 FISCHER PORTER/PA 

((FISCHER(S)PORTER)/PA) 

=> S "FISCHER PORTER"?/PA 

L2 844 "FISCHER PORTER"?/PA 

=> S "FISCHER PORTER" ?/PA 

L3 828 "FISCHER PORTER" ?/PA 

Truncation signs, e.g. ?, have to be put 

immediately behind the quotation marks. 

Otherwise, the blank is considered for the search 

and all records which end after “FISCHER 

PORTER” are not retrieved. 

But note that the search for FISCHER PORTER without quotation marks retrieves additional 

records due to the search with the S-proximity operator. In the fields PA, PAS and PASS S- 

proximity is automatically chosen if more than one term is entered. 

=> S "FISCHER PORTER"?/PAS 

L1 955 "FISCHER PORTER"?/PAS 

=> S FISCHER PORTER/PAS 

34264 FISCHER/PAS 

5803 PORTER/PAS 

L2 1018 (FISCHER(S)PORTER)/PAS 


L3 63 L2 NOT L1 

=> D HIT 1-3 


PAS OTIC FISCHER & PORTER 


PAS OTIC FISCHER & PORTER 


PAS BAILEY FISCHER & PORTER GMBH, DE 

If the applicant‟s name changes, e.g. due to a company aquisition, this is often indicated in the 

legal status in the LSPA field (see there), but it is not necessarily changed in the PA field. For this 

reason it can be sensible to include LSPA in an applicant search: 

=> S BAYER/LSPA 

L1 19159 BAYER/LSPA 

=> D PA.M PAS.M HIT 

LEGAL STATUS HIT indicates that this is 

only a part of LS 

ANSWER 1 OF 19159 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2007 EPO/FIZ KA ON STN 

PAS D HALLUIN KATHLEEN; VANDERSTRAETEN CHANTAL; RUITER RENE 

LEGAL STATUS HIT 


20061018 USAS ASSIGNMENT 

BAYER BIOSCIENCE N.V., BELGIUM 

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:D'HALLUIN, 

KATHLEEN;VANDERSTRAETEN, CHANTAL;RUITER, 

RENE;REEL/FRAME:018430/0368;SIGNING DATES FROM 20061011 

TO 20061013 

CHG CHANGE OF OWNER, INVENTOR, APPLICANT 


200713.................................20070329 

L1 ANSWER 2 OF 19159 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2007 EPO/FIZ KA ON STN 

PA SANYO ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 

PAS SANYO ELECTRONIC CO LTD, JP 




BAYER HEALTHCARE AG, GERMANY 

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:GOLZ, 

STEFAN;BRUGGEMEIER, ULF;SUMMER, HOLGER; 

REEL/FRAME:017693/0471;SIGNING DATES FROM 20050804 TO 

20050824 

CHG CHANGE OF OWNER, INVENTOR, APPLICANT 

.......................................20070301 

For convenient, parallel search of PA, PAS and LSPA the super search field /PASS was 

established. Accordingly the super search field /INSS for comprehensive inventor name search 

covers IN, INS and LSIN: 

=> S FISCHER PORTER/PASS 


33913 FISCHER/PAS 

4131 FISCHER/LSPA 

39637 FISCHER/PASS 

(FISCHER/PA,PAS,LSPA) 


5687 PORTER/PAS 

1475 PORTER/LSPA 

7653 PORTER/PASS 

(PORTER/PA,PAS,LSPA) 

L12 1040 (FISCHER (S) PORTER)/PASS 

=> S WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER/INSS 

112 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER/IN 

31 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER/INS 

1 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER/LSIN 

L1 136 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER/INSS 

(WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER/IN,INS,LSIN) 

=> S (WOLFGANG (S) SCHNEIDER)/INSS 

242656 WOLFGANG/IN 

239877 WOLFGANG/INS 

3631 WOLFGANG/LSIN 

244134 WOLFGANG/INSS 

(WOLFGANG/IN,INS,LSIN) 

54407 SCHNEIDER/IN 

54140 SCHNEIDER/INS 

707 SCHNEIDER/LSIN 

54747 SCHNEIDER/INSS 

(SCHNEIDER/IN,INS,LSIN) 

L2 965 (WOLFGANG (S) SCHNEIDER)/INSS 

In PASS implied (S) proximity is 

implemented: Search terms are automatically 

combined with the (S) proximity operator. 

In INSS no implied proximity is 

implemented. (S) proximity has to be typed 

in the search querey if desired. 

The combination of first name and last name 

by (S) proximity yields additional 829 

answers, e.g. those records where the name is 

entered in the format “last name, first name”. 


L3 829 L2 NOT L1 


=> D HIT 


IN SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG; BITTGER DIRK 

INS SCHNEIDER WOLFGANG, DE; BITTGER DIRK, DE 


Address information 

Depending on the patent country address information for inventors and applicants may be 

displayed in IN or PA display fields. They can be searched in the fields /INA and /PAA. 

Standardized country codes are displayed in INS and PAS. The index is mixed, that means 

addresses are indexed as the complete phrase and also fragmented into single terms. The 

commands SELECT and ANALYZE extract complete phrases. 

=> E LONDON/INA,PAA 

E20 1 LONDO/PAA 

E21 1 LONDOBERRY/INA 

E22 7130 --> LONDON/INA 

E23 30136 LONDON/PAA 

E24 1 LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM ENGINEERING SURVEYING SERVIC/INA 

E25 1 LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM ENGINEERING SURVEYING SERVIC/PAA 

E26 1 LONDON BRICK COMPANY LIMITED STEWARTBY BEDFORD MK43 9/INA 

E27 1 LONDON BRIDGE LONDON SE1 9RT/PAA 

E28 1 LONDON CHAMBERS GILLINGHAM KENT ME7 1HJ/PAA 

E29 1 LONDON COURT APARTMENT 86 MERRIMACK NH 03054/INA 

E30 1 LONDON E ROAD RT 1 SHELBY OHIO/INA 

E31 1 LONDON EC1M 5PX/INA 

=> S E22 AND E23 

7130 LONDON/INA 

30136 LONDON/PAA 

L1 4770 LONDON/INA AND LONDON/PAA 

=> D BIB 

L1 ANSWER 1 OF 4770 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2008 EPO/FIZ KA ON STN 


FN 8197493 

TI APPARATUS FOR TRAPPING FISH. 

TL ENGLISH 

IN LEONARD OLIVER QUILL, 65 GROVE HILL SOUTH WOODFORD LONDON, E18 2JA 

UNITED KINGDOM 

INS QUILL LEONARD OLIVER, GB 

PA LEONARD OLIVER QUILL, 65 GROVE HILL SOUTH WOODFORD LONDON, E18 2JA 


PAS QUILL LEONARD OLIVER, GB 

DT PATENT 

PI IE 2005000157 A1 20051130 

PIT IEA1 PATENT APPLICATION SPECIFICATION AS FILED 

DAV 20051130 UNEXAMINED-PRINTED-WITHOUT-GRANT 


AI IE 2005-157 A 20050322 

AIT IEA PATENT APPLICATION 

PRAI GB 2004-7037 A 20040329 (GBA) 

PRAIT GBA PATENT APPLICATION 

=> SEL L1 INA 1 


=> D SEL 

E1 1 65 GROVE HILL SOUTH WOODFORD LONDON, E18 2JA UNITED KINGDOM/INA 


Special search fields are available to search for inventor or assignee country. ISO country codes, 

e.g. GB for United Kingdom, are searchable in /IN.CNY and /PA.CNY fields, displayed is the 

standardized country information in display fields INS and PAS. 

IN.CNY and PA.CNY are valid codes for SELECT and ANALYZE. 

=> E UNITED KINGDOM/IN.CNY,PA.CNY 

E32 664 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES/IN.CNY 

E33 436 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES/PA.CNY 

E34 705716 --> UNITED KINGDOM/IN.CNY 

E35 790088 UNITED KINGDOM/PA.CNY 

E36 4478292 UNITED STATES/IN.CNY 

E37 4841512 UNITED STATES/PA.CNY 

E38 3 UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS/IN.CNY 

E39 22 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS/IN.CNY 

E40 39 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS/PA.CNY 

E41 1 UR/IN.CNY 

E42 871 URUGUAY/IN.CNY 

E43 1199 URUGUAY/PA.CNY 

=> E GB/IN.CNY,PA.CNY 

E44 31 GAMBIA/IN.CNY 

E45 22 GAMBIA/PA.CNY 

E46 705716 --> GB/IN.CNY 

E47 790088 GB/PA.CNY 

E48 1 GC/IN.CNY 

E49 24 GD/IN.CNY 

E50 16 GD/PA.CNY 

E51 718 GE/IN.CNY 

E52 462 GE/PA.CNY 

E53 718 GEORGIA/IN.CNY 

E54 462 GEORGIA/PA.CNY 

E55 86100 GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC/IN.CNY 

=> SEL IN.CNY PA.CNY 

… 


=> D SEL E56-66 

E56 912 US/IN.CNY 

E57 560 DE/IN.CNY 

E58 491 US/PA.CNY 

E59 354 DE/PA.CNY 

E60 313 JP/IN.CNY 

E61 205 KR/IN.CNY 

E62 188 CN/IN.CNY 

E63 175 FR/IN.CNY 

E64 144 JP/PA.CNY 

E65 136 CN/PA.CNY 

E66 129 FR/PA.CNY 

The example given above shows that standardized ISO country codes are extracted and displayed 

with the corresponding field qualifier. 


Super search fields 

In INPADOCDB and INPAFAMDB five super search fields, /APPS, /INSS, /PASS, /PATS and 

/PCS are available. A super search field covers several related search fields. The search in a super 

search field is automatically carried out in all fields included in the super search field. 

Note, that super search fields can only be used with SEARCH, not with EXPAND! 

Search field name 

Super search field 

code 

Searches the following fields 

Application Number Group /APPS AP, PRN 

Inventor Group /INSS IN, INS, LSIN 

Patent Assignee Group /PASS PA, PAS, LSPA 

Patent Number Group /PATS PN, RPN 

Patent Countries /PCS PC, DS 

Examples: 

=> S FI 1982-507/APPS 

1 FI82-507/AP 

2 FI82-507/PRN 

L1 2 FI 1982-507/APPS 

(FI82-507/AP,PRN) 

=> S DE/PCS AND TOYOTA/PASS 

5673132 DE/PC 

2986997 DE/DS 

8660129 DE/PCS 

(DE/PC,DS) 

135053 TOYOTA/PA 

127485 TOYOTA/PAS 

7675 TOYOTA/LSPA 

139663 TOYOTA/PASS 

(TOYOTA/PA,PAS,LSPA) 

L2 17013 DE/PCS AND TOYOTA/PASS 


INPAFAMDB: Familiy related indexes and displays 

As INPAFAMDB is a family database, all indexes in INPAFAMDB are family based. 

Consequently search terms combined with AND may appear in different publications for one 

invention. Therefore INPAFAMDB may be used to find inventions rather than publications. 

Search question: 

Search US applications or patents of the company BAYER published in 

2004 

=> FIL INPAFAMDB 

=> S BAYER/PASS AND US/PC(L)2004/PY 

49728 BAYER/PA 

49765 BAYER/PAS 

13999 BAYER/LSPA 

51600 BAYER/PASS 

(BAYER/PA,PAS,LSPA) 

7638000 US/PC 

1513838 2004/PY 

(2004/PY) 

382403 US/PC(L)2004/PY 

L1 1439 BAYER/PASS AND US/PC(L)2004/PY 

=> S BAYER/PA,PAS (L) US/PC(L)2004/PY 

L2 559 BAYER/PA,PAS (L) US/PC(L)2004/PY 

A search for BAYER in /PASS 

(/PA, /PAS, /LSPA) retrieves 

significantly more documents 

than the combined search in /PA 

and /PAS. 


L3 880 L1 NOT L2 

=> D FFAM.US 


----------- 

MEMBER 26 

----------- 

AN 35542150 INPAFAMDB 

DN 49664589 

TI Compounds with sulphonamide group and pharmaceutical compositions 

containing these compounds. 

TL English 

IN ELGER WALTER; HILLISCH ALEXANDER; HEDDEN ANNEMARIE; SCHWARZ 

SIGFRID; SCHOLLKOPF KLAUS 

INS ELGER WALTER, DE; HILLISCH ALEXANDER, DE; HEDDEN ANNEMARIE, DE; 

SCHWARZ SIGFRID, DE; SCHOLLKOPF KLAUS, DE 

PA ELGER WALTER; HILLISCH ALEXANDER; HEDDEN ANNEMARIE; SCHWARZ 

SIGFRID; SCHOLLKOPF KLAUS 

DT Patent 

PI US 20040014781 A1 20040122 





AI US 2003-296973 A 20030801 


PRAI DE 2000-10027887 A 20000531 (DEA) 

WO 2001-EP5169 W 20010508 (WOWW) 

PRAIT DEA Patent application 

WOWW Additional PCT application 

IC.V 7 

ICM A61K0031-49 

ICS A61K0031-335; A61K0031-47; A61K0031-70 

IPCR A61K0047-48 [I,A ]; A61P0033-06 [I,A ]; A61P0043-00 [I,A ];C07J0041-00 [I,A ] 

A61K0047-48 [I,C*]; A61P0033-00 [I,C*]; A61P0043-00 [I,C*];C07J0041-00 [I,C*] 

NCL 514304; X546159; X514313; X546134; X514 23; X514452 

EPC C07J0041-00C3; C07J0041-00C4; C07J0041-00C6 

FA AB; AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICS; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; NCL; PA; 

PI; PIT; PRAI; TI 

Example: Answer found only through the search for BAYER in the Legal Status Patent 

Assignee field (/LSPA); the legal status entry for the changed patent assignee is present in the 

legal status of the EP family member 



TI VERBINDUNGEN MIT EINER SULFONAMIDGRUPPE UND DIESE VERBINDUNGEN 

ENTHALTENDE PHARMAZEUTISCHE ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN. 

COMPOUNDS WITH A SULPHONAMIDE GROUP AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS 

CONTAINING THESE COMPOUNDS. 

COMPOSES AYANT UN GROUPE SULFONAMIDE ET COMPOSITIONS PHARMACEUTIQUES 

CONTENANT CES COMPOSES. 

TL German; English; French 

IN ELGER, WALTER; HILLISCH, ALEXANDER; HEDDEN, ANNEMARIE; SCHWARZ, SIGFRID; 

SCHOELLKOPF, KLAUS 

INS ELGER WALTER, DE; HILLISCH ALEXANDER, DE; HEDDEN ANNEMARIE, DE; SCHWARZ 

SIGFRID, DE; SCHOELLKOPF KLAUS, DE 

PA SCHERING AG 

PAS SCHERING AG, DE 

DT Patent 

PI EP 1294402 B1 20060111 German 

PIT EPB1 PATENT SPECIFICATION 


STA GRANTED 

DS R: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR 

AI EP 2001-943329 A 20010508 

AIT EPA Patent application 

PRAI DE 2000-10027887 A 20000531 (DEA) 

WO 2001-EP5169 W 20010508 (WOWW) 



IPCI A61K0047-20 [I,A ]; A61K0031-4045 [I,A ]; A61K0031-49 [I,A ]; 

A61K0031-565 [I,A ]; A61K0031-566 [I,A ]; A61K0031-568 [I,A ]; 

A61P0043-00 [I,A ]; A61K0031-403 [I,C*]; A61K0031-49 [I,C*]; 

A61K0031-565 [I,C*]; A61K0031-566 [I,C*]; A61K0031-568 [I,C*]; 


A61K0047-20 [I,C*]; A61P0043-00 [I,C*] 

IPCR A61K0047-48 [I,A ]; A61P0033-06 [I,A ]; C07J0041-00 [I,A ] 

A61K0047-48 [I,C*]; A61P0033-00 [I,C*]; C07J0041-00 [I,C*] 

EPC C07J0041-00C3; C07J0041-00C4; C07J0041-00C6 

FA AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; EPC; IN; INS; IPC; IPCI; IPCR; LA; PA; In PAS; 2007 PI; the PIT; patent assignee 

PRAI; TI 

changed from “Schering AG” to 

“Bayer Schering Pharma 


Aktiengesellschaft”; the new 


20070314 EPRAP2 PATENT OWNER REASSIGNMENT (CORRECTION) Patent Assignee name is only 

BAYER SCHERING PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT present in /LSPA. 


200711.................................20070315 


SEARCH FOR NUMBERS AND DATES 

Patent-relevant numbers 

Records contain various patent-relevant numbers, namely patent numbers, application numbers, 

and priority numbers. As corresponding information for them codes designating the type of 

document or application, and the corresponding dates are given. Sometimes, not all of these data 

are available for old documents. In these cases, the EPO uses dummy numbers and in some of 

these cases, the dates may be missing. 

=> D IBIB 

ACCESSION NUMBER: 


TITLE: 

TITLE LANGUAGE: 

INVENTOR(S): 

NON-STANDARD.: 

STANDARDIZED: 



STANDARDIZED: 


52368057 INPADOCDB 

ED 20080327 EW 200813 UP 20080327 UW 200813 

VERFAHREN ZUR STRUKTURIERUNG EINES FUNKTIONALEN 

MATERIALS AUF EIN SUBSTRAT. 

METHOD OF PATTERNING A FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL ON TO A SUBSTRATE. 

PROCEDE DE FORMATION DE MOTIFS D'UN MATERIAU 

FONCTIONNEL SUR UN SUBSTRAT. 

German; English; French 

BUCKLEY, ALASTAIR ROBERT; GIEBELER, CARSTEN; VOIGT, 

MONIKA; LIDZEY, DAVID GEORGE; BOEHLEN, KARL LUKAS; 

FIERET, JACOB 

BUCKLEY ALASTAIR ROBERT, GB; GIEBELER CARSTEN, GB; 

VOIGT MONIKA, GB; LIDZEY DAVID GEORGE, GB; BOEHLEN 

KARL LUKAS, GB; FIERET JACOB, GB 

EXITECH LIMITED 

EXITECH LTD, GB 


-------------------------------- 

EP 1735854 

B1 20080326 English 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: EPB1 PATENT SPECIFICATION 



GRANTED 

DESIGNATED STATES: 

R: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT 

LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR 

APPLICATION INFO.: EP 2005-734213 A 20050414 

APPL. INFO. TYPE: EPA Patent application 

PRIORITY APPL. INFO.: WO 2005-GB1416 W 20050414 (WOWW, 20071213, N) 

GB 2004-8569 A 20040416 (GBA, 20070726, Y) 

PRIO. APPL. INFO. TYPE: WOWW Additional PCT application 

GBA Patent application 

The extended IBIB format gives a convenient overview of all patent-relevant numbers. If the 

fields are displayed individually, data are shown in a short table-like form. 

In the following example numbers are displayed in the STN number format. 


In INPADOCDB PI.M shows PI for all 

publication stages of a national application; 

PI would show only information for the most 

recent publication, in this example only for 

EPB1 

=> D PI.M AI PRAI 


PI EP 1735854 A2 20061227 

PI EP 1735854 B1 20080326 

AI EP 2005-734213 A 20050414 

PRAI WO 2005-GB1416 W 20050414 (WOWW, 20071213, N) 

GB 2004-8569 A 20040416 (GBA, 20070726, Y) 


Changing patent number formats 

The format in which patent, application and priority numbers are displayed can be selected with 

the set command SET PATENT. Users may choose between STN and DERWENT format. STN 

format is the default setting. Derwent format numbers have a defined length of 10 digits. Shorter 

numbers are filled by a hyphens (-) or zeros to a 10-digits number. 

The above example in DERWENT format: 

=> SET PATENT DERWENT 


=> D IBIB 

ACCESSION NUMBER: 


TITLE: 

TITLE LANGUAGE: 

INVENTOR(S): 


STANDARDIZED: 



STANDARDIZED: 



ED 20080327 EW 200813 UP 20080327 UW 200813 

VERFAHREN ZUR STRUKTURIERUNG EINES FUNKTIONALEN 

MATERIALS AUF EIN SUBSTRAT. 

METHOD OF PATTERNING A FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL ON TO A SUBSTRATE. 

PROCEDE DE FORMATION DE MOTIFS D'UN MATERIAU 

FONCTIONNEL SUR UN SUBSTRAT. 


BUCKLEY, ALASTAIR ROBERT; GIEBELER, CARSTEN; VOIGT, 

MONIKA; LIDZEY, DAVID GEORGE; BOEHLEN, KARL LUKAS; 

FIERET, JACOB 

BUCKLEY ALASTAIR ROBERT, GB; GIEBELER CARSTEN, GB; 

VOIGT MONIKA, GB; LIDZEY DAVID GEORGE, GB; BOEHLEN 

KARL LUKAS, GB; FIERET JACOB, GB 

EXITECH LIMITED 

EXITECH LTD, GB 


-------------------------------- 

EP-----1735854 B1 20080326 English 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: EPB1 PATENT SPECIFICATION 



GRANTED 

DESIGNATED STATES: 

R: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT 

LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR 

APPLICATION INFO.: 2005EP-000734213 A 20050414 

APPL. INFO. TYPE: EPA Patent application 

PRIORITY APPL. INFO.: 2005WO-GB0001416 W 20050414 (WOWW, 20071213, N) 

2004GB-000008569 A 20040416 (GBA, 20070726, Y) 

PRIO. APPL. INFO. TYPE: WOWW Additional PCT application 

GBA Patent application 

=> D PI.M AI PRAI 

PI EP-----1735854 A2 20061227 

PI EP-----1735854 B1 20080326 

AI 2005EP-000734213 A 20050414 

PRAI 2005WO-GB0001416 W 20050414 (WOWW, 20071213, N) 

2004GB-000008569 A 20040416 (GBA, 20070726, Y) 


Patent numbers 

Document numbers, can vary significantly in structure. Depending on the issuing patent office 

they can consist of simple, sequential numbers, numbers with the year as a prefix, numbers ending 

with the year, numbers identical to the file reference, etc. For the distinction of different 

publication levels within the patent procedure, the document kind code is often quoted as well. A 

list of document kind codes for the present countries is available in the appendix. 

Examples for publication number structures: 

DE 19919951 A1 

EP 0 050 443 B1 

US 4,718,426 

WO 99/12345 A1 

WO 00/04255 A1 

All patent numbers in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB are provided in the so-called Year2000 

format. Patent numbers containing a year earlier than 2000 can be searched with 2- and as well 

with the 4-digit year specification. For post-2000 records only the 4-digit format is valid. 

All STN International databases use the following formats for document number searches 

(SEARCH field /PN): 

• For serial numbers with up to 7 digits: 

CCnnnnnnN 

• For serial numbers with 8 digits: 

CCNNNNNNNN 

• for serial numbers starting/ending with a year (19YY) *) : 

CCYYNNNNN 

• for serial numbers starting/ending with a year (20YY) *) : 

CC20YYNNNNNN 

CC 

n 

N 

YY/YYYY 

country (tow-letter code) 

optional digit 

mandatory digit 

year (two or four digits) 

*) 

a year quoted in the end is transferred to the beginning of the number (see the following example 

for Australia) 

Serial numbers up to 7 digits numbers have to be entered without leading zeros or hyphen. 

However, leading zeros due to the Japanese emperor year, should be used. 

The document kind code normally has to be omitted in a patent number search. However, in some 

cases, e.g. for utility models and for countries with overlapping serial numbers for different types 

of publications, it is necessary to include the document kind code. 

The examples for different publication number structures mentioned above, have to be reformatted 

for the search in /PN. 


DE 19919951A1 

=> S DE19919951/PN 

EP 0 050 443 B1 => S EP50443/PN 

US 4,718,426 

=> S US4718426/PN 

WO 99/12345 A1 => S WO9912345/PN OR S WO199912345/PN 

WO 00/04255A1 

=> S WO2000004255/PN 

Adjacent years have to be put at the beginning of the number, e.g. for Australia: 

Original: AU6138780 

=> S AU198061387/PN 

L3 1 AU198061387/PN 

(AU8061387/PN) 

It is recommended to use this standardized number formats for search, but also non-standard 

entries can be handled successfully by the STN retrieval system. So called search field edits in /PN 

are responsible for the automatic reformatting to a standardized publication number format: 

=> S WO99-12345/PN 

L6 1 WO99-12345/PN 

(WO9912345/PN) 

=> S WO1999-12345/PN 

L7 1 WO1999-12345/PN 

(WO9912345/PN) 

=> S US 4,718,426/PN 

L8 1 US 4,718,426/PN 

(US4718426/PN) 

Special cases: 

Overlapping series within the 180 years covered in INPADOCDB in some cases require the 

addition of kind codes to the number to avoid ambiguity. 

Examples: 

• Utility Models 

In some countries, the same number ranges are used for patent and utility model publications. In 

this case a U is added to the utility model number, for example: 

=> S FI 9500103U/PN 

L16 

1 FI 9500103U/PN 

(FI9500103U/PN) 


This is also considered with priority numbers if it is a utility model priority (also see PRK and 

PRAIT fields). 

1. China: 

•Overlapping Series of Different Publication Types: 

Overlapping numbers occurred for examined and unexamined patent publications form China. 

Therefore, a “C” was added to the numbers of the examined patent applications (Patent Kind Code 

CNC). 

=> EXPAND CN1060261/PN 

... 

E34 1 CN1060260/PN 

E35 1 CN1060260C/PN 

E36 1 --> CN1060261/PN 

E37 1 CN1060261C/PN 

E38 1 CN1060262/PN 

E39 1 CN1060262C/PN 

E40 1 CN1060263/PN 

E41 1 CN1060263C/PN 

=> D 

... 


FN 4696619 

TI Pumping of liquified gas. 

TL English 

INS PEVZNER BORIS, US 

PAS PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY INC, US 

DT Patent 

PI CN 1078540 A 19931117 

PIT CNA UNEXAMINED APPLICATION FOR A PATENT FOR INV. 



AI CN 1993-105270 A 19930416 

AIT CNA Patent application 

PRAI US 1992-870462 A 19920417 (USA) 



FN 4696619 

TI Method and apparatus for pumping volatilizing gas from container to pump. 

TL English 

IN B. PEVZNER 

INS PEVZNER B, US 

PA PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 

PAS PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY INC, US 

DT Patent 

PI CN 1060260C C 20010103 

PIT CNC GRANTED PATENT FOR INVENTION 


STA GRANTED 

AI CN 1993-105270 A 19930416 


AIT CNA Patent application 

PRAI US 1992-870462 A 19920417 (USA) 


2. Hungary, Lithuania, Monaco: 

Also for the countries Hungary, Lithuania and Monaco the patent kind code is added to the 

number for a better distinction. 

Example: 

PK PN 

HUA3 HU2005001071A3 

LTR3 LT2658R3 

MCE MC210E 

3. USA: 

Since March 2001, the numbers of applications for plant patents ( Patent Kind Code USP1) end 

with a „P“, because the same number series were also used for “normal“ patent applications. 

Example: 

US20010011386P 

USYYYYNNNNNNNP 

USPTO delivers the new series with 7 digits, starting with 0000001. The number is displayed and 

indexed completely with 11 digits, in accordance to WPINDEX. If a number is entered in the old 

10 digits format, it edited automatically to the current 11 digits format by a SEARCH/EXPAND 

edit during the search process. 

=> S US 20040000001/PN 

L1 

1 US 20040000001/PN 

(20040000001/PN) 

=> S US 2004000001/PN 

L2 

1 US 2004000001/PN 

(20040000001/PN) 

=> D 



FN 9256710 

TI Collapsible swimsuit. 

TL English 

IN HOLLAND DAVID C. 

INS HOLLAND DAVID C, US 

PA HOLLAND DAVID C. 

DT Patent 

PI US 20040000001 A1 20040101 




AI US 2002-185230 A 20020628 



PRAI US 2002-185230 A 20020628 (USA) 



Japanese patent numbers 

Japanese publication numbers before the year 2000 are quoted as follows in the original 

document: 

6–11796 

EE–NNNNNN 

The number before the dash denotes the year of the emperor (EE), and the second part is the 

publication number. Conversion of the year of the emperor to the western years is as follows: 

Emperor Era Start in the year Calculate 

Hirohito Showa 1926 EE + 1925 

Akihito Heisei 1989 EE + 1988 

Hint 

Emperor years must be entered with two digits, one-digit year 

designations have to be filled with a leading zero. 

After the year 2000 western years are used in Japanese publication numbers. 

In INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB Japanese patent numbers are provided as described in the 

following table: 

Patent Numbers SEARCH DISPLAY 

(STN Format) 

A- and T-documents 

(before year 2000): 

S JP06011796/PN 

S JPEENNNNNN/PN 

JP 06011796 

JP EENNNNNN 

A- and T-documents 

(after year 2000): 

B-documents 

(polished examined applications, 

before March 1996) 

B2-documents 

(published patents, from May 

1996) 

B1-documents 

(published patents without A) 

C-documents 

(granted patent ) 

S JP2002012345/PN 

S JP20YYNNNNNN/PN 

S JP06011796B/PN 

S JPEENNNNNNB/PN 

S JP2763879B/PN 

S JPNNNNNNNB/PN 

S JP2852740/PN 

S JPNNNNNNN/PN 

S JP2139594/PN 

S JPNNNNNNN/PN 

JP 2002012345 

JP 20YYNNNNNN 

JP 06011796 B4 

JP EENNNNNN B 

JP 2763879 B2 

JP NNNNNNN B2 

JP 2852740 B1 

JP NNNNNNN B1 

JP 2139594 

A search with truncation is possible for all kinds of documents, for example. 

=> S JP06011796?/PN 

It is always advisable to carry out an EXPAND. 


=> E JP 2139594/PN 

E154 1 JP2119394/PN 

E155 1 JP2119395/PN 

E156 1 --> JP2139594/PN 

E157 1 JP2500001B/PN 

E158 1 JP2500001U/PN 

E159 1 JP2500002B/PN 

E160 1 JP2500002U/PN 

E161 1 JP2500003B/PN 

Publications use separate number series for each document type. This means that 

or 

• documents of different publication levels which belong to the same national patent family, 

have different publication numbers 

• that documents which do have the same publication number but different publication levels 

(Kind Code) probably do not belong to the same family. 

Therefore, to clearly identify the documents, not only the publication number but also the 

document kind code needs to be considered. 

Due to a change in the Japanese patent system, publications with document kind code B, 

consecutively numbered and starting with number 2,500,001, are present since May 1996. The 

publication of examined patent applications, with three months period for opposition before grant, 

was replaced by publication of patent documents with six months opposition period after they 

have been granted. 

The application number can serve to merge all publications for one national Japanese family. 

However, this is not necessary in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB. Here a database record/family 

member contains all publication levels for one application number. 

Example: INPADOCDB database record for a Japanese patent application 


FN 12499381 

TI METHOD FOR MACHINING PRINTED WIRING BOARD. 

TL English 

IN UCHIDA YUICHI; TANAKA KENICHIRO; KUBO MASAO; MIYAMOTO ISAMU 

INS UCHIDA YUICHI; TANAKA KENICHIRO; KUBO MASAO; MIYAMOTO ISAMU 

PA MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS LTD; MIYAMOTO ISAMU 

PAS MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS LTD; MIYAMOTO ISAMU 

DT Patent 

PI JP--2001102720 A 20010413 

PIT JPA DOC. LAID OPEN TO PUBL. INSPEC. [PUBLISHED FROM 1971 ONWARDS] 



AI 2000JP-000142410 A 20000315 

AIT JPA Patent application 

PRAI 2000JP-000142410 A 20000315 (JPA, 20080718, Y) 

1999JP-000211445 A 19990727 (JPA, 20080731, Y) 

PRAIT JPA Patent application 



FN 12499381 

DT Patent 

PI JP----3756723B B2 20060315 

PIT JPB2 GRANT. PATENT WITH A [FROM NO. 2500000 ONWARDS, FROM 1996] 


STA GRANTED 

AI 2000JP-000142410 A 20000315 


PRAI 2000JP-000142410 A 20000315 (JPA, 20080718, Y) 

1999JP-000211445 A 19990727 (JPA, 20080731, Y) 


On original Japanese documents, the publication number and the publication date with year of the 

emperor and western year in Arabic numerals are printed. On B documents in addition 

corresponding data of earlier publications (Code A, T) are printed. 


Application and priority numbers 

The table below shows the general STN and DERWENT formats for searching application and 

priority numbers in STN patent databases, represented by EP and PCT applications as an example: 

Year Range STN Format DERWENT Format 

until 2000 

for PCT 

from 2000 

for PCT 

from 2004 

EP1999-123456 

WO1999-US12345 

EP2000-123456 

WO2000-JP1242 

WO2004-US12345 

1999EP-000123456 

1999WO-US0012345 

2000EP-000123456 

2000WO-JP0001242 

2004WO-US0012345 

Application and priority numbers filed before 2000 can be searched with two- or four-digits year 

notations. After 2000 four-digits years have to be used. In INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB the index 

contains solely four-digits year notations in priority and application numbers, also for documents 

filed before 2000. In the display application and priority numbers are always shown with fourdigit 

year designations. 

PCT application numbers also include the code of the country or authority where the patent was 

filed. 

=> E DE93-12345/AP 

E1 1 DE1993-12343/AP 

E2 1 DE1993-12344/AP 

E3 

1 --> DE1993-12345/AP 

E4 1 DE1993-12347/AP 

E5 1 DE1993-12348/AP 

E6 1 DE1993-12349/AP 

E7 1 DE1993-1235/AP 

E8 1 DE1993-12350/AP 

E9 1 DE1993-12351/AP 

E10 1 DE1993-12352/AP 

E11 1 DE1993-12353/AP 

E12 1 DE1993-12355/AP 

=> S E3 

L1 

1 DE1993-12345/AP 

=> D AI 


AI DE 1993-12345 U 19930818 (DEU, Y) 


If only the application number is known, but not the year, it is possible to search with the 

exclamation mark (!) as a wild card. 

=> S DE!!!!-12345/AP 

L2 

6 DE!!!!-12345/AP 

=> SEL AP 


STN format must be 

used to truncate year 

notations in application 

or priority numbers 

=> D SEL 

E15 1 DE1984-12345/AP 

E16 1 DE1985-12345/AP 

E17 1 DE1988-12345/AP 

E18 1 DE1991-12345/AP 

E19 1 DE1992-12345/AP 

E20 1 DE1993-12345/AP 

E21 1 DE1994-12345/AP 

SEL AP selects the 

application number 

from the answers 

(display format) 

Special cases: 

Utility model numbers have a „U“ at the end in order to distinguish them from patent 

applications with the same number. 

=> D TI PI AI PRAI 

ANSWER 1 OF 8 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2009 EPO/FIZ KA on STN 

TI Terminal crimping apparatus. 

PI US 5414926 A 19950516 

AI US 1993-132356 A 19931006 

PRAI JP 1992-70658U U 19921009 (JPU, Y) 

JP 1992-272070 A 19921009 (JPA, Y) 

If a „preliminary“ US application is mentioned as priority, the corresponding priority number 

has a „P“ at the end. This has been adopted for all STN patent files where priority kind codes 

are present. 

 

=> S US 1998-93292P/PRN 

L28 

=> D PRAI PRAIT 5 

42 US 1998-93292P/PRN 

(US1998-93292P/PRN) 


PRAI US 2007-894800 A 20070820 (USA, 20080821, N) 

US 2006-389361 A 20060324 (USA1, 20080821, N) 

US 2005-246392 A 20051007 (USA1, 20080124, N) 

US 2004-927814 A 20040826 (USA1, 20080124, N) 

US 1999-354344 A 19990716 (USAB, 20080124, Y) 

US 1998-97527P P 19980821 (USP, 20080124, Y) 

US 1998-93292P P 19980717 (USP, 20070816, Y) 


USA1 Prior application claimed for continuation 

USAB Claimed for continuation ---ABANDONED 

USP Provisional application 


Kind of Documents 

Each INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB entry contains a Patent/Publication Kind Code (/PK) 

indicating the document type. As most countries use the same or similar kind code designations 

the country code must be considered for a search. An excerpt from the /PK index in the example 

below shows that a string consisting of country code and kind code is indexed. The Patent 

Information Type display (PIT) and search field (/PIT) includes the description of the kind code. 

A complete list of patent kind codes is available in the appendix of this manual. 

INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB use the so-called DOCDB definition for kind codes, they are often 

different from the old INPADOC definition. 

=> E EPA/PK 

... 

E3 483 --> EPA/PK 

E4 1145668 EPA1/PK 

E5 631314 EPA2/PK 

E6 464776 EPA3/PK 

E7 142322 EPA4/PK 

E8 1114 EPA8/PK 

E9 513 EPA9/PK 

E10 843172 EPB1/PK 

E11 12443 EPB2/PK 

E12 1989 EPB8/PK 

=> E EPA/PIT 

E13 1900 EEB1 GRANTED PATENT/PIT 

E14 10321 EGA PATENT FOR INVENTION / PATENT OF ADDITION/PIT 

E15 0 --> EPA/PIT 

E16 1145668 EPA1 APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITH SEARCH REPORT/PIT 

E17 631314 EPA2 APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT/PIT 

E18 464776 EPA3 SEARCH REPORT/PIT 

E19 142322 EPA4 SUPPLEMENTARY SEARCH REPORT/PIT 

E20 1114 EPA8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE/PIT 

E21 513 EPA9 MODIFIED COMPLETE SPECIFICATION/PIT 

E22 843172 EPB1 PATENT SPECIFICATION/PIT 

E23 12443 EPB2 NEW PATENT SPECIFICATION/PIT 

E24 1989 EPB8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE GRANTED PATENT/PIT 

Kind codes are also present for application and priority numbers. They are searchable in 

Application Kind Code (/AK) and Priority Kind Code (/PRK) fields respectively. 

=> E DEA/AK 

E25 5605 DDU/AK 

E26 1 DE2/AK 

E27 3445404 --> DEA/AK 

E28 881 DEB/AK 

E29 6181 DEC/AK 

E30 473249 DED/AK 

E31 2 DEE/AK 

E32 1 DEF/AK 

E33 57 DEK/AK 

E34 7579 DEQ/AK 

E35 445358 DET/AK 


E36 1246742 DEU/AK 

=> E DEA/PRK 

E37 16 DDU/PRK 

E38 2 DE/PRK 

E39 4613878 --> DEA/PRK 

E40 1 DEAD/PRK 

E41 4 DEB/PRK 

E42 5498 DEC/PRK 

E43 430089 DED/PRK 

E44 175 DEE/PRK 

E45 2229 DEF/PRK 

E46 37 DEK/PRK 

E47 259 DEQ/PRK 

E48 233 DET/PRK 

Corresponding to the Patent Information Type (/PIT) field Application Information Type (/AIT) 

and Priority Information Type (/PRAIT) are available for search and display to give information 

on the Application and Priority Kind Codes. 

=> D TI PI PIT AI AIT PRAI PRAIT 


TI STEIGE ZUM TRANSPORTIEREN VON PRODUKTEN UND VERFAHREN ZU DEREN 

HERSTELLUNG. 

TRAY FOR TRANSPORTING PRODUCTS, AND METHOD FOR ITS FABRICATION. 

PLATEAU POUR LE TRANSPORT DE PRODUITS ET SON PROCEDE DE FABRICATION. 

PI EP 1028063 B1 20010606 


AI EP 1998-946464 A 19981005 


PRAI WO 1998-ES272 W 19981005 (WOWW, N) 

ES 1997-2081 A 19971007 (ESA, Y) 

PRAIT WOWW Additional PCT application 

ESA Patent application 

The display field PRAIT can give useful information, e.g. to determine the mother patent of a 

divisional US application (USA3/PRK): 


FN 7580717 

TI Benzylated PDE4 inhibitors. 

TL English 

IN LAUENER RONALD W; BURGOYNE DAVID L; REBSTEIN PATRICK J; MACKENZIE LLOYD 

F; ZHOU YUANLIN; SHEN YAPING 

INS LAUENER RONALD W, CA; BURGOYNE DAVID L, CA; REBSTEIN PATRICK J, CA; 

MACKENZIE LLOYD F, CA; ZHOU YUANLIN, CA; SHEN YAPING, CA 

PA BIOLIPOX AB 

PAS BIOLIPOX AB, DE 

DT Patent 

PI US 7446129 B2 20081104 English 

PIT USB2 REEXAM. CERTIF., N-ND REEXAM. or GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND 


PUBLICATION [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 


STA GRANTED 

AI US 2003-391685 A 20030318 


PRAI US 2003-391685 A 20030318 (USA, 20070920, N) 

US 2001-810085 A 20010316 (USA3, 20070920, Y) 

US 2000-190337P P 20000316 (USP, 20070920, Y) 


USA3 Prior application claimed for a division 

USP Provisional application 

REC 56. THERE ARE 56 CITED REFERENCES (28 PATENT, 28 NON PATENT) AVAILABLE 

FOR THIS RECORD. ALL CITATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE RE FORMAT. 


“Dates of Availability” (DAV) field 

About 560 different publication types have been classified in 12 categories. In the DATA 

AVAILABILITY (DAV) field the category is entered beside the publication date. 

PI DE 19928770 C2 20031120 

PIT DEC2 PATENT SPECIFICATION (SECOND PUBL.) 


STA GRANTED 

AI DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 

AIO DE19928770 


PRAI DE 1999-19907169 A 19990219 (DEA1) 

DE 1999-19913240 A 19990323 (DEA1) 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 (DEA, 20070322) 

PRAO 199 07 169.1 

199 13 240.2 


This category information can be searched in the DAV field: 

=> E A/DAV 20 


E3 

0 --> A/DAV 

E4 820713 CLAIMS-ONLY-AVAILABLE/DAV 

E5 7667179 EXAMINED-PRINTED-WITHOUT-GRANT/DAV 

E6 1869256 GAZETTE REFERENCE/DAV 

E7 939619 GAZETTE-PUB-ANNOUNCEMENT/DAV 

E8 30660 MODIFIED-COMPLETE-SPEC-PUB/DAV 

E9 36720 MODIFIED-FIRST-PAGE-PUB/DAV 

E10 162467 NOT-PRINTED-WITH-GRANT/DAV 

E11 26645921 PRINTED-WITH-GRANT/DAV 

E12 1060353 SUPPLEMENTAL-SREP-REFERENCE/DAV 

E13 1384092 UNEXAMINED-NOT-PRINTED-WITHOUT-GRANT/DAV 

E14 24840818 UNEXAMINED-PRINTED-WITHOUT-GRANT/DAV 


=> S MODIFIED-FIRST-PAGE-PUB/DAV 

L2 36720 MODIFIED-FIRST-PAGE-PUB/DAV 

A list with explanations can be displayed using => HELP DAV. 

DAV 

gazette-reference 

abstract-reference 

supplemental-srep-reference 

gazette-pub-announcement 

Explanation 

date of announcement of filed application in gazette 

date of separate publication of an abstract 

date of separate publication of a supplementary search 

report 

date of announcement of a granted application in a gazette 


modified-first-page-pub 

unexamined-not-printed-withoutgrant 

examined-not-printed-without-grant 

unexamined-printed-without-grant 

examined-printed-without-grant 

printed-with-grant 

claims-only-available 

not-printed-with-grant 

date of separate publication of a modified first page report 

date of making available to the public by viewing or 

copying on request, an unexamined document on which 

no grant has taken place on or before the said date 


copying on request, an examined document on which no 

grant has taken place on or before the said date 

date of publication by printing or similar process of an 

unexamined document on which no grant has taken place 

on or before the said date 

date of publication by printing or similar process of an 

examined document on which no grant has taken place on 

or before the said date 

date of publication by printing or similar process of 

document on which grant has taken place on or before the 

said date 

date of publication by printing or similar process of the 

claims only of a document 


copying on request of a document on which grant has 

taken place on or before the said date 


The “Patent Status” (STA) field 

The information given in the Patent Status field (STA) is based on the Data Availability (DAV) 

information. The publication type categories were classified as “granted” and “pre-grant 

publication”. Thus the STA field offers a convenient possibility to limit answer sets for example to 

granted patents („GRANTED/STA). 

=> E A/STA 


E1 0 --> A/STA 

E2 27265417 GRANTED/STA 

E3 32843892 PRE-GRANT PUBLICATION/STA 


=> S LASER (1A) CUTT? AND GRANTED/STA 

264635 LASER 

15285 LASERS 

269404 LASER 


450633 CUTT? 

3192 LASER (1A) CUTT? 

27265417 GRANTED/STA 

L1 1477 LASER (1A) CUTT? AND GRANTED/STA 

A text search can be combined with the search in the 

status (/STA) field to limit search results e.g. to 

granted patents. 

The proximity operator “(1A)” means that the two 

searched terms are allowed to appear in any order with 

one or no word between them. 

=> D KWIC L1 1-5 


TI LASER CUTTING DEVICE USING POLYGON MIRROR. 

STA GRANTED 


TI Case-hardened drive pins fastening method, involves attaching counter 

bores extending shearing blades at side into through-holes by laser 

cuttings, and fastening drive pins by material flow resulting from 

associated riveted bolts. 

Verfahren zur Befestigung eines einsatzgehaerteten Antriebszapfens am 

gehaerteten. . . 

STA GRANTED 

AB The method involves producing through-holes (12, 13) by laser 

cuttings in shearing blades (2, 3). Counter bores (20, 21) extending 

the shearing blades at a side are attached into the through-holes by the 

laser cuttings. Case-hardened drive pins (16, 17) are fastened by a 

material flow resulting from associated riveted bolts, where laser 

flame cuttings are utilized as the laser cuttings. Production of 

the counter bores takes place with a large surface roughness. 


STA GRANTED 

AB . . . ring adjacent to cutting elements by a laser cladding process 

whereby the cutting elements have insufficient heat transfer from the 

laser cutting process to reduce their hardness properties. 

… 


The “Filing Details” (FDT) field 

For DE and PCT publications details for the kind of application are indicated in the “Filing 

Details” (FDT) field. 

Examples: 


TI ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CASE 

AND BLANKING DEVICE. 

DISPOSITIF ELECTRONIQUE, PROCEDE DE FABRICATION D'UN BOITIER DE 

DISPOSITIF ELECTRONIQUE, ET DISPOSITIF DE DECOUPAGE A LA PRESSE. 

PI WO 9967979 A1 19991229 

AI WO 1999-JP3237 W 19990617 

FDT WO100000 With international search report 


TI VERFAHREN ZUM BESCHICHTEN VON LEITERPLATTEN ODER DERGLEICHEN SUBSTRATEN. 

METHOD FOR COATING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS OR SIMILAR SUBSTRATES. 

PROCEDE POUR RECOUVRIR DES CARTES DE CIRCUITS OU DES SUBSTRATS 

SIMILAIRES. 

PI WO 9967978 A1 19991229 

AI WO 1999-EP4044 W 19990611 

FDT WO100000 With international search report; 

WO030000 Before expiration of time limit for amending the claims and to 

be republished in the event of the receipt of the amendments 


TI NOVEL USE OF TAUROLINE. 

PI WO 8701591 A2 19870326 

AI WO 1986-EP545 W 19860919 

FDT WO400000 With declaration under article 17(2)(a). Without abstract; title 

not checked by the International Searching Authority 


TI PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPTIMUM MAINTENANCE AND PROJECTION SYSTEMS 

FOR PROTECTION AGAINST CORROSION, ESPECIALLY AS REGARDS REMOTE HEAT 

SUPPLY SYSTEMS. 

PI WO 8504781 A2 19851107 

AI WO 1985-HU24 W 19850415 

FDT WO200000 With declaration under article 17(2)(a). Without classification 

and without abstract; title not checked by the International Searching 

Authority 

The following tables list all FDT codes and their meanings. 


FDT codes for German applications: 

Country Kind Extended Definition 

DE C1 D1 Grant of a patent without OS 

DE C2 D2 Grant of a patent after the examination procedure 

DE C2 D3 Limited patent maintenance (without OS) 

DE C3 D4 Limited patent maintenance (with OS) 

DE C2 D5 Patent changed in the restriction procedure No OS, no changed PS 

DE C3 D6 Patent changed in the restriction procedure No OS, changed PS 

DE C3 D7 

Patent changed in the restriction procedure With OS, without changed 

PS 

DE C4 D8 Patent changed in the restriction procedure With OS, with changed PS 

FDT codes for PCT applications before 2003: 

Value 

Position 

Explanation 

1 1 With international search report 

2 

3 

4 

With declaration under art. 17(2)(a) 

Without classification and without abstract; title not checked by the 

International Searching Authority 

Without international search report and to be republished upon receipt of 

that report 

With declaration under Article 17(2)(a). 

Without abstract; title not checked by the International Searching Authority 

2 1 With amended claims 

2 With amended claims and statement 

3 

Before expiration of time limit for amending the claims and to be 

republished in the event of the receipt of the amendments 

3 1 in English translation (filed in XXX) 

4 1 

Before the expiration of the time limit referred to in Article 21(2)(a) on the 

request of the applicant 

5 1 Upon request of the applicant under article 64(3)(c)(i) 

2 

In accordance with Art. 64 (3)(c)(ii) 

upon the publication of a patent based on the international application 

referred to herein, issued by the United States Patents and Trademark 

Office on ....... ...................under serial number .................. 

6 1 With a request for rectification under Rule 91.1 (f) 


In 2003 WIPO changed the FDT codes for PCT applications; numbers were replaced by letters. 

The codes appearing after the heading "Published/Publiée" or “Declaration(s)/Déclaration(s)” 

indicate that the corresponding text matter was published on the front page of the PCT pamphlet. 

FDT codes for PCT applications from 2003: 

a With amended claims. 

b 

c 

d 

e 

f 

g 

h 

i 

k 

m 

n 

p 

q1 

q2 

r 

s 

t 

u 

v 

x 

z 

With amended claims and statement. 

Before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the 

event of receipt of amendments. 

Upon request of the applicant under Article 64(3)(c)(i). 

In accordance with Article 64(3)(c)(ii) upon publication of a patent based on the international 

application, issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on under serial 

number . 

Upon request of the applicant, before the expiration of the time limit referred to in Article 

21(2)(a). 

Without classification; title and abstract not checked by the International Searching Authority. 

With declaration under Article 17(2)(a); without classification and without abstract; title not 

checked by the International Searching Authority. 

With declaration under Article 17(2)(a); without abstract; title not checked by the International 

Searching Authority. 

Under Rule 91.1(f), with a request for rectification. 

With (an) indication(s) in relation to deposited biological material furnished under Rule 13bis 

separately from the description. 

With a declaration as to non-prejudicial disclosures or exceptions to lack of novelty. 

With an indication in relation to a priority claim considered not to have been made. 

Published entirely in electronic form (except for the front page) and available upon request 

from the International Bureau. 

Sequence listing part of description published separately in electronic form and available 

upon request from the International Bureau. 

Declaration as to the identity of the inventor (Rule 4.17(i)). 

Declaration as to applicant’s entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(ii)). 

Declaration as to the applicant’s entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application 

(Rule 4.17(iii)). 

Declaration of inventorship for the purposes of the designation of US only (Rule 4.17(iv)). 

Declaration as to non-prejudicial disclosures or exceptions to lack of novelty (Rule 4.17(v)) 

With international search report 

Without international search report and to be republished upon receipt of that report 


Additional FDT codes for PCT applications from 2007: 

s1 

with information concerning incorporation by reference of missing parts and/or elements 

s2 

s3 

s4 

s5 

s6 

s7 

s8 

the filing date of the international application is within two months from the date of 

expiration of the priority period 

with information concerning request for restoration of the right of priority in respect of 

one or more priority claims; the decision of the receiving Office regarding the request for 

restoration is pending and will be published separately once available 

with information concerning request for restoration of the right of priority in respect of 

one or more priority claims 

with information submitted by the applicant concerning one or more priority claims 

with information concerning one or more priority claims considered void 

with information concerning refusal to authorize the rectification of an obvious mistake 

under Rule 91.1 

with information concerning authorization of rectification of an obvious mistake under 

Rule 91.1 


Country designations 

All country designations from publication, application and priority numbers are searchable: 

Publication country 

/PC 

Designated country in an international or European procedure /DS 

Application country 

/AC 

PCT application country 

/AC.WO 

Priority country 

/PRC 

PCT priority country 

/PRC.WO 

Searches for countries should always be carried out using the two-letter country code. The query 

should be immediately linked to another query, for example, a limitation to a time range. 

Otherwise so many answers may be retrieved, that system limits are reached easily. 

=> S LASER AND DE/AC 

… 

230050 LASER 


5625455 DE/AC 

L1 12781 LASER AND DE/AC 

In country indexes the country name is also available in full length. 

=> E DE/PC 

E1 141258 CZECHOSLOVAKIA/PC 

E2 235003 DD/PC 

E3 5653743 --> DE/PC 

E4 336365 DENMARK/PC 

E5 336365 DK/PC 

E6 1402 DZ/PC 

E7 6555 EA/PC 

E8 5765 EE/PC 

E9 10321 EG/PC 

E10 10321 EGYPT/PC 

E11 1777477 EP/PC 

E12 728615 ES/PC 

=> E 

E13 5765 ESTONIA/PC 

E14 6555 EURASIAN PATENT CONVENTION/PC 

E15 1777477 EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE/PC 

E16 205309 FI/PC 

E17 205309 FINLAND/PC 

E18 2264298 FR/PC 

E19 2264298 FRANCE/PC 

E20 2651854 GB/PC 

E21 246 GC/PC 

E22 235003 GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC/PC 

E23 5653743 GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF/PC 

E24 93935 GR/PC 


For a comprehensive view of the patent situation in a certain country it is necessary to look for the 

country as a publication country (/PC) and as a designated state in the international or European 

patent procedure (/DS). The super search field /PCS is suited for this purpose as it comprises 

Publication Country (/PC) and Designated States (/DS). 

=> S DK/PCS 

336365 DK/PC 

2018335 DK/DS 

L5 2354700 DK/PCS 

(DK/PC,DS) 

Please note, that for EP and PCT applications at first all belonging countries are designated 

automatically. The applicant only needs to choose the designated countries at a later date. Changes 

of designated states are indicated in the legal status. 


Dates 

Several date specifications are available for search in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB. 

Publication date 

/PD 

Application date 

/AD 

Priority date 

/PRD 

Priority date first 

/PRDF 

Date of advertizing German Utilities /DF 

When searching for dates, the standard date format should be used: 

YYYYMMDD 

19990909 

(YYYY 

MM 

DD 

year, four digits (a two-digit entry is automatically edited) 

month, two digits 

day, two digits) 

It is possible to search date fields for time ranges (weeks, months). 

=> S 19990601-19990630/PD 

L7 158395 19990601-19990630/PD 

(19990601-19990630/PD) 

For the date fields PD, AD, PRD, and PRDF additionally year based search fields are provided. 

Publication year 

/PY 

Application year 

/AY 

Priority year 

/PRY 

Priority year first 

/PRYF 

To search for complete years it is possible to conduct a range search in the date fields, but it is 

more efficient to make use of the corresponding year based fields. 

Date Edit 

A date to be searched can be entered in STN in several formats. The search system recognizes 

these formats and transforms them in the standard date format. 

=> S MARCH 1999/PD 

L1 149056 MARCH 1999/PD 

(19990300-19990399/PD) 

=> S 88 JUNE/PD 

L2 127462 88 JUNE/PD 

(19880600-19880699/PD) 

=> S JAN 1999- MARCH 1999/PD 

L3 387770 JAN 1999- MARCH 1999/PD 

(19990100-19990399/PD) 

=> S JAN - MARCH 1999/PD 

L4 387770 JAN - MARCH 1999/PD 

(19990100-19990399/PD) 


=> S 15-31 MARCH 2000/AD 

L5 25545 15-31 MARCH 2000/AD 

(20000315-20000331/AD) 


CITATION SEARCH 

Citations are as important in patent matters as they are in scientific literature: 

• The inventor characterizes thereby the state of the art on which he has based his invention 

• The patent examiner identifies patents which could impede the granting of a new patent 

and “cites them against the application“. 

If a patent document is published, the text and/or the title page contain references to earlier 

publications. These references may have been included 

• by the inventor (or applicant) and are to be found in several places in the text 

or 

• by the examiner who has cited the prior patents, because they may impede the granting of 

the patent. This information is to be found on the title page of the publication and in the so 

called search report. 

These citations can be displayed with the display code RE, which will show REP, cited patents, 

REN, cited non-patent (npl) literature, and REXP, XP reference numbers assigned by EPO. 

XP reference numbers are references to non-patent literature in European search and examiner‟s 

reports. They are usually also contained in the original B documents. These XP numbers refer to 

documents stored in an internal database of the EPO. However they might be very useful when 

searching for a certain citation. 

The total number of citations for a publication is indicated in the REC field. 

The FA display field indicates all available information for a publication. It can be used to check 

for the presence of REP, REN or REXP. 

=> S (REP AND REXP AND REN)/FA AND EP/PC 

10025160 REP/FA 

374513 REXP/FA 

2929156 REN/FA 

1777477 EP/PC 

L1 109110 (REP AND REXP AND REN)/FA AND EP/PC 

=> S L1 AND (DERWENT AND JAPAN)/REN 

109725 DERWENT/REN 

426518 JAPAN/REN 

L2 1440 L1 AND (DERWENT AND JAPAN)/REN 

The “.M” display formats show 

information from all publications 

for a database record 

=> D STD.M FA.M 2 



FN 9289594 

TI Probiotische Zusammensetzung. 

Probiotic composition. 

Composition probiotique. 

TL 

IN 


INOUE, SAYO; FUJII, TOSHIO; FUJIWARA, DAISUKE; SAIKI, AKIRA; TAKAHASHI, 

MINORU; YAMAUCHI, KOICHIRO; GOTOU, MASAMI; NISHIDA, SATOSHI; DEUCHI, 


KEIJI; WAKABAYASHI, HIDEYUKI; KOMEDA, TOSHIHIRO 

INS INOUE SAYO, JP; FUJII TOSHIO, JP; FUJIWARA DAISUKE, JP; SAIKI AKIRA, JP; 

TAKAHASHI MINORU, JP; YAMAUCHI KOICHIRO, JP; GOTO MASAMI, JP; NISHIDA 

SATOSHI, JP; DEUCHI KEIJI, JP; WAKABAYASHI HIDEYUKI, JP; KOMEDA TOSHIHIRO, JP 

PA KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 

PAS KIRIN BREWERY, JP 

DT Patent 

PI EP 1759597 A2 20070307 English 

PIT EPA2 APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT 



DS R: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC 

NL PT RO SE SI SK TR 

AI EP 2006-25815 A 20040227 


PRAI EP 2004-715523 A 20040227 (EPA3, 20070315, N) 

JP 2003-68943 A 20030313 (JPA, 20070315, Y) 

JP 2003-354277 A 20031014 (JPA, 20070315, Y) 

PRAIT EPA3 Prior application claimed for a division 

JPA Patent application 


THIS RECORD. ALL CITATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE RE FORMAT. 

IPCI A23L0001-30 [I,A ]; A23C0009-123 [I,A ]; A61K0035-74 [I,A ] 

A23L0001-30 [I,C*]; A23C0009-12 [I,C*]; A61K0035-66 [I,C*] 

IPCR A23L0002-52 [I,A ]; A23F0003-16 [I,A ]; A23F0003-34 [I,A ]; 

A23F0005-24 [I,A ]; A23L0001-28 [I,A ]; A23L0002-02 [I,A ]; 

A61P0011-02 [I,A ]; A61P0011-06 [I,A ]; A61P0017-00 [I,A ]; 

A61P0027-02 [I,A ]; A61P0027-14 [I,A ]; A61P0027-16 [I,A ]; 

A61P0031-00 [I,A ]; A61P0035-00 [I,A ]; A61P0037-08 [I,A ]; 

A61P0043-00 [I,A ]; C12N0001-20 [I,A ]; C12Q0001-02 [I,A ]; 

C12R0001-225 [N,A ] 

A23L0002-52 [I,C*]; A23F0003-00 [I,C*]; A23F0005-24 [I,C*]; 

A23L0001-28 [I,C*]; A23L0002-02 [I,C*]; A61P0011-00 [I,C*]; 

A61P0017-00 [I,C*]; A61P0027-00 [I,C*]; A61P0031-00 [I,C*]; 

A61P0035-00 [I,C*]; A61P0037-00 [I,C*]; A61P0043-00 [I,C*]; 

C12N0001-20 [I,C*]; C12Q0001-02 [I,C*] 

EPC A23C0009-123D; A23F0003-16E; A23F0003-34; A23F0005-24D; A23L0001-30M; 

A23L0002-52; A61K0035-74 

ICO K23B0010:02+LP 


FN 9289594 





PA KIRIN BEER KABUSHIKI KAISHA 

PAS KIRIN BREWERY, JP 

DT Patent 

PI EP 1759597 A3 20070328 English 

PIT EPA3 SEARCH REPORT 

DAV 20070328 supplemental-srep-reference 




AI EP 2006-25815 A 20040227 


PRAI EP 2004-715523 A 20040227 (EPA3, 20070315, N) 


JP 2003-68943 A 20030313 (JPA, 20070315, Y) 

JP 2003-354277 A 20031014 (JPA, 20070315, Y) 




A23L0001-30 [I,C*]; A23C0009-12 [I,C*]; A61K0035-66 [I,C*] 


A23F0005-24 [I,A ]; A23L0001-28 [I,A ]; A23L0002-02 [I,A ]; 

A61P0011-02 [I,A ]; A61P0011-06 [I,A ]; A61P0017-00 [I,A ]; 

A61P0027-02 [I,A ]; A61P0027-14 [I,A ]; A61P0027-16 [I,A ]; 

A61P0031-00 [I,A ]; A61P0035-00 [I,A ]; A61P0037-08 [I,A ]; 

A61P0043-00 [I,A ]; C12N0001-20 [I,A ]; C12Q0001-02 [I,A ]; 

C12R0001-225 [N,A ] 

A23L0002-52 [I,C*]; A23F0003-00 [I,C*]; A23F0005-24 [I,C*]; 

A23L0001-28 [I,C*]; A23L0002-02 [I,C*]; A61P0011-00 [I,C*]; 

A61P0017-00 [I,C*]; A61P0027-00 [I,C*]; A61P0031-00 [I,C*]; 

A61P0035-00 [I,C*]; A61P0037-00 [I,C*]; A61P0043-00 [I,C*]; 

C12N0001-20 [I,C*]; C12Q0001-02 [I,C*] 

EPC A23C0009-123D; A23F0003-16E; A23F0003-34; A23F0005-24D; A23L0001-30M; 

A23L0002-52; A61K0035-74 

ICO K23B0010:02+LP 


FN 9289594 





IN INOUE, SAYO; FUJII, TOSHIO; FUJIWARA, DAISUKE; SAIKI, AKIRA; TAKAHASHI, 

MINORU; YAMAUCHI, KOICHIRO; GOTOU, MASAMI; NISHIDA, SATOSHI; DEUCHI, 

KEIJI; WAKABAYASHI, HIDEYUKI; KOMEDA, TOSHIHIRO 

INS INOUE SAYO, JP; FUJII TOSHIO, JP; FUJIWARA DAISUKE, JP; SAIKI AKIRA, JP; 

TAKAHASHI MINORU, JP; YAMAUCHI KOICHIRO, JP; GOTOU MASAMI, JP; NISHIDA 

SATOSHI, JP; DEUCHI KEIJI, JP; WAKABAYASHI HIDEYUKI, JP; KOMEDA 

TOSHIHIRO, JP 

PA KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 

PAS KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISH, JP 

DT Patent 

PI EP 1759597 B1 20090121 English 



STA GRANTED 



AI EP 2006-25815 A 20040227 


PRAI EP 2004-715523 A 20040227 (EPA3, 20070315, N) 

JP 2003-68943 A 20030313 (JPA, 20070315, Y) 

JP 2003-354277 A 20031014 (JPA, 20070315, Y) 




A23L0001-30 [I,C*]; A23C0009-12 [I,C*]; A61K0035-66 [I,C*] 


A23F0005-24 [I,A ]; A23L0001-28 [I,A ]; A23L0002-02 [I,A ]; 

A61P0011-02 [I,A ]; A61P0011-06 [I,A ]; A61P0017-00 [I,A ]; 

A61P0027-02 [I,A ]; A61P0027-14 [I,A ]; A61P0027-16 [I,A ]; 

A61P0031-00 [I,A ]; A61P0035-00 [I,A ]; A61P0037-08 [I,A ]; 


EPC 

ICO 

FA 

FA 

FA 

A61P0043-00 [I,A ]; C12N0001-20 [I,A ]; C12Q0001-02 [I,A ]; 

C12R0001-225 [N,A ] 

A23L0002-52 [I,C*]; A23F0003-00 [I,C*]; A23F0005-24 [I,C*]; 

A23L0001-28 [I,C*]; A23L0002-02 [I,C*]; A61P0011-00 [I,C*]; 

A61P0017-00 [I,C*]; A61P0027-00 [I,C*]; A61P0031-00 [I,C*]; 

A61P0035-00 [I,C*]; A61P0037-00 [I,C*]; A61P0043-00 [I,C*]; 

C12N0001-20 [I,C*]; C12Q0001-02 [I,C*] 

A23C0009-123D; A23F0003-16E; A23F0003-34; A23F0005-24D; A23L0001-30M; 

A23L0002-52; A61K0035-74 

K23B0010:02+LP 

AB; AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; ED; EPC; EW; ICO; IN; INS; IPC; IPCI; IPCR; LA; 

PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; REN; REP; REXP; TI 

AB; AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; ED; EPC; EW; ICO; IPC; IPCI; IPCR; LA; PA; PAS; 


AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; ED; EPC; EW; ICO; IN; INS; IPC; IPCI; IPCR; LA; PA; 

PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; TI 

=> D RE.M 2 



THIS RECORD. 

REP WO 0218542 A1 (SEA, pat, Cat: A) 

WO 0228402 A1 (SEA, pat, Cat: A) 

EP 1034788 A1 (SEA, pat, Cat: A) 

EP 1364586 

A1 (SEA, pat, Cat: AP) 

KR 20020023886 (SEA, npl, Cat: A) 

REXP XP002984613 (SEA, Cat: X) 

XP002984614 (SEA, Cat: X) 

XP002984615 (SEA, Cat: X) 

XP009075612 (SEA, Cat: A) 

XP002418020 (SEA, Cat: A) 

REN 

npl shows that the cited patent 

number comes from the REN field 

(1) INOUE SAYO ET AL: "Ko-allergy koka no aru nyusankin Lactobacillus 

paracasei KW3110-kabu no senbatsu" JAPAN SOCIETY FOR BIOSCIENCE, 

BIOTECHNOLOGY AND AGROCHEMISTRY TAIKAI KOEN YOSHISHU, 5 March 2003 

(2003-03-05), page 74, XP002984613 (SEA, Cat: X) 

(2) INOUE SAYO ET AL: "Nyusankin Lactobacillus paracasei KW3110-kabu no 

dobutsu model deno koka" JAPAN SOCIETY FOR BIOSCIENCE, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND 

AGROCHEMISTRY TAIKAI KOEN YOSHISHU, 5 March 2003 (2003-03-05), page 75, 

XP002984614 (SEA, Cat: X) 

(3) "Kalpis, kirin, kafunsho ya allergy ni taisuru nyusankin koka o 

aitsugi nogei kagakukai de happyo" NIKKEI BIOTECHNOLOGY, 3 March 2003 

(2003-03-03), XP002984615 (SEA, Cat: X) 

(4) BONETTI ANTONELLA ET AL: "ASSESSMENT OF THE PERSISTENCE IN THE HUMAN 

INTESTINAL TRACT OF TWO PROBIOTIC LACTOBACILLI LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS I 

1794 AND LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI I 1688." MICROBIAL ECOLOGY IN HEALTH & 

DISEASE, CHICHESTER, GB, volume 14, number 4, November 2002 (2002-11), pages 

228-232, XP009075612 (SEA, Cat: A) 

(5) DATABASE WPI Week 200281 Derwent Publications Ltd., London, GB; AN 

2002-747895 XP002420230 & KR 2002 023 886 A (PARK S) 29 March 2002 

(2002-03-29) (SEA, Cat: A) 

(6) KRISTO E ET AL: "Modelling of rheological, microbiological and 

acidification properties of a fermented milk product containing a 

probiotic strain of Lactobacillus paracasei." INTERNATIONAL DAIRY JOURNAL 

13 (7) 517-528 2003 CORRESPONDENCE (REPRINT) ADDRESS, C. G. BILIADERIS, 

DEP. OF FOOD SCI. & TECH., FAC. OF AGRIC., ARISTOTLE UNIV., GR-540 06 

THESSALONIKI, GREECE. TEL. +30 2310 998785. FAX +30 2310 471257. 

E-MAIL BI, 2003, XP002418020 (SEA, Cat: A) 


Cited patents are listed in the REP field. The REN field can contain patent citations from so called 

secondary sources, e.g., from a Derwent citation or “Patent Abstracts of Japan“. The patent 

numbers of these REN citations may also be indicated in the REP field and its origin is indicated 

by “npl” (non-patent literature). 

The XP reference numbers used by the EPO are also extracted from the REN field and quoted 

additionally in the REXP field. 

The type of citation (/SRT, e.g., SEA= Search Report) and the category (/CAT, e.g., X = important 

citation) are shown in brackets at the end of each citation. 

Search fields for citation information: 

/RPN 

/RPC 

/REXP 

/REN 

/SRT 

/CAT 

Publication numbers of cited patents 

Country of cited patents 

XP reference numbers 

Non-patent literature information 

Citation type 

Citation category 

Patent numbers in /RPN have not yet been adapted to STN standards. Therefore, they have to be 

searched as quoted; use of the EXPAND command is recommended. 

Citation Coverage 

There are about 78 million citations in 14 million publications available. 

Detailed country coverage (10/2008) 


Status 20090311 (Source: EPO) 

CC country 

updated citations 

since 

number of 

documents 

with 

patent 

citations 

with 

NPL 

citations 

AP ARIPO quarterly 1985-07-03 1.910 1.707 360 

AU AUSTRALIA weekly 1975-12-11 1.303.259 197.671 29.740 

BE BELGIUM daily 1987-12-15 581.698 10.689 2.740 

CH SWITZERLAND daily 1963-06-30 703.309 3.819 683 

CY CYPRUS daily 2004-11-12 2.577 9 2 

CZ CZECH weekly 2008-03-26 73.121 3.201 267 

DE GERMANY daily 1943-09-18 5.003.308 1.095.274 256.348 

DK DENMARK daily 1952-05-07 340.858 3.053 7 

EP EUROPEAN daily 1978-12-20 2.030.193 1.284.747 788.531 

PATENT 

OFFICE 

ES SPAIN quarterly 1992-05-01 819.775 30.668 6.171 

FI FINLAND daily 1990-12-31 183.267 8 4 

FR FRANCE daily 1969-08-29 2.291.069 518.033 139.371 

GB GREAT weekly 1980-01-23 2.280.923 278.068 26.468 

BRITAIN 

GR GREECE daily 1990-01-19 95.466 2.058 1.504 

JP JAPAN once 1965-11-09 14.718.659 1.091.410 9.067 

LU LUXEMBOURG daily 1998-12-16 60.572 380 124 

NL NETHERLANDS daily 1947-02-15 535.218 20.533 4.817 

SG SINGAPORE monthly 2001-04-17 46.016 10.699 339 

TR TURKEY daily 1987-01-07 40.365 3.079 1.608 

US UNITED weekly 1936-04-28 8.898.762 4.786.633 742.920 

STATES OF 

AMERICA 

WO WIPO daily 1987-10-19 1.545.161 1.486.471 572.404 

21 TOTALS 41.555.486 10.828.210 2.583.475 


The SRT field indicates the origin of a citation: 

Type of a citation (SRT) 

SEA from the search report 

APP information given by the applicant 

EXA during examination 

OPP during an opposition claim 

115 reference to PCT search report 

Example: Reference to PCT search report in /SRT and display of references from PCT publication 

=> E A/SRT 


E2 5349 115/SRT 

E3 

0 --> A/SRT 

E4 1319066 APP/SRT 

E5 129870 EXA/SRT 

E6 4121 OPP/SRT 

E7 11063701 SEA/SRT 


=> S E2 

L1 5349 115/SRT 

=> D TI PI RE 


TI FOeRDERBANDREINIGUNGSVORRICHTUNG. 

CONVEYOR BELT CLEANING DEVICE. 

DISPOSITIF DE NETTOYAGE DE BANDE TRANSPORTEUSE. 

PI EP 1776299 A1 20070425 


THIS RECORD. 

REP EP 0947452 A1 (115, pat) 

REN (1) See also references of WO 2005113394A1 

WO2005113394 and EP0947452 

belong to the same patent family 

=> S WO 2005113394/PN 

L2 

=> D RE 

1 WO 2005113394/PN 

(WO2005113394/PN) 



THIS RECORD. 

REP US 6315105 B1 (SEA, pat, Cat: XD) 

US 6213287 B1 (SEA, pat, Cat: A) 

EP 1065158 A1 (SEA, pat, Cat: A) 

DE 29503929 U1 (SEA, pat, Cat: AD) 

US 4269301 (SEA, pat, Cat: A) 

REN (1) See also references of EP 1776299A1 


Category of a citation (CAT) 

The examination report states how important the citation is for an evaluation. In most cases a 

citation is assigned to a particular claim. The citation category serves to classify the state of the art 

and is not an assessment of the nature of invention. 

HELP CAT shows the English help text with explanations of the citation category codes, HELP 

DCAT the German one. 

=> HELP CAT 

Special categories of cited documents: 

A - document defininig the general state of the art which is 

not considered to be of particular relevance 

D - document cited in the application 

E - earlier application or patent but published on or after 

the international filing date 

L - document which may throw doubts on priority claim(s) 

or which is cited to establish the publication date of 

another citation or other special reason (as specified) 

O - document referring to an oral disclosure, use, exhibition 

or other means 

P - document published prior to the international filing date 

but later than the priority date claimed 

T - later document published after the international filing 

date or priority date and not in conflict with the 

application but cited to understand the principle or 

theory underlying the invention 

X - document of particular relevance; the claimed invention 

cannot be considered novel or cannot be considered 

to involve an inventive step when the document is 

taken alone 

Y - document of particular relevance; the claimed invention 

cannot be considered to involve an inventive step when 

the document is combined with one or more other such 

documents, such combination being obvious to a person 

skilled in the art 

The category X is of special importance, as the cited document is rated as presumably noveltydestroying. 


=> E A/CAT 


E3 2534265 --> A/CAT 

E4 650987 D/CAT 

E5 116859 E/CAT 

E6 10548 L/CAT 

E7 1897 O/CAT 

E8 422209 P/CAT 

E9 22682 T/CAT 

E10 1790075 X/CAT 

E11 1069970 Y/CAT 

**** END OF FIELD ******** END OF FIELD **** 

The category can be limited to a certain citation by using the (S) operator. 

=> S US5886319/RPN(S)X/CAT 

15 US5886319/RPN 

1790075 X/CAT 

L9 

2 US 5886319/RPN(S)X/CAT 

=> D RE 



THIS RECORD. 

REP WO 9619313 A1 (SEA, pat, Cat: X) 

US 6327875 B1 (SEA, pat, Cat: Y) 

EP 1447068 

A1 (SEA, pat, Cat: YD) 

US 2004045323 A1 (SEA, pat, Cat: X) 

DE 19605888 A1 (SEA, pat, Cat: X) 


US 6388231 B1 (SEA, pat, Cat: X) 


US 5886319 (SEA, pat, Cat: X) 

US 6177648 B1 (SEA, pat, Cat: Y) 




US 5262612 (SEA, pat, Cat: A) 



FAMILY SEARCHING 

What is a patent family? 

If an application is filed in several countries, different previous applications with varying claims 

can be listed as priorities in these national or regional applications. This can result in patents with 

different scopes of protection. The term “patent family“ can be defined in different ways, 

depending on the relationship between a patent document and its priority/priorities according to 

the Paris Convention. 

STN defines patent families for INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB as follows: 

All documents that are directly or indirectly related to each other 

by one or more identical priorities 

belong to the same patent family. 

Accordingly, documents 1-5 below represent one family with three priorities: 

Document 1 Priority 1 

Document 2 Priority 1 Priority 2 

Document 3 Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 

Document 4 Priority 2 Priority 3 

Document 5 

Priority3 

INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB documents contain data keys which consist of the priority number 

(PRN), the type of priority (PRK), and the date of priority (PRD). These keys are utilized to build 

the families. When new documents are included in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB the database is 

checked for documents which are consistent in PRN, PRK and PRD. Then the internal family 

number FN is assigned to the documents. FN is a dynamical number, which can be changed if a 

patent family is updated. In INPADOCDB FN can be displayed, but is not searchable. In 

INPAFAMDB the the family number is used as the accession number (AN). 

The EPO has another definition for a so-called STRICT FAMILY. This family definition has 

indicators "active" and "non-active" for the priorities. A priority that do not add technical detail is 

marked as "non-aktive". In a STRICT FAMILY all applications must have the same set of active 

priorities. 

So one INPADOC patent family can have several STRICT FAMILIES! 


The "SIMPLE FAMILY" of the European Patent Office 

The EPO has another definition for a so-called STRICT FAMILY. This family definition uses 

indicators for "active" and "non-active" for the priorities. A priority that do not add technical detail 

is marked as "non-aktive" by adding "N" in the prioprity information. "Active" priorities are 

marked by "Y". 

In a STRICT FAMILY all applications must have the same set of active priorities. The Simple 

Family Number SFN is display in a record and in the family format SFAM. 

So one INPADOC patent family can have several STRICT FAMILIES and are indicated ! 

=> D SFAM 

ANSWER 1 

INPAFAMDB COPYRIGHT 2009 EPO/FIZ KA on STN 

PATENT FAMILY INFORMATION 


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EPO simple family (SFN): 37564718 

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CN 101238091 A 20080806 CN 2006-80028992 A 20060726 

EP 1912929 A2 20080423 EP 2006-788502 A 20060726 

JP 2009504645 T 20090205 JP 2008-526045 T 20060726 

KR 2008034920 A 20080422 KR 2008-7003291 A 20080211 

US 20070038001 A1 20070215 US 2005-202975 A 20050812 

US 7276621 B2 20071002 

WO 2007021475 A2 20070222 WO 2006-US28942 W 20060726 

WO 2007021475 A3 20070503 

+--------- Priorities ---------+ +------------------+ 

US 2005-202975 A 20050812 (USA, 20070301, Y) 

WO 2006-US28942 W 20060726 (WOWW, 20080424, N) 

================================= 


================================= 


US 20070161815 A1 20070712 US 2007-699652 A 20070130 

WO 2008094396 A1 20080807 WO 2008-US503 W 20080115 

+--------- Priorities ---------+ +------------------+ 

US 2007-699652 A 20070130 (USA, 20070726, Y) 

US 2005-202975 A 20050812 (USA2, 20070301, N) 

================================= 


================================= 


US 20080183012 A1 20080731 US 2007-732236 A 20070403 

WO 2008123928 A1 20081016 WO 2008-US3855 W 20080324 

WO 2008123928 A8 20090625 


+--------- Priorities ---------+ +------------------+ 

US 2007-732236 A 20070403 (USA, 20080814, Y) 

US 2007-699652 A 20070130 (USA2, 20070726, N) 



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L1 

1 DE 20004953/PN 

(DE20004953/PN) 

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FN 9644453 

TI Lenkrad fuer Kraftfahrzeuge mit einer Schalteinrichtung zum Betaetigen 

einer elektrischen Funktionsgruppe eines Kraftfahrzeugs. 

TL German 

PA PETRI AG 

PAS PETRI AG, DE 

(INID 47) Utility model entry in patent role: PD 

DT Utility Model 

PI DE 20004953 U1 20000810 

PIT DEU1 UTILITY MODEL 


STA GRANTED 

(INID 43) Utility model publication 

DF 20000914 

in patent gazette: DF 

AI DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 

AIT DEU Application for a utility model 

PRAI DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU, 20090716, Y) 

PRAIT DEU Application for a utility model 


THIS RECORD. 


DE 3639166 

C2 (SEA, pat) 

DE 19746298 A1 (SEA, pat) 

DE 4430276 

A1 (SEA, pat) 

DE 3814903 

A1 (SEA, pat) 

DE 3437110 

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REP; TI 


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AI 

PI 

=> D FAM 

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ANSWER 1 OF 1 




+-------------PRAI-------------+ +--------------AI--------------+ 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 BR 2001-9102 A 20010312 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 

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DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 

EP 2001-919206 A 20010312 

JP 2001-565214 T 20010312 

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+--------------AI--------------+ +--------------PI--------------+ 

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JP 4272378B B2 20090603 

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US 6803533 B2 20041012 


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:FFAM 

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MEMBER 1 

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FN 9644453 

TI 

Volante para veiculos a motor, o dito volante compreendendo um 

dispositivo de comutacao para acionar um grupo funcional eletrico de um 

veiculo a motor. 

TL Portuguese 

IN HELMUT BONN; HARALD BURDACK 

INS BONN HELMUT; BURDACK HARALD 

PA TAKATA-PETRI AG 

PAS TAKATA PETRI AG, DE 

DT Patent 

PI BR 2001009102 A 20021203 

PIT BRA PATENT APPLICATION 



AI BR 2001-9102 A 20010312 

AIT BRA Patent application 

PRAI DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU, 20090716, Y) 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 (WOWW, 20090716, N) 



IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q0005-00 

ICS H01H0001-18 


H01H0001-18 [I,A ] 

B60R0016-023 [I,C*]; B60Q0005-00 [I,C*]; B62D0001-04 [I,C*]; 

EPC 

FA 

H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

B60Q0005-00S2; H01H0001-18 

ABOL; AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICS; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; PA; PAS; PI; 

PIT; PRAI; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 


20081021 BRB09A DECISION: GRANTING 

200915.................................20090409 

20090407 BRB16A GRANTING PATENT OR CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION OF INVENTION: 

GRANTING A PATENT OR A CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION OF 

INVENTION 

PRAZO DE VALIDADE: 20 (VINTE) ANOS CONTADOS A PARTIR DE 

12/03/2001, OBSERVADAS AS CONDICOES LEGAIS. 

200916.................................20090416 

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each family member plus legal status 

information 

AN 



FN 9644453 

TI Lenkrad fuer Kraftfahrzeuge mit einer Schalteinrichtung zum Betaetigen 


TL German 

PA PETRI AG 

PAS PETRI AG, DE 

DT Utility Model 

PI DE 20004953 U1 20000810 

PIT DEU1 UTILITY MODEL 


STA GRANTED 

DF 20000914 

AI DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 

AIT DEU Application for a utility model 

PRAI DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU, 20090716, Y) 




IC.V 7 

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ICS B60Q0005-00; B60R0016-02; B62D0001-04 


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H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

EPC B60Q0005-00S2; H01H0001-18 

FA AI; AN; DAV; DF; DT; EPC; ICM; ICS; IPC; IPCR; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; 

REP; TI 

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FN 9644453 

TI LENKRAD FUeR KRAFTFAHRZEUGE MIT EINER SCHALTEINRICHTUNG ZUM BETAeTIGEN 

EINER ELEKTRISCHEN FUNKTIONSGRUPPE EINES KRAFTFAHRZEUGS. 

TL German 

IN BONN, HELMUT; BURDACK, HARALD 

INS BONN HELMUT, DE; BURDACK HARALD, DE 



DT Patent 

PI DE 50102201 D1 20040609 

PIT DED1 GRANTED EP NO. IN BULLETIN [FROM NO. 1400000 ONWARDS] 

DAV 20040609 gazette-pub-announcement 

STA GRANTED 

AI DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 


PRAI DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 (DEA, Y) 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU, 20090716, Y) 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 (WOWW, 20090716, N) 


DEU Application for a utility model 


IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q0005-00 

ICS H01H0001-18 


IPCR B60Q0005-00 [I,A ]; H01H0001-18 [I,A ] 

B60Q0005-00 [I,C*]; H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

FA AI; AN; DAV; DT; ICM; ICS; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 



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STEERING WHEEL FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, SAID STEERING WHEEL COMPRISING A 

SWITCHING DEVICE FOR ACTUATING AN ELECTRIC FUNCTIONAL GROUP OF A MOTOR 

VEHICLE. 

VOLANT POUR VEHICULE AUTOMOBILE POURVU D'UN DISPOSITIF DE COMMUTATION 

POUR ACTIONNER UN GROUPE FONCTIONNEL ELECTRIQUE DU VEHICULE AUTOMOBILE. 






DT Patent 

PI EP 1261507 A1 20021204 German 

PIT EPA1 APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITH SEARCH REPORT 

DAV 20021204 examined-printed-without-grant 



AI EP 2001-919206 A 20010312 


PRAI WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 (WOWW, 20090716, N) 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU, 20090716, Y) 



REC 1. THERE IS 1 CITED REFERENCE (0 PATENT, 1 NON PATENT) AVAILABLE FOR THIS 

RECORD. ALL CITATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE RE FORMAT. 

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ICM B60Q0005-00 

ICS H01H0001-18 


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H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

EPC B60Q0005-00S2; H01H0001-18 

FA AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; EPC; ICM; ICS; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; LA; PA; PAS; PI; 

PIT; PRAI; REN; TI 


FN 9644453 





VEHICLE. 









DT Patent 

PI EP 1261507 B1 20040506 German 



STA GRANTED 

DS R: DE ES FR GB SE 

AI EP 2001-919206 A 20010312 



DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU, 20090716, Y) 



IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q0005-00 

ICS H01H0001-18 


H01H0001-18 [I,A ] 

B60R0016-023 [I,C*]; B60Q0005-00 [I,C*]; B62D0001-04 [I,C*]; 

H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

EPC B60Q0005-00S2; H01H0001-18 


PIT; PRAI; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 


20021204 EPAK + DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: 

EP 

A1 

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE 

TR 

20021204 EP17P + REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION FILED 

20020815 



EP 

B1 

DE ES FR GB SE 

20040512 EPREG REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE 

GBFG4D + GB: EUROPEAN PATENT GRANTED 

NOT ENGLISH 

20040609 EPREF CORRESPONDS TO: 

DE 50102201 P 20040609 


IEFG4D 

+ IE: EUROPEAN PATENTS GRANTED DESIGNATING IRELAND 

GERMAN 

20040908 EPGBT + GB: TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT FILED (GB SECTION 

77(6)(A)/1977) 

20040816 


ESFG2A ES: DEFINITIVE PROTECTION 

ES 2220749 

T3 


IEFD4D - IE: EUROPEAN PATENTS DESIGNATING IRELAND TREATED AS 


ALWAYS HAVING BEEN VOID 

NIF Lapses, Expiries, Withdrawals, Refusals 

20050121 EPET + FR: TRANSLATION FILED 

20050427 EP26N + NO OPPOSITION FILED 

20050208 

20060308 EPPGFP + POSTGRANT: ANNUAL FEES PAID TO NATIONAL OFFICE 

FR: 20060308 

Payment Year: 06 

200808.................................20080225 


GB: 20070307 


200808.................................20080225 


SE: 20070307 


200808.................................20080225 


DE: 20070308 


200808.................................20080225 


ES: 20070417 


200808.................................20080225 


SE: 20060306 


200807.................................20080214 


FR: 20070308 


200820.................................20080515 


GB: 20080312 


200823.................................20080605 


SE: 20080306 


200823.................................20080605 


DE: 20080306 


200832.................................20080807 


ES: 20080418 


200832.................................20080807 


FR: 20080311 


200832.................................20080807 


GB: 20060308 


200845.................................20081107 


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FN 9644453 

TI VOLANTE PARA AUTOMOVILES CON UNA INSTALACION DE CONMUTACION PARA LA 

ACTIVACION DE UN GRUPO FUNCIONAL ELECTRICO DE UN AUTOMOVIL. 

TL Spanish 




PAS TAKATA PETRI AG 

DT Patent 

PI ES 2220749 T3 20041216 Spanish 

PIT EST3 TRANSLATION OF GRANTED EUROPEAN PATENT (FORMER B3) 


STA GRANTED 

AI ES 2001-919206 T 20010312 

AIT EST Translation 

PRAI DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU, 20090716, Y) 


IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q0005-00 

ICS H01H0001-18 


H01H0001-18 [I,A ] 

B60R0016-023 [I,C*]; B60Q0005-00 [I,C*]; B62D0001-04 [I,C*]; 

H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

EPC B60Q0005-00S2; H01H0001-18 

FA ABES; AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICS; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; LA; PA; PAS; 


CHG ABES C 

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MEMBER 6 

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FN 9644453 

DT Patent 

PI JP 2003525808 T 20030902 

PIT JPT UNEXAM. PAT APPLICATION ON FOREIGN APPL. [PUBLISHED FROM 1971 

ONWARDS] 



AI JP 2001-565214 T 20010312 

AIT JPT Translation 

PRAI DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU, 20090716, Y) 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 (WOWW, 20090716, N) 



IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q0005-00 

ICS B60R0016-02; B62D0001-04; H01H0001-18 


H01H0001-18 [I,A ] 

B60R0016-023 [I,C*]; B60Q0005-00 [I,C*]; B62D0001-04 [I,C*]; 


EPC 

FA 

H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

B60Q0005-00S2; H01H0001-18 

AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICS; IPC; IPCR; PI; PIT; PRAI 


FN 9644453 

DT Patent 

PI JP 4272378B B2 20090603 

PIT JPB2 GRANT. PATENT WITH A [FROM NO. 2500000 ONWARDS, FROM 1996] 


STA GRANTED 

AI JP 2001-565214 T 20010312 

AIT JPT Translation 

PRAI DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU, 20090716, Y) 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 (WOWW, 20090716, N) 



IPCI B60Q0005-00 [I,A ]; B62D0001-04 [I,A ]; H01H0001-18 [I,A ] 

B60Q0005-00 [I,C*]; B62D0001-04 [I,C*]; H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

IPCR B60R0016-027 [I,A ] 

B60R0016-023 [I,C*] 

EPC B60Q0005-00S2; H01H0001-18 

FA AI; AN; DAV; DT; ED; EPC; EW; IPC; IPCI; IPCR; PI; PIT; PRAI 

----------- 

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FN 9644453 

TI Steering wheel having a switching device for actuating an electrical 

functional group of a motor vehicle. 

TL English 

IN BONN HELMUT; BURDACK HARALD 



PAS TAKATA PETRI AG, US 

DT Patent 

PI US 20040045797 A1 20040311 




AI US 2002-237991 A 20020910 



DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU, 20090716, Y) 



IC.V 7 

ICM H01H0009-00 


H01H0001-18 [I,A ] 

B60R0016-023 [I,C*]; B60Q0005-00 [I,C*]; B62D0001-04 [I,C*]; 

H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

NCL 200 6154 

EPC B60Q0005-00S2; H01H0001-18 

FA AB; AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; NCL; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; 

PRAI; TI 



FN 9644453 

TI Steering wheel having a switching device for actuating an electrical 


TL English 

IN BONN HELMUT; BURDACK HARALD 




DT Patent 

PI US 6803533 B2 20041012 

PIT USB2 REEXAM. CERTIF., N-ND REEXAM. or GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND 

PUBLICATION [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 


STA GRANTED 

AI US 2002-237991 A 20020910 



DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU, 20090716, Y) 





IC.V 7 

ICM H01H0009-00 

ICS H01H0001-06; H01H0001-18 


H01H0001-18 [I,A ] 

B60R0016-023 [I,C*]; B60Q0005-00 [I,C*]; B62D0001-04 [I,C*]; 

H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

NCL 200 6155; X200275; X200241 

EPC B60Q0005-00S2; H01H0001-18 

FA AB; AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICS; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; NCL; PA; PAS; PI; 

PIT; PRAI; REP; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 



TAKATA-PETRI AG, GERMANY 

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:BONN, 

HELMUT;BURDACK, HARALD;REEL/FRAME:013840/0374;SIGNING 

DATES FROM 20030210 TO 20030213 


200912.................................20090320 

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MEMBER 8 

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FN 9644453 





VEHICLE. 







PA TAKATA-PETRI AG; BONN, HELMUT; BURDACK, HARALD 

PAS TAKATA PETRI AG, DE; BONN HELMUT, DE; BURDACK HARALD, DE 

DT Patent 

PI WO 2001066383 A1 20010913 

PIT WOA1 INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITH INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT 

FDT WO100000 With international search report; 

WO030000 Before expiration of time limit for amending the claims and to 

be republished in the event of the receipt of the amendments 



DS W: BR JP US 

RW (EPO): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT SE TR 

AI WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 German 

AIT WOW International application Number 

PRAI DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU, 20090716, Y) 




IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q0005-00 

ICS H01H0001-18 


H01H0001-18 [I,A ] 

B60R0016-023 [I,C*]; B60Q0005-00 [I,C*]; B62D0001-04 [I,C*]; 

H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

EPC B60Q0005-00S2; H01H0001-18 

FA AB; ABDE; ABFR; AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; EPC; ICM; ICS; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; 

LAF; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; REN; REP; TI 

CHG CIT A 

LEGAL STATUS 


20010913 WOAK + DESIGNATED STATES 

WO 

A1 

BR JP US 

20010913 WOAL + DESIGNATED COUNTRIES FOR REGIONAL PATENTS 

WO 

A1 

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT SE TR 

20011107 WO121 EP: THE EPO HAS BEEN INFORMED BY WIPO THAT EP WAS 

DESIGNATED IN THIS APPLICATION 

20011213 WODFPE REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION FILED PRIOR TO 

EXPIRATION OF 19TH MONTH FROM PRIORITY DATE (PCT 

APPLICATION FILED BEFORE 20040101) 


20020815 WOWWE + WIPO INFORMATION: ENTRY INTO NATIONAL PHASE 

EP 2001919206 

200819.................................20080508 

20020905 WOENP ENTRY INTO THE NATIONAL PHASE IN: 

JP 2001 565214 A F 

20020910 WOWWE + WIPO INFORMATION: ENTRY INTO NATIONAL PHASE 

US 10237991 

200745.................................20071108 

20021204 WOWWP + WIPO INFORMATION: PUBLISHED IN NATIONAL OFFICE 

EP 2001919206 


200819.................................20080508 

20040506 WOWWG + WIPO INFORMATION: GRANT IN NATIONAL OFFICE 

EP 2001919206 

200819.................................20080508 


:EFAM 

The EFAM format lists patent 

L1 ANSWER 1 OF 1 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2009 EPO/FIZ information KA on STN for a patent family in 

a table with priorities as header 



PRIORITY 1 : DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 

+--------------AI--------------+ +--------------PI--------------+ 

BR 2001-9102 A 20010312 BR 2001009102 A 20021203 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 DE 20004953 U1 20000810 

DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 DE 50102201 D1 20040609 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 WO 2001066383 A1 20010913 

EP 2001-919206 A 20010312 EP 1261507 A1 20021204 

EP 1261507 B1 20040506 

ES 2001-919206 T 20010312 ES 2220749 T3 20041216 

JP 2001-565214 T 20010312 JP 2003525808 T 20030902 

JP 4272378B B2 20090603 

US 2002-237991 A 20020910 US 20040045797 A1 20040311 

US 6803533 B2 20041012 

PRIORITY 2 : DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 

+--------------AI--------------+ +--------------PI--------------+ 

DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 DE 50102201 D1 20040609 

PRIORITY 3 : WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 

+--------------AI--------------+ +--------------PI--------------+ 

BR 2001-9102 A 20010312 BR 2001009102 A 20021203 

DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 DE 50102201 D1 20040609 

EP 2001-919206 A 20010312 EP 1261507 A1 20021204 

EP 1261507 B1 20040506 

JP 2001-565214 T 20010312 JP 2003525808 T 20030902 

JP 4272378B B2 20090603 

US 2002-237991 A 20020910 US 20040045797 A1 20040311 

US 6803533 B2 20041012 


: CFAM 

ANSWER 1 OF 1 




+--------------PI--------------+ 

The CFAM format lists patent 

information for a patent family in 

a table 


BR 2001009102 A 20021203 

DE 20004953 U1 20000810 

DE 50102201 D1 20040609 

EP 1261507 A1 20021204 

EP 1261507 B1 20040506 

ES 2220749 T3 20041216 

JP 2003525808 T 20030902 

JP 4272378B B2 20090603 

US 20040045797 A1 20040311 

US 6803533 B2 20041012 

WO 2001066383 A1 20010913 


: 

If you do not want to see the whole patent family of all countries/authorities, you can use 

FFAM.PC instead of FFAM. PC is the country code for the publication country of the family 

member. FFAM.PC will display the entire national family, all patent applications from one 

country/authority and/or all publications for one national application. 

:FFAM.EP 

ANSWER 1 OF 1 


Complete national family for EP 

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MEMBER 4 

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FN 9644453 





VEHICLE. 








DT Patent 

PI EP 1261507 A1 20021204 German 





AI EP 2001-919206 A 20010312 



DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU, 20090716, Y) 





IC.V 7 


ICM B60Q0005-00 

ICS H01H0001-18 


H01H0001-18 [I,A ] 

B60R0016-023 [I,C*]; B60Q0005-00 [I,C*]; B62D0001-04 [I,C*]; 

H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

EPC B60Q0005-00S2; H01H0001-18 


PIT; PRAI; REN; TI 


FN 9644453 





VEHICLE. 








DT Patent 

PI EP 1261507 B1 20040506 German 



STA GRANTED 

DS R: DE ES FR GB SE 

AI EP 2001-919206 A 20010312 



DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU, 20090716, Y) 



IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q0005-00 

ICS H01H0001-18 


H01H0001-18 [I,A ] 

B60R0016-023 [I,C*]; B60Q0005-00 [I,C*]; B62D0001-04 [I,C*]; 

H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

EPC B60Q0005-00S2; H01H0001-18 


PIT; PRAI; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 



EP 

A1 


TR 


20020815 



EP 

B1 


DE ES FR GB SE 


GBFG4D + GB: EUROPEAN PATENT GRANTED 

NOT ENGLISH 


DE 50102201 P 20040609 


IEFG4D 

+ IE: EUROPEAN PATENTS GRANTED DESIGNATING IRELAND 

GERMAN 

20040908 EPGBT + GB: TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT FILED (GB SECTION 

77(6)(A)/1977) 

20040816 


ESFG2A ES: DEFINITIVE PROTECTION 

ES 2220749 

T3 


IEFD4D 

- IE: EUROPEAN PATENTS DESIGNATING IRELAND TREATED AS 

ALWAYS HAVING BEEN VOID 




20050208 


FR: 20060308 


200808.................................20080225 


GB: 20070307 


200808.................................20080225 


SE: 20070307 


200808.................................20080225 


DE: 20070308 


200808.................................20080225 


ES: 20070417 


200808.................................20080225 


SE: 20060306 


200807.................................20080214 


FR: 20070308 


200820.................................20080515 


GB: 20080312 


200823.................................20080605 


SE: 20080306 


200823.................................20080605 



DE: 20080306 


200832.................................20080807 


ES: 20080418 


200832.................................20080807 


FR: 20080311 


200832.................................20080807 


GB: 20060308 


200845.................................20081107 

:FAM2 

ANSWER 1 OF 1 



FAM2 shows the family table in a 

INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2007 EPO/FIZ KA different on STN way: 

PRAI < == > PI 

AI < == > PI 

+-------------PRAI-------------+ +--------------PI--------------+ 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 BR 2001009102 A 20021203 

DE 20004953 U1 20000810 

DE 50102201 D1 20040609 

EP 1261507 A1 20021204 

EP 1261507 B1 20040506 

ES 2220749 T3 20041216 

JP 2003525808 T 20030902 

JP 4272378B B2 20090603 

US 20040045797 A1 20040311 

US 6803533 B2 20041012 

WO 2001066383 A1 20010913 

DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 DE 50102201 D1 20040609 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 BR 2001009102 A 20021203 

DE 50102201 D1 20040609 

EP 1261507 A1 20021204 

EP 1261507 B1 20040506 

JP 2003525808 T 20030902 

JP 4272378B B2 20090603 

US 20040045797 A1 20040311 

US 6803533 B2 20041012 

+--------------AI--------------+ +--------------PI--------------+ 

BR 2001-9102 A 20010312 BR 2001009102 A 20021203 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 DE 20004953 U1 20000810 

DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 DE 50102201 D1 20040609 

EP 2001-919206 A 20010312 EP 1261507 A1 20021204 

EP 1261507 B1 20040506 

ES 2001-919206 T 20010312 ES 2220749 T3 20041216 

JP 2001-565214 T 20010312 JP 2003525808 T 20030902 

JP 4272378B B2 20090603 

US 2002-237991 A 20020910 US 20040045797 A1 20040311 

US 6803533 B2 20041012 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 WO 2001066383 A1 20010913 



=> SET LINE 111 


Use SET LINE 111 to extend line 

length to 111 characters. This is 

necessary to avoid line breaks in the 

DFAM format. 

=> D BRO 

:DFAM 

ANSWER 1 OF 1 




+-------------PRAI-------------+;+--------------AI--------------+;+--------------PI--------------+;| 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310;BR 2001-9102 A 20010312;BR 2001009102 A 20021203;| 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310;DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310;DE 20004953 U1 20000810;| 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310;DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312;DE 50102201 D1 20040609;| 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310;WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312;WO 2001066383 A1 20010913;| 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310;EP 2001-919206 A 20010312;EP 1261507 A1 20021204;| 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310;EP 2001-919206 A 20010312;EP 1261507 B1 20040506;| 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310;ES 2001-919206 T 20010312;ES 2220749 T3 20041216;| 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310;JP 2001-565214 T 20010312;JP 2003525808 T 20030902;| 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310;JP 2001-565214 T 20010312;JP 4272378B B2 20090603;| 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310;US 2002-237991 A 20020910;US 20040045797 A1 20040311;| 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310;US 2002-237991 A 20020910;US 6803533 B2 20041012;| 

DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312;DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312;DE 50102201 D1 20040609;| 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312;BR 2001-9102 A 20010312;BR 2001009102 A 20021203;| 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312;DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312;DE 50102201 D1 20040609;| 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312;EP 2001-919206 A 20010312;EP 1261507 A1 20021204;| 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312;EP 2001-919206 A 20010312;EP 1261507 B1 20040506;| 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312;JP 2001-565214 T 20010312;JP 2003525808 T 20030902;| 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312;JP 2001-565214 T 20010312;JP 4272378B B2 20090603;| 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312;US 2002-237991 A 20020910;US 20040045797 A1 20040311;| 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312;US 2002-237991 A 20020910;US 6803533 B2 20041012;| 


DFAM displays a delimited table format 

of PRAI, AI, PI. 

The default sort is PRN. 

Column separator: Semicolon (;) 

Line separator: Pipe sign (|) 

DFAM.AD displays the same delimited 

table format, but data are ordered by 

application date AD 

Patent family table displays can be sorted by several fields. See HELP FAMILY for sort options. 

Distinct display fields and formats can be applied to the patent family by adding “.F” to the field 

code, e.g., PAS.F or STD.F. Please consider, that always the complete family price is charged. For 

this reason it is advisable to use these formats together with DISPLAY BROWSE. 

=> D BRO 

: TI.F 


TI Method of storing content. 


TI 

TI 

A METHOD OF STORING CONTENT. 

METHODE DE STOCKAGE DE CONTENUS. 

A METHOD OF STORING CONTENT. 

METHODE DE STOCKAGE DE CONTENUS. 

1 priority, 2 applications, 3 publications 

: PAS.F 


PAS NOKIA CORP 

PAS NOKIA CORP, FI; HOLTMANNS SILKE, FI; LAITINEN PEKKA, FI; HAUKKA TAO, FI 

PAS NOKIA CORP, FI; HOLTMANNS SILKE, FI; LAITINEN PEKKA, FI; HAUKKA TAO, FI 


: IND.F 


----------- 

MEMBER 1 

----------- 


FN 37366659 

IPCI H04L0009-00 [I,A ] 

H04L0009-00 [I,C*] 

NCL 705 51 

EPC H04W0012-04; H04L0029-06S6 

ICO T04L0029:06S4B; T04W0004:06; T04W0012:02; T04W0088:02 

----------- 

MEMBER 2 

----------- 


FN 37366659 

EPC H04W0012-04; H04L0029-06S6 



FN 37366659 

IPCI H04L0029-06 [I,A ] 

H04L0029-06 [I,C*] 

EPC H04W0012-04; H04L0029-06S6 





All family display formats present in INPADOCDB can also be used in INPAFAMDB. In 

addition deduplicated and hit related family display formats and formats which show only data for 

the basic patent are available in INPAFAMDB. 

Hint 

If a display field code is selected in INPAFAMDB, deduplicated 

content for the complete family is displayed. The complete 

information, containing duplicates from different family members, is 

accessible by adding “.F” to the display code. 

D TI for example shows deduplicated titles of the patent family. D 

TIEN shows deduplicated English titles of the family. D TI.F displays 

all titles of all family members. 

The default display format in INPAFAMDB is BRIEF. “DISPLAY BRIEF” offers a good 

overview of the patent family: 

Selected deduplicated bibliographic fields + one abstract in English ( EP/US/WO/GB …) if 

available + family table. 

=> D BRIEF or => D 


AN 9644453 INPAFAMDB UPFB 20090716 UWF 200929 

TI Volante para veiculos a motor, o dito volante compreendendo um 

dispositivo de comutacao para acionar um grupo funcional eletrico de um 

veiculo a motor. 

- Lenkrad fuer Kraftfahrzeuge mit einer Schalteinrichtung zum Betaetigen 


- STEERING WHEEL FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, SAID STEERING WHEEL COMPRISING A 


VEHICLE. 

- VOLANT POUR VEHICULE AUTOMOBILE POURVU D'UN DISPOSITIF DE COMMUTATION 


- VOLANTE PARA AUTOMOVILES CON UNA INSTALACION DE CONMUTACION PARA LA 

ACTIVACION DE UN GRUPO FUNCIONAL ELECTRICO DE UN AUTOMOVIL. 

- Steering wheel having a switching device for actuating an electrical 


INS BONN HELMUT; BURDACK HARALD 

- BONN HELMUT, DE; BURDACK HARALD, DE 


- PETRI AG, DE 

- TAKATA PETRI AG 

- TAKATA PETRI AG, US 

- BONN HELMUT, DE; BURDACK HARALD, DE 

IPCI B60Q0005-00 [I,A ]; B62D0001-04 [I,A ]; H01H0001-18 [I,A ]; 

B60Q0005-00 [I,C*]; B62D0001-04 [I,C*]; H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 


H01H0001-18 [I,A ]; B60R0016-023 [I,C*]; B60Q0005-00 [I,C*]; 

B62D0001-04 [I,C*]; H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

EPC B60Q0005-00S2; H01H0001-18 

AB (US 20040045797 A1) 

A steering wheel for motor vehicle that includes at least one switching 

device for actuating an electric functional group such as, for example, a 

vehicle horn. The switching device includes two electric contact elements 

that can be moved in relation to one another and can be brought into 


contact with one another for actuating the functional group. According to 

the invention, one of the contact elements is mounted in a springy manner 

and so that one of the contact elements glides along the other element 

after the two contact elements have been brought into contact with one 

another for actuating the electric functional group. 



BR 2001009102 A 20021203 BR 2001-9102 A 20010312 

DE 20004953 U1 20000810 DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 

DE 50102201 D1 20040609 DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 

EP 1261507 A1 20021204 EP 2001-919206 A 20010312 

EP 1261507 B1 20040506 

ES 2220749 T3 20041216 ES 2001-919206 T 20010312 

JP 2003525808 T 20030902 JP 2001-565214 T 20010312 

JP 4272378B B2 20090603 

US 20040045797 A1 20040311 US 2002-237991 A 20020910 

US 6803533 B2 20041012 

WO 2001066383 A1 20010913 WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 

+--------- Priorities ---------+ 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 

DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 


Another examples: Deduplicated and full displays („.F‟) 

=> D TI 20 


TI VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG FUeR DIE KREISSTEUERUNG DER KRAFT EINER 

BRENNKRAFTMASCHINE, DIE EIN FAHRZEUG TREIBT. 

- METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OF THE POWER OF AN INTERNAL 

COMBUSTION ENGINE PROPELLING A MOTOR VEHICLE. 

- PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF POUR COMMANDER PAR RETROACTION LA PUISSANCE D'UN 

MOTEUR A COMBUSTION INTERNE ENTRAINANT UN VEHICULE. 

- METODO Y DISPOSITIVO PARA EL CONTROL EN CIRCUITO CERRADO DE LA POTENCIA 

DE UN MOTOR DE COMBUSTION INTERNA QUE IMPULSA A UN VEHICULO A MOTOR. 

- PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE COMMANDE EN BOUCLE FERMEE DE LA PUISSANCE D'UN 

MOTEUR A COMBUSTION INTERNE PROPULSANT UN VEHICULE AUTOMOBILE. 

=> D TI.F 20 








METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OF THE POWER OF AN INTERNAL 


PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF POUR COMMANDER PAR RETROACTION LA PUISSANCE D'UN 







TI 

TI 

TI 

TI 

TI 

PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF POUR COMMANDER PAR RETROACTION LA PUISSANCE D'UN 


METODO Y DISPOSITIVO PARA EL CONTROL EN CIRCUITO CERRADO DE LA POTENCIA 

DE UN MOTOR DE COMBUSTION INTERNA QUE IMPULSA A UN VEHICULO A MOTOR. 

PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE COMMANDE EN BOUCLE FERMEE DE LA PUISSANCE D'UN 


PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE COMMANDE EN BOUCLE FERMEE DE LA PUISSANCE D'UN 


Method and device for closed-loop control of the power of an internal 

combustion engine propelling a motor vehicle. 




=> D INS PAS 8 


INS HABISREITINGER UWE, DE; NORDMANN BERNHARD, DE 

PAS DAIMLER CHRYSLER AG, DE 

- DAIMLER CHRYSLER AG 

- HABISREITINGER UWE, DE; NORDMANN BERNHARD, DE 

=> D INS.F PAS.F 8 
















PAS 

PAS 

PAS 

PAS 

PAS 

PAS 

PAS 

PAS 

PAS 

PAS 

PAS 

PAS 

PAS 

PAS 

DAIMLER CHRYSLER AG, DE 









DAIMLER CHRYSLER AG 



DAIMLER CHRYSLER AG, DE; HABISREITINGER UWE, DE; NORDMANN BERNHARD, DE 

DAIMLER CHRYSLER AG, DE; HABISREITINGER UWE, DE; NORDMANN BERNHARD, DE 



=> S LASER AND PROTOTYPING; D ALL.H 66 


----------- 

MEMBER 1 

----------- 

ALL.H shows the BIB format for 

publications of a family member which 

contains the HIT. 

The following HIT related formats are 

available: 


DN 24129362 

TI GREIFVORRICHTUNG UND SCHNELLES HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN BIB.H EINES PROTOTYPES IBIB.H DURCH SINTERN. 

GRIPPING DEVICE AND FAST PROTOTYPING METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STD.H SUCH A 

GRIPPING DEVICE BY SINTERING. 

IND.H 

DISPOSITIF DE PREHENSION ET SON PROCEDE DE FABRICATION PAR FRITTAGE SELON 

UNE TECHNIQUE DE PROTOTYPAGE RAPIDE. 

ALL.H ALLO.H IALL.H 


MAX.H 

IN MOULE, DOMINIQUE; BERTHELLEMY, LAURENT; DI MINO, FRANCESCO 

INS MOULE DOMINIQUE, FR; BERTHELLEMY LAURENT, FR; DI MINO FRANCESCO, FR 

PA BEMA INGENIERIE 

PAS BEMA INGENIERIE, FR 

DT Patent 

PI EP 1438162 A1 20040721 French 




DS R: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL 

PT SE SK TR 

AI EP 2002-795334 A 20021022 


PRAI WO 2002-FR3615 W 20021022 (WOWW) 

FR 2001-13598 A 20011022 (FRA) 


FRA Patent application 



IC.V 7 

ICM B25J0015-00 

ICS B22F0003-105; B29C0067-00 

IPCR B25J0015-00 [I,A ] 

B25J0015-00 [I,C*] 

EPC B25J0015-00 

ICO L22F0998:00+B22F3/105S 

FA AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; EPC; ICM; ICO; ICS; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; LA; PA; PAS; 

PI; PIT; PRAI; REN; TI 

----------- 

MEMBER 2 

----------- 

AN 11636111 INPAFAMDB UP 20070405 UW 200714 

DN 27508902 

TI Component gripper and manipulator has frame with at least one element of 

laser-fritted material. 

DISPOSITIF DE PREHENSION D'UNE PIECE, ET PROCEDE POUR SA FABRICATION. 

TL English; French 

IN MOULE DOMINIQUE; DI MINO FRANCESCO; BERTHELLEMY LAURENT 

INS MOULE DOMINIQUE; DI MINO FRANCESCO; BERTHELLEMY LAURENT 

PA BEMA INGENIERIE 

PAS BEMA INGENIERIE, FR 

DT Patent 

PI FR 2831087 A1 20030425 

PIT FRA1 APPLICATION FOR PATENT OF INVENTION, (FIRST PUBL.) [FROM 2,000,000] 



AI FR 2001-13598 A 20011022 

AIT FRA Patent application 

MAXO.H IMAX.H 


PRAI FR 2001-13598 A 20011022 (FRA) 

PRAIT FRA Patent application 



IC.V 7 

ICM B23Q0007-14 

ICS B62D0065-00; B25J0015-00; B22F0003-105 

IPCR B25J0015-00 [I,A ] 

B25J0015-00 [I,C*] 

EPC B25J0015-00 

ICO L22F0998:00+B22F3/105S 

AB The gripper/manipulator has a frame with an interface fixed to a moving 

member such as a robot arm, and at least one gripper for holding a 

component (P) in a set geometrical position relative to the frame. The 

frame has at least one component made from a fritted material by means of 

localised fusion of a powdered polymer or metallic material by the 

application of heat. The gripper/manipulator has a frame (12) with an 

interface (22) fixed to a moving member (14) such as a robot arm, and at 

least one gripper (16) for holding a component (P) in a set geometrical 

position relative to the frame. The frame has at least one component made 

from a fritted material by means of localised fusion of a powdered 

polymer or metallic material by the application of heat, e.g. in the form 

of a laser beam. 

AL English 

AS translation 

ABFR Le dispositif de prehension de l'invention comprend un bati (12) qui 

presente une interface (22) propre a etre fixee a un organe de 

deplacement (14) et qui supporte au moins un organe de prehension (16) 

pour maintenir une piece (P) dans une position geometrique definie par 

rapport au bati. Le bati (12) comprend au moins un element conforme (18, 

20) realise en un materiau fritte obtenu par fusion localisee d'un 

materiau en poudre par apport de chaleur. Le dispositif de prehension de 

l'invention trouve une application notamment sur les chaines de montage 

des vehicules automobiles. . 

AL French 


FA AB; ABFR; AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICO; ICS; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; PA; 

PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; REN; REP; REXP; TI 

CHG ABFR A 


… 

=> D TI ICM IPCI IPCR EPC 65 


TI Lasersinterverfahren mit erhoehter Prozessgenauigkeit und Partikel zur Verwendung dabei. 

- Partikel und Verfahren fuer die Herstellung eines dreidimensionalen Gegenstandes. 

- PARTIKELN UND VERFAHREN FUeR DIE HERSTELLUNG EINES DREIDIMENSIONALEN GEGENSTANDES. 

- LASERSINTERVERFAHREN MIT ERH HTER PROZESSGENAUIGKEIT UND PAR TIKEL ZUR VERWENDUNG DABEI. 

- LASER SINTERING METHOD WITH INCREASED PROCESS PRECISION, AND PARTICLES USED FOR THE SAME. 

- PROCEDE DE FRITTAGE LASER AVEC UNE PLUS GRANDE PRECISION DE TRAITEMENT ET PARTICULES 

UTILISEES A CET EFFET. 

- PARTICLES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT. 

- PARTICULES ET PROCEDE DE FABRICATION D'UN OBJET TRIDIMENSIONNEL. 

ICM C08J0003-12; B29C0067-00; B01J0002-00 

IPCI B29C0067-00 [I,A ]; B29C0065-00 [I,A ]; B32B0037-00 [I,A ]; 

H05B0006-00 [I,A ]; B29C0067-00 [I,C*]; B29C0065-00 [I,C*]; 

B32B0037-00 [I,C*]; H05B0006-00 [I,C*] 

IPCR B22F0001-00 [I,A ]; B22F0003-105 [I,A ]; B29C0067-00 [I,A ]; 

C04B0035-634 [I,A ]; C08J0003-12 [I,A ]; B23K0026-00 [I,A ]; 

C08J0007-04 [I,A ]; B01J0002-00 [I,A ]; B22F0003-16 [I,A ]; 

C23C0024-08 [I,A ]; C23C0024-10 [I,A ]; B22F0001-00 [I,C*]; 

B22F0003-105 [I,C*]; B29C0067-00 [I,C*]; C04B0035-63 [I,C*]; 

C08J0003-12 [I,C*]; B23K0026-00 [I,C*]; C08J0007-00 [I,C*]; 

B01J0002-00 [I,C*]; B22F0003-12 [I,C*]; C23C0024-00 [I,C*] 


EPC 

B22F0001-00A4C; B22F0001-00A4; B22F0003-105S; B29C0067-00L2; 

C04B0035-634B8; C04B0035-634D10; B29C0067-00L2D2; B29C0067-00L2F; 

B29C0067-00L4D2; B29C0067-00L6B2; B29C0067-00L6B2B 

=> D BRIEF BIB.U 


AN 36165501 INPAFAMDB EDF 20071206 UPFB 20080327 

TI Generic system for optimizing technical components/parts in machines and 

plants, has combination of software program and testing device integrated 

in self learning feedback for verifying life cycle of components/parts in 

machine. 

- Anlage und/oder Verfahren zur schnellen Bauteiloptimierung durch Versuch 

und Irrtum. 

INS FISCHER HERWIG, PL 

PAS ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY VENTURE LTD, IE 

IPCI G05B0019-02 [I,A ]; G06F0017-50 [I,A ]; G05B0019-02 [I,C*]; 

G06F0017-50 [I,C*] 

EPC G06F0017-50; G05B0019-4099; G06F0017-50C 

AB (DE 102006025262 A1) 

The system has a combination of a software program such as CAD, and a 

testing device verifying a life cycle of technical components/parts in a 

machine. The combination of the software program and the testing device 

is integrated in a self learning feedback. The components/parts are 

assembled in a rapid prototyping e.g. selective laser sinter. A testing 

routine considers the variations of material properties of a rapid 

prototyping material through variable loading and adjustable cycles, 

where the routine runs in a time-lapse procedure. 


+-------- PUBLICATIONS --------+ +-------- APPLICATIONS --------+ 

DE 102006025262 A1 20071206 DE 2006-102006025262 A 20060531 

+--------- PRIORITIES ---------+ 

DE 2006-102006025262 A 20060531 

BIB.U displays BIB only for the last 

updated family member 

AN 36165501 INPAFAMDB EW 200749 UP 20080327 UW 200813 

DN 55310399 

TI Generic system for optimizing technical components/parts in machines and 

plants, has combination of software program and testing device integrated 

in self learning feedback for verifying life cycle of components/parts in 

machine. 

Anlage und/oder Verfahren zur schnellen Bauteiloptimierung durch Versuch 

und Irrtum. 


IN FISCHER, HERWIG 

INS FISCHER HERWIG, PL 

PA ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY VENTURE LTD. 

PAS ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY VENTURE LTD, IE 

DT Patent 

PI DE 102006025262 A1 20071206 




AI DE 2006-102006025262 A 20060531 


PRAI DE 2006-102006025262 A 20060531 (DEA, 20071206) 



Table: Overview of family display formats available in INPAFAMDB 

Deduplicated 

Formats 

.F (=.M) .H .P .U .B 

BIB BIB.F BIB.H BIB.P BIB.U BIB.B 

IBIB IBIB.F IBIB.H IBIB.P IBIB.U IBIB.B 

STD STD.F STD.H STD.P STD.U STD.B 

ALL ALL.F ALL.H ALL.P ALL.U ALL.B 

ALLO ALLO.F ALLO.H ALLO.P ALLO.U ALLO.B 

IALL IALL.F IALL.H IALL.P IALL.U IALL.B 

IND IND.F IND.H IND.P IND.U IND.B 

UPALL 

TRIAL 

BRIEF 

MAX.F MAX.H MAX.P MAX.U MAX.B 

MAXO.F MAXO.H MAXO.P MAXO.U MAXO.B 

IMAX.F IMAX.H IMAX.P IMAX.U IMAX.B 

PI.PDF.F 

PI.PDF 

UPALL.F 

PI.H 

TIPI.H 

PI.PDF.H 

Meaning of field code extensions: 

Without extension deduplicated format 

.F information from all family members (synonym „.M“) 

.H information of all publications containing hits 

.P latest new family member 

.U last updated family member 

.B earliest publication (basic) 

PI.PDF.B 

„.F“ extension can be used for all display codes, e.g., PI, AB, not only for predefined display 

formats. 

All formats containing legal status information (LS), BIBLS, MAX, MAXO and IMAX are not 

available in a deduplicated format. For these formats the display codes without extension are 

synonym for the display codes with the “.F” extension. 

BIBLS = BIBLS.F 

MAX =MAX.F 

MAXO=MAXO.F 

IMAX=IMAX.F 


INPAFAMDB: Display of basic patent and hit patent 

Basic patent 

In INPAFAMDB the earliest publication was defined as the basic patent of the family. 

To display data for the basic patent several display formats are available: 

PI.B (PN.B) 

BIB.B 

STD.B 

ALL.B 

MAX.B 

IMAX.B 

=> D BIB.B 


AN 36748563 INPAFAMDB ED 20080521 EW 200821 UP 20080918 UW 200838 

DN 56345573 

TI Laser cutter assembly for e.g. electronic wafer integrated circuit has 

program monitor coupled to laser gun interruption switch. 

Laserstrahlbearbeitungsanlage. 


IN SHIGEMATSU, KOICHI; NEHASHI, KOUICHI 

INS SHIGEMATSU KOICHI, JP; NEHASHI KOUICHI, JP 

PA DISCO CORPORATION 

PAS DISCO CORP, JP 

DT Patent 

PI DE 102007054577 A1 20080521 




AI DE 2007-102007054577 A 20071115 


PRAI JP 2006-311839 A 20061117 (JPA, 20080521, Y) 



PN.B (synonym PI.B) can be selected. 

=> SEL PN.B 


=> D SEL 

E1 1 DE102007054577/PN 

HIT Patent 

In INPAFAMDB you can monitor patent families by patent numbers. HIT display formats are 

available which show data only for the searched publication number: 

PI.H 

TI.H 

TIPI.H 

It is convenient to combine the HIT display formats with other family update formats. 


=> S US20080233013/PN AND 20081009/UPLS 

1 US20080233013/PN 

47884 20081009/UPLS 

(20081009/UPLS) 

L1 

1 US20080233013/PN AND 20081009/UPLS 

=> D TIPI.H LFAMUP 


TI DISPENSING NOZZLE TIP. 

PI US 20080233013 A1 20080925 

1 priority, 2 applications, 3 

----------- 

MEMBER 1 

----------- 

AN 37132580 INPAFAMDB ED 20081009 EW 200841 UP 20081009 UW 200841 

DN 57098192 

PI EP 1977831 A2 20081008 

LEGAL STATUS CURRENT UPDATE 



EP 

A2 

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT 

LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR 

200841.................................20081009 

20081008 EPAX + EXTENSION OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT TO 

AL BA MK RS 

200841.................................20081009 


20080331 


200841.................................20081009 


For PI.H SELECT HIT is available if one of the PI (PC, PN, PK, PY, PD) fields was searched. 

=> S LASER WELD? AND 20081002/PD 

L1 

6 LASER WELD? AND 20081002/PD 

=> SEL HIT PN 


=> D SEL 

E1 1 DE102004036576/PN 

E2 1 DE19618957/PN 

E3 1 WO2008014233/PN 

E4 1 WO2008052551/PN 

E5 1 WO2008116551/PN 

E6 1 WO2008117717/PN 


Links to the fulltext in INPAFAMDB 

The disply format PI.PDF contains direct links to the origional pdf-documents at the EPO. All 

different publiucations (different kind code) have sepaated links. 

The following formats are available also: PI.PDF.B and PI.PDF.H . 

=> D PI.PDF 10 


PI AU 8824466 A 19900215 

URL:http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=AU&NR= 

2446688&KC=A 

PI EP 355200 A1 19900228 

URL:http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=EP&NR= 

0355200&KC=A1 

PI JP 02055053 A 19900223 

URL:http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=JP&NR= 

2055053&KC=A 

If the EPO cannot show the pdf document a message is given: 

Original document is not available for AU2446688 (A) 


FSEARCH and FSORT 

The commands FSEARCH/FSORT can be used for extended family searches in individual 

databases (e.g., INPADOCDB, WPINDEX) or in multi-file family searches (for example, in 

WPINDEX and CAPLUS). 

Hint 

In the family file INPAFAMDB no FSORT or FSEARCH is required! 

One database record represents one family. 

FSEARCH automatically selects publication, application, and priority numbers (PN, AP, PRN) 

from a previous search result and searches them in the database or databases of interest. Kind 

Codes and Dates are not searched. This procedure is repeated until no more additional records are 

retrieved. FSEARCH can start from: 

a publication number, 

an application number, 

an E list or an L number (SELECT result), 

an L number or an L list or 

a search query 

Hint 

FSEARCH always ends with FSORT! 

FSORT groups an answer set (L number) by the publication and application numbers into family 

groups. Several records belong to one patent family if they have one publication, application or 

priority number in common. FSORT lists patent invention families and the appropriate answer 

numbers. 

=> FILE INPADOCDB 

=> S DE 29723478/PN 

L1 

1 DE 29723478/PN 

(DE29723478/PN) 

FSEARCH on DE 29723478 retrieves all 

family member records in INPADOCDB 

=> FSE 

*** ITERATION 1 *** 

SET SMARTSELECT ON 


SET HIGHLIGHTING OFF 


SEL L1 1- PN,APPS 

L2 SEL L1 1- PN APPS : 5 TERMS 


SEA L2 

L3 

12 L2 




SEA L2 

L3 

17 L2 




SEA L2 

L3 

FSORT L3 

L4 

17 L2 

17 FSO L3 

17 recrods represent the patent family of 

DE 29723478 in INPADOCDB 

SET SMARTSELECT OFF 


SET HIGHLIGHTING ON 


1 Multi-record Family Answers 1-17 

0 Individual Records 

0 Non-patent Records 

Following an FSORT the command D PFAM=1- provides the possibility to display only one 

document from each patent family. All standard display formats may be used. See HELP 

DISPLAY PFAM for further information. 

=> ? DISPLAY PFAM 

The DISPLAY PFAMILY command is used to selectively view records from 

patent families in an L# answer set containing patents. It is 

available only for FSORT L#s, either an L# created directly with FSORT 

or one created automatically with FSEARCH. 

To use this command, enter DISPLAY n PFAM=x L#, where n is the 

records to be displayed from each family, x is the families to be 

viewed, and L# is an FSORT L#. The default for n is 1. For example, 

to display 1 record from all the patent families, including the 

individual patent records, in an FSORT L#, enter D PFAM=1-. 

Example: 

=> FSO L1 

L2 

36 FSO L1 


5 Multi-record Families Answers 1-12 

Family 1 Answers 1-4 





18 Individual Records Answers 13-30 

6 Non-patent Records Answers 31-36 

=> D PFAM=1- 

The above request will display 1 record from each of the patent 

families (PFAM=1-) from the current L# (L2), i.e., records 1, 5, 7, 

9, 11, 13-30. 

To display 1 record from specific families, enter D PFAM=m-p, where m 

is the first family to be used and p is the last. For example, to 

display patent records 1, 5, 7, 9, and 11 in L2 above, enter 

D PFAM=1-5. 

To display x through y records from specific families, enter 

D x-y PFAM=m-p. For example, to display patent records 1-2 and 5-12 

in L2 above, enter D 1-2 PFAM=1-5. 

To display x through y records from a specific family, enter 

D x-y PFAM=m. For example, to display patent records 1-4 in L2 

above, enter D 1- PFAM=1. 

To display all records in an FSORT L#, enter D 1- . 

PFAM may also be used in PRINT to print FSORT L# results offline 

or have them delivered electronically. 

For more information on FSORT, enter HELP FSORT at an arrow prompt 

(=>). 

Since there is only one family in our example, only one title of the first document is displayed. 

=> D PFAM=1- TI 

L4 ANSWER 1 OF 17 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2007 EPO/FIZ KA on STN FAMILY DUPLICATE 1 

TI Form with integrated card. 

Hint 

FSEARCH considers only the Publication (PN), Prirority (PRN) and 

Application Number (AP). This can lead to incorrect families, if 

identical publication numbers are used for different applications, e.g., 

US applications. 

The family display formats FAM and FFAM consider all priority data, 

Priority Number, Priority Kind Codes and date information. Thus 

correct families are displayed even for overlapping Publication 

Number series. 


LEGAL STATUS SEARCHING 

Legal status information is available in the INPADOCDB database for more than 20 million 

records from 58 countries, for 16 of them only the national phases of PCT and/or EP applications 

are included. The database contains more than 51 million legal status entries (status July 2009). 

About 2,800 different legal events are searchable via legal status codes (/LSC). 

In the INPADOCDB and INPAFAMDB files, all patent publication events (e.g. “date of grant”) 

are covered for all of the more than 80 authorities in the legal status display. This extended legal 

status makes it easier to get the complete picture of granted patents or other publication events. 

A list of countries for which legal status information is provided is contained in the appendix. An 

EXCEL list with the current content for each update is available on the EPO server 

(http://www.epo.org/patents/patent-information/raw-data/useful-tables.html). 

Use the EXPAND command to list legal status codes and their description text. 

=> E DE/LSC 

E1 1 DDZWAA/LSC 

E2 1 DDZWAA REJECTION OF APPLICATION WITHOUT REQUEST FOR EXAMINAT 

ION/LSC 

E3 

0 --> DE/LSC 

E4 24 DE5AU/LSC 

E5 24 DE5AU NEW APPLICATION NO. (PART 5 OF THE PATENT GAZETTE)/LSC 

E6 84821 DE8100/LSC 

E7 84821 DE8100 PUBLICATION OF THE EXAMINED APPLICATION WITHOUT PUBLI 

CATION OF UNEXAMINED APPLICATION/LSC 

E8 4964 DE8101/LSC 

E9 4964 DE8101 REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION AS TO NOVELTY/LSC 

E10 15203 DE8105/LSC 

E11 15203 DE8105 SEARCH REPORT AVAILABLE/LSC 

E12 264013 DE8110/LSC 

Legal status codes contain the country code and a code which indentifies the legal event. Some 

codes are displayed with an additional plus (+) or minus (-) sign, indicating a negative or positive 

event. 

Example: 

LSC 

Description 

DE 5AU A 

DE 5AU P 

DE 8000 

DE 8100 

DE 8101 

DE 8102 

DE 8105 

DE 8106 

DE 8110 

DE 8115 

NEW APPLICATION NO. (PART 5 OF THE PATENT GAZETTE) 

NEW APPLICATION NO. (PART 5 OF THE PATENT GAZETTE) 

+ PCT-APPLICATION DESIGNATING DE 

+ PUBLICATION OF THE EXAMINED APPLICATION WITHOUT 

PUBLICATION OF UNEXAMINED APPLICATION 

+ REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION AS TO NOVELTY 

+ REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION AS TO NOVELTY (FOR EP) 

+ SEARCH REPORT AVAILABLE 

+ SEARCH REPORT AVAILABLE (F 

OR EP) 

+ REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION PARAGRAPH 44 


DE 8120 

DE 8121 

DE 8122 

DE 8123 

DE 8125 

DE 8126 

DE 8127 

DE 8128 

DE 8130 

DE 8131 

DE 8133 

- REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION VOID 

WILLINGNESS TO GRANT LICENSES PARAGRAPH 23 

WILLINGNESS TO GRANT LICENSES PARAGRAPH 23 WITHDRAWN 

NONBINDING INTEREST IN GRANTING LICENSES DECLARED 

NONBINDING INTEREST IN GRANTING LICENSES WITHDRAWN 

CHANGE OF THE MAIN CLASSIFICATION 

CHANGE OF THE SECONDARY CLASSIFICATION 

NEW PERSON/NAME/ADDRESS OF THE APPLICANT 

NEW PERSON/NAME/ADDRESS OF THE AGENT 

- WITHDRAWAL 

- REJECTION - 

PAYMENT OF THE APPLICATION FEE 

The extended legal events, priority, application and publication data, can only be searched via the 

bibliographic search fields (PRN, PRC, PRK, PRD, PRY, AP, AC, AK, AD, PN, PK, PY) and not 

with legal status codes. 

Updates for the extended legal events can be searched/monitored by using the update codes ED, 

EDP or EDLS. UPLS can only be used for searching the updates of the normal legal status entries, 

not for the extended legal events. 


Legal Status display 

There are two legal status display formats: 

LS 

LS2 

Shows the current legal status including the extended legal status events 

Content of LS in detailed table format 

=> D LS 

LEGAL STATUS 


9951128 JPA PRI Patent application 

JP 1995-308802 A 19951128 

19961127 WOWW PRI Additional PCT application 

WO 1996-NL468 WW 19961127 

19961127 EPA APP Patent application 

EP 1996-938560 A 19961127 

19980916 EPA1 PUB APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITH SEARCH REPORT 

EP 863854 A1 19980916 


EP 

A1 

BE DE DK FR GB IT NL SE 


19980520 


19981104 EPRIN1 INVENTOR (CORRECTION) 

ISHIKAWA, MIYUKI 



UKACHI, TAKASHI 


19990428 EP17Q + FIRST EXAMINATION REPORT 

19990316 


20000405 EPRIC1 CLASSIFICATION (CORRECTION) 

7C 03C 25/10 A, 7C 08F 290/06 B 

20000419 EPB1 PUB PATENT SPECIFICATION 

EP 863854 B1 20000419 


EP 

B1 

BE DE DK FR GB IT NL SE 

20000419 EPPG25 - LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT 

INFORM. FROM NAT. OFFICE TO EPO 

LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE 

DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED 

TIME-LIMIT 

NL: 20000419 


200804.................................20080124 


DE 69607855 

20000525 P 

20000703 EPITF + IT: TRANSLATION FOR A EP PATENT FILED 

BARZANO' E ZANARDO ROMA S.P.A. 





The LS format gives an 

overview of legal status 

events in chronological 

order 

Extended legal status 

events: priority (PRI), 

application (APP) and 

publication data (PUB) 


TIME-LIMIT 

DK: 20000719 


200804.................................20080124 





TIME-LIMIT 

SE: 20000719 


200804.................................20080124 


20000901 EPNLV1 - NL: LAPSED OR ANNULED DUE TO FAILURE TO FULFILL THE 

REQUIREMENTS OF ART. 29P AND 29M OF THE PATENTS ACT; NO 

LEGAL EFFECT FROM 




FR: 20011031 


200809.................................20080228 


DE: 20011101 


200809.................................20080228 


GB: 20011107 


200809.................................20080228 


BE: 20011218 


200809.................................20080228 


GBIF02 + GB: EUROPEAN PATENT IN FORCE AS OF 2002-01-01 



LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES 

GB: 20021127 


200804.................................20080124 




BE: 20021130 


200804.................................20080124 

20030531 EPBERE - BE: LAPSED 

*DSM N.V. 

20021130 


20030531 EPBERE - BE: LAPSED 

JAPAN *SYNTHETIC RUBBER CO. LTD 

20021130 






DE: 20030603 


200804.................................20080124 

20030716 EPGBPC - GB: EUROPEAN PATENT CEASED THROUGH NON-PAYMENT OF RENEWAL 

FEE 





FR: 20030731 


200804.................................20080124 


FRST 

- FR: LAPSED 





IT: 20051127 


200804.................................20080124 

=> D LS2 

The LS2 format shows the legal status 

information in form of a table 

L2 ANSWER 20000 OF 27448 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2004 EPO on STN 


PRD 19951128 

PRK JPA 

PRAIT Patent application 

PRAI JP 1995-308802 A 19951128 


PRD 19961127 

PRK WOWW 

PRAIT Additional PCT application 

PRAI WO 1996-NL468 WW 19961127 


AD 19961127 

AK EPA 

AIT Patent application 

AI EP 1996-938560 A 19961127 


PD 19980916 

PK EPA1 


PI EP 863854 A1 19980916 


LSD 19980916 

LSC EPAK 

LSCI + 

LSTX DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: 

LSPI EP 

A1 


LSDS BE DE DK FR GB IT NL SE 


LSD 19980916 

LSC EP17P 

LSCI + 

LSTX REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION FILED 

LSDF 19980520 

… 

Hint 

Each legal status event which entered INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 

after the reload/release is marked with the legal status update date, 

UPLS, and the legal status entry week, EWLS. 

UPLS and EWLS can be linked to the legal status code using the (L)- 

proximity operator. 


Legal Status search fields 

The following search fields are available for detailed legal status searches: 

DISPLAY 

FIELD 

in format LS 

DISPLAY 

HEADER 

in format LS2 

SEARCH 

FIELD 

CONTENT 

UPLS* UPLS UPLS LS update date 

EDLS EDLS EDLS LS entry date 

EWLS EWLS EWLS LS entry week 

LS* LSCY LSCY LS country 

LSCC LSCC LS code country 

LSC LSC LS code + text 

LSC2 LSC LS code categogy 

LSTX *) LSTX *) text of LSC *) 

LSD LSD LS date INPADOCDB GAZETTE 

LSCI LSCI LS indicator (negative/positive) 

LSDF LSDF date in force 

LSFT LSFT free format text 

LSPI LSPC LS publication country 

LSPD LS publication date 

LSPK LS publication kind code 

LSPN LS publication number 

LSPY LS publication year 

LSDS LSDS designated states 

LSAG LSAG representative/agent 

LSIN LSIN patent inventor 

LSOP LSOP patent opponent 

LSPMY LSPMY Payment Year 

LSPA LSPA patent assignee 

LSSPC LSSPC SPC number 

LSSPC.FD 

LSSPC.XD 

LSSPC.EX 

SPC: filing date 

SPC: expiry date 

US Time Extension date 

LSIC LSIC IPC in LS 

*: Not available for extended legal status events: priority, application and publication data. 

Hint 

There is a legal status basic index /LSBI which comprises information from 

several fields: 

LSBI := LSAG, LSFT, LSIN, LSOP, and LSPA 


The example illustrates which information of a legal status entry is indexed in which search field: 

LSCC 


LSTX 

EP 

A1 

LSD LSC 

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL 

PT SE TR 

LSDS 

20030502 EPAXX + PAYMENT OF EXTENSION FEES 

AL: 20020131 

LSDS 

LSDF 


20010606 

LSDF 


DE 50100013 

LSPC 

LSPN 

20020905 P 

LSPD 

20030521 EP26 - OPPOSITION FILED 

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 

20030325 

LSOP 

19961231 EPBECA BE: CHANGE OF HOLDER'S ADRESS 

960306 *POTEMPA LAWRENCE A.;*ANDERSON BYRON E.:1630 

MONTGOMERY DEERFIELD ILLINOIS 600015 ;5801 REBA 

MORTON GROVE, IL 60053 (US) 


SMITH , JOHN, ARTHUR 

LSPA 

LSIN 



GBCTFG GB: CERTIFICATE GRANTED 

SPC/GB02/021 

20030210 

LSSPC 

20140226 

LSSPC.XD 

LSSPC.FD 


CHNV CH: NEW AGENT 

BOVARD AG PATENTANWAELTE 

LSAG 


7A 01B 71/06 B 

LSIC 

LSDS 


AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC 

NL PT SE TR 

200718.......................... .......20070505 

Display HIT: 

EWLS 

UPLS 



20031121 US356 + PATENT TERM EXTENSION UNDER 35 U.S.C. 156 

PRODUCT NAME: REGRANEX AND BECAPLERMIN CONCENTRATE 

20060704 

20101029 

LSSPC.EX 

Display LS2: 

AN 24006039 INPADOCDB UPLS 20040722 EWLS 200430 

LSD 20031121 

LSC US356 

LSCI + (positive) 

LSTX PATENT TERM EXTENSION UNDER 35 U.S.C. 156 

LSFT PRODUCT NAME: REGRANEX AND BECAPLERMIN CONCENTRATE 

.XD 20060704 

.EX 20101029 


Search examples 

Search for legal status information on a national application 

Search question: Find the complete patent status for US6329919 

including legal status information. 

INPADOCDB is the appropriate source for questions related to national applications. To receive 

all relevant information, use the MAX display format: 


=> S US6329919/PN 

L1 

1 US6329919/PN 

=> D MAX 


FN 33230462 

TI System and method for providing reservations for restroom use. 

TL English 

IN BOIES STEPHEN J.; DINKIN SAMUEL; MOSKOWITZ PAUL ANDREW; YU PHILIP 

SHI-LUNG 

INS BOIES STEPHEN J, US; DINKIN SAMUEL, US; MOSKOWITZ PAUL ANDREW, US; YU 

PHILLIP SHI-LUNG, US 

PA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 

PAS IBM, US 

DT Patent 

PI US 6329919 B1 20011211 

PIT USB1 REEXAM. CERTIF., N-ND REEXAM. or GRANTED PATENT AS FIRST PUBLICATION 

[FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 


STA GRANTED 

AI US 2000-639254 A 20000814 


PRAI US 2000-639254 A 20000814 (USA, Y) 



THIS RECORD. 

REP US 5272474 A (SEA, pat) 

US 5864818 

A (SEA, pat) 

US 5948040 

A (SEA, pat) 

US 5963948 

A (SEA, pat) 

US 5978770 

A (SEA, pat) 

IC.V 7 

ICM G08B0023-00 

IPCR G06Q0010-00 [I,A ] 

G06Q0010-00 [I,C*] 

NCL 3405731; X34082529; X34082528; X705 6; X705 5 

EPC G06Q0010-00A 

AB The present invention is an apparatus, system, and method for providing 


AL 

AS 

FA 

reservations for restroom use. In one embodiment, a passenger on an 

airplane may submit a reservation request to the system for restroom use. 

The reservation system determines when the request can be accommodated 

and notifies the passenger when a restroom becomes available. The system 

improves airline safety by minimizing the time passengers spent standing 

while an airplane is in flight. 

English 

national office 

AB; AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; NCL; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; 

PRAI; REP; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 



INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, NEW Y 

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:BOIES, STEPHEN 

J.;DINKIN, SAMUEL;MOSKOWITZ, PAUL ANDREW;AND 

OTHERS;REEL/FRAME:011248/0248;SIGNING DATES FROM 20000906 

TO 20000919 


200917.................................20090423 


INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, NEW Y 

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:GREENE, DAVID 

P.;BOIES, STEPHEN J.;DINKIN, SAMUEL;AND 

OTHERS;REEL/FRAME:011630/0214;SIGNING DATES FROM 20010109 

TO 20010115 


200914.................................20090402 

20020402 USCO + COMMISSIONER ORDERED REEXAMINATION 

20020212 

20020402 USDC - DISCLAIMER FILED 

20020227 

20021008 USFPB1 - EXPIRED DUE TO REEXAMINATION WHICH CANCELED ALL CLAIMS 


20060207 USFP - EXPIRED DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEE 

20051211 



Search for legal status events 

Legal status events may be searched using the Legal Status Code field (LSC), the Legal Status 

Code Category (LSC2) or via the legal status code description in the Legal Status Text (LSTX) 

field. 

Search question: Locate Bayer patents which have expired due to 

failure to pay maintenance fees. 

=> S BAYER/PA,PAS AND (EXPIR?(S)FAIL?)/LSTX 



1788156 EXPIR?/LSTX 

1027547 FAIL?/LSTX 

867865 (EXPIR?(S)FAIL?)/LSTX 

L1 5176 BAYER/PA,PAS AND (EXPIR?(S)FAIL?)/LSTX 

Search for the company 

and the legal status event 

Use (S) Proximity in the 

LSTX field. 

=> D MAX 


FN 7676425 

TI Method for producing 4,6-dichloropyrimidine with sulfur compounds and 

phosphorus compounds. 

TL English 

IN MAIS FRANZ-JOSEF; KLAUSENER ALEXANDER; CRAMM GUENTHER; STEFFAN GUIDO 

INS MAIS FRANZ-JOSEF, DE; KLAUSENER ALEXANDER, DE; CRAMM GUENTHER, DE; 

STEFFAN GUIDO, DE 

PA BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 

PAS BAYER AG, DE 

DT Patent 

PI US 6525198 B1 20030225 

PIT USB1 REEXAM. CERTIF., N-ND REEXAM. or GRANTED PATENT AS FIRST PUBLICATION 



STA GRANTED 

AI US 2002-69089 A 20020207 


PRAI DE 1999-19938500 A 19990813 (DEA) 

WO 2000-EP7401 W 20000731 (WOWW) 



REP EP 0745593 A2 (APP, pat) 

WO 9529166 

A1 (APP, pat) 

REXP XP000680903 

(APP) 

REN (1) "Chlorination of Pyrimidines", Research Disclosure, GB, Industrial 

Opportunities Ltd., Havant, Nr. 391, Nov. 1, 1996, Seiten 690-691, 

XP000680903, ISSN: 0374-4353 in der Anmeldung erwaehnt Beispiel 2. 

IC.V 7 

ICM C07D0239-30 

IPCR C07B0061-00 [I,A]; C07D0239-30 [I,A] 

C07B0061-00 [I,C*]; C07D0239-00 [I,C*] 


NCL 544334 

EPC C07D0239-30B 

AB The invention relates to a method for the preparation of 

4,6-dichloropyrimidine by reacting 4-chloro-6-methoxypyrimidine with at 

least one sulphur-containing chlorinating agent selected from the group 

consisting of SCl2, SOCl2, and SO2Cl2 in the presence of at least one 

phosphorus compound having the formulain whichR represents C1-C10-alkyl 

or C6-C10-aryl, each of which may optionally be substituted by up to five 

identical or different substituents selected from the group consisting of 

fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C1-C4-alkyl, and C1-C4-alkoxy,Y represents 

oxygen or sulphur, andn represents zero or 1. 

AL English 


FA AB; AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; NCL; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; 

PRAI; REN; REP; REXP; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 


20070424 USFP - EXPIRED DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEE 

20070225 


200717.................................20070426 


Search question: Search for oppositions against GlaxoSmithKline in 2003 

=> S (GLAXO? OR SMITHKLINE?)/PA,PAS AND 

(OPPOSITION(NOTS)NO)/LSTX(L)2003/LSD 

26694 GLAXO?/PA 

26972 GLAXO?/PAS 

33802 SMITHKLINE?/PA 

34470 SMITHKLINE?/PAS 

1889201 OPPOSITION/LSTX 

1875227 NO/LSTX 

1021099 2003/LSD 

(20030000-20039999/LSD) 

9905 (OPPOSITION(NOTS)NO)/LSTX(L)2003/LSD 

L7 

=> D BIB HIT 12 

33 (GLAXO? OR SMITHKLINE?)/PA,PAS AND (OPPOSITION(NOTS)NO)/LSTX(L) 

2003/LSD 


FN 1124748 

TI ZAHNBUeRSTE. 

TOOTHBRUSH. 

BROSSE A DENTS. 


IN HALM, HANS; KRAEMER, HANS 

INS HALM HANS, DE; KRAEMER HANS, DE 

PA SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CONSUMER HEALTHCARE GMBH 

PAS SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CONSUMER, DE 

DT Patent 

PI EP 845956 B1 20020502 English 


D..... 




UNILEVER N.V. 

20030124 

ORE Opposition, Reexamination 

20030326 EPR26 - OPPOSITION FILED (CORRECTION) 

UNILEVER N.V.ROTTERDAM/UNILEVER PLC LONDON 

20030124 


20030501 EPNLR1 - NL: OPPOSITION HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE EPO 

UNILEVER N.V. 


Search for the company and the 

legal status event. 

The (L) operator is used to link 

the LSTX field to the LSD 

search term within the same 

legal status entry. 


Legal Status Categories (/LSC2) 

A systematic search for one legal event has to consider all legal status codes, taking into account 

that definitions of codes can change and new codes may be added. Sophisticated strategies and 

deep understanding of patent procedures of different authorities are necessary for comprehensive 

search results. Legal status categories, /LSC2, provide a convenient alternative for such queries. 

FIZ Karlsruhe has introduced legal status categories on the basis of EPO specifications. They are 

helpful to monitor the legal status and, displayed at the end of a legal status entry, they can be 

useful for a quick overview. Through the classification of legal status codes in 7 categories it is 

sufficient to search for the appropriate Legal Status Category. 

Legal status categories are searchable in /LSC2 by means of three-character codes 



LIC Licensing 



REI Reinstatement or Restoration 

SPC Supplemental Protection Certificate, Time Extension 

Expiry, opposition, non-payment of annual fees or withdrawal by the applicant are possible 

reasons for the expiry or limitation of a patent. The legal status category NIF (Lapses, Expiries, 

Withdrawals, Refusals) is appropriate to check for all those events at once. However inspection of 

each individual case is necessary as reinstatements and restorations may happen (REI/LSC2). 

Please note that legal status information in INPADOCDDB/INPAFAMDB and all other patent 

databases on STN are without commitment. For obligatory information, e.g. if a patent is still in 

force, it is indispensible to inquire the patent registers or to access records at the patent authorities. 

You can limit the search for a Legal Status Category by combining it with application/publication 

country (/AC, /PC) or application/publication number (/AP, /PC) with the AND operator. 


=> S SE/PC AND NIF/LSC2 

473375 SE/PC 

7730211 NIF/LSC2 

L2 91237 SE/PC AND NIF/LSC2 

=> D PI LS 


PI SE 9904860 A 20010701 



20020416 SENAV - PATENT APPLICATION HAS LAPSED 

SE 9904860-5 

F 


.......................................20070802 


Search question: 

Search for SPCs of BAYER! 

Legal Status Categories can also be employed to search for SPCs. The appropriate category is SPC 

(Suppl. Protec. Certificate, Time Extension). INPAFAMDB is used to conduct this inventionrelated 

query. 

=> FIL INPADFAMDB; SET HIGH OFF 

=> S BAYER/PASS 



14030 BAYER/LSPA 

L5 51768 BAYER/PASS 

(BAYER/PA,PAS,LSPA) 

Hint: Set highlighting off to 

search for BAYER. 

Then only family members with 

SPC data are displayed with 

DISPLAY HIT and not the 

complete family. 

=> SET HIGH ON ; S L5 AND SPC/LSC2 

12183 SPC/LSC2 

L6 97 L5 AND SPC/LSC2 

=> D HIT 3 



AN 34427168 INPAFAMDB UPFL 20080417 


CHSPCF CH: SUPPLEMENTARY PROTECTION CERTIFICATE FILED 

CHSPCFBLW-NR. W 6012/31.01.2001, 23.03.2001 

SPC Suppl. Protect. Certificate, Time Extension 





GBCTFF GB: CERTIFICATE FILED 

GBCTFFSPC/GB01/031: 20010726 






GBCTFG GB: CERTIFICATE GRANTED 

GBCTFGSPC/GB01/031: 20011212, EXPIRES: 20160130 






FRC1 FR: APPLICATION FOR CCP FOR PLANT PROTECTION LAID OPEN TO 

THE PUBLIC 

03C0022, 20030605 


03C0022 

20030605 






FRC1 FR: APPLICATION FOR CCP FOR PLANT PROTECTION LAID OPEN TO 

THE PUBLIC 

03C0025, 20030708 

03C0025 

20030708 






FRCP FR: SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATE OF PROTECTION FILED 





20011031 DEV448 + APPLICATION OF SPC 

PRODUCT NAME: PROPOXYCARBAZONE ALS NATRIUMSALZ; 

REGISTRATION NO/DATE: 004915-00/00-001 - 

004915-00/00-007; 20010905 

101 99 063 

20011030 


200714.................................20070405 




20060321 DEV457 + SPC GRANTED 

PRODUCT NAME: PROPOXYCARBAZONE ALS NATRIUMSALZ; 

REGISTRATION NO/DATE: 004915-00/00-001 - 

004915-00/00-007; 20010905 

101 99 063 

20011030 


200714.................................20070405 




20060807 DEV448 + APPLICATION OF SPC 

PRODUCT NAME: PROPOXYCARBAZONE; REGISTRATION NO/DATE: 

4915-00, 20050413 

12 2006 000 038 

20060807 


200741.................................20071011 



Note 

z 

Legal status information in patent databases is always given without any 

obligation or warranty. For authoritative information you have to examine the 

records of the competent patent authorities! 

See original statement by the EPO: 

"The EPO does not accept any responsibility for the accuracy of data originating 

from other authorities than the EPO, including but not exclusively whether they 

are complete, up-to-date and fit for specific purposes. For authoritative 

information, please refer to the respective patent authorities" 

On the following web site you can find for each new update week an overview about the changes 

in the last update: 

http://www.epo.org/patents/patent-information/raw-data/useful-tables.html 

File description File type File size Last updated Download 

Contents and coverage of the XLS 961 KB W 32/2009 download 

DOCDB bibliographic file 

Contents and coverage of the XLS 64 KB W 32/2009 download 

INPADOC legal status file 

DOCDB ST36 kind codes 

statistics 

XLS 167 KB W 32/2009 download 


UPDATES AND SETTING UP ALERTS 

Document Updates in INPADOCDB 

The INPADOCDB file has a static, segmented structure. All national publications of a patent 

application are one documentation unit or database record. Each publication of a database record 

is assigned an ENTRY DATE, ED, and an ENTRY WEEK, EW. If a new application is entered in 

INPADOCDB, a new record is generated and ED for this first publication is also stored in the 

ENTRY DATE PATENT, EDP, field. 

With first entries, the UPDATE DATE is set to UP=ED=EDP and the UPDATE WEEK to 

UW=EW. UPDATE DATE, UP, and the UPDATE WEEK, UW, are updated each time a 

publication of the database record is changed or a new publication level is added. It is possible to 

distinguish between updates of the complete bibliography (UPBB) and those of the classifications 

(IPC, EPC, ICO, IDT, NCL) (UPCC). 

Example: Database record for an EP document consisting of two publication levels, application 

(EPA1) and granted patent (EPB1) 

=> SET ALL.M 


FN 37404938 

TI Verfahren und System zur Entregistrierung von ausserhalb der Reichweite 

befindlichen Geraeten in einem drahtlosen LAN. 

Method and system for deregistering Out-Of-Coverage range devices in a 

wireless local area network. 

Procede et systeme pour desenregistrer des dispositifs hors de portee de 

couverture dans un reseau local sans fil. 


IN SHATSKY, ALEXANDER 

INS SHATSKY ALEXANDER, CA 

PA RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 

PAS RES IN MOTION LTD, CA 

DT Patent 

PI EP 2003916 A1 20081217 English 




DS R: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT 

LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR 

XS R: AL BA HR MK RS 

AI EP 2007-109189 A 20070530 


PRAI EP 2007-109189 A 20070530 (EPA, 20081218, Y) 

PRAIT EPA Patent application 



IPCR H04W0060-06 [I,A ] 

H04W0060-00 [I,C*] 

EPC H04Q0007-38R; H04W0060-06 

AB A method for deregistering wireless devices from a registration server 

for a wireless local area network, comprising: sending an initial 


AL 

AS 

FA 

CHG 

registration request message from a wireless device to the registration 

server, the initial registration request message including an initial 

expiration interval; measuring radio signal strength at the wireless 

device; and, determining whether the radio signal strength has decreased 

to below a predetermined level and, if so, sending an updated 

registration request message from the wireless device to the registration 

server, the updated registration request message including an updated 

expiration interval less than the initial expiration interval thereby 

allowing timely deregistering of the wireless device by the registration 

server. 

English 

EPO 

AB; AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; ED; EPC; EW; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; LA; PA; PAS; 

PI; PIT; PRAI; REP; TI 

IPC A 


FN 37404938 

TI Verfahren und System zur Entregistrierung von ausserhalb der Reichweite 

befindlichen Geraeten in einem drahtlosen LAN. 

Method and system for deregistering Out-Of-Coverage range devices in a 

wireless local area network. 

Procede et systeme pour desenregistrer des dispositifs hors de portee de 

couverture dans un reseau local sans fil. 


IN SHATSKY, ALEXANDER 

INS SHATSKY ALEXANDER, CA 

PA RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 

PAS RES IN MOTION LTD, CA 

DT Patent 

PI EP 2003916 B1 20090211 English 



STA GRANTED 

DS R: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT 

LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR 

XS R: AL BA HR MK RS 

AI EP 2007-109189 A 20070530 


PRAI EP 2007-109189 A 20070530 (EPA, 20081218, Y) 

PRAIT EPA Patent application 

IPCI H04W0004-00 [I,A ] 

H04W0004-00 [I,C*] 

IPCR H04W0060-06 [I,A ] 

H04W0060-00 [I,C*] 

EPC H04Q0007-38R; H04W0060-06 

ABEQ (EP 2003916 A1) 

A method for deregistering wireless devices from a registration server 

for a wireless local area network, comprising: sending an initial 

registration request message from a wireless device to the registration 

server, the initial registration request message including an initial 

expiration interval; measuring radio signal strength at the wireless 

device; and, determining whether the radio signal strength has decreased 

to below a predetermined level and, if so, sending an updated 

registration request message from the wireless device to the registration 

server, the updated registration request message including an updated 

expiration interval less than the initial expiration interval thereby 

allowing timely deregistering of the wireless device by the registration 


AL 

AS 

FA 

CHG 

server. 

English 

EPO 

AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; ED; EPC; EW; IN; INS; IPC; IPCI; IPCR; LA; PA; PAS; 


AIOR A; PA A; IN A; DS A 

If a priority is added - also the first one - , an ENTRY DATE PRIORITY, EDPR, is registered. 

This date is given only for priority numbers entered in the database after the reload. 


FN 11602196 

TI Apparatus for and method of measuring clock skew. 

TL English 

IN YAMAGUCHI TAKAHIRO; ISHIDA MASAHIRO; SOMA MANI 

INS YAMAGUCHI TAKAHIRO, JP; ISHIDA MASAHIRO, JP; SOMA MANI, US 

PA ADVANTEST CORPORATION 

PAS ADVANTEST CORP 

DT Patent 

PI US 20070036256 A1 20070215 English 

PIT USA1 FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] The date EDPR is shown in brackets 

DAV 20070215 unexamined-printed-without-grant in the PRAI field beside the PRAIT 


abbreviation. 

AI US 2002-585526 A 20020319 


PRAI US 2002-585526 A 20020319 (USA, 20071206, N) 

WO 2002-JP2591 W 20020319 (WOW, 20071206, N) 

US 2001-813923 A 20010320 (USA1, 20070301, Y) 


WOW International application Number 

USA1 Prior application claimed for continuation 


If the legal status is updated, the UPDATE DATE LEGAL STATUS, UPLS, is displayed together 

with the legal status. 

All updates - no matter where - can be found via the UPDATE MAXIMUM search code, UPM. 

This means that UPM corresponds to all modifications of UP and UPLS. This field was especially 

created for alerts (SDIs) in order to capture all possible changes. 

To look for new publications and/or legal status updates, use the new update field EDLS, which 

considers ED and UPLS. 

All possible document related update codes for INPADOCDB are summarized in the following 

list. This information is also available via HELP UPDATE. 

Procedure 

Update Code 

New patent application (first entry) EDP=ED=UP* ) 

New priority entry 

New publications of a publication series 

EDPR 

ED=UP 

Updates of publications (BIB, IND) UP *) 

Updates of BIB (except for classification updates) 

Updates of classifications (IND) 

New legal status information 

Updates of publications and/or legal status (all 

changes) 

UPBB 

UPCC 

UPLS 

UPM=UP+UPLS **) 

New publications and legal status updates EDLS=ED+UPLS **) 

*) UP=UPBB+UPCC 

**) suited for SDI 


Search and display field “Change” (CHG) 

What exactly was changed last in an INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB record can be easily viewed with the 

display format CHG. CHG shows which fields have been updated during the last change of the database 

record. This is not necessarily the latest update date. The database record may have been changed earlier 

and remained unchanged while the last update. In order to display the latest changes for all publication 

levels CHG.M has to be used. 

CHG is also a search code. Indexed in /CHG are all last changed fields together with an additional 

code, A (AMENDED/MODIFIED) or C (CHANGED/NEW) 

=> E A/CHG 25 


E3 0 --> A/CHG 

E4 2 ABDE C/CHG 

E5 9097 ABEN A/CHG 

E6 6467 ABEN C/CHG 

E7 140829 ABFR A/CHG 

E8 372268 ABFR C/CHG 

E9 24 ABOL C/CHG 

E10 4083 AI A/CHG 

E11 39296 AIOR A/CHG 

E12 101 AIOR C/CHG 

E13 101856 CIT A/CHG 

E14 24854 CIT C/CHG 

E15 69 DF A/CHG 

E16 21313 DS A/CHG 

E17 65 DS C/CHG 

E18 271549 EPC A/CHG 

E19 85348 EPC C/CHG 

E20 9475 IC A/CHG 

E21 1391 IC C/CHG 

E22 89734 ICO A/CHG 

E23 60341 ICO C/CHG 

E24 296 IDT A/CHG 

E25 118 IDT C/CHG 

=> S IN C/CHG AND PA C/CHG AND EPC C/CHG 

=> D BIB.M CHG.M 



FN 35147423 

TI ANTENNA DEVICE AND MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE. 

TL English 

IN YAMADA AKIKO; HIGAKI MAKOTO; SEKINE SHUICHI 

INS YAMADA AKIKO; HIGAKI MAKOTO; SEKINE SHUICHI 

PA TOSHIBA CORP 

PAS TOKYO SHIBAURA ELECTRIC CO 

DT Patent 

PI JP 2007020093 A 20070125 

PIT JPA DOC. LAID OPEN TO PUBL. INSPEC. [PUBLISHED FROM 1971 ON] 



AI JP 2005-201915 A 20050711 


PRAI JP 2005-201915 A 20050711 (JPA) 


CHG EPC C; PAS C; PA C; INS C; IN C; TI C 


For the following fields the changes are indicated: 

ABDE Abstract in German 

ABEN Abstract in English 

ABES Abstract in Spanish 

ABFR Abstract in French 

ABOL Abstract in original language 

ABOR Abstract in original non-ASCII character set 

AI Application information 

AIOR Application information, original form 

CIT Citations 

DF Date in Force (Advertizing German Utilities) 

DS Designated States 

EPC European Patent Classification (ECLA A-H) 

IC International Patent Classification version 1-7 

ICO In Computer Only (ECLA K-Y) 

IDT Indeling der Techniek 

IN Inventor 

INOR Inventor, original character set 

INS Inventor, standardized 

IPC International Patent Classification (current and old) 

NCL National Patent Classification 

PA Patent Assignee 

PAOR Patent Assignee, original character set 

PAS Patent Assignee, standardized 

PI Patent information 

PRAI Priority information 

PRAO Priority information, original form 

TI Title 

TIOR Title, original character set 


Patent family updates in INPADOCDB 

In addition to the update codes for document updates there are also update codes for patent family 

updates in INPADOCDB - assigned to all family members. These codes and the corresponding 

display formats allow for a targeted monitoring of patent families. 

Update codes for patent families 

Update codes can be used for manual and automatic SDIs. The following list gives an overview of 

all family update codes and the corresponding dates. 

Procedure 

First entry of patent family 

New record assigned to patent family 

New publication added to a patent family record 

Updates of the bibliographic part of patent family 

records (including classification updates) 

Legal status updates within the patent family 

New publication level and legal status updates within 

the patent family 

All updates within a patent family 

Date 

EDF 

UPFD 

UPFP 

UPFB 

UPFL 

UPFE 

UPFA 

Remarks 

The update codes are hierarchical, which means that different entries are generated according to 

the events: 

EDF generates additional entries in UPFD, UPFP, UPFB; UPFE, UPFA 

UPFD generates additional entries in UPFP, UPFB; UPFE, UPFA 

UPFP generates additional entries in UPFB,UPFE, UPFA 

UPFB generates additional entries in UPFA 

Use DISPLAY UPALL to display the list of updates for each document. 

Hint 

The EDF field allows to find new inventions, because it shows the first 

entry of a patent family (or newly setup of a patent family). 

UPFE and UPFA are preferred update codes for SDIs. 


Updates in INPAFAMDB 

In INPAFAMDB the database record comprises a patent family. 

EDF indicates when an INPAFAMDB database record was first created. UPFB is the appropriate 

update code for a change to bibliographic data of any family member. EDF and UPFB and the 

corresponding weeks, EWF and UWFB, are displayed at the beginning of a record in the BRIEF 

format 

INPAFAMDB update codes are comparable with corresponding INPADOCDB family update 

codes. In addition to these family related codes, update codes for single family members are also 

available in INPAFAMDB. 

The following table shows all available INPAFAMDB update codes. 

Procedure 

Update codes related to family (database record) 

New database record (new patent family) 

New member assigned to patent family 

New publication added to a patent family member 

Updates of the bibliographic part, including 

classifications, of a database record (patent family) 

Updates of the bibliographic part, except for 

classification updates, of a database record (patent 

family) 

Updates of classifications (IND) of a database record 

(patent family) 

Legal status updates within a database record (patent 

family) 

New publication level and legal status updates within 

the database record (patent family) 

All updates within a database record (patent family) 

Date 

EDF 

UPFD 

UPFP 

UPFB 

UPBB 

UPCC 

UPFL 

UPFE 

UPFA 


Display formats for patent family updates in 

INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 

Besides family update display formats covering only the current update week, additional display 

formats are accessible which contain data from the last four update weeks. 

Display codes for the last four update weeks end with “4”, e.g. FFAMUP4. 

Display codes: 

FFAMUP/FFAMUP4 

IFAMUP/IFAMUP4 

FFAMUP.PC 

STD and/or LS of new or updated family members or family 

members with new legal status entries changed with the current 

update/last four update weeks 

indented format of FFAMUP/FFAMUP4 

country-specific FFAMUP, e.g., FFAMUP.EP 

(only valid for the following patent countries: 

AT AU BE CA CH DE DK EP ES FI FR GB 


FFAMED/FFAMED4 

IFAMED/IFAMED4 

FFAMED.PC 

STD and/or LS of family members with new publications and/or 

new legal status entries changed with the current update/last four 

update weeks 

indented format of FFAMED/IFAMED4 

country-specific FFAMED, e.g., FFAMED.US 

(only valid for the following countries: 

PC= AT AU BE CA CH DE DK EP ES FI FR GB 


LFAMUP/LFAMUP4 

LFAMUP.PC 

AN, PI, LS of family members with new legal status entries from 

the current update week/from the last four update weeks 

country-specific LFAMUP, e.g., LFAMUP.FR 

(only valid for the following countries: 

PC= AT AU BE CA CH DE DK EP ES FI FR GB 


UPALL 

UPALL.M 

Table of update dates 

Tables of update dates for all publications of one database record 


=> D BIB UPALL 


FN 9171743 

TI Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Speicherung und Verteilung von 

Verschluesselungsschluesseln. 

Method and apparatus for storing and distributing encryption keys. 

Procede et dispositif pour stocker et distribuer des cles de cryptage. 


IN SOWA, HANS CHRISTOPHER; MCDONALD, DANIEL J.; CHATER-LEA, DAVID J.; 

KREMSKE, RANDY; PAPPAS, SCOTT J.; JOHUR, JASON; NEWKIRK, DENNIS; 

ANDERSON, WALTER F.; WALTON, GLENN BRIAN 

INS SOWA HANS CHRISTOPHER, US; MCDONALD DANIEL J, US; CHATER-LEA DAVID J, GB; 

KREMSKE RANDY, US; PAPPAS SCOTT J, US; JOHUR JASON, GB; NEWKIRK DENNIS, 

US; ANDERSON WALTER F, US; WALTON GLENN BRIAN, GB 

PA MOTOROLA, INC. 

PAS MOTOROLA INC, US 

DT Patent 

PI EP 1777870 A3 20070502 English 

PIT EPA3 SEARCH REPORT 

DAV 20070502 supplemental-srep-reference 



AI EP 2006-26909 A 20020118 


PRAI US 2001-785849 A 20010216 (USA, 20070222, Y) 

EP 2002-720815 A 20020118 (EPA3, 20070419, N) 


EPA3 Prior application claimed for a division 

AN 53039753 INPADOCDB FN 9171743 

UP 20090709 UPBB 20070505 UPCC 20090709 ED 20070505 EDP 20070426 

UPFB 20090709 UPFP 20090423 UPFD 20090423 EDF 20070222 

UPFL 20090806 

UPALL 

=> D FAM 

1 OF 1 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2009 EPO/FIZ KA on STN 



+-------------PRAI-------------+ +--------------AI--------------+ 

EP 2002-720815 A 20020118 EP 2006-26909 A 20020118 

EP 2006-26910 A 20020118 

EP 2006-26911 A 20020118 

EP 2006-26912 A 20020118 

EP 2006-26913 A 20020118 

US 2001-785849 A 20010216 AT 2002-720815 T 20020118 

AU 2002-251789 A 20020118 

DE 2002-60218289 A 20020118 

DK 2002-720815 T 20020118 

EP 2002-720815 A 20020118 

EP 2006-26909 A 20020118 

EP 2006-26910 A 20020118 


EP 2006-26911 A 20020118 

EP 2006-26912 A 20020118 

EP 2006-26913 A 20020118 

ES 2002-720815 T 20020118 

IL 2002-157049 A 20020118 

IL 2003-157049 A 20030722 

PT 2002-720815 T 20020118 

US 2001-785849 A 20010216 

US 2007-781310 A 20070723 

US 2007-781323 A 20070723 

US 2007-781340 A 20070723 

US 2007-781360 A 20070723 

US 2007-781489 A 20070723 

WO 2002-US1479 W 20020118 

WO 2002-US1479 W 20020118 AU 2002-251789 A 20020118 

DE 2002-60218289 A 20020118 

DK 2002-720815 T 20020118 

EP 2002-720815 A 20020118 

IL 2002-157049 A 20020118 

IL 2003-157049 A 20030722 

US 2007-781310 A 20070723 US 2007-781310 A 20070723 

US 2007-781323 A 20070723 US 2007-781323 A 20070723 

US 2007-781340 A 20070723 US 2007-781340 A 20070723 

US 2007-781360 A 20070723 US 2007-781360 A 20070723 

US 2007-781489 A 20070723 US 2007-781489 A 20070723 

+--------------AI--------------+ +--------------PI--------------+ 

AT 2002-720815 T 20020118 AT 354898T T 20070315 

AU 2002-251789 A 20020118 AU 2002251789 A1 20020904 

DE 2002-60218289 A 20020118 DE 60218289 D1 20070405 

DE 60218289 T2 20071031 

DK 2002-720815 T 20020118 DK 1362444 T3 20070618 

EP 2002-720815 A 20020118 EP 1362444 A2 20031119 

EP 1362444 A4 20040707 

EP 1362444 B1 20070221 

EP 2006-26909 A 20020118 EP 1777870 A2 20070425 

EP 1777870 A3 20070502 

EP 2006-26910 A 20020118 EP 1775905 A2 20070418 

EP 1775905 A3 20070516 

EP 2006-26911 A 20020118 EP 1775876 A2 20070418 

EP 1775876 A3 20070516 

EP 2006-26912 A 20020118 EP 1775877 A1 20070418 

EP 2006-26913 A 20020118 EP 1775878 A2 20070418 

EP 1775878 A3 20070516 

ES 2002-720815 T 20020118 ES 2280528 T3 20070916 

IL 2002-157049 A 20020118 IL 157049 D0 20040208 

IL 2003-157049 A 20030722 IL 157049 A 20081229 

PT 2002-720815 T 20020118 PT 1362444 E 20070531 

US 2001-785849 A 20010216 US 20020154781 A1 20021024 

US 7266687 B2 20070904 

US 2007-781310 A 20070723 US 20080013740 A1 20080117 

US 2007-781323 A 20070723 US 20080013734 A1 20080117 

US 2007-781340 A 20070723 US 20080013735 A1 20080117 

US 2007-781360 A 20070723 US 20080013736 A1 20080117 

US 2007-781489 A 20070723 US 20080013737 A1 20080117 

WO 2002-US1479 W 20020118 WO 2002067486 A2 20020829 

WO 2002067486 A3 20021024 



=> D FFAMUP 


----------- 

MEMBER 5 

----------- 


FN 9171743 

PI EP 1362444 A2 20031119 


FN 9171743 

PI EP 1362444 A4 20040707 


FN 9171743 

PI EP 1362444 B1 20070221 




BE: 20090225 


200932.................................20090806 





TIME-LIMIT 

CY: 20070221 


200932.................................20090806 


=> D FFAMUP.US 

The country specific FFAMUP for US, FFAMUP.US, should show 

BIB and LSUP of all US family members changed with the current 

update. 

If no data are displayed, no changes to US family members have 

=> D LFAMUP.EP 

been made in the current update week. If nothing is displayed, 

L13 ANSWER 1 OF 129 INPADOCDB nothing COPYRIGHT is billed. 2007 EPO/FIZ KA on STN 


PI EP 1777870 A2 20070425 


PI EP 1777870 A3 20070502 





EP 

A3 


TR 

200718.................................20070505 


PI EP 1775876 A2 20070418 




H04L 9/08 20060101AFI20070314BHEP 

200718.................................20070505 


H04Q 7/38 20060101ALI20070328BHEP 

200718.................................20070505 


The table below shows the family update events and the family display formats which display the 

related information: 

Family 

Updates 

EPA1 

(new 

member) 

WOA2 

(bib.* 

updated) 

EPB1 

(LS 

update) 

US 

(bib.* 

updated) 

WO 

(LS 

update) 

DE 

(new 

publication) 

EPB1 

(new 

publication 

and LS 

update) 

Family SDI Display Formats 

FFAMUP FFAMED LFAMUP FFAMUP.DE FFAMUP.EP LFAMUP.WO 

= displayed in family display format 

* = bibliographic data 


Setting up of an automatic alert 

Automatic monitoring of technologies, activities of specific assignees or changes to the legal 

status of a single publication is possible via automatic SDIs. The setup of an automatic alert, 

automatic SDI, will be demonstrated at the following search question. 

Search Question:Monitor all new patent applications (new national 

applications) for “LASER CUTTING“ 


FILE 'INPADOCDB' ENTERED AT 22:10:43 ON 07 MAY 2007 


FILE LAST UPDATED: 05 MAY 2007 

05 MAY 2007 

MOST RECENT DOCDB WEEK: 200718 

FILE COVERS 1836 TO DATE. 

>>> YOU ARE IN THE NEW INPADOCDB FILE WHICH REPLACES INPADOC 

See NEWS > FOR PRICE INFORMATION ENTER HELP COST > FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE: 

http://www.stn-international.de/stndatabases/details/inpadocdb.html 

>>> See HELP CHANGE for new search and display capabilities > Display in DERWENT format not available yet > The database summary sheet is available at 

query and checking of 

http://www.stn-international.de/stndatabases/sum_sheet/INPADOCDB.pdf answer set for relevance 

=> S LASER(2A) CUTT? OR LASERSCHNEID? OR (LASER (2A) SCHNEID?) OR 

( (CUTT? OR SCHNEID?) AND LASER AND B23K/IPC) 

… 

L1 

=> D TI 1-5 

4457 LASER(2A) CUTT? OR LASERSCHNEID? OR (LASER (2A) SCHNEID?) OR 

( (CUTT? OR SCHNEID?) AND LASER AND B23K/IPC) 


TI Wafer singulation process. 


TI METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LASER CUTTING AT AN ACUTE ANGLE 

OF CARRIERS FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS. 

PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE DECOUPE AU LASER SELON UN ANGLE AIGU DE SUPPORTS 

DE COMPOSANTS ELECTRONIQUES. 



TI CUTTING UNIT WITH MODULAR STRUCTURE. 

UNITE DE DECOUPE A STRUCTURE MODULAIRE. 


TI Apparatus for generating a rotating laser beam. 


TI LASERBEARBEITUNGSVERFAHREN UND HALBLEITERBAUELEMENT. 

LASER PROCESSING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE. 

PROCEDE DE TRAITEMENT LASER ET DISPOSITIF SEMI-CONDUCTEUR. 

=> SDI 

ENTER QUERY L# FOR SDI REQUEST OR (END):L1 

ENTER UPDATE FIELD CODE (UP) OR ?:edls 

ENTER SDI REQUEST NAME, (AA016/S), OR END:lasercut/s 

ENTER COST CENTER (NONE) OR NONE:. 

ENTER TITLE (NONE):laser cutting 

ENTER METHOD OF DELIVERY (OFFLINE), ONLINE, OR EMAIL:email 

ENTER EMAIL ID (…):nn@company.com 

NN@COMPANY.COM 

RECEIVE DELIVERY NOTIFICATION? (Y)/N:. 

ELIMINATE PREVIOUSLY SEEN ANSWERS WITH EACH SDI RUN? Y/(N):n 

ENTER PRINT FORMAT (BIB.M) OR ?:iall ls 

HIGHLIGHT HIT TERMS? (Y)/N:y 

ARCHIVE ANSWERS? Y/(N):n 

REDISTRIBUTE ANSWERS? Y/(N):n 

ENTER MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HITS TO BE PRINTED PER RUN (100):. 

SORT SDI ANSWER SET (N)/Y?:y 

ENTER SORT FIELDS AND SORT DIRECTION, OR (?):pas 

SEND SDI WITH NO ANSWERS? (Y)/N:y 

ENTER SDI EXPIRATION DATE 'YYYYMMDD' OR (NONE):20071001 

QUERY L1 HAS BEEN SAVED AS SDI REQUEST 'LASER/S' 

SDI setup: 

Several parameters are 

requested 

Update code EDLS retrieves 

new publications and legal 

status changes 

Display format for retrieved 

documents can be selected: 

IALL shows bibliographic 

data, classification 

information, abstracts and 

indication of changes during 

the last update in indented 

format with text labels, LS 

displays the legal status 

=> D SAVE/S 

NAME CREATED NOTES/TITLE 

D SAVE/S provides a list of 

-------------- ----------- ------------------------------------ all automatic SDIs 

LASERCUT/S 07 MAY 2007 SDI REQUEST FOR FILE INPADOCDB 

LASER CUTTING 

=> D LASER/S 

NAME CREATED NOTES/TITLE 

-------------- ----------- ------------------------------------ 

LASERCUT/S 07 MAY 2007 SDI REQUEST FOR FILE INPADOCDB 

LASER CUTTING 

COST CENTER 

NONE 

UPDATE QUALIFIER 

EDLS 

METHOD OF DELIVERY 

EMAIL 

EMAIL ID(S) 

NN@COMPANY.COM 

NOTIFICATION 

YES 

PRINT FORMAT 

IALL LS 

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HITS 

TO BE PRINTED 100 

HIGHLIGHTING 

YES 

SDI parameter entries 

can be corrected with 

the SDI EDIT 

command. 


DUPLICATE ELIMINATION NO 

PRINT FILE BACKGROUND NO 

SDI SORT PARAMETERS 

PAS A 

SEND SDI WITH NO ANSWERS YES 

DISPLAY QUERY WITH RESULTS YES 

SDI EXPIRATION DATE 20071001 

=> SDI EDIT LASER/S 

PARAMETER 

SETTING 

--------------------------- ---------------------------------------- 

SDI NAME AND CREATION DATE LASER/S 07 MAY 2007 

SDI REQUEST FOR FILE INPADOCDB 

1 TITLE LASER CUTTING 

2 COST CENTER NONE 

3 UPDATE QUALIFIER EDLS 

4 METHOD OF DELIVERY EMAIL 

5 EMAIL ID(S) NN@COMPANY.COM 

6 MAXIMUM HITS TO BE PRINTED 100 

7 PRINT FORMAT IALL LS 

8 SDI SORT PARAMETERS NOT SPECIFIED 

9 ARCHIVE ANSWERS 0 

10 REDISTRIBUTE ANSWERS 0 

11 NOTIFICATION YES 

12 HIGHLIGHTING YES 

13 SEND SDI WITH NO ANSWERS YES 

14 DUPLICATE ELIMINATION NO 

15 DISPLAY QUERY WITH RESULTS YES 

16 SDI EXPIRATION DATE 20071001 

-------------------------------------------------------------------- 

17 L1 QUE ABB=ON PLU=ON LASER(2A) CUTT? OR LASERSCHNEID? OR (LASER (2A) 

SCHNEID?) OR (CUTT? OR SCHNEID?) AND LASER AND B23K/IPC 

ENTER LINE NUMBER(S) FOR CHANGE, END, OR (?) 

If email delivery is 

chosen, SDI results 

are sent as an email 

which contains links 

to the retrieved 

documents. 


Legal status monitoring with "PROXIMITY LINKED SDI" 

The legal status update date is linked to legal status entries by the (L) proximity. 

In automatic SDIs the query and the update date are automatically linked with AND. If the search 

for distinct legal status data is linked with AND to the update date UPLS too many documents 

would be retrieved. All documents will be found which were last updated and contain the searched 

legal status data, also if the legal status event happened in the past. 

To solve this problem, a symbolic name, “update_field_code/LAST“, was introduced. Automatic 

legal status SDIs require UPLS/LAST in the search query. In the search query the necessary 

linking of legal status event and update code with (L) proximity is possible.Then only records 

which obtained the legal status entry at the last legal status update date are taken into account 

when processing the SDI. 

Automatic SDI: 

=> QUERY EP17P/LSC (L) UPLS/LAST 

UPLS/LAST 

(20070917-20080917/UPLS) 

L1 QUE EP17P/LSC (L) UPLS/LAST 

=> SDI 

ENTER QUERY L# FOR SDI REQUEST OR (END):L1 

ENTER UPDATE FIELD CODE (UP) OR ?:UPLS 

ENTER SDI REQUEST NAME, (AA001/S), OR END:EP17P/S 

… 

ELIMINATE PREVIOUSLY SEEN ANSWERS WITH EACH SDI RUN? Y/(N):N 

ENTER PRINT FORMAT (BIB.M) OR ?:BIB LSUP 

… 

In automatic legal status 

SDIs with UPLS/LAST 

only data from the most 

recent legal status update 

date are requested. 

In an online search 

UPLS/LAST is 

automatically transferred 

to a range search of the 

last year. 


Manual Monitoring 

Manual SDIs are recommended, if a long period of time has to be monitored or if the query often 

needs to be adapted to new requirements. For this kind of search the usage of scripts is 

advantageous. More information on the usage of scripts is available under http 

http://www.stn-international.com/fileadmin/be_user/STN/pdf/presentations/Bern2004_STN_Scripts.pdf 

and 

http://www.stn-international.com/fileadmin/be_user/STN/pdf/presentations/SCRIPTS_Patente.zip 

Search question: Monitor legal status updates and new publications in 

various countries for lists of patent numbers in INPADOCDB. 

Use existing scripts for STN EXPRESS and family SDI formats. 

Searching with family SDI formats 

Step 1 

The patent numbers are stored in the 

FAMLIST.TXT file. The current date _TODAY is 

given in the first line and is used as a parameter for 

the file name of the log files. 

Step 2 

The UPFAM.SC script checks the patent numbers 

for patent family updates and displays them in the 

appropriate format. 


….. . . 

OPEN /R 

read _TODAY 

The EXPAND command is used to find 

the last update date for the family 

update. 

capture on 

=> DEL SEL Y 

=> EXP 22/UPFP,UPFL 

=> S E1 or E2 \>_UP 

capture off 

\* Open the data file for reading 

@readloop 

\* Read PN search statements from the data file line-by-line. 

READ _PN 

\* If a search statement was read, send the SEARCH commands to STN. 

IF (_$filerror = 0) 

BEGIN 

capture on 

=> S _PN/PN and _UP \>_PN1 

capture off 

capture on 

if (#_PN1=0) 

begin 

=> 

GOTO @LABB 

end 

capture off 

The DISPLAY command is only used if 

the search _PN1 was successful. 

capture on 

\* Display of the query plus new publications and legal status changes 

\* Divider in the transcript between patent families 

ECHO " ================== _PN ==============================" 

=> D TI PI.M FFAMED.DE FFAMED.EP FFAMED.WO FFAMED.US NOH 

capture off 

@LABB 

=> DEL _PN1 Y 

GOTO @readloop 

END 

CLOSE 

capture off 


GOTO @LEND 

@LEND 

…. 

Saved search query: 

%^STN;HighlightOn= ***;HighlightOff=***; 

=> DEL SEL Y 

=> EXP 22/UPFP,UPFL 

E1 164668 20040730/UPFP 

E2 497837 20040730/UPFL 

E3 

0 --> 20220000/UPFP 

E4 0 20220000/UPFL 


=> S E1 or E2 

L1 

164668 20040730/UPFP 

497837 20040730/UPFL 

604620 20040730/UPFP OR 20040730/UPFL 

=> => S US2002007634/PN and L1 

L2 

1 US2002007634/PN 

1 US2002007634/PN AND L1 

=> DEL L2 Y 

…. 

Result: 

====================== US2002007634 =================================== 

=> D TI PI.M FFAMED.DE FFAMED.EP FFAMED.WO FFAMED.US NOH 

L2 ANSWER 1 OF 1 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2004 EPO on STN 

ANSWER 1 OF 1 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2004 EPO on STN 

TI PYROTECHNIC ACTUATOR WITH A DEFORMABLE MEMBRANE. 

PI US 2002007634 AA 20020124 

PI US 6397595 BB 20020604 

----------- 

MEMBER 2 

----------- 

Searched patent number 

Family update 

LEVEL 1 


TI Pyrotechnic actuator with deformable membrane. 

Actionneur pyrotechnique a membrane deformable. 

Pyrotechnischer Aktuator mit verformbarer Membran. 

IN BENOIT, EMMANUEL; BEAU, JEAN-FRANCOIS; LE FLOCH, ERWAN 

INS BENOIT EMMANUEL; BEAU JEAN-FRANCOIS; LE FLOCH ERWAN 

INA FR; FR; FR 


PA EADS SPACE TRANSPORTATION SA 

PAS EADS SPACE TRANSP SA 

PAA FR 

TL English; French; German 

LA French 

DT Patent 

PIT EPB1 PATENT 

PI EP 1160461 B1 20040728 

DS R: DE GB 

AI EP 2001-401364 A 20010523 

PRAI FR 2000-6827 A 20000529 (20011211) 

ICM (7) F15B015-19 

EPC F15B15/10; F16K13/06; F15B15/19 

LEGAL STATUS 


20040428 EPRAP1 APPLICANT REASSIGNMENT (CORRECTION) 

EADS SPACE TRANSPORTATION SA 

...........................................20040730 


EP 

B1 

DE GB 

...........................................20040730 

=> ================================================================== 


APPENDICES 

Online Helps in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 

List of all online help messages available in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB: 

Displayed We is the HELP messages list 

for INPADOCDB. All messages are 

also available in INPAFAMDB. 

The following HELP messages are available to obtain information 

on the INPADOCDB file: 

? DIR 

HELP ABSTRACT - Statistic of abstracts included in INPADOCDB 

HELP ACCESSION - INPADOCDB accession number formats 

HELP CATEGORY - special categories for cited documents 

HELP CHANGE - changes in INPADOCDB 

HELP CONTENT - general INPADOCDB file description 

HELP COST - price schedule for the INPADOCDB file 

HELP COUNTRY 

HELP ACOUNTRY - patent countries in INPADOCDB 

HELP BCOUNTRY - countries with legal status information in INPADOCDB 

HELP CCOUNTRY - designated states in INPADOCDB 

HELP CROSSOVER - file crossover searching in INPADOCDB 

HELP DAV - Dates-Of-Availability (DAV) definition 

HELP DCATEGORY - special categories for cited documents (German) 

HELP DESK - information on INPADOCDB file user assistance 

HELP DFIELDS - list of display field codes 

HELP EFIELDS - list of select fields 

HELP FIELDS - list of field and format help messages for the INPADOCDB file 

HELP FAMILY - information on patent families 

HELP FORMAT - predefined formats for display and print 

HELP HIGHLIGHT - Highlighting information for the INPADOCDB file 

HELP KIND - patent kind codes in the INPADOCDB file 

HELP (L) - (L) operator use in the INPADOCDB file 

HELP (P) - (P) operator use in the INPADOCDB file 

HELP LEGSTAT - information on legal status of patents 

HELP RANGE - RANGE parameters for the INPADOCDB file 

HELP RCODE - relationship codes available in the thesaurus in the INPADOCDB file 

HELP (S) - (S) operator use in the INPADOCDB file 

HELP (T) - (T) operator use in the INPADOCDB file 

HELP (W) - (W) operator use in the INPADOCDB file 

HELP SFIELDS - list of search field codes 

HELP SRTFIELDS - list of sortable fields in the INPADOCDB file 

HELP TITLES - list of the titles in INPADOCDB and in the published documents 

HELP THESAURUS - decription of thesaurus in the INPADOCDB file 

HELP UPDATE/SDI - manual and automatic update searching 

HELP UPS - statistics of new entries of the current INPADOC week 

HELP USAGETERMS - use and distribution restrictions applicable to the INPADOCDB file 

HELP UTILITY - UTILITY Model Number FORMAT 

For a list of more general help topics such as command usage, 

enter 'HELP MESSAGES' at an arrow prompt (=>). 


Online helps on proximity operators 

Online helps on proximity operators 

List of online helps on the use of proximity operators in INPADOCDB: 

=> HELP (S) 

Use (S) proximity to link priority information in the same priority enty 

Example: => SEARCH WOW/PRK(S)1999/PRY 

... Use (S) proximity to link terms of name entries in / IN, 

/INS, /LSIN, and /INSS 

Example: => SEARCH (WALTER(S)SMITH)/INSS 

Use (S) proximity to link terms in the same legal status text fields 

/LSTX, /LSBI, and LSFT 

Examples: => SEARCH (GRANT(S)EXAMIN?)/LSTX 

=> SEARCH (US(S)NATIONAL(S)ASSOCIATION)/LSBI 

=> HELP (P) 

Use (P) proximity to link information from different search 

fields for PI, PRAI 

Example: => SEARCH WOA3/PK(P)19990805/PD 

Use (P) proximity to link terms in same title fields 

Example: => SEARCH LASER(P)CUTTING/TI 

=> HELP (L) 

The (L) operator can be used to link terms from different 

search fields in one publication 

Example: => SEARCH DE1972-2262171/PRN(L)DEA/AK 

Use (L) proximity to link for the same entry LS with other 

legal status search fields 

Example => S PHILLIPS/LSBI (L) ORE/LSC2 

S PHILLIPS/LSOP,LSBI (L) EPNLR1/LSC 


=> HELP (T) 

The (T) operator can be used e.g. for searching word fragments in 

chemical names. 

Example: => S ?METHYL?(T)?AMINO? 

Retrieves: e.g. heteroarylaminomethyl, dimethylaminoglycine, 

dialkylaminomethyl 

For "linked" SDI see also: 

=> HELP UPDATE 

• • • 

The SDI setup allows so-called "linked" SDIs for certain data, 

where a hit is only generated if the query terms are in the 

portion of INPADOCDB that has been updated. In a "linked" SDI, the 

query needs to be linked by proximity to update code/LAST. 

This is very usefull to monitor recent legal status events, e.g.: 

=> QUE L10 AND EPPG25/LSC (L) UPLS/LAST 


( Field PC ; status 200929) 

Number of records per country 

14863586 JAPAN 

14863586 JP 

9043929 US 

9043929 UNITED STATES 

5516911 DE 

5516911 GERMANY, FEDERAL 

REPUBLIC OF 

2721740 CHINA 

2721740 CN 

2705886 GB 

2705886 UNITED KINGDOM 

2301732 FRANCE 

2301732 FR 

2076428 EP 

2076428 EUROPEAN PATENT 

OFFICE 

1804489 CANADA 

1804489 CA 

1598484 WORLD INTELLECTUAL 

PROPERTY 

ORGANIZATION (WIPO) 

1598484 WO 

1524221 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 

1524221 KR 

1167112 USSR 

1167112 SU 

1080710 AUSTRALIA 

1080710 AU 

865115 AT 

865115 AUSTRIA 

830139 ES 

830139 SPAIN 

704832 SWITZERLAND 

704832 CH 

603654 ITALY 

603654 IT 

583899 BELGIUM 

583899 BE 

537355 NETHERLANDS 

537355 NL 

521874 SWEDEN 

521874 SE 

490696 BRAZIL 

490696 BR 

441372 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

441372 RU 

350687 DK 

350687 DENMARK 

342363 TW 

342363 TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF 

CHINA 

235115 DD 

235115 GERMAN DEMOCRATIC 

REPUBLIC 

227425 POLAND 

227425 PL 

224073 SOUTH AFRICA 

224073 ZA 

210611 FINLAND 

210611 FI 

202994 NO 

202994 NORWAY 

156712 MX 

156712 MEXICO 

146498 IL 

146498 ISRAEL 

141260 CS 

141260 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 

124877 HU 

124877 HUNGARY 

95723 GR 

95723 GREECE 

95242 NEW ZEALAND 

95242 NZ 

81496 IRELAND 

81496 IE 

79994 PORTUGAL 

79994 PT 

76939 ARGENTINA 

76939 AR 

73791 CZECH REPUBLIC 

73791 CZ 

68247 HONG KONG 

68247 HK 

61714 LUXEMBOURG 

61714 LU 

59017 RO 

59017 ROMANIA 

54353 INDIA 

54353 IN 

47812 UA 

47812 UKRAINE 

47114 BULGARIA 

47114 BG 

46768 SG 

46768 SINGAPORE 

40367 TURKEY 

40367 TR 

31536 YUGOSLAVIA 

31536 YU 

22818 PH 

22818 PHILIPPINES 

22497 SLOVAKIA 

22497 SK 


17003 SLOVENIA 

17003 SI 

14639 INDONESIA 

14639 ID 

12898 OA 

12898 AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL 

PROPERTY 

ORGANIZATION (OAPI) 

11057 EG 

11057 EGYPT 

10595 CROATIA 

10595 HR 

9620 MALAYSIA 

9620 MY 

9360 MOROCCO 

9360 MA 

7243 IS 

7243 ICELAND 

6557 EURASIAN PATENT 

CONVENTION 

6557 EA 

6391 URUGUAY 

6391 UY 

6051 ESTONIA 

6051 EE 

4894 EC 

4894 ECUADOR 

4701 AP 

4701 AFRICAN REGIONAL 

IND. PROPERTY 

ORGANIZATION (ARIPO) 

4655 LATVIA 

4655 LV 

4446 MD 

4446 MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF 

3826 CL 

3826 CHILE 

3560 LT 

3560 LITHUANIA 

2731 ZAMBIA 

2731 ZM 

2712 MC 

2712 MONACO 

2639 ZIMBABWE 

2639 ZW 

2576 CYPRUS 

2576 CY 

2186 CU 

2186 CUBA 

2087 PA 

2087 PANAMA 

1455 DZ 

1455 ALGERIA 

1350 KENYA 

1350 KE 

1269 GUATEMALA 

1269 GT 

732 MW 

732 MALAWI 

683 EL SALVADOR 

683 SV 

545 MALTA 

545 MT 

413 GC 

413 COOPERATION COUNCIL 

FOR THE ARAB STATES 

OF THE GULF 

373 TJ 

373 TAJIKISTAN 

294 CR 

294 COSTA RICA 

265 PERU 

265 PE 

233 MN 

233 MONGOLIA 

216 BOSNIA AND 

HERZEGOVINA 

216 BA 

197 NICARAGUA 

197 NI 

164 VIET NAM 

164 VN 

135 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 

135 DO 

5 KAZAKHSTAN 

5 KZ 

3 TT 

3 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 

3 BELARUS 

3 BY 

1 GEORGIA 

1 GE 

1 UZBEKISTAN 

1 UZ 

1 SERBIA 

1 RS 


Country Codes (/PC) and Kind Codes (/PK) 

PLEASE NOTE 

Multiple texts for code explanations are separated by the word "or". Limitations to dates and 

number ranges are coded with square brackets ("[" "]"). 

Status June 2009 

AP 

APA 

APD0 

APU 

AR 

ARA1 

ARA2 

ARA3 

ARA4 

ARA5 

ARA6 

ARA7 

ARB1 

ARB2 

ARB3 

ARB4 

ARB5 

ARB6 

ARM 

ARQ 

AT 

ATA1 

ATA2 

ARIPO 

PATENT 

PATENT APPLICATION FILED 

UTILITY MODEL 

ARGENTINA 

PATENT OF INVENTION or 

INDEPENDENT PATENT APPLICATION 

[NEW LAW FROM 250996 ONWARDS] 

DIVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATION 


ADDITIONAL PATENT APPLICATION 


INDEPENDENT UTILITY MODEL 

APPLICATION [NEW LAW FROM 

250996 ONWARDS] 

DIVISIONAL UTILITY MODEL 



ADDITIONAL UTILITY MODEL 



PATENT OF ADDITION / CERTIFICATE 

OF ADDITION 

INDEPENDENT PATENT [NEW LAW 

FROM 250996 ONWARDS] 

DIVISIONAL PATENT [NEW LAW FROM 


ADDITIONAL PATENT [NEW LAW 


INDEPENDENT UTILITY MODEL [NEW 

LAW FROM 250996 ONWARDS] 

DIVISIONAL UTILITY MODEL [NEW 


ADDITIONAL UTILITY MODEL [NEW 


SUPPL. PROTECTION CERTIFICATE 


PATENT OF IMPORTATION 

AUSTRIA 

PUBLICATION OF APPLICATION WITH 

SEARCH REPORT [FROM 01082005 

ONWARDS] 

PUBLICATION OF APPLICATION 

WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT [FROM 

01082005 ONWARDS] 

ATA3 SEARCH REPORT [FROM 01082005 

ONWARDS] 

ATA4 LIKE A2, BUT PUBLISHED ON SAME 

DAY AS B1 DOC. [FROM 01082005 

ONWARDS] 

ATA5 PUBL. SUPPL. SEARCH REPORT FOR 

INT. APPLICATION HAVING ENTERED 

NATIONAL PHASE AS PATENT 

APPLICATION [FROM 01082005 

ONWARDS] 

ATA8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE [FROM 

01082005 ONWARDS] 

ATA9 MODIFIED COMPLETE SPECIFICATION 


ATB 

PATENT SPECIFICATION or PATENT 


ATB1 PATENT GRANTED [FROM 01082005 

ONWARDS] 

ATB2 PUBLICATION OF PATENT 

RESTRICTED AFTER OPPOSITION 


ATB8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE GRANTED 

PATENT 

ATB9 CORRECTED COMPLETE GRANTED 

PATENT 

ATD 

DOCUMENT LAID OPEN 

ATT 

TRANSLATION OF EUROPEAN PATENT 

SPECIFICATION or EP PATENT VALID 

IN AT [FROM 01082005 ONWARDS] 

ATU1 UTILITY MODEL WITH SEARCH 

REPORT 

ATU2 UTILITY MODEL WITHOUT SEARCH 

REPORT 

ATU3 SEARCH REPORT ONLY 

ATU8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE UTILITY 

MODEL 

ATU9 MODIFIED COMPLETE SPEC. UTILITY 

MODEL 

AU 

AUA 

AUA1 

AUA2 

AUA3 

AUA4 

AUSTRALIA 

OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION 

OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION [FROM 

24052001 ONWARDS] 

AMENDED POST OPEN TO PUBL. 

INSPEC. [FROM 24052001 

ONWARDS] 

PETTY PATENT APPLICATION 

GRANTED OPI INNOVATION PATENT 



AUA5 PRE-GRANT OPI INNOVATION PATENT 


AUA6 AMENDED POST GRANT OPI [FROM 

24052001 ONWARDS] 

AUA8 CORRECTED FIRST PAGE [FROM 

24052001 ONWARDS] 

AUA9 CORRECTED COMPLETE DOCUMENT 


AUB1 PATENT NOT PRECEEDED BY A1- 

LAPSED or PATENT NOT PROCEEDED 

BY OPI [FROM 24052001 ONWARDS] 

AUB2 PATENT PRECEEDED BY A1 or PATENT 

PROCEEDED BY OPI [FROM 

24052001 ONWARDS] 

AUB3 PETTY PATENT PRECEEDED BY A3 or 

GRANTED PETTY PATENT [FROM 

24052001 ONWARDS] 

AUB4 CERTIFIED INNOVATION PATENT 


AUB8 CORRECTED FIRST PAGE OF GRANTED 

DOC. [FROM 24052001 ONWARDS] 

AUB9 CORRECTED COMPLETE GRANTED 

DOC. [FROM 24052001 ONWARDS] 

AUC 

AMENDED PATENT 

AUC1 AMENDED GRANTED PETTY PATENT 


AUC4 AMENDED CERTIFIED INNOVAT. 

PATENT [FROM 24052001 

ONWARDS] 

AUC8 CORRECTED AMEND. GRANTED FIRST 

PAGE [FROM 24052001 ONWARDS] 

AUC9 CORRECTED AMEND. GRANT. 

COMPLETE DOC. [FROM 24052001 

ONWARDS] 

AUD0 PATENT APPLICATION FILED 

AUS 

DESIGN 

AW 

AWA1 

BA 

BAA 

BAB 

BAB1 

BD 

BDA 

BDS 

BE 

BEA 

BEA0 

ARUBA 

PATENT APPLICATION 

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 


GRANTED PATENT 

PATENT RIGHT FORMER SZP:010392 

BANGLADESH 

PATENT SPECIFICATION 

DESIGN 

BELGIUM 

PATENT UNDEFINED [UNDER 

1000000] 

APPLICATION FOR PATENT OF 

INVENTION [FROM 1000000 ] 

BEA1 20 YEAR PATENT-ORIGINAL TEXT 

[FROM 1000000 ] or PATENT OF 

INVENTION IN FRENCH [UNDER 

1000000] 

BEA2 20 YEAR PATENT-MODIFIED TEXT 


INVENTION IN DUTCH [UNDER 

1000000] 

BEA3 AB WITH SEARCH REPORT [FROM 

1000000 ] or PATENT SPECIFICATION 

IN GERMAN [UNDER 1000000] 

BEA4 AC WITH SEARCH REPORT [FROM 

1000000 ] or PATENT OF 

IMPROVEMENT [UNDER 1000000] 

BEA5 20 YEAR PATENT-MODIFIED CLAIMS 



BEA6 6 YEAR PATENT-ORIGINAL TEXT 



BEA7 6 YEAR PATENT-MODIFIED TEXT 


IMPORTATION [UNDER 1000000] 

BEA8 PATENT OF IMPORTATION [UNDER 

1000000] 

BEA9 PATENT OF IMPORTATION [UNDER 

1000000] 

BEB1 SECOND LEVEL AFTER A1 [FROM 

1000000 ] 


1000000 ] 


1000000 ] 


1000000 ] 


1000000 ] 


1000000 ] 


1000000 ] 

BED PATENT ( 1 NUMB. FOR 2 

APPLICATION) 

BET1 PATENT OF INVENTION FROM EP IN 

FRENCH [UNDER 1000000] 

BET2 PATENT OF INVENTION FROM EP IN 

DUTCH [UNDER 1000000] 

BG 

BGA 

BGA1 

BGA2 

BGA3 

BGA4 

BULGARIA 

PATENT APPLICATION LAID OPEN 

[FROM DEC. 1993 ONWARDS] 

INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE 

ADDITIONAL INVENTOR'S 

CERTIFICATE 

PARENT PATENT [PUBLISHED BEFORE 

1980] or PATENT [FROM 1980 

ONWARDS] 

ADDITIONAL PATENT 


BGB1 

BGB2 

BGU 

BGU1 

BGY1 

BGY2 

BO 

BOA 

BOB 

BOS 

BOS1 

BOU 

BOY 

BR 

BRA 

BRA2 

BRA8 

BRA9 

BRB 

BRB1 

BRB8 

BRB9 

BRC1 

BRC2 

BRC3 

BRC4 

PATENT 2ND LEVEL OF PUBLICATION 

PATENT 1ST LEVEL OF PUBLICATION 

UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION LAID 

OPEN [FROM DEC. 1993 ONWARDS] 

GRANTED REGISTERED UTILITY 

MODEL [FROM 09.11.2006 

ONWARDS] 

UTILITY PATENT 2ND LEVEL OF 

PUBLICATION 

UTILITY PATENT 1ST LEVEL OF 

PUBLICATION 

BOLIVIA 

PATENT APPLICATION FOR A PATENT 

OF INVENTION [FROM 01.01.1917 

ONWARDS] 

PATENT OF INVENTION 

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN APPLICATION 

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 

UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION [FROM 

01.01.1920 ONWARDS] 

UTILITY MODEL 

BRAZIL 


APPLICATION FOR A PATENT OF 

INVENTION / PIPELINE PATENT 

PUBLISHED WITHOUT SEARCH 

REPORT [FROM 11.11.2008 

ONWARDS] 

MODIFIED FIRST PAGE OF 


INVENTION / PIPELINE PATENT [FROM 

11.11.2008 ONWARDS] 

MODIFIED COMPLETE SPECIFICATION 

OF APPLICATION FOR A PATENT OF 

INVENTION / PIPELINE PATENT [FROM 

11.11.2008 ONWARDS] 


GRANTED PATENT / GRANTED 

PIPELINE PATENT [FROM 11.11.2008 

ONWARDS] 

MODIFIED FIRST PAGE GRANTED 

PATENT / PIPELINE PATENT [FROM 

11.11.2008 ONWARDS] 

CORRECTED COMPLETE GRANTED 

PATENT / PIPELINE PATENT [FROM 

11.11.2008 ONWARDS] 


CERTIFICATE 

SECOND ADDITIONAL INVENTOR'S 

CERTIFICATE 

THIRD ADDITIONAL INVENTOR'S 

CERTIFICATE 

FOURTH ADDITIONAL INVENTOR'S 

CERTIFICATE 

BRC5 

BRC6 

BRC7 

BRC8 

BRC9 

BRD0 

BRE2 

BRE8 

BRE9 

BRF1 

BRF8 

BRF9 

BRG8 

BRG9 

BRS 

BRS1 

BRU 

BRU2 

BRU8 

FIFTH ADDITIONAL INVENTOR'S 

CERTIFICATE 

SIXTH ADDITIONAL INVENTOR'S 

CERTIFICATE 

SEVENTH ADDITIONAL INVENTOR'S 

CERTIFICATE 

EIGTH' ADDITIONAL INVENTOR'S 

CERTIFICATE or SECOND MODIFIED 

FIRST PAGE GRANTED PATENT / 

PIPELINE PATENT [FROM 11.11.2008 

ONWARDS] 

NINTH ADDITIONAL INVENTOR'S 

CERTIFICATE or SECOND CORRECTED 

GRANTED PATENT / PIPELINE PATENT 

[FROM 11.11.2008 ONWARDS] 

PATENT/UTILITY MODEL FILING 

APPLICATION OF CERTIFICATE OF 

ADDITION OF INVENTION PUBLISHED 

WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT [FROM 

11.11.2008 ONWARDS] 

CORRECTED FIRST PAGE 

SPECIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF 

CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION OF 

INVENTION [FROM 11.11.2008 

ONWARDS] 

CORRECTED COMPLETE 

SPECIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF 



ONWARDS] 

GRANTED CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION 


ONWARDS] 

MODIFIED FIRST PAGE OF GRANTED 



ONWARDS] 




ONWARDS] 

SECOND MODIFIED FIRST PAGE OF 

GRANTED CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION 


ONWARDS] 

SECOND CORRECTED GRANTED 



ONWARDS] 

DESIGN APPLICATION 

DESIGN PATENT 

UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 




ONWARDS] 


SPECIFICATION OF UTILITY MODEL 


BRU9 

BRY 

BRY1 

BRY8 

BRY9 

BRZ8 

BRZ9 

CA 

APPLICATION [FROM 11.11.2008 

ONWARDS] 


SPECIFICATION OF UTILITY MODEL 


ONWARDS] 

UTILITY MODEL PATENT 

GRANTED UTILITY MODEL [FROM 

11.11.2008 ONWARDS] 


UTILITY MODEL [FROM 11.11.2008 

ONWARDS] 



ONWARDS] 

SECOND MODIFIED FIRST PAGE 


11.11.2008 ONWARDS] 

SECOND CORRECTED GRANTED 


ONWARDS] 

CANADA 

CAA PATENT (PUBLISHED BEFORE 1973) 

[FROM 1 TO 1275150] 

CAA1 PATENT (PUBLISHED FROM 1973 

ONWARDS) [FROM 1 TO 1275150] or 

APPLICATION LAID OPEN [FROM 


CAA2 DIVISION OF PATENT [FROM 1 TO 

1275150] 

CAB 

REISSUE OF PATENT [FROM 1 TO 

1275150] 

CAC 

PATENT (PUBLISHED FROM 

16.10.1990 ONWARDS) [FROM 

1275151 TO 2000000] or PATENT 

(SECOND LEVEL) [FROM 2000001 

ONWARDS] 

CAC2 DIVISION OF PATENT [FROM 

1275151 TO 2000000] 

CAE 

REISSUE PATENT (FIRST LEVEL) 

CAF 

REEXAMINATION CERTIFICATE 

CH 

CHA 

CHA1 

CHA2 

CHA3 

SWITZERLAND 

PATENT SPECIFICATION [FROM 

01.11.1888 - 15.01.1929] or PATENT 

WITHOUT EXAMINATION 

PATENT APPLICATION WITH SEARCH 


ONWARDS] 

PATENT APPLICATION WITHOUT 

SEARCH REPORT [FROM 01.07.2008 

ONWARDS] 

SEPARATE SEARCH REPORT WITH 

FIRST PAGE OF PATENT APPLICATION 

[FROM 01.07.2008 ONWARDS] or 

DOCUMENT LAID OPEN (FIRST 

CHA5 

CHA8 

CHA9 

CHB 

CHB1 

CHB2 

CHB5 

CHB8 

CHB9 

CHC1 

CHC2 

CHC3 

CHC9 

CHD 

CHE 

CHH1 

CHH2 

CHH3 

CHH9 

CHI2 

CHI3 

CHS1 

CL 

CLA1 

CLA2 

CLA3 

LEVEL,SEARCHED AND PRELIMINARY 

EXAMINATION) 

PATENT SPECIFICATION (GRANTED 

WITHOUT PRELIMINARY 

EXAMINATION) [FROM 28.02.1975 - 

30.06.2008] 

RECTIFIED FIRST PAGE OF A 

DOCUMENT 

RECTIFIED A DOCUMENT 

PATENT WITH EXAMINATION [FROM 

31.07.1962 - 14.02.1975] 

ASSIGNED PATENT [FROM 

01.07.2008 ONWARDS] 

MODIFIED PATENT [FROM 

01.07.2008 ONWARDS] 

PATENT SPECIFICATION (SECOND 

LEVEL) [FROM 28.02.1975 - 

30.06.2008] 

RECTIFIED FIRST PAGE OF B 

DOCUMENT [FROM 01.07.2008 

ONWARDS] 

RECTIFIED B DOCUMENT [FROM 

01.07.2008 ONWARDS] 

PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF CH PATENT 

PARTIAL ANNULMENT OF CH PATENT 

SECOND PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF 

CH PATENT [FROM 01.07.2008 

ONWARDS] 

PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL CH PATENT 

MODIFIED 

DOCUMENT LAID OPEN ( FIRST 

LEVEL, SEARCHED AND PRELIMINARY 

EXAMINATION) [FROM 15.02.1962 - 

31.08.1977] 

PATENT OF ADDITION [FROM 1 TO 

699] 

PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF CH/EP 

PATENT 

PARTIAL ANNULMENT OF CH/EP 

PATENT 

SECOND PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF 

EP PATENT GRANTED FOR 

SWITZERLAND [FROM 01.07.2008 

ONWARDS] 

RECTIFIED H DOCUMENT [FROM 

01.01.2006 ONWARDS] 

GRANTED SUPPLEMENTAL 

PROTECTION CERTIFICATE 

SPC BASED ON EP PATENT VALID IN 

CH / LI 

GRANTED INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 

CHILE 

PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 

14.08.1991 ONWARDS] 

DIVISIONAL PATENT 

REVALIDATION PATENT APPLICATION 


CLB GRANTED PATENT [FROM 09.09.1840 

ONWARDS] 

CLP 

PRECAUTIONAL PATENT APPLICATION 

[FROM 01.01.1991 - 31.12.2004] 

CLS1 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN APPLICATION 

CLS2 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 

CLU 


14.08.1991 ONWARDS] 

CLY UTILITY MODEL [FROM 01.01.1991 

ONWARDS] 

CN 

CNA 

CNB 

CNC 

CNK1 

CHINA 

UNEXAMINED APPLICATION FOR A 

PATENT FOR INV. 

EXAMINED APPLICATION USED UNTIL 

1993 

GRANTED PATENT FOR INVENTION 

NON.OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF CN 

.A DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY 

PATENT OFFICE 

CNK2 NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF CN - 

B DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY 

PATENT OFFICE 


C DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY 

PATENT OFFICE 


U DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY 

PATENT OFFICE 


Y DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY 

PATENT OFFICE 


S DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY 

PATENT OFFICE 

CNS 

CNU 

CNY 

CO 

COA1 

COA2 

COA3 

COS 

DESIGN APPLICATION 

UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION USED 

UNTIL 93 

GRANTED PATENT FOR UTILITY 

MODEL 

COLUMBIA 


01.01.1925 ONWARDS] 

APPLICATION DERIVED FROM A PCT 

APPLICATION 


INDUSTRIAL DESIGN [FROM 

01.01.1993 ONWARDS] 

COU UTILITY MODEL [FROM 01.01.1991 

ONWARDS] 

CR 

CRA 

CRS 

COSTA RICA 


30.06.1896 ONWARDS] 


CRU 

CS 

CSA1 

CSA2 

CSA3 

CSA5 

CSB1 

CSB2 

CSB3 


05.04.1983 ONWARDS] 

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 



ONWARDS] 


01.01.1973 ONWARDS] 

APPLICATION FOR PATENT [FROM 

1991 ONWARDS] 

APPLICATION FOR PATENT [FROM 

87001 TO 01.01.1973] 


BASIC PATENT [FROM 87001 TO 

01.01.1973] or PATENT [FROM 

01.01.1973 ONWARDS] 


CERTIFICATE [FROM 87001 TO 

01.01.1973] or DEPENDENT 

INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE [FROM 

01.01.1973 ONWARDS] 

CSB4 ADDITIONAL PATENT [FROM 87001 

TO 01.01.1973] or DEPENDENT 

PATENT [FROM 01.01.1973 

ONWARDS] 

CSB5 

PATENT SPECIFICATION [FROM 

87001 TO 01.01.1973] 

CSB6 PATENT SPECIFICATION [FROM 1991 

ONWARDS] 

CSC PATENT SPECIFICATION [FROM 461 

TO 87000] 

CU 

CUA 

CUA1 

CUA2 

CUA3 

CUA4 

CUA5 

CUA6 

CUA7 

CUB6 

CUB7 

CUBA 

ALL TYPES OF PUBLICATIONS [FROM 

01.01.1907 - 31.12.1984] 

AUTHOR'S CERTIFICATE [FROM 

01.01.1985 ONWARDS] 

AUTHOR'S CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION 

CERTIFICATE OF PATENT OF 

INVENTION 

CERTIFICATE OF PATENT OF 

INVENTION OF ADDITION 

AUTHOR'S CERTIFICATE, MUTUAL 

RECOGNITION FROM USSR 

APPLICATION FOR AUTHOR'S 

CERTIFICATE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL 

PRODUCTS [FROM 01.01.1996 

ONWARDS] 


INVENTION FOR PHARMACEUTICAL 

PRODUCTS 

AUTHOR'S CERTIFICATE FOR 

PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS 

CERTIFICATE FOR PATENT OF 

INVENTION FOR PHARMACEUTICAL 

PRODUCTS 


CUS1 

CUS2 

CY 

AUTHOR'S CERTIFICATE FOR 

INDUSTRIAL MODEL 

CERTIFICATE OF PATENT FOR 

INDUSTRIAL MODEL 

CYPRUS 

CYA PATENT [FROM 06.05.1921 - 

31.03.1998] 

CYA1 PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 

01.04.1998 ONWARDS] 

CYB1 GRANTED PATENT [FROM 01.04.1998 

ONWARDS] 

CYB2 GRANTED PATENT ( SECOND LEVEL) 


CYI1 SPC APPLICATION [FROM 

01.04.1998 ONWARDS] 

CYI2 SPC [FROM 01.04.1998 ONWARDS] 

CYT1 TRANSLATION OF EP GRANTED 

PATENT [FROM 01.04.1998 

ONWARDS] 

CYT2 TRANSLATION OF EP CLAIMS [FROM 

01.04.1998 ONWARDS] 

CZ 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

CZA3 APPLICATION FOR PATENT [FROM 

1993 ONWARDS] 

CZB6 PATENT SPECIFICATION [FROM 

17.03.93 ONWARDS] 

CZK1 NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF CZ - 

A DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY 

PATENT OFFICE 



PATENT OFFICE 



PATENT OFFICE 

CZU1 UTILITY MODEL 

DD 

DDA1 

DDA2 

DDA3 

DDA4 

DDA5 

DDA6 

DDA7 

GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 

PROV. ECONOMIC PATENT 

(HAUPTPATENT) [PUBLISHED BEFORE 

1980] or PROV. ECONOMIC PATENT 

[PUBLISHED FROM 1980] 

PROV. ECONOMIC PATENT 

(ADDITIONAL) 

ECONOMIC PATENT 

ECONOMIC PATENT (ADDITIONAL) 

PROV. EXCLUSIVE PATENT or PATENT 

APPLICATIONS INCOMPLETE 

TREATM.) or PATENT APPLICATIONS 

INCOMPLETE TREATM.) 

PROV. EXCLUSIVE PATENT 

(ADDITIONAL) 

EXCLUSIVE PATENT or PATENT 

APPLICATIONS LAID OPEN [FROM 

DDA8 

DDA9 

1992 ( DE/DD )] or PATENT 

APPLICATIONS LAID OPEN 

EXCLUSIVE PATENT (ADDITIONAL) 

DOC. LAID OPEN (FIRST 

PUBLICATION) 

DDB1 ECONOMIC PATENT (SECT. 18 (1)) 

[PUBLISHED FROM 1980] or 

GRANTED PATENTS ( NO SUB. EXAM.) 

[FROM 1992 ( DE/DD )] or GRANTED 

PATENTS ( NO SUB. EXAM.) 

DDB2 GRANTED PATENTS ( WITH SUB. 

EXAM.) 

DDB3 EXCLUSIVE PATENT (SECT. 18 (1)) 


DDB5 DOC. LAID OPEN (SECOND PUBL.) 

DDB6 REISSUE AFTER LIMITATION 

DDC2 ECONOMIC PATENT (SECT. 19) 


DDC4 ECONOMIC PATENT (SECT. 19) 


DDC5 

DDT1 

DDT9 

DDU 

DE 

DEA1 

DEA5 

DEA8 

DEA9 

DEB 

DEB1 

DEB2 

DEB3 

DEB4 

DEB8 

DEB9 

DEC 

DEC1 

DEC2 

DEC3 

DEC4 

DOC. LAID OPEN (THIRD PUBL.) 

TRANSLATION UNDER CMEA 

AGREEMENT 

TRANSLATION UNDER HAVANA 

AGREEMENT 

UTILITY MODEL 

FEDERAL REPUBLIC GERMANY 


PUBLICATION) 

REFERENCE TO INTERNATIONAL 

PUBLICATION IN GERMAN [FROM 

03.05.2007 ONWARDS] 



SPECIFICATION 

PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION 


PUBLICATION) [FROM 1,400,000 

ONWARDS] 

DOC. LAID OPEN (SECOND PUBL.) 

[FROM 1,400,000 ONWARDS] 

PATENT (FIRST PUBLICATION) 

PATENT (SECOND PUBLICATION) 

CORRECTED FIRST PAGE (GRANTED 

PATENT) 

CORRECTED COMPLETE SPEC. 

(GRANTED PATENT) 

PATENT 

PATENT SPECIFICATION (FIRST PUBL.) 


PATENT SPECIFICATION (SECOND 

PUBL.) 

PATENT SPECIFICATION (THIRD 

PUBL.) [FROM 1,400,000 ONWARDS] 

PATENT SPECIFICATION ( FOURTH 

PUBL. ) [FROM 1,400,000 

ONWARDS] 


DEC5 

DEC8 

DEC9 

DED1 

DED2 

DEI1 

DEI2 

DET0 

DET1 

DET2 

DET3 

DET4 

DET5 

DET8 

DET9 

DEU 

DEU1 

DEU8 

DEU9 

REVISED PATENT 

CORRECTED FIRST PAGE REVISED 

PATENT 


REVISED PATENT 

GRANTED EP NUMBER IN BULLETIN 


GRANTED PCT NUMBER IN BULLETIN 


APPLICATION SUPPL. PROTECTION 

CERTIFICATE [FROM 1,400,000 

ONWARDS] 

GRANTED SUPPL. PROTECTION 

CERTIFICATE [FROM 1,400,000 

ONWARDS] 

TRANSLATION OF PUBL. OF 

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION [FROM 

1,400,000 ONWARDS] 

TRANSLATION OF EP CLAIMS (EPTD) 

or TRANSLATION OF PUBLISHED 

EP/WO APPLICATION 

TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT 

TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT AFTER 

OPPOSITION [FROM 1,400,000 

ONWARDS] or TRANSLATION OF EP 

PATENT AFTER MODIFICATION 

TRANSLATION OF CORRECTED EP 

PATENT [FROM 1,400,000 

ONWARDS] or TRANSLATION OF EP 

PATENT OR CORRECTED EP PAT. 

TRANSLATION OF PUBL. OF 

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION 

CORRECTED FIRST PAGE TRANSLATED 

EP/WO PATENT 


TRANSLATED EP/WO PATENT) 

UTILITY MODEL 

UTILITY MODEL 

CORRECTED FIRST PAGE UTILITY 

MODEL 

CORRECTED COMPLETE SPEC. UTLITY 

MODEL 

DKB9 

DKC 

DKD0 

DKL 

DKT1 

DKT2 

DKT3 

DKT4 

DKT5 

DKU1 

DKU3 

DKU4 

DKY3 

DKY4 

DKY5 

DKY6 

DKZ5 

DKZ6 

DO 

DOA 

DOS 

DOU 

DZ 

DZA1 

GRANTED AND AMENDED 




TRANSLATIONS OF CLAIMS OF 

EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION 

CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF 

CLAIMS OF EUROPEAN PATENT 

APPLICATION 


SPECIFICATION 

TRANSLATION OF AMENDED 

EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION 


EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION 

UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION MADE 

AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC 

UTILITY MODEL SPECIFICATION 

UTILITY MODEL SPECIFICATION, REG. 

UTILITY MODEL WITH EXAM. 




AMENDED REGISTERED UTILITY 

MODEL 


MODEL WITH EXAMINATION 


MODEL 



DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 


01.01.1978 ONWARDS] 



ALGERIA 


DK 

DENMARK 

EA 

EURASIAN PATENT OFFICE 

DKA 

DKB 

DKB1 

DKB2 

DKB3 

DKB4 

DKB5 

DKB6 

DKB7 

DKB8 

PATENT APPLICATION MADE 


DOCUMENT LAID OPEN TO PUBLIC 

INSPECTION 


PATENT SPECIFICATION AMENDED 

AFTER OPPOSITION 

PATENT SPECIFICATION AMENDED 

AFTER ADMINISTRATIVE REEXAM. 






EAA1 

EAA2 

EAA3 

EAB1 

EAB2 

EC 

ECA 


REPORT 

PUB. OF APPLICATION WITHOUT 

SEARCH REPORT 

PUBLIC. OF SEARCH REPORT 

PATENT 

AMENDED SPECIFICATION OF AN 

EURASIAN PATENT 

ECUADOR 


01.01.1920 ONWARDS] 


ECS 

ECU 

EE 

EEA 

EEA1 

EEB1 

EEB2 

EEB3 

EEU 

EEU1 

EEU2 

EEU3 

EG 

EGA 

EM 

EMS 

EP 

EPA1 

EPA2 

EPA3 

EPA4 

EPA8 

EPA9 

EPB1 

EPB2 

EPB3 

EPB8 

EPB9 

ES 

ESA1 

ESA2 




01.01.1920 ONWARDS] 

ESTONIA 


AMENDED PATENT APPLICATION 


AMENDED GRANTED PATENT (FIRST) 

AMENDED GRANTED PATENT 

(SECOND) 

REGISTERED UTILITY MODEL [UNTIL 

15.10.1996] 

REGISTERED UTILITY MODEL [FROM 

16.10.1996 ONWARDS] 

REGISTERED UTILITY MODEL, 

DESCRIPTION MODIFIED (FIRST) 


REGISTERED UTILITY MODEL, 

DESCRIPTION MODIFIED (SECOND) 


EGYPT 

PATENT FOR INVENTION / PATENT OF 

ADDITION 

OHIM 

DESIGN 

EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE 

APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITH 

SEARCH REPORT 

APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITHOUT 

SEARCH REPORT 

SEARCH REPORT 

SUPPLEMENTARY SEARCH REPORT 

MODIFIED FIRST PAGE 

MODIFIED COMPLETE SPECIFICATION 


NEW PATENT SPECIFICATION 

AFTER LIMITATION PROCEDURE 


PATENT 


PATENT 

SPAIN 

PATENT OF INVENTION [FINISHED 

IN1996] or PATENT APPLICATION 

PUBLISHED WITH SEARCH REPORT 

[FROM 2,000,000] 

CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION [FINISHED 

IN 1989] or PATENT APPLICATION 

ESA3 

ESA4 

ESA6 

ESB1 

ESB2 

ESB3 

ESD0 

ESH1 

ESH3 

ESK1 

ESK2 

ESK4 

ESK5 

ESK6 

ESR 

EST1 

EST2 

EST3 

EST4 

EST5 

EST6 

ESU 

ESU4 


REPORT [FROM 2,000,000] 

PATENT OF IMPORTATION [FINISHED 

IN 1989] 

TRANSLATION OF THE CLAIMS WITH 

DRAWINGS OF EUROPEAN 

APPLICATIONS [FINISHED IN1991] 

PATENT OF INVENTION (WITHOUT 

SEARCH REPORT) [FINISHED WITH 

2.126.538] or PATENT OF ADDITION 

PATENT PUBLISHED WITH SEARCH 

REPORT 

PATENT PUBLISHED AFTER 

EXAMINATION 

TRANSLATION OF GRANTED 

EUROPEAN PATENT [FINISHED IN 

1992] 


PRIVILEGE OF INVENTION [FINISHED 

IN 1878] 

PRIVILEGE OF IMPORTATION 

[FINISHED IN 1878] 

NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF ES-A 

DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY PATENT 

OFFICE 

NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF ES-B 


OFFICE 

NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF ES-U 


OFFICE 

NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF ES-Y 


OFFICE 

NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF ES-S 


OFFICE 

SEPARATELY PUBLISHED SEARCH 

REPORT 

TRANSLATION OF THE CLAIMS WITH 

DRAWINGS OF EUROPEAN 

APPLICATIONS (FORMER A4) 

[STARTED IN 1992] 

REVISED TRANSLATION OF THE 

CLAIMS AND DRAWINGS IN 

EUROPEAN APPLICATIONS 

TRANSLATION OF GRANTED 

EUROPEAN PATENT (FORMER B3) 

REVISED TRANSLATION OF GRANTED 

EUROPEAN PATENT 

TRANSLATION OF MODIFIED 

EUROPEAN PATENT [STARTED IN 

1996] 

TRANSLATION OF A PCT 


[STARTED IN 1998] 


SAME AS AN U DOCUMENT BUT FOR 

DUPLICATED DOSSIERS [FROM 1929] 


ESX1 

ESX2 

ESX3 

ESY 

ESY4 

FI 

FIA 

FIB 

FIB1 

FIC 

FID0 

FIL 

FIU1 

FIV0 

FR 

FRA 

FRA1 

FRA2 

FRA3 

FRA4 

FRA5 

FRA6 

FRA7 

FRA8 

FRB1 

SAME AS AN A1 DOCUMENT BUT FOR 

DUPLICATED DOSSIERS [FINISHED 

IN1996] 

SAME AS A2 DOCUMENT BUT FOR 

DUPLICATED DOSSIERS [FINISHED IN 

1989] 

SAME AS A3 DOCUMENT BUT FOR 

DUPLICATED DOSSIERS [FINISHED IN 

1989] 

UTILITY MODEL 

SAME AS AN Y DOCUMENT BUT FOR 

DUPLICATED DOSSIERS [FROM 1929] 

FINLAND 

PATENT [FROM 1 TO 37835] or 

UNEXAMINED APPLICATION OPEN TO 

PUBL. INSPEC. [FROM 40001 

ONWARDS] 

EXAMINED APPLICATION [FROM 


PATENT [FROM 100000 ONWARDS] 


PATENT APPLICATION FILED [FROM 


ABSTRACT PUBLISHED 

UTILITY MODEL GRANTED 

UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION FILED 

FRANCE 

PATENT OF INVENTION [UNDER 

2,000,000] 


INVENTION, (FIRST PUBL.) [FROM 

2,000,000] 

APPLICATION FOR CERT. OF 

ADDITION TO A PATENT, (FIRST 

PUBL.) [FROM 2,000,000] 

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF 

UTILITY,( FIRST PUBL.) [FROM 

2,000,000] 

APPLICATION FOR A CERT.OF ADD. TO 

A CERT. OF UTILITY, (FIRST PUBL) 

[FROM 2,000,000] 

PATENT OF INVENTION, (FIRST AND 

ONLY PUBLICATION) [FROM 

2,000,000] 

CERT. OF ADDITION TO A PATENTOF 

INV., (FIRST AND ONLY PUBL.) [FROM 

2,000,000] 

CERTIFICATE OF UTILITY (FIRST AND 

ONLY PUBLIC.) [FROM 2,000,000] 

CERT. OF ADDITION TO A CERT. OF 

UTIL. (FIRST AND ONLY PUBL.) [FROM 

2,000,000] 

PATENT OF INVENTION (SECOND 

PUBLICATION) [FROM 2,000,000] 

FRB2 

FRB3 

FRB4 

FRE 

FRF 

FRM 

GB 

GBA 

GBA8 

GBA9 

GBB 

GBB8 

GBC 

GBC2 

GBC3 

GBD0 

GBS 

GC 

GCA 

GE 

GEA 

GEB 

CERT. OF ADDITION TO A PATENT OF 

INV. (SECOND PUBLIC.) [FROM 

2,000,000] 

CERTIFICATE OF UTILITY (SECOND 

PUBL.) [FROM 2,000,000] 

CERTIFICATE OF ADD. TO A CERT. OF 

UTILITY (SECOND PUBLIC.) [FROM 

2,000,000] 

CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION TO A 

PATENT OF INVENTION [UNDER 

100,000] 

CERTTIFICATE OF ADDITION TO A 

SPECIAL PATENT FOR MEDICAMENT 

[UNDER 1,000] 

SPECIAL PATENT FOR MEDICAMENT 

[UNDER 10,000] 


PATENT SPECIFICATION [UNDER 

2,000,000] or PUBLISHED PATENT 

APPLICATION [FROM 2,000,000] 

CORRECTED FIRST PAGE PUBLISHED 


CORRECTED COMPLETE PUBLISHED 


AMENDED PATENT SPECIFICATION 

[UNDER 2,000,000] or PATENT 

SPECIFICATION [FROM 2,000,000] 

CORRECTED FIRST PAGE PATENT 


AMENDED OR CORRECTED PATENT 


"COMPLETE RE-ISSUE OF A RE- 

ISSUED GRANTED ""C"" 

SPECIFICATION " [FROM 2,000,000] 

"COMPLETE RE-ISSUE OF A RE- 

ISSUED GRANTED ""C2"" 

SPECIFICATION " [FROM 2,000,000] 


DESIGN 

"COOPERATION COUNCIL FOR THE 

ARAB STATES OF THE GULF" 


GEORGIA 

PUBLISHED APPLICATION FOR INV. 

(1ST PUB.) [FROM 01012000 

ONWARDS] or PATENT FOR 

INVENTION (1ST AND ONLY PUB.) 

[FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] or 

IMPORTED PATENT [FROM 01012000 

ONWARDS] 

PATENT FOR INVENTION ( 2ND PUB.) 



GES 

PUB.APPLICATION FOR INDUSTRIAL 

DESIGN ( 1ST PUB.) [FROM 

01012000 ONWARDS] or PATENT 

FOR INDUSTRIAL DES. ( 1ST AND 

ONLY PUB.) [FROM 01012000 

ONWARDS] 

GES1 PATENT FOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ( 

2ND PUB.) [FROM 01012000 

ONWARDS] 

GEU 

PUBL. APPLICATION FOR UTILITY 

MODEL ( 1ST PUB.) [FROM 

01012000 ONWARDS] or PATENT 

FOR UTILITY MODEL (1ST AND ONLY 

PUB.) [FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] 

GEY 

PATENT FOR UTILITY MODEL ( 2ND 

PUB.) [FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] 

GR 

GRA 

GRA1 

GRA7 

GRB 

GRB1 

GRB2 

GRT1 

GRT3 

GRT6 

GRT7 

GRU 

GRY 

GT 

GREECE 

PATENT APPLICATION [NEW LAW] 


PATENT OF ADDITION 

PATENT [NEW LAW] 

PATENT NOT PRECEEDED BY AN A 

[NEW LAW] 

PATENT PRECEEDED BY AN A [NEW 

LAW] 

TRANSLATION OF EP CLAIMS [NEW 

LAW] 

TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT [NEW 

LAW] 

TRANSLATION OF PATENT 

APPLICATION [NEW LAW] 

TRANSLATION OF PATENT [NEW LAW] 

UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION [NEW 

LAW] 

UTILITY MODEL PATENT [NEW LAW] 

GUATEMALA 

GTA 

PATENT APPLICATION / DIVISIONAL 


01.01.1948 ONWARDS] 

GTS INDUSTRIAL DESIGN APPLICATION / 

DIVISIONAL INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 

APPLICATION 

GTU UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION / 



ONWARDS] 

HK 

HKA 

HKA1 

HKA2 

HONG KONG 

UK PATENTS REGISTERED 

GRANTED STANDARD PATENT [NEW 

LAW] 

GRANTED SHORT TERM PATENT [NEW 

LAW] 

HN 

HNA 

HNB 

HNS1 

HNS2 

HNU 

HNY 

HR 

HONDURAS 


30.09.1909 ONWARDS] 





UTILITY MODEL 

CROATIA 

HRA2 PATENT APPLICATION WITHOUT 

SEARCH REPORT 

HRA8 MODIFIED PATENT APPLICATION or 

CORRECTED FRONT PAGE OF A HR-A 

DOCUMENT [FROM 01012000 

ONWARDS] 

HRA9 COMPLETE REPRINT OF A HR-A 


ONWARDS] 

HRB1 REQUEST RECORDING GRANT RIGHTS 

or GRANTED PATENT [FROM 

01012000 ONWARDS] 

HRB2 GRANTED PATENT MAINTAINED (OR 

MODIFIED) AFTER NULLITY 

PROCEDURE [FROM 01012000 

ONWARDS] 

HRB3 SHORT TERM CONSENSUAL PATENT 


HRB4 CORRECTED FRONT PAGE OF A 

CONSENSUAL PATENT [FROM 

01012000 ONWARDS] 

HRB5 COMPLETE REPRINT OF A 


01012000 ONWARDS] 

HRB6 AMENDED CONSENSUAL PATENT 


HRB8 CORRECTED FRONT PAGE OF A HR-B 


ONWARDS] 

HRB9 COMPLETE REPRINT OF A HR-B 


ONWARDS] 

HRC1 CONVERTED CONSENSUAL PATENT 


HRC2 PIPELINE PATENT [FROM 01012000 

ONWARDS] 

HRC6 AMENDED CONVERTED 


01012000 ONWARDS] 

HRC8 CORRECTED FRONT PAGE OF C 


ONWARDS] 

HRC9 COMPLETE REPRINT OF A C 


ONWARDS] 


HRT1 

HRT2 

HRT3 

HRT4 

HRT5 

HRT8 

TRANSLATION OF THE CLAIMS OF AN 

EP INTO CROATIAN [FROM 01012000 

ONWARDS] 

CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF THE 

CLAIMS OF AN EP INTO CROATIAN 


TRANSLATION OF AN EP PATENT INTO 

CROATIAN [FROM 01012000 

ONWARDS] 

TRANSLATION OF AN AMENDED EP 

PATENT INTO CROATIAN [FROM 

01012000 ONWARDS] 

CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF AN EP 

PATENT INTO CROATIAN [FROM 

01012000 ONWARDS] 

CORRECTED FRONT PAGE OF A T 


ONWARDS] 

IEA2 

IEB1 

IEB2 

IED0 

IEL 

IL 

ILA 

ILD0 

IN 

INA1 

INE 

IS 

SHORT TERM PATENT APPLICATION 


SHORT TERM PATENT 

FILING APPLICATION 

ABSTRACT 

ISRAEL 

APPLICATION OF PATENT FOR 

INVENTION 


INDIA 

PATENT 


ICELAND 

HU 

HUNGARY 

HUA1 UNEXAMINED PATENT APPLICATION 

(DEFERRED EXAM.) [FROM JUNE 1982 

ONWARDS] or PATENT APPLICATION 

WITH SEARCH REPORT [NEW LAW] 

HUA2 EXAMINED PATENT APPLICATION 

[FROM JUNE 1982 ONWARDS] or 


SEARCH REPORT [NEW LAW] 

HUA3 IMPORTED PATENT APPLICATION 

[FROM JUNE 1982 ONWARDS] or 

SEARCH REPORT PUBLISHED [NEW 

LAW] 

HUB PATENT / 2ND PUBLICATION [BEFORE 

JUNE 1982 ] or PATENT WITH SEARCH 

REPORT [FROM JUNE 1982 

ONWARDS] 

HUB1 PATENT WITHOUT PREVIOUS PUBL. 

[NEW LAW] 

HUB3 IMPORTED PATENT [FROM JUNE 1982 

ONWARDS] 

HUD0 FILING APPLICATION [FROM JUNE 

1982 ONWARDS] 

HUU UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 

PUBLISHED [FROM JUNE 1982 

ONWARDS] 

HUV0 APPLICATION FOR UTILITY MODEL 

FILED [FROM JUNE 1982 ONWARDS] 

ID 

IDA 

IDB 

IDS 

IE 

INDONESIA 


PATENT 

SIMPLE PATENT 

IRELAND 

ISA 

ISA7 

ISB 

ISB2 

ISB3 

ISB6 

ISB7 

ISB8 

ISB9 

ISL 

IST1 

IST2 

IST3 

IST4 

IST5 



[STARTING 1991] 


AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC [FROM 

1923 - 1990] 



AFTER OPPOSITION 


AFTER LIMITATION REQUESTED BY 

THE PROPRIETOR 



CORRECTION OF PATENT ON THE 

FIRST PAGE 

CORRECTION OF PATENT RESULTING 

IN A PARTIAL OR COMPLETE REPRINT 

OF PATENT DOCUMENT 

ABSTRACT 

TRANSLATION OF CLAIMS IN AN EP 

APPLICATION INTO ICELANDIC 


CLAIMS IN AN EP APPLICATION INTO 

ICELANDIC 

TRANSLATION OF CLAIMS OF AN EP 

PATENT SPECIFICATION INTO 

ICELANDIC AND / OR OTHER PARTS 

INTO ICELANDIC OR ENGLISH 

TRANSLATION OF AN AMENDED EP 

PATENT SPEC.:CLAIMS INTO 

ICELANDIC AND / OR OTHER PARTS 

INTO ICELANDIC OR ENGLISH 

CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF AN EP 

PATENT SPECIFICATION: CLAIMS 

INTO ICELANDIC AND / OR OTHER 

PARTS INTO ICELANDIC OR ENGLISH 

IEA1 

PATENT APPLICATION SPECIFICATION 

AS FILED 

IT 

ITALY 


ITA1 

ITA2 

ITA3 

ITA4 

ITB 

ITB1 

ITB2 

ITD0 

ITT1 

ITT2 

ITT3 

ITU1 

ITU2 

ITU3 

ITU4 

ITV0 

ITY1 

ITZ2 

JP 

APPLICATION FO PATENT OF 

INVENTION 

DIVISIONAL APPLICATION 

APPLICATION ALSO FILED AS UTILITY 

APPLICATION TRANSFORMED 

PATENT FOR INVENTION 


COMPLEM.PROTECTION CERTIFICATE 

FILING APPLICATION 

TRANSLATED PUBLISHED PATENT 

APPLICATION 

TRANSLATED GRANTED PATENT 

TRANSLATED UTILITY MODEL 

APPLICATION 

APPLICATION FOR PATENT OF UTILITY 

MODEL 


APPLICATION 

UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION ALSO 

FILED AS PATENT APPLICATION 

APPLICATION TRANSFORMED 


GRANTED UTILITY MODEL 

APPLICATION 

PATENT FOR UTILITY MODEL 

JAPAN 

JPA 

DOC. LAID OPEN TO PUBL. INSPEC. 

[PUBLISHED FROM 1971 ON] 

JPB 

PUBLD. EXAMINED PATENT 

APPLICATION [PUBLISHED FROM 

1971 ON] 

JPB1 APPLICATION PUBLISHED AFTER 

EXAMINATION [PUBLISHED BEFORE 

1971] or GRANT. PATENT WITHOUT A 

JPB2 GRANT. PATENT WITH A [FROM 

2500000 ONWARDS, FROM 1996] 

JPC GRANTED PATENT [FROM 1000000 

ONWARDS] 

JPC1,2 GRANTED PATENT [PUBLISHED 

BEFORE 1971] 

JPH 

CORRECTED PATENT 

JPI 

CORRECTED UTILITY MODEL PUBL. 

JPS 

DESIGN PUBLICATION 

JPT 

UNEXAM. PAT APPLICATION ON 

FOREIGN APPL. [PUBLISHED FROM 

1971 ON] 

JPT1 TRANSLATED DOC. LAID OPEN TO 

PUBL. INSPEC. [PUBLISHED FROM 

1971 ON] 

JPT3 TRANSLATED PUBL. EXAMINED 

PATENT APPLICATION [PUBLISHED 

FROM 1971 ON] 

JPT4 TRANSLATED GRANT. PATENT [FROM 

2500000 ONWARDS, FROM 1996] 

JPT5 TRANSLATED GRANT. PATENT [FROM 


JPT6 

JPT7 

JPT8 

JPT9 

JPU 

JPU3 

JPY1 

JPY2 

JPZ1,2 

KE 

KEA 

KED 

KR 

KRA 

KRB1 

KRS 

KRU 

KRY1 

LT 

LTA 

LTB 

LTR3 

LU 

LUA1 

LUA2 

LUA7 

LUA9 

TRANSLATED UNEXAM. UTILITY 

MODEL APPLICATION 

TRANSLATED UNEXAM. UTILITY 

MODEL APPLICATION [FROM 

3000000 ONWARDS, FROM1994] 

TRANSLATED EXAM. UTILITY MODEL 


ONWARDS, FROM 1996] 

TRANSLATED EXAM. UTILITY MODEL 

APPLICATION 

UNEXAM. UTILITY MODEL 

APPLICATION 

UNEXAM. UTILITY MODEL 


ONWARDS, FROM 1994] 

UTILITY MODEL PUBLISHED AFTER 

EXAM. [PUBLISHED BEFORE 1971] or 

EXAM. UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION( 

1ST PUBL. ) or EXAM. UTILITY MODEL 

APPLICATION( 1ST PUBL. ) 

EXAM. UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION( 

2ND PUBL. ) 

UTILITY MODEL PATENT [PUBLISHED 

BEFORE 1971] 

KENYA 

PATENT 

PATENT (1 NUMBER FOR 2 APPLICS.) 

REPUBLIC OF KOREA 

OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE 

UNEXAMINED PATENTS 


DESIGN 

OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE 

UNEXAMINED UTILITY MODELS 


LITHUANIA 


PATENT SPECIFICATION [DATE RANGE 

FROM 250894] 

REREGISTRATION OF SU PATENT 

[FROM 2001 TO 2664 INCLUSIVE] 

LUXEMBOURG 

PATENT APPLICATION or PATENT 

APPLICATION WITH SEARCH REPORT 



SEARCH REPORT [FROM 1.10.1998 

ONWARDS] 

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATE 

COMPLETE CERTIFICATE FOR 

PROTECTION 


LUD 

LV 

LVA 

LVA3 

LVA4 

LVB 

LVB4 

MA 

MAA1 

MAA7 

MC 

PATENT APPLICATION (1 NUMB. FOR 

2 APPLICATION) 

LATVIA 


REREGISTERED PATENTS 

(IMPORTATION ?) 

PATENT APPLICATION UNDER 

AGREEMENT LV - USA 

PATENT PUBLICATION 

PATENT UNDER AGREEMENT LV - USA 

MOROCCO 


CERTIFICATE OF INVENTION 

MONACO 

MDY1 

MDY2 

MDZ 

MDZ1 

MDZ2 

MN 

MNA1 

MNA6 

MNA7 

MNA8 

PUBL. EXAM. UTILITY. APPLICATION 

WITHOUT U PUBL. 

PUBL. EXAM. UTILITY. APPLICATION 

PRECEEDED BY U 

ISSUED SHORT-TERM PATENT FOR 


ONWARDS] 

UTILITY MOD. NOT PRECEEDED BY Y1 

OR Y2 

UTILITY MODEL PRECEEDED BY Y1 OR 

Y2 

MONGOLIA 

PATENT 



INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE OF 

ADDITION 

MCA 

MCE 

MD 

MDA 

MDB1 

MDB2 

MDC1 

MDC2 

MDE 

MDF1 

MDF2 

MDF3 

MDG1 

MDG2 

MDI1 

MDI2 

MDP 

MDU 

MDW1 

MDW2 

MDY 


CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION 

MOLDOVA 

PUBLISHED NON-EXAMINED PATENT 

APPLICATION 

PUBL. EXAM. PATENT APPLICATION 

WITHOUT A PUBL. 

PUBL. EXAM. PATENT APPLICATION 

PRECEEDED BY A 

PATENT NOT PRECEEDED BY A AND B 

PATENT PRECEEDED BY B1 OR B2 

PUBL. UNEXAMINED PLANT 

APPLICATION (FIRST LEVEL) 

DEC. OF GRANT WITHOUT EX. AND 

WITHOUT A 


WITH A 

PUBL. EX. PLANT APPLICATION 

(SECOND LEVEL) 

PATENT WITHOUT EX. AND WITHOUT 

F 

PATENT WITHOUT EX. AND WITH F 

UTILITY MODEL WITHOUT EX. AND 

WITHOUT W 

UTILITY MODEL WITHOUT EX. AND 

WITH W 

PLANT PATENT (THIRD LEVEL) 

PUBLISHED NON-EXAMINED UTILITY 

APPLICATION 


WITHOUT U 


WITH U 

GRANTED SHORT-TERM PATENT FOR 


ONWARDS] 

MT 

MTA 

MW 

MWA1 

MWE 

MX 

MALTA 


MALAWI 



ADDITION 

MEXICO 

MXA PATENT OF INVENTION [FROM 1976 

ONWARDS] or PATENT APPLICATION 

[NEW LAW OF 1991] 

MXB GRANTED PATENT/ GRANTED UTILITY 

MODEL [NEW LAW OF 1991] 

MXE CERTIFICATE OF INVENTION 

MXR 

MXU 

MY 

MYA 

MYA1 

NI 

PATENT OF IMPROVEMENT 

REGISTERED UTILITY MODEL [NEW 

LAW OF 1991] 

MALAYSIA 


GRANTED PATENTS 

NICARAGUA 

NIA 

PATENT OF INVENTION [FROM 

01.01.1899 ONWARDS] 

NIS 


NIU UTILITY MODEL [FROM 19.09.2000 

ONWARDS] 

NL 

NLA 

NETHERLANDS 

PATENT APPLICATION LAID OPEN 


NLA1 REGISTERED SPECIFICATION LAID 

OPEN [LAW 1995 FROM 1000001 

ONWARDS] 

NLB 


NLC 

PATENT 

NLC1 PATENT WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT - 

6 YEAR [LAW 1995 FROM 1000001 

ONWARDS] 

NLC2 PATENT WITH SEARCH REPORT - 20 

YEAR [LAW 1995 FROM 1000001 

ONWARDS] 

NLC8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE [LAW 1995 


NLC9 MODIFIED PATENT [LAW 1995 FROM 


NLI1 SUPPL. PROTECTION CERTIFICATE 

APPLICATION [LAW 1995 FROM 


NLI2 GRANTED SUPPL. PROTECTION 

CERTIFICATE [LAW 1995 FROM 


NO 

NORWAY 

NOA PATENT APPLICATION MADE 


NOB DOCUMENT LAID OPEN FOR PUBLIC 

INSPECTION [FROM 115001 TO 

300000] 

NOB1 GRANTED PATENTS [FROM 300001 

ONWARDS] 

NOB2 GRANTED AFTER OPPOSITION [FROM 


NOB3 GRANTED WITH ADMIN. LIMITATION 


NOC GRANTED PATENT [FROM 2841 TO 

113574] or PATENT 

NOD0 PATENT APPLICATION FILED 

NOI1 SUPPL. PROTECTION CERTIFICATE 

APPLICATION 

NOI2 GRANTED SUPPL. PROTECTION 

CERTIFICATE 

NOL 

ABSTRACT 

NOT1 TRANSLATED UNEXAMINED 

APPLICATION 

NOT2 TRANSLATED EXAMINED 

APPLICATION 

NOT3 TRANSLATED GRANTED PATENT 

NZ 

NZA 

NZD0 

OA 

OAA 

OAE 

NEW ZEALAND 



OAPI 


ADDITON FOR PATENT OF INVENTION 

PA 

PAA1 

PAA2 

PAA3 

PAR 

PAS 

PAU 

PE 

PANAMA 


24.09.1946 ONWARDS] 


REVALIDATION PATENT APPLICATION 

SEARCH REPORT PUBLISHED [FROM 

01.01.1996 ONWARDS] 



10.05.1996 ONWARDS] 

PERU 

PEA1 PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 

11.02.1939 ONWARDS] 

PEB GRANTED PATENT [FROM 30.01.1939 

ONWARDS] 

PER 

PATENT OF IMPROVEMENT [FROM 

11.02.1939 ONWARDS] 

PES 



PES1 GRANTED INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 


PEY 


24.01.1984 ONWARDS] 

PEZ 


24.05.1996 ONWARDS] 

PH 

PHA 

PHU 

PL 

PHILIPPINES 

PATENT FOR INVENTION (FIRST AND 

ONLY PUBL.) 

PATENT FOR UTILITY MODEL (FIRST 

AND ONLY PUBL.) 

POLAND 

PLA1 APPLICATION LAID OPEN [1976 - 

1979] or APPLICATION [FROM 1980 

ONWARDS] 

PLA2 APPLICATION FOR PROVISIONAL 


PLA3 APPLICATION FOR ADDITIONAL 


PLA4 APPLICATION FOR ADDITIONAL 

PROVISIONAL PATENT [FROM 1980 

ONWARDS] 

PLA5 SPEC. OF PRINCIPLE INVENTOR'S 

PLA6 

CERTIFICATE [1976 - 1979] 

SPEC. OF ADDITION TO INVENTOR'S 

CERTIFICATE [1976 - 1979] 

PLB1 SPEC. OF PRINCIPLE PATENT [1976 - 

1979] or PATENT [FROM 1980 

ONWARDS] 

PLB2 PROVISIONAL PATENT [FROM 1980 

ONWARDS] 


PLB3 SPEC. OF PATENT OF ADDITION [1976 

- 1979] or ADDITIONAL PATENT 


PLB4 PROVISIONAL ADDITIONAL PATENT 


PLC1 PATENT PRECEEDED BY 

PROVISIONAL PATENT [FROM 1980 

ONWARDS] 

PLC3 PATENT PREC. BY PROVISIONAL 

ADDITIONAL PATENT [FROM 1980 

ONWARDS] 

PLT1 TRANSLATED PATENT APPLICATION 


PLT2 TRANSLATED PATENT [FROM 1980 

ONWARDS] 

PLT3 TRANSLATED UTILITY MODEL 


ONWARDS] 

PLT4 TRANSLATED UTILITY MODEL [FROM 

1980 ONWARDS] 

PLU1 APPLICATION FOR UTILITY MODEL 


PLU3 APPLICATION FOR ADDITIONAL. 

UTILITY MODEL [FROM 1980 

ONWARDS] 

PLY1 SPECIFICATION FOR UILITY MODEL 


PLY3 SPECIFICATION FOR ADDITION OF 

UTILITY MODEL [FROM 1980 

ONWARDS] 

PT 

PTA 

PTA1 

PTB 

PTB1 

PTE 

PTT 

PTU 

PTW 

PTY 

PORTUGAL 



ONWARDS] 

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF 

ADDITION TO A PATENT OF 

INVENTION [FROM 01.01.1972 UNTIL 

31.12.1995] 


01.01.1896 ONWARDS] 

CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION TO A 


01.01.1972 UNTIL 31.12.1995] 

AVAILIBILTY OF NATIONAL 



APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 


APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

[FROM 01.01.1940 UNTIL 

31.12.1991] or GRANTED UTILITY 

MODEL 

GRANTED PCT PATENT VALID IN PT 


GRANTED NATIONAL UTILITY MODEL 

[FROM 01.01.1940 UNTIL 

31.12.1991] or GRANTED PCT 

PY 

PYA 

PYR 

PYS 

PYU 

RO 

ROA 

ROA1 

ROA2 

ROA3 

ROA7 

ROB 

ROB1 

ROB3 

ROC 

ROC1 

RU 

PATENT VALID IN PT AS UTILITY 

MODEL or EP PATENT VALID IN PT AS 

UTILITY MODEL 

PARAGUAY 


01.01.1920 ONWARDS] 

REVALIDATION PATENT 


UTILITY MODEL 

ROMANIA 

PATENT APPLICATION [PUBLISHED 

FROM 21.01.1992] 

DESCRIPTION OF AN INVENTION 

[PUBLISHED BEFORE 21.01.1992] 


[PUBLISHED BEFORE 21.01.1992] 

ADDITION TO INVENTOR'S 

CERTIFICATE [PUBLISHED BEFORE 

21.01.1992] 

COMPLEMENTARY DESCRIPTION OF 

AN INVENTION [PUBLISHED BEFORE 

21.01.1992] 

GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND 

PUBLICATION [PUBLISHED FROM 

21.01.1992] 

GRANTED PATENT AS FIRST 

PUBLICATION [PUBLISHED FROM 

21.01.1992] 

LATER SUPPLY OF ROMANIAN 

ABSTRACT [PUBLISHED FROM 

21.01.1992] 

GRANTED PATENT AFTER 

REVOCATION (2ND PUBL.) 

[PUBLISHED FROM 21.01.1992] 

GRANTED PATENT AFTER 

REVOCATION (1ST PUBL.) 


RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

RUA 

APPLICATION FOR INVENTION 


RUA8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE APPLICATION 

FOR INVENTION [PUBLISHED FROM 

2005 ONWARDS] 

RUA9 REPRINTED APPLICATION FOR 

INVENTION 

RUC PATENT [UNDER 2000000] 

RUC1 PATENT FOR INVENTION [FROM 


RUC2 PATENT FOR INVENTION ( 2ND PUBL.) 


RUC8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE GRANTED 

PATENT 

RUC9 REPRINTED GRANTED PATENT 


RUS 

RUU1 

RUU8 

RUU9 

DESIGN PATENT [PUBLISHED FROM 

14.10.1992] 

CERTIFICATE FOR UTILITY MODEL 


MODIFIED FIRST PAGE UTILITY 

MODEL 

REPRINTED UTILITY MODEL 

SIT1 

SIT2 

SK 

SKA3 

SKB6 

TRANSLATION OF EP CLAIMS 

TRANSLATION OF AMENDED CLAIMS 

SLOVAK REPUBLIC 

APPLICATION PUBLISHED 

PATENT 

SE 

SWEDEN 

SU 

SOVIET UNION 

SEA 


AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC [NEW 

LAW] 

SEB 

DOCUMENT LAID OPEN FOR PUBLIC 

INSPECTION [FROM 300001 ] 

SEB5 CORRECTED EXAMINED APPLICATION 

[FROM 300001 ] 

SEC GRANTED PATENT [FROM 300001 ] 

SEC1 PATENT SPECIFICATION (FIRST LEVEL) 

[FROM 1 TO 227869] 

SEC2 GRANTED PATENT [FROM 500000 

ON] 

SEC3 CORRECTED GRANTED PATENT [FROM 

500000 ON] 

SEC5 CORRECTED GRANTED PATENT [FROM 

300001 ] 

SED0 PATENT APPLICATION FILED 

SEE 


[FROM 500000 ON] 

SEE1 AMENDED PATENT SPECIFICATION 

(2ND) [FROM 500000 ON] 


(3RD) [FROM 500000 ON] 


(4TH) [FROM 500000 ON] 

SEL 

ABSTRACT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC 

SET1 TRANSLATION OF EP CLAIMS 

SET2 CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF EP 

CLAIMS 

SET3 TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT 

SET4 TRANSLATION OF AMENDED EP 

PATENT 

SET5 CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF EP 

PATENT 

SG 

SGA1 

SGA2 

SGG 

SINGAPORE 


TRANSITIONAL PATENT APPLICATION 


SUA1 

SUA2 

SUA3 

SUA4 

SUC 

SUT 

SV 

SVA 

SVS 

SVU 

TH 

TJ 

TJA 

TJB 

TJR3 

TJU 

TN 

TNA1 

TNA7 

TNB1 

TNB7 

TR 

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION FOR 

AN INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE 

DESCRIPTION OF THE INV. FOR AN 

INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE OF ADD. 


A PATENT 


A PATENT OF ADDITION 

PATENTS REPLACING INVENTOR'S 

CERTIFICATE [PUBLISHED FROM 

1981] 

TRANSLATED DOCUMENT 

EL SALVADOR 


01.01.1915 ONWARDS] 



THAILAND 

TAJIKISTAN 



REREGISTRATION OF SU PATENT 

UTILITY MODEL 

TUNISIA 


INVENTION 

APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF 

ADDITION 


CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION 

TURKEY 

SI 

SIA 

SIA1 

SIA2 

SIA8 

SIB 

SIL 

SLOVENIA 

PATENT 


SHORT TERM PATENT 

CONVERSION PATENT 

AMENDED CLAIMS 

PUBLISHED ABSTRACT 

TRA 

TRA1 

TRA2 

SPECIFICATION OF INVENTION FOR A 

PATENT 


REPORT [FROM 1995 ONWARDS] 



ONWARDS] 


TRA3 SEARCH REPORT [FROM 1995 

ONWARDS] 

TRB GRANTED PATENT [FROM 1995 

ONWARDS] 

TRK1 NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF TR - 


PATENT OFFICE [FROM 1995 

ONWARDS] 




ONWARDS] 




ONWARDS] 


Y DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY 


ONWARDS] 

TRT1 TRANSLATION OF WO WITH SEARCH 

REPORT [FROM 1995 ONWARDS] 

TRT2 TRANSLATION OF WO WITHOUT 


ONWARDS] 

TRT3 TRANSLATED EP CLAIMS [FROM 1995 

ONWARDS] 

TRT4 TRANSLATED EP B DOCUMENTS 


TRU UTILITY MODEL [FROM 1995 

ONWARDS] 

TRU1 UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION PCT 

ROUTE PHASE 1 [FROM 1995 

ONWARDS] 

TRU2 UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION PCT 

ROUTE PHASE 2 [FROM 1995 

ONWARDS] 

TRY 


1995 ONWARDS] 

TT 

TTB 

TTY 

TW 

TWB 

TWY 

UA 

UAA 

UAA1 

UAC1 

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 


UTILITY CERTIFICATE 

TAIWAN 

PATENT 


UKRAINE 

DECLARATIVE PATENT SPEC. FOR 

INVENTION 

PATENT GRANTED AFTER RE-REG. OF 

USSR INV. CERT. 

PATENT GRANTED UPON POS. 

DECISION OF USSR 

UAC2 

UAU 

US 

USA 

USA1 

USA2 

USA9 

USB1 

USB2 

USB3 

USB8 

USB9 

PATENT GRANT. UPON THE USSR 

APPLICATION,FOR WHICH "NO POS. 

DEC. MADE NATIONAL APPLICATION 

DECLARATIVE / PATENT SPEC. FOR 

UTILITY MODEL 

USA 

PATENT [FROM BEGIN UNTIL END 

2000] or PATENT ISSUED AFTER 1ST 

PUB. WITHIN THE TVPP 

FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT 


ONWARDS] 

REPUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION 


CORRECTED PATENT APPLICATION 


REEXAM. CERTIF., N-ND REEXAM. or 

GRANTED PATENT AS FIRST 

PUBLICATION [FROM 2001 

ONWARDS] 

REEXAM. CERTIF., N-ND REEXAM. or 

GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND 

PUBLICATION [FROM 2001 

ONWARDS] 

REEXAM. CERTIF., N-ND REEXAM. B 

WITH SEVEN NUMERALS FOR BACON 

CORRECTED FRONT PAGE GRANTED 




USC1 REEXAMINATION [FROM 2001 

ONWARDS] 


ONWARDS] 


ONWARDS] 


ONWARDS] 


ONWARDS] 


ONWARDS] 


ONWARDS] 


ONWARDS] 


ONWARDS] 

USE 

USE1 

USF1 

USF2 

USF3 

REISSUE or DESIGN REISSUE or 

PLANT REISSUE 

REISSUE [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 

REEXAM. CERT REISSUE N-ND 

REEXAM. 


REEXAM. 


REEXAM. or REEXAM. CERT REISSUE 


N-ND REEXAM. [FROM 2001 

ONWARDS] 

USF4 REEXAM. CERT REISSUE N-ND 

REEXAM. [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 











USH STATUTORY INVENTION 

REGISTRATION (SIR) or STATUTORY 

INVENTION REGISTRATION FOR 

DESIGN or STATUTORY INVENTION 

REGISTRATION FOR PLANT PATENT 

USH1 STATUTORY INVENTION 

REGISTRATION (SIR) [FROM 2001 

ONWARDS] 

USI1 PATENT PRE-1836 

USI2 REISSUE PRE-1836 

USI3 ADD. IMPROVEMENT (1838-1868) 

USI4 DEFENSIVE PUBLICATION 

USI5 PATENT APPLICATION PUBL. WITHIN 

THE TVPP [PUB.DATE: 28.01.1975] or 

PATENT APPLICATION PUBL. WITHIN 

THE TVPP 

USP 

PLANT PATENTS [FROM NO. 1 TO 

11727] 

USP1 FIRST PUBLISHED PLANT PATENT 

APPLICATION [FROM NO. 

2001000000 ONW.] 

USP2 FIRST PUBLISHED GRANTED PLANT 

PATENT [FROM NO. 11728 

ONWARDS] 

USP3 SECOND PUBL. GRANTED PLANT 

PATENT 

USP4 REPUBLISHED PLANT PATENT 

APPLICATION 

USP9 CORRECTED PLANT PATENT 

APPLICATION 

USS 

DESIGN PATENT D WITH SIX 

NUMERALS FOR BACON 

USS1 DESIGN PATENT 

UY 

UYA1 

UYA2 

UYA3 

URUGUAY 

PATENT APPLICATION (FIRST 

PUBLICATION LEVEL) [FROM 

03.12.1941 ONWARDS] 

DIVISIONAL APPLICATION (FIRST 


03.12.1941 ONWARDS] 

REVALIDATION APPLICATION (FIRST 


03.12.1941 ONWARDS] 

UYB 

UYQ 

UYS 

UYU 

UYY 

VE 

VN 

GRANTED PATENT (SECOND 

PUBLICATION) [FROM 03.12.1941 

ONWARDS] 



GRANTED INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 



26.07.1976 ONWARDS] 


26.07.1976 ONWARDS] 

VENEZUELA 

VIETNAM 

VNA1 PATENT 

VNA6 INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE 

VNA7 PATENT OF ADDITION 

VNA8 INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE OF 

ADDITION 

VNB GRANTED PATENT [FROM 1984 

ONWARDS] 

VNU UTILITY MODEL 

VNY 


WO 

WIPO (P.C.T.) 

WOA1 INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION 

PUBLISHED WITH INTERNATIONAL 

SEARCH REPORT 

WOA2 INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION 

PUBLISHED WITHOUT 

INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT or 


PUBLISHED WITH DECLARATION 

UNDER ARTICLE 17 (2) (A) 

WOA3 LATER PUBLICATION OF ISR WITH 

REVISED FRONT PAGE 

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110 AEA AEA PATENT APPLICATION 

8 ALA ALA PATENT APPLICATION 

100 AMA AMA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 AMF AMF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 AMU AMU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 ANA ANA PATENT APPLICATION 

235 APA APA PATENT APPLICATION 

251 APAT APAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 APU APU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

28306 ARA ARA PATENT APPLICATION 

445 ARAT ARAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

36 ARF ARF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1441 ARU ARU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

342068 ATA ATA PATENT APPLICATION 

1164 ATAA ATAA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

41516 ATAT ATAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 ATAU ATAU CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM UTILITY TO PATENT 

9 ATE ATE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

85 ATF ATF DESIGN APPLICATION 

17408 ATU ATU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

2 ATUA ATUA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

40 ATUT ATUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

96 ATUU ATUU CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM UTILITY TO PATENT 

333462 AUA AUA PATENT APPLICATION 

172 AUA0 AUA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

14425 AUA3 AUA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

19851 AUAT AUAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

7 AUD3 AUD3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

12 AUDT AUDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

686 AUF AUF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 AUU AUU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

71 AZA AZA PATENT APPLICATION 

2 AZAT AZAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 AZU AZU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

162 BAA BAA PATENT APPLICATION 

6 BAA3 BAA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

2 BAD3 BAD3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

2 BDA BDA PATENT APPLICATION 

109229 BEA BEA PATENT APPLICATION 

33958 BEAT BEAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 BEDT BEDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 BEF BEF DESIGN APPLICATION 

35648 BGA BGA PATENT APPLICATION 

48 BGAT BGAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

31 BGF BGF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1653 BGU BGU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

10 BHA BHA PATENT APPLICATION 

17 BIA BIA PATENT APPLICATION 

5 BOA BOA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 BOAT BOAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 BODT BODT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

125564 BRA BRA PATENT APPLICATION 


3387 BRAT BRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 BRDT BRDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

164 BRF BRF DESIGN APPLICATION 

83260 BRU BRU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

4 BRUT BRUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 BSA BSA PATENT APPLICATION 

2 BWA BWA PATENT APPLICATION 

126 BXF BXF DESIGN APPLICATION 

663 BYA BYA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 BYAT BYAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

85 BYU BYU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

919839 CAA CAA PATENT APPLICATION 

12457 CAA3 CAA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

10 CAA4 CAA4 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION OF A 

DIVISION 

14 CAA5 CAA5 CLAIMED APPLICATION IS A SUPPLEMENTARY DISCLOSURE 

37598 CAAT CAAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

4 CAD3 CAD3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

1 CADT CADT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

773 CAF CAF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 CAQ3 CAQ3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

2 CGA CGA PATENT APPLICATION 

758182 CHA CHA PATENT APPLICATION 

31841 CHA0 CHA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

3242 CHA3 CHA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

86570 CHAT CHAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 CHD3 CHD3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

12 CHDT CHDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 CHE CHE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

436 CHF CHF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 CHU CHU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 CIA CIA PATENT APPLICATION 

1372 CLA CLA PATENT APPLICATION 

31 CLAT CLAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

80 CLF CLF DESIGN APPLICATION 

62 CLU CLU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

747627 CNA CNA PATENT APPLICATION 

5034 CNAT CNAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1344 CNF CNF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1206399 CNU CNU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

103 CNUT CNUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

279 COA COA PATENT APPLICATION 

5 COAT COAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

14 COF COF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2 COU COU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

60 CRA CRA PATENT APPLICATION 

7 CRAT CRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 CRU CRU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

144345 CSA CSA PATENT APPLICATION 

1243 CSA3 CSA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

11020 CSAT CSAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 CSD3 CSD3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

1 CSF CSF DESIGN APPLICATION 

192 CSU CSU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

3446 CUA CUA PATENT APPLICATION 

303 CUAT CUAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 CUDT CUDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

70 CYA CYA PATENT APPLICATION 

17626 CZA CZA PATENT APPLICATION 

60 CZA3 CZA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

325 CZAT CZAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

5 CZF CZF DESIGN APPLICATION 

18823 CZU CZU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

3 CZU3 CZU3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 


182432 DDA DDA PATENT APPLICATION 

1346 DDAT DDAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 DDQT DDQT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

16 DDU DDU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

4436686 DEA DEA PATENT APPLICATION 

58632 DEA1 DEA1 DOMESTIC PRIORITY CLAIMED FOR PATENT 

6 DEA2 DEA2 DOMESTIC PRIORITY CLAIMED FOR UTILITY MODEL 

4791 DEA3 DEA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

17581 DEAI DEAI PATENT APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR UTILITY MODEL 

327728 DEAT DEAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

33 DEAW DEAW "WIDERRECHTLICHE ENTNAHME" CLAIMED APPLICATION 

4 DEBT DEBT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

5478 DECT DECT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 DED1 DED1 DOMESTIC PRIORITY CLAIMED FOR PATENT 

55308 DEDT DEDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 DEDW DEDW "WIDERRECHTLICHE ENTNAHME" CLAIMED APPLICATION 

181 DEE DEE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

1 DEET DEET TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2503 DEF DEF DESIGN APPLICATION 

13 DEQT DEQT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1111436 DEU DEU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

824 DEU1 DEU1 DOMESTIC PRIORITY CLAIMED FOR PATENT 

22978 DEU2 DEU2 DOMESTIC PRIORITY CLAIMED FOR UTILITY MODEL 

120 DEU3 DEU3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

1 DEUI DEUI PATENT APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR UTILITY MODEL 

8859 DEUT DEUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

7 DEUW DEUW "WIDERRECHTLICHE ENTNAHME" CLAIMED APPLICATION 

184139 DKA DKA PATENT APPLICATION 

364 DKA3 DKA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

7699 DKAT DKAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

353 DKF DKF DESIGN APPLICATION 

6866 DKU DKU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

5 DKU3 DKU3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

4 DKUT DKUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

18 DOA DOA PATENT APPLICATION 

9 DOAT DOAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

269 DZA DZA PATENT APPLICATION 

707 EAA EAA PATENT APPLICATION 

151 ECA ECA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 ECAT ECAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

168 ECF ECF DESIGN APPLICATION 

49 ECU ECU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

536 EEA EEA PATENT APPLICATION 

22 EEAT EEAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 EEF EEF DESIGN APPLICATION 

837 EEU EEU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

2777 EGA EGA PATENT APPLICATION 

20 EGAT EGAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 EGF EGF DESIGN APPLICATION 

6085 EMF EMF DESIGN APPLICATION 

707639 EPA EPA PATENT APPLICATION 

58061 EPA3 EPA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

8942 EPAT EPAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 EPF EPF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 EPU EPU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

252316 ESA ESA PATENT APPLICATION 

4 ESA3 ESA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

4467 ESAT ESAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 ESE ESE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

169 ESF ESF DESIGN APPLICATION 

161605 ESU ESU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

40 ESUT ESUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

230164 FIA FIA PATENT APPLICATION 

68 FIA3 FIA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 


1370 FIAT FIAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

391 FIF FIF DESIGN APPLICATION 

11691 FIU FIU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 FIUT FIUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1872945 FRA FRA PATENT APPLICATION 

48 FRA3 FRA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

539918 FRAT FRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

42 FRDT FRDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

141 FRE FRE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

4504 FRET FRET TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

781 FRF FRF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2 FRFT FRFT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

87 FRMT FRMT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 FRQT FRQT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2823880 GBA GBA PATENT APPLICATION 

10570 GBA3 GBA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

225842 GBAT GBAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

7 GBDT GBDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1743 GBF GBF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 GBFT GBFT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 GBU GBU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

83 GCA GCA PATENT APPLICATION 

115 GEA GEA PATENT APPLICATION 

3 GEU GEU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

3 GHA GHA PATENT APPLICATION 

49550 GRA GRA PATENT APPLICATION 

162 GRAT GRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 GRF GRF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2687 GRU GRU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

2 GRUT GRUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

42 GTA GTA PATENT APPLICATION 

4 GTAT GTAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 GTU GTU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

3813 HKA HKA PATENT APPLICATION 

341 HKA3 HKA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

436 HKAT HKAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

670 HKF HKF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2 HNA HNA PATENT APPLICATION 

5314 HRA HRA PATENT APPLICATION 

3 HRAT HRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

5 HRF HRF DESIGN APPLICATION 

15 HTA HTA PATENT APPLICATION 

96933 HUA HUA PATENT APPLICATION 

17 HUA3 HUA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

5137 HUAT HUAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 HUDT HUDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

4 HUF HUF DESIGN APPLICATION 

164 HUP HUP PROVISIONAL APPLICATION 

5325 HUU HUU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 HUU3 HUU3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

2 HUUT HUUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 IBF IBF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1464 IDA IDA PATENT APPLICATION 

45 IDAT IDAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 IDF IDF DESIGN APPLICATION 

54854 IEA IEA PATENT APPLICATION 

7 IEA0 IEA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

920 IEA3 IEA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

20 IEAC IEAC COGNATE APPLICATION 

628 IEAT IEAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

13 IEF IEF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 IEQ3 IEQ3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

83821 ILA ILA PATENT APPLICATION 

400 ILA0 ILA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 


2829 ILA3 ILA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

778 ILAT ILAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

164 ILF ILF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2 ILQ0 ILQ0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

5 ILQ3 ILQ3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

43062 INA INA PATENT APPLICATION 

79 INA0 INA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

1656 INA3 INA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

1 INAC INAC COGNATE APPLICATION 

1243 INAT INAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

8 IND3 IND3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

24 INF INF DESIGN APPLICATION 

21 IQA IQA PATENT APPLICATION 

121 IRA IRA PATENT APPLICATION 

10 IRAT IRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3309 ISA ISA PATENT APPLICATION 

8 ISAT ISAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 ISF ISF DESIGN APPLICATION 

646442 ITA ITA PATENT APPLICATION 

32898 ITAT ITAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 ITDT ITDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

13 ITE ITE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

623 ITF ITF DESIGN APPLICATION 

149731 ITU ITU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

370 ITUT ITUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

5 JMA JMA PATENT APPLICATION 

10 JOA JOA PATENT APPLICATION 

11922689 JPA JPA PATENT APPLICATION 

1294 JPA1 JPA1 DOMESTIC PRIORITY 

194 JPAA JPAA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

17962 JPAT JPAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 JPDT JPDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

11254 JPF JPF DESIGN APPLICATION 

30 JPQ1 JPQ1 DOMESTIC PRIORITY 

4092415 JPU JPU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

6 JPU1 JPU1 DOMESTIC PRIORITY 

87 JPUA JPUA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

286 JPUT JPUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 JPUU JPUU CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM UTILITY TO PATENT 

45 KEA KEA PATENT APPLICATION 

7 KGA KGA PATENT APPLICATION 

66 KPA KPA PATENT APPLICATION 

1275853 KRA KRA PATENT APPLICATION 

2 KRA0 KRA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

2040 KRA3 KRA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

4851 KRAA KRAA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

1792 KRAT KRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

6 KRAU KRAU CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM UTILITY TO PATENT 

6 KRD3 KRD3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

2 KRDA KRDA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

1 KRDU KRDU CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM UTILITY TO PATENT 

2667 KRF KRF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2 KRP KRP PROVISIONAL APPLICATION 

212256 KRU KRU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1564 KRU3 KRU3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

47 KRUA KRUA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

39 KRUT KRUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

301 KRUU KRUU CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM UTILITY TO PATENT 

463 KZA KZA PATENT APPLICATION 

2 KZU KZU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

162 LBA LBA PATENT APPLICATION 

38 LBAT LBAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

15 LIA LIA PATENT APPLICATION 

4 LIAT LIAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 


2 LIF LIF DESIGN APPLICATION 

228 LKA LKA PATENT APPLICATION 

47 LKAT LKAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

17 LKF LKF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 LRA LRA PATENT APPLICATION 

4 LSA LSA PATENT APPLICATION 

1906 LTA LTA PATENT APPLICATION 

17 LTAT LTAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 LTF LTF DESIGN APPLICATION 

39080 LUA LUA PATENT APPLICATION 

38 LUA3 LUA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

4486 LUAT LUAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 LUF LUF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2367 LVA LVA PATENT APPLICATION 

5 LVA3 LVA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

172 LVAT LVAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 LYA LYA PATENT APPLICATION 

2811 MAA MAA PATENT APPLICATION 

547 MAAT MAAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1788 MCA MCA PATENT APPLICATION 

13 MCAT MCAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3609 MDA MDA PATENT APPLICATION 

99 MDP MDP PROVISIONAL APPLICATION 

196 MDU MDU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 MGA MGA PATENT APPLICATION 

83 MKA MKA PATENT APPLICATION 

222 MNA MNA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 MRA MRA PATENT APPLICATION 

259 MTA MTA PATENT APPLICATION 

19 MTAT MTAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 MUA MUA PATENT APPLICATION 

116 MWA MWA PATENT APPLICATION 

16164 MXA MXA PATENT APPLICATION 

253 MXAA MXAA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

823 MXAT MXAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

37 MXF MXF DESIGN APPLICATION 

723 MXU MXU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

2441 MYA MYA PATENT APPLICATION 

11 MYAT MYAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

12 MYF MYF DESIGN APPLICATION 

6 MYU MYU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

26 NGA NGA PATENT APPLICATION 

16 NIA NIA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 NIAT NIAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

344204 NLA NLA PATENT APPLICATION 

1379 NLA3 NLA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

55034 NLAT NLAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1395 NLCT NLCT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1228 NLDT NLDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 NLF NLF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2 NLU NLU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 NNA NNA PATENT APPLICATION 

90680 NOA NOA PATENT APPLICATION 

96 NOA3 NOA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

6392 NOAT NOAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

133 NOF NOF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 NOQ3 NOQ3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

42 NOU NOU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

39082 NZA NZA PATENT APPLICATION 

125 NZA0 NZA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

2667 NZA3 NZA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

136 NZAC NZAC COGNATE APPLICATION 

1987 NZAT NZAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

147 NZF NZF DESIGN APPLICATION 


1284 OAA OAA PATENT APPLICATION 

483 OAAT OAAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 OMA OMA PATENT APPLICATION 

154 PAA PAA PATENT APPLICATION 

2 PAAT PAAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 PAF PAF DESIGN APPLICATION 

170 PEA PEA PATENT APPLICATION 

7 PEAT PEAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

122 PEU PEU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

3851 PHA PHA PATENT APPLICATION 

7 PHA1 PHA1 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION 

11 PHA2 PHA2 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART 

85 PHA3 PHA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

12 PHAT PHAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

16 PHDT PHDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

4 PHF PHF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2849 PHU PHU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 PHU3 PHU3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

29 PKA PKA PATENT APPLICATION 

4 PKAT PKAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

150722 PLA PLA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 PLA0 PLA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

910 PLAT PLAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 PLDT PLDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

743 PLE PLE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

20 PLF PLF DESIGN APPLICATION 

15756 PLU PLU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

7466 PTA PTA PATENT APPLICATION 

410 PTAT PTAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

4 PTF PTF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2141 PTU PTU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

18 PYA PYA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 PYAT PYAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 QAA QAA PATENT APPLICATION 

39 RHA RHA PATENT APPLICATION 

16 RHAT RHAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

47864 ROA ROA PATENT APPLICATION 

482 --> ROAT ROAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 ROF ROF DESIGN APPLICATION 

30 RSA RSA PATENT APPLICATION 

278838 RUA RUA PATENT APPLICATION 

200 RUAT RUAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

13 RUF RUF DESIGN APPLICATION 

48259 RUU RUU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

16 SAA SAA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 SBA SBA PATENT APPLICATION 

24 SDA SDA PATENT APPLICATION 

539655 SEA SEA PATENT APPLICATION 

37373 SEAT SEAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 SEDT SEDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

483 SEF SEF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2 SEU SEU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

12779 SGA SGA PATENT APPLICATION 

4011 SGAT SGAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

34 SGF SGF DESIGN APPLICATION 

6192 SIA SIA PATENT APPLICATION 

5 SIAT SIAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

5 SIF SIF DESIGN APPLICATION 

3681 SKA SKA PATENT APPLICATION 

16 SKAT SKAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

431 SKU SKU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

57 SMA SMA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 SRA SRA PATENT APPLICATION 

1207567 SUA SUA PATENT APPLICATION 


1470 SUA6 SUA6 DOMESTIC PRIORITY 

411 SUAT SUAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

4 SUU SUU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

65 SVA SVA PATENT APPLICATION 

40 SYA SYA PATENT APPLICATION 

12 SYAT SYAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

319 THA THA PATENT APPLICATION 

3 THAT THAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

40 THF THF DESIGN APPLICATION 

61 THU THU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

267 TJA TJA PATENT APPLICATION 

21 TJU TJU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 TMA TMA PATENT APPLICATION 

81 TNA TNA PATENT APPLICATION 

201 TNAT TNAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

7370 TRA TRA PATENT APPLICATION 

51 TRAT TRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

12 TRF TRF DESIGN APPLICATION 

9753 TRU TRU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

39 TTA TTA PATENT APPLICATION 

8 TTAT TTAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

102520 TWA TWA PATENT APPLICATION 

505 TWAT TWAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1194 TWF TWF DESIGN APPLICATION 

180310 TWU TWU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

203 TWUT TWUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 TZA TZA PATENT APPLICATION 

20142 UAA UAA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 UAAT UAAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 UAF UAF DESIGN APPLICATION 

25369 UAU UAU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

9903771 USA USA PATENT APPLICATION 

240474 USA1 USA1 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION 

208414 USA2 USA2 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART 

262966 USA3 USA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

16 USA4 USA4 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A SUBSTITUTE 

5905 USA5 USA5 CLAIMED APPLICATION IS AN ORIGINAL REISSUE SERIAL 

NUMBER 

142492 USAB USAB CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION ---ABANDONED 

84572 USAC USAC CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART ---ABANDONED 

20396 USAD USAD CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION ---ABANDONED 

10 USAR USAR REQUEST FOR RE-EXAMINATION NUMBER 

266484 USAT USAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

17 USD1 USD1 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION 

38 USD2 USD2 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART 

22 USD3 USD3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

1 USD5 USD5 CLAIMED APPLICATION IS AN ORIGINAL REISSUE SERIAL 

NUMBER 

42 USDB USDB CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION ---ABANDONED 

21 USDC USDC CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART ---ABANDONED 

1 USDD USDD CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION ---ABANDONED 

78 USDT USDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

8 USE USE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

165 USET USET TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

119143 USF USF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2519 USF1 USF1 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION 

4207 USF2 USF2 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART 

7920 USF3 USF3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

33 USF5 USF5 CLAIMED APPLICATION IS AN ORIGINAL REISSUE SERIAL 

NUMBER 

808 USFB USFB CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION ---ABANDONED 

742 USFC USFC CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART ---ABANDONED 

163 USFD USFD CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION ---ABANDONED 

4 USFT USFT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 


1654256 USP USP PROVISIONAL APPLICATION 

2899 USP1 USP1 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION 

3950 USP2 USP2 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART 

100 USP3 USP3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

10 USP4 USP4 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A SUBSTITUTE 

1 USP5 USP5 CLAIMED APPLICATION IS AN ORIGINAL REISSUE SERIAL 

NUMBER 

7 USPB USPB CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION ---ABANDONED 

15 USPC USPC CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART ---ABANDONED 

2 USPD USPD CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION ---ABANDONED 

1 USPR USPR REQUEST FOR RE-EXAMINATION NUMBER 

1818 USPT USPT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 USQ3 USQ3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

1457 UYA UYA PATENT APPLICATION 

9 UYAT UYAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

446 UYU UYU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

109 UZA UZA PATENT APPLICATION 

80 VEA VEA PATENT APPLICATION 

15 VEAT VEAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

4 VEF VEF DESIGN APPLICATION 

141 VNA VNA PATENT APPLICATION 

2 VNAT VNAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

66 VNU VNU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

150965 WOW WOW INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION NUMBER 

1 WOW0 WOW0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

793 WOW1 WOW1 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION 

674 WOW2 WOW2 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART 

140 WOW3 WOW3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

190742 WOWA WOWA PCT APPLICATION CLAIMED FROM NATIONAL PROCEDURE 

8754 WOWT WOWT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3386384 WOWW WOWW ADDITIONAL PCT APPLICATION 

1439 XHF XHF DESIGN APPLICATION 

16255 YUA YUA PATENT APPLICATION 

5 YUA3 YUA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

1606 YUA6 YUA6 DOMESTIC PRIORITY 

411 YUAT YUAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 YUDT YUDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

61 YUU YUU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 YUUT YUUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

78106 ZAA ZAA PATENT APPLICATION 

3113 ZAAT ZAAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 ZADT ZADT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

76 ZAF ZAF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 ZAFT ZAFT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

791 ZMA ZMA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 ZRA ZRA PATENT APPLICATION 

872 ZWA ZWA PATENT APPLICATION 

7 ZWAT ZWAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 


STN number formats with appended code 

Patent numbers 

INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB contain patent applications going back to 1836. In order to avoid 

ambiguity when overlapping number series are present for a country, publication numbers had to 

be extended with characters or chararcters and numbers from the patent kind code: 

- An U is generally attached to publication numbers for utility models – exception: German 

utility models, if the number format already identifies the document as an utility model. 

- For technical reasons EPO introduced dummy numbers with an appended D. Thes numbers are 

used if the correct number is not known, e.g. if the publication number was derived from the 

application number. 

Overview patent number formats with appended codes 

Kind Code Period Number Format Example 

ATT since 1980 APNnnnnnT AT374703T 

CNC since 1993 CNZNNNNNNC CN1317092C 

DDB1-5 1968-2004 DDNnnnnnB DD222737B 

DDC2 1985-1993 DDNnnnnnC2 DD270771C2 

DET1 since 1983 DENnnnnnnT1 DE634699T1 

DEU, DEU1 1934-1969 DEZNNNNNNU DE1430841U 

FRM FRNnnnM FR803M 

FRF FRNnnF FR342F 

GBA 1900-1915 GBYYNNNNNA GB1422706A 

HUA3 1992-1999 HUYYNNNNNA3 HU9903269A3 

since 2000 HUYYYYEEEEEEA3 HU2003002737A3 

ISB since 1990 ISNnnnB IS2264B 

ISB2 since 2000 ISNnnnB2 IS1758B2 

ISB6 since 1923 ISNnnnB6 IS1730B6 

JPB 1961-1989 JPNnnnnnnnB JP43005888B 

1989-1996 JPEEEEEEEEB JP07020436B 

JPB1 1950-1983 JPNnnnnnnnB JP42001677B 

since 1997 JPNnnnnnnB JP3983790B 

JPB2 1962-1989 JPNnnnnnnnB JP37014010B 

1989-1996 JPEEEEEEEEB JP3983281B 

since 1996 JPNnnnnnnB JP 983805B 

KED KENnnnD KE3736D 

LTR3 since 1990 LTNnnnR3 LT2661R3 

MCE since 1958 MCNnnE MC219E 

MDE since 2000 MDYYYYEEEEEEE MD2004000008E 

MDF3 since 2003 MDNnnnF3 MD10F3 

MXE since 1980 MXNnnnE MX7733E 


OAE since 1966 OANnnnE OA156E 

PLB1 since 1973 PLNnnnnnB1 PL194696B1 

SEE since 1900 SENnnnnnE SE519853E 

USE since 1836 USNnnnnnE US20854E 

USE1 

USNnnnnnE 

USNnnnnE 

US39903E 

USF1, USF2 USNnnnnE US35860E 

USH, USH1 since 1985 USNnnnnnnH US7H 

USNnnnH 

US1999H 

USI3 1838-1869 USNnnnnAI US120AI 

USI4 USNnnnnnT US101004T 

USI5 USNnnnnnI5 US570382I5 

USP1 since 2001 USYYYYEEEEEEEP US20070250971P 

USP2, USP3 since 2001 USNnnnnP US18172P 

USS USNnnnnnD US533361D 

USS1 USNnnnnnnD US444254D 

ZAD until 2000 ZAYYNNNNND ZA7207106D 

since 2000 ZAYYYYEEEEEED ZA2003002123D 

(N:= mandatory digit; n:= optional digit; EEE:= e.g. three-digit figure complemented with zeroes; YYYY:= four-digit 

year, before 2000 also two-digit year (YY) possible) 


Application and priority numbers 

Overlapping serial numbers are also present for application and priority numbers. Application and 

priority kind codes, respectively are attached to the numbers to make them unique. 

- An U is attached to all utility model applications. 

- Application numbers may be suffixed by D 

DOCDB keeps a record of very early publications available in paper only. In the past these 

publications were recorded on the basis of publication-identification only. In these instances a 

dummy application-identification was derived from the publication-identification by suffixing 

the number with the letter D 

- Priority numbers may be suffixed by T 

DOCDB keeps a record of very early publications available in paper only. In the past these 

publications were recorded on the basis of publication-identification only. Where possible EPO 

has grouped these very early publications into patent families by examining technical content. 

In these instances a dummy priority was derived from one of the publication-identifications in 

the family by suffixing the number with the letter T. 

Overview application and priority number formats with appended codes 

Kind Code Period Number Format Example 

HUP since 1990 HUYYYY-NnnnnP HU2002-3929P 

MDP since 2000 MDYYYY-NnnnP MD2004-3P 

USP since 1995 USYYYY-NnnnnnP US2004-567788P 


Countries with legal status information 

For the following countries or patent issuing organizations, legal status information is given in the 

INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB files (=> HELP LEGAL): 

=> HELP LEGSTAT 

For the following countries or patent issuing organizations, 

legal status information is given in the INPADOCDB file: 

Entry/Non-Entry into the 

national phase 

Entry in -------+-------- 

/PC COUNTRY NAME ./LSCC see EP see WO 

other LSCC 

=========================================================== 

AT Austria | AT | EP | WO | 

AU Australia | AU | | WO | 

BE Belgium | BE | EP | WO | 

BG Bulgaria | | EP | WO | 

BR Brazil | BR | | WO | 

BZ Belize | | | WO | 

CA Canada | CA | | WO | 

CH Switzerland | CH | EP | WO | 

CN People's Republic | | | | 

of Cina | CN | | WO | 

CY Cyprus | | EP | | 

CS Czechoslovakia | CS?/LSC| | | 

CZ Czech Republic | CZ | EP | WO | 

DD Germany (EX_GDR) | DD | | | 

DE Germany | DE | EP | WO | 

DK Denmark | DK | EP | | 

EA Eurasian Pat. Conv. | | | WO | 

EE Estonia | EE | EP | | 

EG Egypt | | | WO | 

EP European Patent | | | | 

Office | | EP | WO | 

ES Spain | ES | EP | WO | 

FI Finland | FI | EP | WO | 

FR France | FR | EP | | 

GB United Kingdom | GB | EP | WO | 

GE Georgia | | | WO | 

GR Ellas | | EP | | 

HK Hong Kong | HK | EP,CN | | 

HU Hungary | HU | EP | | 

IE Ireland | IE | EP | | 

IL Israel | IL | | WO | 

IS Iceland | | EP | | 

IT Italy | IT | EP | | 

JP Japan | | | WO | 

KE Kenya | | | WO | 

KR Republic of Korea | | | WO | 

LI Liechtenstein | | EP | WO*) | 

LT Lithuania | LT | EP | WO | 

LU Luxemburg | LU | EP | | 

LV Latvia | | EP | WO | 

*) LI via CH 

. . . 

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MC Monaco | MC | | | 

MD Moldavia | MD | EP | WO | 

MX Mexico | | | WO | 

NL Netherlands | NL | EP | | 

NO Norway | NO | | | 

NZ New Zealand | NZ | | WO | 

PH Philippines | PH | | WO | 

PL Poland | | EP | WO | 

PT Portugal | PT | EP | WO | 

RO Romania | | EP | WO | 

RU Russia | RU | SU | WO | 

SE Sweden | SE | EP | WO | 

SI Slovenia | SI | EP | WO | 

SK Slowakia | | EP | WO | 

TR Turkey | | EP | | 

TW Taiwan | TW | | | 

US United States | US | | WO | 

UZ Uzbekistan | | | WO | 

WO WIPO (P.C.T.) | | | WO | 

ZA South Africa | | | WO | 

*) LI via CH 

WIPO PCT data in the LS field 

----------------------------------------------------- 

(entry and non-entry in national phase): 

Country Entry into Non-entry into Update 

national phase national phase (Comments) 

----------------------------------------------------------------- 

Austria since 1981 not covered monthly 

Bulgaria since 2001 not covered monthly 

Canada since 1990 since 1990 monthly 

EPO since 1994 since 1994 weekly 

Germany since 1978 since 1978 weekly 

Georgia since Sept 1999 not covered monthly 

United Kingdom since Apr 1998 not covered weekly 

Japan 

since Sept 1996 since Sept 1996 monthly 

Kenya since 1995 not covered quarterly delivery 

(discontinued) 

Korea since 2000 since 2000 monthly delivery 


Lithuania since 1998 not covered quarterly 

(irregular delivery) 

Latvia since 1998 not covered bi- monthly 

(irregular delivery) 

Romania since 2000 not covered monthly delivery 


Spain since 2001 not covered quarterly 

Russia since 2002 not covered monthly 

Uzbekistan since 2001 not covered quarterly delivery 


USA since 1993 not covered monthly 


( PCT Newsletter: 141 Staaten June 2009) 

Member States PCT 


WO World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): 

W: AE AG AL AM AT AU AZ BA BB BG BH BR BW BY BZ CA CH CN CO CR 

CU CZ DE DK DM DO DZ EC EE EG ES FI GB GD GE GH GM GT HN HR 

HU ID IL IN IS JP KE KG KM KN KP KR KZ LA LC LK LR LS LT LU 

LY MA MD ME MG MK MN MW MX MY MZ NA NG NI NO NZ OM PG PH 

PL PT RO RS RU SC SD SE SG SK SL SM ST SV SY TJ TM TN TR TT TZ 

UA UG US UZ VC VN ZA ZM ZW 

RW (ARIPO): BW GH GM KE LS MW MZ NA SD SL SZ TZ UG ZM ZW 

RW (EAPO): AM AZ BY KG KZ MD RU TJ TM 

RW (EPO): AT BE BG CH (1) CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LT LU 

LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR 

RW (OAPI): BF BJ CF CG CI CM GA GN GQ GW ML MR NE SN TD TG 

EP European Patent Office (EPO): 

EP: R: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT 

LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR 

Extension states for EP: 

AL BA RS 

African Reginal Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO): 

AP: 

BW GH GM KE LS MW MZ NA SD SL SZ TZ UG ZM ZW 

Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO): 

EA: 

AM AZ BY KG KZ MD RU TJ TM 

African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI): 

OA: 

BF BJ CF CG CI CM GA GN GQ GW ML MR NE SN TD TG 

http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/members/index.html 

http://www.wipo.int/pct/de/forms/request/ed_request.pdf 

http://www.european-patent-office.org/epo/members.htm 

(1) Switzerland/Liechtenstein: 

"In an international application, Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein may only be designated 

jointly under Article 4 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty. Designation of one of the Contracting States shall 

be deemed to constitute designation of both of them." 

For that reason LI is not liste in PCT DS! 


Title language/original document language 

Status October 2008 

Country Code Titles in Documents in 

AP English English 

AR Spanish Spanish 

AT German German, English or French 

AU English English 

BA No English title Russian 

BE French or Dutch French, Dutch or German 

BG English Bulgarian 

BR Portuguese Portuguese 

CA English or French English or French 

CH German, French or Italian German, French or Italian 

CN English Chinese 

CS English or Czech Czech or Slovak 

CU Spanish or English Spanish 

CY English Title Greek 

CZ English and Czech Czech 

DD German German 

DE German German 

DK Danish Danish 

EA Russian Russian 

EE Estonian Estonian 

EG English Arabic 

EL* 

Hellenic (Greek alphabets) 

EP English English, German or French 

ES Spanish Spanish 

FI Swedish Finnish or Swedish 

FR French French 

GB English English 

GR* English/Greek (Latin alphabets) Greek 

HK English/Chinese English/Chinese 

HR English English 

HU English Hungarian 

ID Indonesian Indonesian 

IE English English 

IL English English 

IN English English 

IS Icelandic Icelandic 

IT Italian Italian 

JP English Japanese 


Country Code Titles in Documents in 

KE English Swahili, English 

KR English Korean 

LT English Lithuanian 

LU French or German French or German 

LV English Latvian 

MA 

MC French French 

MD Romanian Romanian 

MN English Mongolian 

MT English English 

MW English English 

MX Spanish Spanish 

MY English Malayan 

NL Dutch Dutch 

NO Norwegian Norwegian 

NZ English English 

OA English or French English or French 

PH English English 

PL English Polish 

PT 

English, French, German or 

Portuguese 

Portuguese 

RO French Romanian 

RU English Russian 

SE Swedish Swedish 

SG English English 

SI English Slovak 

SK English and Slovenian Slovenian 

SU English Russian 

TJ English Russian and TJ 

TR Turkish Turkish 

TW English Chinese 

US English English 

VN English Vietnamese 

WO English English, French, German, Japanese or 

Russian. 

YU Serbian Serbian 

ZA English/Afrikaans English/Afrikaans 

ZW English English 


Italy: Province coding for application numbers 

(Since 1991) 

UPICA Code Number UPICA Code Number 

Agrigento AG 1 Messina ME 49 

Alessandria AL 2 Milano MI 50 

Ancona AN 3 Modena MO 51 

Aosta AO 4 Napoli NA 52 

Arezzo AR 5 Novara NO 53 

Ascoli Piceno AP 6 Nuoro NU 54 

Asti AT 7 Oristano OR 55 

Avellino AV 8 Padova PD 56 

Bari BA 9 Palermo PA 57 

Belluno BL 10 Parma PR 58 

Benevento BN 11 Pavia PV 59 

Bergamo BG 12 Perugia PG 60 

Biella BI 991 from Pesaro PS 61 

1.1.97 

Bologna BO 13 Pescara PE 62 

Bolzano BZ 14 Piacenza PC 63 

Brescia BS 15 Pisa PI 64 

Brindisi BR 16 Pistoia PT 65 

Cagliari CA 17 Pordenone PN 66 

Caltanissetta CL 18 Potenza PZ 67 

Campobasso CB 19 Prato PO 995 from 1.1.97 

Caserta CE 20 Ragusa RG 68 

Catania CT 21 Ravenna RA 69 

Catanzaro CZ 22 Reggio Calabria RC 70 

Chieti CH 23 Reggio Emilia RE 71 

Como CO 24 Rieti RI 72 

Cosenza CS 25 Rimini RN 996 from 1.1.97 

Cremona CR 26 Roma RM 73 

Crotone KR 992 from Rovigo RO 74 

1.1.97 

Cuneo CN 27 Salerno SA 75 

Enna EN 28 Sassari SS 76 

Ferrara FE 29 Savona SV 77 

Firenze FI 30 Siena SI 78 

Foggia FG 31 Siracusa SR 79 

Forlì FO 32 Sondrio SO 80 

Frosinone FR 33 Taranto TA 81 

Genova GE 34 Teramo TE 82 

Gorizia GO 35 Terni TR 83 

Grosseto GR 36 Torino TO 84 

Imperia IM 37 Trapani TP 85 

Isernia IS 38 Trento TN 86 

L'Aquila AQ 39 Treviso TV 87 

La Spezia SP 40 Trieste TS 88 

Latina LT 41 Udine UD 89 

Lecce LE 42 Varese VA 90 


Lecco LC 993 from Venezia VE 91 

1.1.97 

Livorno LI 43 Verbania VB 997 from 1.1.97 

Lodi LO 994 from Vercelli VC 92 

1.1.97 

Lucca LU 44 Verona VR 93 

Macerata MC 45 Vibo Valentia VV 998 from 1.1.97 

Mantova MN 46 Vicenza VI 94 

Massa Carrara MS 47 Viterbo VT 95 

Matera MT 48 UIBM Dep.Post. DP 96 

Example: Publication pre 2000 

PIT ITA1 PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION 

PI IT 98VC0006 A1 19980608 

AI IT 1998-VC6 A 19980310 

PRAI IT 1998-VC6 A 19980310 

: 

Example: Publication after 2000 

PI IT 2000VC0006 A1 20000608 

..... 


Typical searches in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 

This table and the following examples are meant to assist you to choose the appropriate database 

and search strategy. The examples show different aspects of both databases. Displayed search 

strategies are proposals for solutions. However for a problem possibly more than one strategy is 

thinkable and the proposed solutions are not necessarily the ideal search strategies. 

When searching… 

current State of the Art 

by keywords, classification or both 

(/bi,/ti, /ab, /ipc, /epc, /ico, …) 

patent assignees 

by name 

(/pa, /pas, /lspa 

inventors 

by name 

(/in, /ins, /lsin 

citing documents 

by patent number 

(/rpn) 

in multiple files 

with CAPLUS and WPINDEX 

single publications 

by patent number, inventor… 

(/pn, /in…) 

patent family information 

by patent number (…) 

(/pn, /prn, /ap) 

legal status for a specific publication 

by patent number (…) 

(/pn, /prn, /ap) 

single documents with a specific legal status 

by legal status events 

(/lsc, /lsc2, /lstx, …) 

invention-based statistics 

publication-based statistics 

Use… 






INPADOCDB 

INPADOCDB 

INPADOCDB 

INPADOCDB 


INPADOCDB 


Search Examples 

Example 1 

Combined keyword and classification search in INPAFAMDB: 

Question: What is the state of the art concerning laser welding? 

=> fil inpafamdb 

In international database like INPAFAMDB, 

this is not an exhaustive search strategy. 

=> s laser (2a) (welding or bonding) or B23K0026-20/ipc You should always try to cover as many 

158271 LASER 

languages as possible and include patent 

132193 WELDING 

classification codes. 

80370 BONDING 

4398 LASER (2A) (WELDING OR BONDING) 

4936 B23K0026-20/IPC 

L1 7643 LASER (2A) (WELDING OR BONDING) OR B23K0026-20/IPC 

=> d ti 1-5 

Displaying titles is free of charge 

in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 


TI Temperaturgesteuertes Mehrwellenlaengen-Laserschweiss- und Heizsystem. 

- Temperature controlled multi-wavelength laser welding and heating 

As INPAFAMDB 

system. 

joins several 

documents into one entry, 

- Systeme de soudure et de chauffage au laser a plusieurs longueurs d'onde 

you were able to retrieve 

a temperature controlee. 

"Laserschweissverfahren" 

and "soudage par faisceau 


laser” by searching for laser 

TI CAPACITOR. 

welding. 

- CONDENSATEUR. 

You can use this feature to 

find keywords to extend your 

L1 ANSWER 3 OF 7643 INPAFAMDB COPYRIGHT 2008 EPO/FIZ KA on STN search strategy. 

TI Laserschweissverfahren mit verbesserter Penetration. 

- Laser welding process improving penetration. 

- Procede de soudage par faisceau laser a penetration amelioree. 

- LASER WELDING PROCESS WITH IMPROVED PENETRATION. 


TI Schutzgas zum Laserschweissen und Laserschweissverfahren. 

- Protective gas for laser welding and method for laser welding. 

- Gaz de protection pour soudage laser et procede de soudage laser. 


TI Sekundaerbatterie und Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Sekundaerbatterie. 

- Secondary battery and secondary battery manufacturing method. 

- Batterie secondaire et procede de fabrication de batterie secondaire. 

=> s (laser (2a) (welding or bonding)) or laserschweiss? or (soud### (3a) laser) 

or B23K0026-20/ipc 

158271 LASER 

132193 WELDING 

80370 BONDING 

4398 LASER (2A) (WELDING OR BONDING) 

638 LASERSCHWEISS? 

39768 SOUD### 

158271 LASER 

1037 SOUD### (4A) LASER 

4936 B23K0026-20/IPC 

L2 7919 (LASER (2A) (WELDING OR BONDING)) OR LASERSCHWEISS? OR (SOUD### 

(3A) LASER) OR B23K0026-20/IPC 

The extended search strategy returned 276 

additional records. 


=> d bib 3 


AN 

36748705 INPAFAMDB EDF 20080521 EWF 200821 UPFB 20080710 UWF 200828 ED 

20080521 EW 200821 UP 20080528 UW 200822 

DN 56347445 

TI 

Laserschweissverfahren mit verbesserter Penetration. 

- Laser welding process improving penetration. 

- Procede de soudage par faisceau laser a penetration amelioree. 

- LASER WELDING PROCESS WITH IMPROVED PENETRATION. 

INS BALLERINI GAIA, FR; LEFEBVRE PHILIPPE, FR; BRIAND FRANCIS, FR 

- BALLERINI GAIA; BRIAND FRANCIS; LEFEBVRE PHILIPPE 

PAS AIR LIQUIDE, FR 

PI EP 1923165 A1 20080521 

FR 2908677 A1 20080523 These would have been four 

JP 2008126315 A 20080605 separate hits in INPADOCDB. 

US 20080116175 A1 20080522 

AI EP 2007-301531 A 20071108 

FR 2006-54966 A 20061117 

JP 2007-294679 A 20071113 

US 2007-942135 A 20071119 

PRAI FR 2006-54966 A 20061117 (FRA, 20080521) 

REC 

14. THERE ARE 14 CITED REFERENCES (14 PATENT, 0 NON PATENT) AVAILABLE FOR 

THIS RECORD. ALL CITATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PIRE FORMAT. 

- 8. THERE ARE 8 CITED REFERENCES (8 PATENT, 0 NON PATENT) AVAILABLE FOR 

THIS RECORD. ALL CITATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PIRE FORMAT. 


Note 

The BIB display format in INPAFAMDB is deduplicated, i.e. multiple 

identical entries from several documents are only shown once. 

Other deduplicated formats are: BRIEF, IBIB, STD, ALL, IALL, ALLO, IND. 


Example 2 

Patent assignee search in INPAFAMDB: 

Question: How many inventions are patented to the company Ratiopharm? 


=> s ratiopharm/pass and granted/sta 

30 RATIOPHARM/PA 

30 RATIOPHARM/PAS 

8 RATIOPHARM/LSPA 

33 RATIOPHARM/PASS 

(RATIOPHARM/PA,PAS,LSPA) 


L1 

9 RATIOPHARM/PASS AND GRANTED/STA 

The super search field /PASS includes the PA, 

PAS and LSPA fields. 

You can use the status field /STA to restrict 

your search to granted patents. 

=> fil inpadocdb 

Searching for Ratiopharm/PASS reveals 33 inventions 

published by this company, 9 of them are already 


=> s ratiopharm/pass and granted/sta 

136 RATIOPHARM/PA 

137 RATIOPHARM/PAS 

11 RATIOPHARM/LSPA 

148 RATIOPHARM/PASS 

(RATIOPHARM/PA,PAS,LSPA) 


L2 

42 RATIOPHARM/PASS AND GRANTED/STA 

The same search in INPADOCDB yields 148 individual 

patent applications for Ratiopharm, including 42 


=> fsort l2 



'L3' DELETED 

L3 

42 FSO L2 

6 Multi-record Families Answers 1-39 







3 Individual Records Answers 40-42 

0 Non-patent Records 

FSORT regroups them into the 9 (6+3) prioritybased 

families INPAFAMDB displayed before. 


Example 3 

Inventor search in INPAFAMDB: 

Question: How many inventions are patented by Dietrich Hänsel? 


=> e haensel d/in,ins,lsin 

E1 1 HAENSEL BRUNO/INS 

E2 1 HAENSEL CURT/INS 

E3 

1 --> HAENSEL D/IN 

E4 1 HAENSEL D/INS 

E5 0 HAENSEL D/LSIN 

E6 4 HAENSEL DETLEF/IN 

. 

E18 1 HAENSEL DIETER DD/IN 

E19 5 HAENSEL DIETRICH/IN 

E20 6 HAENSEL DIETRICH/INS 

E21 1 HAENSEL DIETRICH DIPL ING/IN 

E22 2 HAENSEL DIETRICH DIPL ING/INS 

E23 1 HAENSEL DIETRICH DIPL ING 4630 BOCHUM/IN 

E24 1 HAENSEL DIETRICH DIPL ING 4630 BOCHUM DE/IN 

E25 6 HAENSEL DIETRICH DR ING/IN 

E26 7 HAENSEL DIETRICH DR ING/INS 

E27 5 HAENSEL DIETRICH DR ING 4630 BOCHUM DE/IN 

E28 1 HAENSEL DIETRISCH DR ING/IN 

E29 1 HAENSEL DIETRISCH DR ING/INS 

E30 1 HAENSEL DIPL ING/IN 

E31 1 HAENSEL DIPL ING/INS 

E32 1 HAENSEL DIPL ING DETLEF W 4780 LIPPSTADT DEDINGHAUSEN/IN 

E33 1 HAENSEL DIPL ING DIETRICH 4630 BOCHUM DE/IN 

E34 2 HAENSEL DIPL ING GEORG/IN 

(…) 

=> e hansel d/in,ins,lsin 

E1 1 HANSEL CHRISTIAN/INS 

E2 1 HANSEL CURT/IN 

E3 

0 --> HANSEL D/IN 

E4 0 HANSEL D/INS 

E5 0 HANSEL D/LSIN 

E6 1 HANSEL DANIEL A/IN 

. 

E13 1 HANSEL DETLEF DIPL ING/INS 

E14 1 HANSEL DIETMAR/IN 

E15 1 HANSEL DIETMAR/INS 

E16 3 HANSEL DONALD C/IN 

(…) 

s ((haensel or hansel)(s)(dietrich or dietrisch))/inss 

715 HAENSEL/IN 

L1 

716 HAENSEL/INS 

14 HAENSEL/LSIN 

717 HAENSEL/INSS 

(HAENSEL/IN,INS,LSIN) 

. 

4 DIETRISCH/INSS 

Expand names before searching to check for 

different versions (e.g. with/without academic 

title or middle initial) or different notations. 

This could be a typo. 

For names with ‘umlauts’ (or any other non- 

ASCII characters) you should always check for 

alternative spellings. 

(DIETRISCH/IN,INS,LSIN) 

12 ((HAENSEL OR HANSEL)(S)(DIETRICH OR DIETRISCH))/INSS 

Similar to the /PASS super search field, 

/INSS includes /IN, /INS and /LSIN. 

This should cover all the versions of Mr. Hänsel’s 

name in the database… 

… but does it also cover all of his inventions? 

Let’s include the /PASS super search field in our 

query: 


=> s ((haensel or hansel)(s)(dietrich or dietrisch))/inss,pass 

715 HAENSEL/IN 

L2 

716 HAENSEL/INS 

14 HAENSEL/LSIN 

717 HAENSEL/INSS 

(HAENSEL/IN,INS,LSIN) 

. 

0 DIETRISCH/PASS 

Once you have expanded the different possible 

spellings (where applicable), this is what a 

comprehensive inventor name search might look 

like. 

(DIETRISCH/PA,PAS,LSPA) 

20 ((HAENSEL OR HANSEL)(S)(DIETRICH OR DIETRISCH))/INSS,PASS 

=> s l2 not l1 

L3 

8 L2 NOT L1 

Including the patent assignee fields in our 

search yielded an extra eight records for Mr. 

Hänsel. 

=> d ti in pa 8 


TI Filter. 

IN VERZICHT DES ERFINDERS AUF NENNUNG 

Mr. Hänsel and Mr. Hermstedt both chose not to 

PA HAENSEL,DIETRICH; HERMSTEDT,ECKHARD,DR. be named as inventors in this case. 

However they appear as patent assignees. 

Note 

Under most legislations, inventors have the right to remain anonymous. Thus, 

depending on the source of the patent information, the IN-fields may be empty 

or contain a short remark from the patent authority. 

Also, utility models from several countries, including Austria, Germany and 

Japan do not list an inventor due to the governing local law. 


=> s u/dt not in/fa 

7355721 U/DT 

37935429 IN/FA 

L4 

5448743 U/DT NOT IN/FA 

INPADOCDB contains over five million utility 

model documents without an inventor name. 


Example 4 

Citation search in INPAFAMDB: 

Question: Whose applications cited Kuka’s patents in the past three years? 


FILE 'INPAFAMDB' ENTERED 


=> s kuka/pass 

583 KUKA/PA 

548 KUKA/PAS 

245 KUKA/LSPA 

L1 

637 KUKA/PASS 

(KUKA/PA,PAS,LSPA) 

Run a company search for Kuka. 

=> tra pn /rpn 

L2 TRANSFER L1 1- PN : 2120 TERMS 

L3 1814 L2/RPN 

Select the patent numbers and search as cited 

patent numbers in the /RPN-field. 

=> s l3 and py>2005 not kuka/pass 

3811454 PY>2005 

(PY>2005) 

583 KUKA/PA 

548 KUKA/PAS 

245 KUKA/LSPA 

637 KUKA/PASS 

(KUKA/PA,PAS,LSPA) 

L4 

609 L3 AND PY>2005 NOT KUKA/PASS 

Exclude self-citations and limit the 

search to publication years >2005. 

=> ana l4 pas 

L5 ANALYZE L4 1- PAS : 1221 TERMS 

=> d doc 1-5 

L5 ANALYZE L4 1- PAS : 1221 TERMS 

The standardized patent assigneefield 

/PAS is a suitable extraction 

field for an analysis. 

TERM # # OCC # DOC % DOC PAS 

Display the results by document count 

------ ------- ------ ------ --------------- 

(D DOC), to see how many families (i.e. 

1 187 47 7.72 ABB AB 

inventions) cite Kuka’s patents. 

2 142 26 4.27 FANUC LTD 

3 71 20 3.28 SIEMENS AG 

4 61 16 2.63 DAIMLER CHRYSLER AG 

5 44 14 2.30 THYSSENKRUPP DRAUZ NOTHELFER G 


Example 5 

Completing search results from WPINDEX 

Question: We are looking for electronic stethoscopes. 

=> fil wpindex 

=> e stethoscope/ipc 


-- --------- -- ---- 

E1 0 1 STEROIDS * PRODUCING STEROIDS BY MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCE 

SSES/IPC 

E2 0 1 STEROIDS * STEROIDS IN WHICH ONE OR MORE CARBOCYCLIC R 

INGS ARE REPLACED BY HETEROCYCLIC RINGS/IPC 

E3 0 --> STETHOSCOPE/IPC 

E4 0 1 STETHOSCOPES/IPC 

E5 0 1 STETHOSCOPES * MEDICAL STETHOSCOPES/IPC 

E6 0 1 STETHOSCOPES * MICROPHONES FOR STETHOSCOPES/IPC 

E7 0 1 STEW PANS/IPC 

E8 0 1 STICK(S)/IPC 

(…) 

=> e e4+kt 

E1 0 --> STETHOSCOPES/IPC 

E2 658 KT A61B0007-02/IPC 

E3 64850 KT H04R/IPC 

********** END ********** 

=> e e2+all 

E1 0 BT5 A/IPC 

SECTION A - HUMAN NECESSITIES 

E2 0 BT5 HEALTH; AMUSEMENT/IPC 

E3 0 BT4 A6/IPC 


MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE 

E5 259744 BT2 A61B/IPC 

DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 

(…) 

E6 1638 BT1 A61B0007-00/IPC 

Instruments for auscultation 

CORE 


E7 658 --> A61B0007-02/IPC 

. Stethoscopes 

ADVANCED 

A61B0007-04 describes best 

VALID FROM 19680901 TO PRESENT ( IPC what EDITION: we’re looking for. 1-8 ) 

E8 776 NT1 A61B0007-04/IPC 

. . Electric stethoscopes (microphones, acoustic 

transducers therefor H04R) 

ADVANCED 


********** END ********** 

=> s electronic stethoscope/ti 

336987 ELECTRONIC/TI 

731 STETHOSCOPE/TI 

L1 

117 ELECTRONIC STETHOSCOPE/TI 

=> d ti mc 

Use the thesaurus to find an IPCclass 

for classification searching. 

Display the IPC-symbol using the 

relationship code +KT 

The relationship code +ALL allows you to view 

the complete entry for an IPC-symbol. 

WPINDEX offers an alternative classification 

system, the Manual Codes (/MC). 

MCs cannot be browsed as comfortably as 

IPCs, but you can find a suitable code by 

searching for the topic of interest and 

displaying the /MC-field. 

((ELECTRONIC(W)STETHOSCOPE)/TI) 

L1 ANSWER 1 OF 117 WPINDEX COPYRIGHT 2008 THOMSON REUTERS on STN 

TI Contact type electronic stethoscope for auscultation, capable of 

suppressing noise due to friction between chest piece and body of patient 

MC EPI: S05-D01H; V04-U; V06-V02X; V06-V04A2; V06-V04K 

=> e s05-d01h+all/mc 


E1 242051 BT3 S05/MC 

DEF ELECTRICAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT 

E2 1579 BT2 S05-D/MC 

DEF ELECTRICAL DIAGNOSIS 

E3 2929 BT1 S05-D01/MC 

DEF MEASURING AND RECORDING SYSTEMS 

E4 486 --> S05-D01H/MC 

DEF STETHOSCOPES 

S05-D01H looks like a good choice. 

HNTE (1992- ) 

********** END ********** 

=> s (ele!tron? (3a) stethos!op##)/bi,biex or A61B007-04/ipc or S05-D01H/mc 

S05-D01H STETHOSCOPES 

861474 ELE!TRON?/BI 

Now that we gathered the necessary 

information, this is what our search 

375120 ELE!TRON?/BIEX 

strategy looks like. 

983 STETHOS!OP##/BI 

660 STETHOS!OP##/BIEX 

241 (ELE!TRON? (3A) STETHOS!OP##)/BI,BIEX The Basic Index Extension (/BIEX) 

776 A61B007-04/IPC 

allows you to search member level 

(A61B0007-04/IPC) 

bibliographic data in WPINDEX. 

486 S05-D01H/MC 

L2 1018 (ELE!TRON? (3A) STETHOS!OP##)/BI,BIEX OR A61B007-04/IPC OR S05-D 

01H/MC 

D SCAN allows you to check your 

=> d scan 

results free of charge. 

L2 1018 ANSWERS WPINDEX COPYRIGHT 2008 THOMSON REUTERS on STN 

TI 

Wireless stethoscope type medical auscultation instrument for e.g.(…) 


=> s (ele!tron? (3a) stethos!op##) or A61B007-04/ipc 

531749 ELE!TRON? 

There’s no /MC or /BIEX in INPAFAMDB. 

1409 STETHOS!OP## 

247 ELE!TRON? (3A) STETHOS!OP## 

1167 A61B007-04/IPC 

(A61B0007-04/IPC) 

L3 1219 (ELE!TRON? (3A) STETHOS!OP##) OR A61B007-04/IPC 

=> tra l2 pn 

L4 TRANSFER L2 1- PN : 2549 TERMS 

L5 

954 L4 

201 more hits in INPAFAMDB! 

Let’s see what we’ve missed in WPINDEX: 

=> s l3 not l5 

Comparing the patent numbers reveals 488 

L6 

488 L4 NOT L6 

patent families in INPAFAMDB that were not 

covered in WPINDEX. 

=> d ti pn 1,5,12,18,23,32,78,100,459,481 As there where only 201 more results in 

INPAFAMDB, this means there were also a lot 

L6 ANSWER 1 OF 488 INPAFAMDB COPYRIGHT of documents 2008 EPO/FIZ we only found KA in on WPINDEX. STN 

PI CN 201064449U Y 20080528 Don’t restrict your search to one file! 


TI Electronic stethoscope. 

Chinese utility models… 

PI CN 201042437U Y 20080402 


PI RU 68881U U1 20071210 

…and a Russian one… 


TI STETHOSCOPE ELECTRONIQUE A VISION PANORAMIQUE. 

PI BE 551113 A1 19591218 

…a Belgian application from 1959… 


TI Stethoscope electronique. 

PI DZ 3187 A1 20050130 

…and one from Algeria… 


TI ELECTRONIC STETHOCOPE. 

PI KR 90004316U Y1 19900519 

…a Korean utility model… 



TI Electron stethoscope. 

- Stetoscop electronic. 

- Electronic stethoscope. 

…this one’s from Moldova… 

PI MD 9500228 A 19960930 

PI MD 761 F2 19970731 


PI JP 59036309U U 19840307 

…a Japanese utility model from 1984… 


TI Stethoscope. 

PI US 2115478 A 19380426 

…a US-application from 1938… 


TI Elektrisches Stethoskop. 

PI DE 750602 C 19450120 …and a German patent from 1945. 

=> ana l6 pk py 

L7 ANALYZE L6 1- PK PY : 157 TERMS 

=> d doc pk 


TERM # # OCC # DOC % DOC PK PY 

------ ------- ------ ------ --------------- 

1 127 127 26.02 JPU 

2 67 65 13.32 JPA 

3 65 65 13.32 CNY 

Japanese utility models (JPU, JPY) have been added 

4 53 49 10.04 USA 

to WPINDEX only in Jan. 2008, Chinese ones (CNU, 

5 41 41 8.40 JPY2 

CNY) in Oct. 2007. 

6 39 37 7.58 DEA1 

9 24 24 4.92 JPB 

10 26 22 4.51 GBA 

11 22 22 4.51 CNU 

16 19 19 3.89 FRA 

17 19 19 3.89 JPC 

=> d doc py 


TERM # # OCC # DOC % DOC PK PY 

------ ------- ------ ------ --------------- 

7 38 37 7.58 1981 

8 41 32 6.56 1977 

12 22 22 4.51 1992 

13 37 20 4.10 1974 

14 26 20 4.10 1975 

15 25 20 4.10 1970 

18 30 18 3.69 1976 

19 21 18 3.69 1978 

21 26 17 3.48 1973 

22 18 17 3.48 1980 

23 18 17 3.48 1982 

24 17 17 3.48 1979 

WPINDEX covers pharmaceutical patents from 1963 on, 

other fields of chemistry have been added later. Technical 

inventions are covered since 1974. 

Coverage is also country-specific, p.e. patents from the US, 

Japan or Germany ar e available from 1963 on, European 

ones from 1978, Chinese ones from 1987 and Taiwanese 

from 1993. 

Several smaller countries are not covered at all in 

WPINDEX. 

Note 

With it‟s unique coverage of more than 80 patent issuing authorities, 

INPAFAMDB is a vital asset for any exhaustive search. 


Example 6 

Displaying bibliographic data of single patent publications 

We are looking for European patent no. 854245. 


=> s ep854245/pn 

L1 

1 EP854245/PN 

=> d 

The default display format in INPADOCDB is BIB.M, 

displaying the bibliographic information for both 

publications of this entry. 


AN 23545530 INPADOCDB UP 20070914 UW 200737 Full-text 

FN 2592997 

TI Strukturkonstruktion mit externer Isolierung und Bauverfahren einer 

solchen Strukturkonstruktion. 

Structure of an externally insulated construction and method for 

realizing such s structure construction. 

Structure de construction a isolation par l'exterieur, et contruction 

mettant en oeuvre une telle structure de construction. 


IN GABEL, CLAUDE 

INPADOCDB is application-based, i.e. one record 

INS GABEL CLAUDE, FR 

covers the bibliographic data of the published 

PA ISOBOX HENRY PRODUCTION 

application… 

PAS ISOBOX HENRY PRODUCTION, FR 

DT Patent 

PI EP 854245 A1 19980722 French 




DS R: AT BE CH DE DK ES GB IE IT LI LU NL PT SE 

AI EP 1998-400034 A 19980109 


PRAI FR 1997-492 

A 19970117 (FRA) 




AN 23545530 INPADOCDB Full-text 

FN 2592997 

TI Wandaufbau mit externer Isolierung und ein ein solchen Wandaufbau 

aufweisendes Bauwerk. 

Structure of an externally insulated construction and a construction 

employing such a structure. 

Structure de construction a isolation par l'exterieur, et contruction 

mettant en oeuvre une telle structure de construction. 




PA PLACOPLATRE 

…and the corresponding granted patent. 

PAS PLACOPLATRE SA, FR 

DT Patent 

PI EP 854245 B1 20010411 French 



STA GRANTED 

DS R: AT BE CH DE DK ES GB IE IT LI LU NL PT SE 

AI EP 1998-400034 A 19980109 


PRAI FR 1997-492 

A 19970117 (FRA) 



Example 7 

Retrieving patent family information 

We are looking for documents related to European patent no. 854245. 


=> s ep854245/pn 

L1 

1 EP854245/PN 

=> d cfam ffam 

Selecting several family display formats in one 

display command incurs only one display-fee. 




+--------------PI--------------+ 

AT 200543T T 20010415 

DE 69800671 D1 20010517 

DE 69800671 T2 20020704 

DE 854245T1 T1 19990107 

DK 854245 T3 20010730 

EP 854245 A1 19980722 

EP 854245 B1 20010411 

ES 2118701 T1 19981001 

ES 2118701 T3 20010616 

FR 2758580 A1 19980724 

FR 2758580 B1 19990402 

PT 854245 T 20010928 

D CFAM gives you a concise view of the patent 

family. 


----------- 

MEMBER 1 

----------- 


FN 2592997 

TI WANDAUFBAU MIT EXTERNER ISOLIERUNG UND EIN EIN SOLCHEN WANDAUFBAU 

AUFWEISENDES BAUWERK. 

TL German 



PA PLACOPLATRE 

PAS PLACOPLATRE SA, FR 

DT Patent 

PI AT 200543T T 20010415 

PIT ATT TRANSLATION OF EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION or EP PATENT VALID IN 

AT [FROM 01.08.2005 ONWARDS] 


STA GRANTED 

FFAM shows complete bibliographic information 

AI AT 1998-400034 T 19980109 

including legal status for each family member 

AIT ATT Translation 

separately. 

PRAI FR 1997-492 

A 19970117 (FRA) 


IC.V 7 

ICM E04B001-76 

IPCR E04B0001-76 [I,A ] 

E04B0001-76 [I,C*] 

EPC E04B0001-76C1 

FA AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 


20010815 ATUEP + PUBLICATION OF TRANSLATION OF EUROPEAN PATENT 

SPECIFICATION 

. 


----------- 

MEMBER 8 

----------- 


FN 2592997 

TI ESTRUTURA DE CONSTRUCAO COM ISOLAMENTO PELO EXTERIOR E CONSTRUCAO QUE 

UTILIZA UMA TAL ESTRUTURA DE CONSTRUCAO. 

TL Portuguese 

IN CLAUDE GABEL 

(…) 


Note 

The same search will retrieve the same results in INPAFAMDB, at a slightly 

higher fee. 

The different cost structure suggests using INPADOCDB in this case. 


Example 8 

Retrieving legal status information 

There were different patent assignees stated in the application and the patent in example 6. What 

happened? 


=> s ep854245/pn 

L1 

1 EP854245/PN 

=> d pi ls 


PI EP 854245 A1 19980722 

PI EP 854245 B1 20010411 

LEGAL STATUS 


19970117 FRA PRI Patent application 

FR 1997-492 A 19970117 

19980109 EPA APP Patent application 

EP 1998-400034 A 19980109 

19980722 EPA1 PUB APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITH SEARCH REPORT 

EP 854245 A1 19980722 


EP 

A1 

AT BE CH DE DK ES GB IE IT LI LU NL PT SE 

19980722 EPAX + EXTENSION OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT TO 

AL;LT;LV;MK;RO;SI 

19980930 EPGBC + GB: TRANSLATION OF CLAIMS FILED (GB SECTION 78(7)/1977) 

. 

19991201 EP17Q + FIRST EXAMINATION REPORT 

19991015 


20000614 EPRTI1 TITLE (CORRECTION) 

STRUCTURE OF AN EXTERNALLY INSULATED CONSTRUCTION AND A 

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYING SUCH A STRUCTURE 

20010207 EPRAP1 APPLICANT REASSIGNMENT (CORRECTION) 

PLACOPLATRE 


20010411 EPB1 PUB PATENT SPECIFICATION 

EP 854245 B1 20010411 


EP 

B1 

| | | 

AT BE CH DE DK ES GB IE IT LI LU NL PT SE 

. 

LSD | LSC | LSC2 | . 

LSTX 

| | | . 

GBIF02 + GB: EUROPEAN PATENT IN FORCE AS OF 2002-01-01 



IT: 20060131 


200809.................................20080228 

The application has been reassigned 

to Placoplatre on February 7, 2001. 

The legal status display is subdivided in four rows, the first 

of which contains the date (LSD) of the event. 

The 2 nd row shows the legal status codes (FRA = French 

application, EPPGFP = European post grant fees paid…). 

20061215 EPPGFP + POSTGRANT: ANNUAL FEES PAID Legal TO status NATIONAL codes are OFFICE searchable in the LSC field. 

AT: 20061215 

The 3 rd row contains the legal status code categories (LSC2) 


and additional general information. The LSC2-categories 

200809.................................20080228 

unite the 2.800+ LSCs into analogous groups for better 

20061218 EPPGFP + POSTGRANT: ANNUAL FEES PAID handling TO NATIONAL (EXA = examination OFFICE or search report; CHG = 

NL: 20061218 

Change of owner, applicant or inventor; etc.). The extended 


legal events PRI, APP and PUB categories are display-only 

200809.................................20080228 

legal status events and not searchable in LSC2. Finally, a 

(…) 

‘+’ in this column denotes a generally positive event, a’-‘ a 

negative one (legal status code indicator (LSCI), 

searchable). 

The last row contains the legal status text field (LSTX), 

giving details on the legal status event 


Example 9 

Searching by legal status 

Was an opposition filed for EP 1733864? 


=> s EP1733864/pn and (ore/lsc2 (l) oppo?/lstx) 

1 EP1733864/PN 

178175 ORE/LSC2 

2100370 OPPO?/LSTX 

165498 ORE/LSC2 (L) OPPO?/LSTX 

L1 

=> d pi.m pa.m ti ls 

1 EP1733864/PN AND (ORE/LSC2 (L) OPPO?/LSTX) 


PI EP 1733864 A1 20061220 

PI EP 1733864 B1 20070718 

PA RHODIA ENGINEERING PLASTICS SA 

PA 

TI 

RHODIA ENGINEERING PLASTICS SA 

Zusammensetzung fuer die Herstellung hohler Koerper durch 

Gasinjektiontechnik. 

Moulding material composition for hollow products made by gas-assisted 

injection moulding. 

Composition pour la fabrication de corps creux par injection-gaz. 

LEGAL STATUS 


19980925 FRA PRI Patent application 

FR 1998-12182 A 19980925 

… 


BASF SE 

20080416 


200822.................................20080528 


EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH 

20080417 


200822.................................20080528 

… 

Note that you have to use the (L)-operator to 

combine LSC2 with LSTX. The search for 

OPPO?/LSTX is necessary to identify legal status 

entries which are based on an opposition. 


BASF SE 


200833.................................20080814 


EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH 


200833.................................20080814 


Example 10 

Statistics (invention-centric) 

Question: What countries were the most innovative in the past five years in the field of wind power 

generation? 


=> e wind/ipc 


Use the IPC-thesaurus to find a suitable IPC class. 

-- --------- -- ---- 

E1 0 1 WINCHES/IPC 

E2 0 1 WINCHES * LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS FOR WINCHES/IPC 

E3 0 1 --> WIND/IPC 

E4 0 1 WIND * MEASURING DIRECTION OF WIND/IPC 

E5 0 1 WIND * MEASURING SPEED OF WIND/IPC 

E6 0 1 WIND * USING WIND FOR MARINE PROPULSION/IPC 

E7 0 1 WIND * WIND -SURFER VESSELS/IPC 

E8 0 1 WIND * WIND MOTORS; WIND MILLS/IPC 

E9 0 1 WIND * WIND TUNNELS/IPC 

E10 0 1 WINDING/IPC 

E11 0 1 WINDING * MAKING ARTICLES BY WINDING PAPER OR METAL FO 

IL/IPC 

E12 0 1 WINDING * MAKING ARTICLES BY WINDING PLASTIC SHEET MAT 

ERIAL/IPC 

=> e e8+kt 

E1 0 --> WIND * WIND motors; WIND mills/IPC 

E2 31743 KT F03D/IPC 

********** END ********** 

The relationship code +KT reveals the 

appropriate IPC-symbol. 

(+ALL would also do) 

=> e e2+all 

Expanding the IPC-symbol with +ALL allows 

E1 32151 --> F03D/IPC 

WIND MOTORS 

Note 

you to browse the classification hierarchy. 

(1) In this subclass, the following terms or 

expressions are used with the meanings indicated: 

- "wind motor" means a mechanism for converting the 

energy of natural wind into useful mechanical power, 

and the transmission of such power to its point of use; 

- "rotor" means the wind-engaging parts of the wind 

motor and the rotary member carrying them; 

- "rotation axis" means the axis of rotation of the 

rotor. 

E2 8251 NT1 F03D0001-00/IPC 

Wind motors with rotation axis substantially in wind 

direction (controlling F03D0007-00) 

CORE 


E3 1163 NT2 F03D0001-02/IPC 

. having a plurality of rotors 

ADVANCED 


E4 1898 NT2 F03D0001-04/IPC 

. having stationary wind-guiding means, e.g. with 

shrouds or channels (F03D0001-02 takes precedence) 

ADVANCED 


E5 4095 NT2 F03D0001-06/IPC 

. Rotors 

ADVANCED 


E6 8137 NT1 F03D0003-00/IPC 

Wind motors with rotation axis substantially at right 

angle to wind direction (controlling F03D0007-00) 

CORE 



E7 1429 NT2 F03D0003-02/IPC 

. having a plurality of rotors 

ADVANCED 


E8 2379 NT2 F03D0003-04/IPC 

. having stationary wind-guiding means, e.g. with 

shrouds or channels (F03D0003-02 takes precedence) 

ADVANCED 


E9 4308 NT2 F03D0003-06/IPC 

. Rotors 

ADVANCED 


E10 1439 NT1 F03D0005-00/IPC 

Other wind motors (controlling F03D0007-00) 

CORE 


E11 335 NT2 F03D0005-02/IPC 

. the wind-engaging parts being attached to endless 

chains or the like 

ADVANCED 


E12 254 NT2 F03D0005-04/IPC 

. the wind-engaging parts being attached to carriages 

running on tracks or the like 

ADVANCED 


E13 344 NT2 F03D0005-06/IPC 

. the wind-engaging parts swinging to-and-fro and not 

rotating 

ADVANCED 


E14 7711 NT1 F03D0007-00/IPC 

Controlling wind motors 

CORE 


E15 4066 NT2 F03D0007-02/IPC 

. the wind motors having rotation axis substantially in 

wind direction 

ADVANCED 


E16 3233 NT3 F03D0007-04/IPC 

. . Regulation, i.e. controlling automatically 

ADVANCED 


E17 1627 NT2 F03D0007-06/IPC 

. the wind motors having rotation axis substantially at 

right angle to wind direction 

ADVANCED 


E18 9079 NT1 F03D0009-00/IPC 

Adaptations of wind motors for special use; 

Combinations of wind motors with apparatus driven 

thereby (aspects predominantly concerning driven 

apparatus, see the relevant classes for such 

apparatus) 

CORE 


E19 1562 NT2 F03D0009-02/IPC 

. the apparatus storing power 

ADVANCED 


E20 9392 NT1 F03D0011-00/IPC 

Details, component parts, or accessories not provided 

for in, or of interest apart from, the other groups of 

this subclass 

CORE 


E21 1867 NT2 F03D0011-02/IPC 

. Transmission of power, e.g. using hollow exhausting 

blades 


ADVANCED 


E22 3912 NT2 F03D0011-04/IPC 

. Mounting structures 

ADVANCED 


********** END ********** 

=> s f03d/ipc and pryf>2003 

20746 F03D/IPC 

3277553 PRYF>2003 

(PRYF>2003) 

L1 4663 F03D/IPC AND PRYF>2003 

=> ana l1 in.cny pryf 

L2 ANALYZE L1 1- IN.CNY PRYF : 75 TERMS 

=> tabulate 

ENTER ANALYZE OR SELECT L# (L2):. 

DISPLAY AS GRID FORMAT (N), Y, OR ?:y 

ENTER PRIMARY DISPLAY CODE OR (?):in.cny 

ENTER SECONDARY DISPLAY CODE OR (?):pryf 

DISPLAY PRIMARY (TOP 10), ENTIRE OR ?:entire 

PRIMARY SORT ORDER (CURRENT), DOC, ALPHA, OR ?:doc 

PRIMARY SORT DIRECTION (DEFAULT), A, D, OR ?:d 

SECONDARY SORT ORDER (CURRENT), DOC, ALPHA, OR ?:alpha 

SECONDARY SORT DIRECTION (DEFAULT), A, D, OR ?:a 

A FEE WILL BE CHARGED. PROCEED? (Y), N, OR ?:y 

L2 ANALYZE L1 1- IN.CNY PRYF : 76 TERMS 

Pick the right extraction fields for your 

ANALYZE. (The question was where it 

was invented, not where the application 

was filed) 

Use the TABULATE-command to structure your 

results. The assisted novice mode is 

recommended. 

PRYF 

------------------------------------------------------ 

IN.C 1984 1994 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 

CN 0 0 0 0 0 1 177 260 392 336 10 

DE 0 0 0 0 0 1 133 139 162 63 0 

US 1 1 1 2 1 11 111 153 127 32 1 

KR 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 55 85 42 2 

DK 0 The pre-2004 0 hits 0 are owed 0 to 0 0 27 31 62 32 1 

ES 0 peculiarities 0 of 0 the US-patent 0 system. 0 0 28 47 38 25 7 

TW 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 27 62 25 0 

GB 0 0 0 0 0 3 26 32 55 16 0 

RU 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 39 39 3 0 

UA 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 34 31 26 0 

JP 0 0 0 0 0 3 33 22 29 11 0 

CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 26 8 1 

NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 11 28 6 1 

FI 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 14 11 6 8 

FR 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 9 5 0 

IT 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 14 0 0 

NO 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 5 1 0 

AU 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 5 9 1 0 

SE 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 4 0 1 

BG 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 6 1 0 

AT 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 4 3 0 

CZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 5 1 3 

MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 

HU 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 6 0 0 

CH 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 3 1 0 


Example 11 

Statistics (application-centric) 

Question: How did the number of gene therapy-related applications in Germany develop since the 

turn of the century? 


=> e A61K0048-00+all/ipc 

E1 22 BT4 A/IPC 

SECTION A - HUMAN NECESSITIES 

E2 0 BT4 HEALTH; AMUSEMENT/IPC 


E4 1329 BT2 A61/IPC 

MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE 

E5 2275852 BT1 A61K/IPC 

PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES 

(bringing into special physical form A61J; chemical 

aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of 

air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for 

bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical 

articles A61L; compounds per se C01, C07, C08, C12N; 

soap compositions C11D; micro-organisms per se C12N) 

Note 

… 

(5) Therapeutic activity of medicinal preparations is 

further classified in subclass A61P. 

Subclass Index 

DENTAL PREPARATIONS A61K0006-00 

COSMETICS, PERFUMES A61K0008-00 

PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS 

characterised by form A61K0009-00 

characterised by active ingredients 

organic active ingredients A61K0031-00, A61K0035-00, 

A61K0036-00, A61K0038-00 

materials from animals, protozoa, bacteria or viruses 

A61K0035-00 

materials from algae, fungi lichens or plants 

A61K0036-00 

inorganic active ingredients A61K0033-00, A61K0035-00 

obtained by treating material with wave energy or 

particle radiation A61K0041-00 

for testing A61K0049-00, A61K0051-00 

radioactive ingredients A61K0051-00 

Vaccines A61K0039-00, A61K0045-00 

Carriers A61K0047-00 

Medicinal preparations with genetic material, gene 

therapy A61K0048-00 

------------------------------------- 

E6 96426 --> A61K0048-00/IPC 

Medicinal preparations containing genetic material 

which is inserted into cells of the living body to 

treat genetic diseases; Gene therapy 

CORE 


********** END ********** 

=> s (A61K0048-00/ipc or (gen# (2a) therap?)) and py>1999 and de/pc 

95409 A61K0048-00/IPC 

103993 GEN# 

224907 THERAP? 

7491 GEN# (2A) THERAP? 

16107725 PY>1999 

(PY>1999) 

5407075 DE/PC 

L1 2795 (A61K0048-00/IPC OR (GEN# (2A) THERAP?)) AND PY>1999 AND DE/PC 

=> ana l1 py dt 

L2 ANALYZE L1 1- PY DT : 11 TERMS 

The IPC thesaurus is helpful to 

find the appropriate IPC class. 

Combine IPC and keyword search 

reach more comprehensive search 

results. Limit to documents 

published after 1999 in Germany. 

Extract publication year and 

document type 


=> tab dt py grid doc d alpha a 

L2 ANALYZE L1 1- PY DT : 11 TERMS 

PY 

-------------------------------------------- 

DT 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 

------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 

PATENT 143 162 190 236 266 293 562 483 447 

UTILITY MODEL 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 

Use the TABULATE-command to structure 

your results. In the advanced mode all 

parameters are entered in one line. 


INPADOCDB 

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INPADOCDB (INternational PAtent DOCumentation DataBase) contains the bibliographic and family data 

of patent documents and utility models of more than 90 patent-issuing organizations including the European 

Patent Office (EPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In addition, the legal status 

data of 58 patent-issuing organizations are included (42 countries + from 16 countries the nat. phases 

PCT/EP). Patent citations from 21 countries are also available. 

The database corresponds to the EPO Patent Information Resources (combined DOCDB-XMLdata and 

Inpadoc Legal Status Service). 

Note: The accession number can change due to corrections/updates of patent relevant numbers and 

codes. 

SUBJECT COVERAGE 

- All areas of science and technology, i.e. all classes of the International Patent Classification 

SOURCES 

- EPO-Patent Information Resource based on the data supplied by the patent offices 

(INPADOC/DOCDB Service) 

- INPADOC Legal Status Service 

FILE DATA 

- 1790 to present for patent records 

- 1978 to the present for legal status events; legal status from publication data from the beginning 

- more than 55 million records (applications) including national patent families with about 70 million 

published patent applications; 37 million families (07/09) 

- more than 51 million legal status entries in almost 20 million records (07/09) 

- Updated weekly with 70,000-1.000,000 records and 40,000-180,000 legal status data 

- Automatic current-awareness searches (SDIs) may be run weekly or monthly. (Weekly is default) 

PRODUCER 

European Patent Office 

Vienna Sub Office 

P.O. Box 90 

Austria 

Phone: +43 1 52126-0 

Fax: +43 1 52126-5491 

E-mail: inpadoc.help@epo.org 

Copyright Holders 

SUPPLIER 

FIZ Karlsruhe 

P.O. Box 2465 


Germany 

Phone: +49 7247 808-555 

Fax: +49 7247 808-131 

E-mail: helpdesk@fiz-karlsruhe.de 

USER AIDS 

- Online Helps (HELP DIRECTORY lists all help messages available) 

- STNGUIDE 

- Web site 

- ECLA (EPC, ICO) and IDT descriptions in pdf files- updated monthly (see file banner) 



INPAFAMDB (INternational PAtent FAMily DataBase) contains the patent family data of patent documents 

and utility models of more than 90 patent-issuing organizations including the European Patent Office (EPO) 

and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In addition, the legal status data of 58 patentissuing 

organizations are included (including 16 countries with LS from the national phases of PCT/EP 

applications only). Patent citations from 21 countries are also available. 

The database corresponds to the EPO Patent Information Resources (combined DOCDB-XMLdata and 

Inpadoc Legal Status Service). 

The database indexes of INPAFAMDB are based on the patent families, where in INPADOCDB the indexes 

are based on the patent applications. The Accession Number AN in INPAFAMDB is the family number FN 

from INPADOCDB. 

Note: The patent family number can change due to corrections/updates of patent relevant numbers and 

codes. 

SUBJECT COVERAGE 

- All areas of science and technology, i.e. all classes of the International Patent Classification 

SOURCES 

- EPO-Patent Information Resource based on the data supplied by the patent offices 

(INPADOC/DOCDB Service) 

- INPADOC Legal Status Service 

FILE DATA 

- 1790 to present for patent publications 

- 1978 to the present for legal status events; legal status from publication data from the beginning 

- more than 36 million patent families with about 70 million published patent applications; (04/09) 

- more than 51 million legal status data in almost 20 million applications (07/09) 

- Updated weekly with 70,000-1.000,000 records and 40,000-200,000 legal status data 

- Automatic current-awareness searches (SDIs) may be run weekly or monthly. (Weekly is default) 

PRODUCER 

European Patent Office 

Vienna Sub Office 

P.O. Box 90 

Austria 

Phone: +43 1 52126-0 

Fax: +43 1 52126-5491 

E-mail: inpadoc.help@epo.org 

Copyright Holders 

SUPPLIER 

FIZ Karlsruhe 

P.O. Box 2465 


Germany 

Phone: +49 7247 808-555 

Fax: +49 7247 808-131 

E-mail: helpdesk@fiz-karlsruhe.de 

USER AIDS 

- Online Helps (HELP DIRECTORY lists all help messages available) 

- STNGUIDE 

- ECLA (EPC, ICO) and IDT descriptions in pdf files- updated monthly (see file banner) 

July 2009 


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