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Argentina (AR)

A

Examined granted patent

Australia (AU)

A

OPI application

A1

OPI 1^st publication or divisional standard/petty application

A2

Amended first publication

A4

Publication of granted innovation patent

A5

Amended pre-grant OPI innovation patent

A6

Amended post-grant OPI innovation patent

A8

Correction to bibliographic data of A level publication

A9

Correction to patent specification of A level publication

B

Examined and accepted patent

B1

1^st publication of application at acceptance

B2

2^nd publication of A1 application at acceptance

B3

2^nd publication of A3 application at acceptance

B4

Publication of certified innovation patent

B8

Correction to bibliographic data of B level publication

B9

Correction to patent specification of B level publication

Austria (AT)

A

Examined accepted specification – Aufgebot

A1

Application with search report

A2

Application without search report

A3

Publication of search report

A4

A2 published on same day as B document without A3

B

Granted patent – Patentschrift

B1

Patent

Belgium (BE)

A

Patent of invention

A0

Unexamined application (6 or 20 years)

A3

Initial text with search report

A4

Changed/corrected text with search report

A5

Text with amended claims and search report

A6

6-year patent of invention text as filed

A7

Corrected 6-year patent of invention

B3

Patent of invention - second publication of A3 (max. 20 years)

B5

Patent of invention - second publication of A5

B6

Patent of invention - second publication of A6

B7

Patent of invention - second publication of A7

T

Transfer to national patent from EP application

T7

European transfer

Brazil (BR)

A

OPI application

A3

Pipeline patent application

Canada (CA)

A

Examined granted patent less than 2,000,000)

A1

OPI from 2,000,001 onwards

B

Reissue (old law)

C

Granted patent (old and new law)

E

Reissue patents (old and new law)

China (CN)

A

OPI application

C

Y

Examined patent application

Utility Model

Czechoslovakia (CS) 

A

Patent application

A1

Patent application

A2

Patent application

B

Examined granted patent

Czech Republic (CZ)

A3

Unexamined application

B6

Granted patent

Denmark (DK)

A

Granted patent (to 12.06.78) ; OPI application (from 1978)

B

Granted patent

European (EP)

A

OPI application

A1

OPI application with search report

A2

OPI application without search report

A3

Publication of search report

A4

Supplementary search report

A8

Corrected title page of an A document

A9

Complete reprint of an A document

B

Examined granted specification

B1

Examined granted specification

B2

Amended specification

B8

Corrected title page of a B document

B9

Complete reprint of a B document

Finland (FI)

A

Granted patent (until 1969); OPI application (from 1969)

B

Examined patent application

B1

Granted patent (new law)

France (FR)

A

OPI application (from 1969)

A1

OPI application (1^st publication)

A2

Application for certificate of addition

A3

Application for certificate of utility

E

Certificate of addition (until 1969)

M

Medicament (addition) (until 1979)

Germany – East (DD)

A

Examined granted patent

A3

Economic patent (searched and examined)

A4

Economic patent (additional)

A5

Exclusive patent

A7

Exclusive patent (searched)

A8

Exclusive patent of addition (searched and examined)

A9

OPI application (after 1.5.1992)

B

Re-examined after grant

B1

Economic patent, searched and examined

B3

Exclusive patent, searched and examined

B5

Patent specification following A7 after objection

C

Examined granted patent

C2

Economic patent (section 19) or corrected/amended (section 23)

C4

Granted examined exclusive patent

C5

Patent specification, 3^rd publication

T9

Translation under Havana Agreement

Germany (DE)

A

OPI application (from 1968; examined accepted (pre 1974)

A1

OPI application before examination (from 199301)

A5

Title page for PCT application filed in German (from 2007)

A8

Correction of patent application (bibliographic)

A9

Correction of patent application (claims, description or drawings)

B

Examined accepted specification (from 1974-1981)

B3

Examined patent – 1^st publication (from 200404)

B4

Examined patent – 2^nd publication (from 200404)

B8

Correction of examined patent (bibliographic)

B9

Correction of examined patent (claims, description or drawings)

C

Granted patent from 1981 (from 198138)

C1

Examined patent – 1^st publication (from 199252)

C2

Examined patent – 2^nd publication (from 199262)

C5

Modified granted patent (previously C3)

C8

Correction of modified patent (bibliographic)

C9

Correction of modified patent (claims, description or drawings)

E

Granted EP in English or French assigned DE number

G

Granted EP in German assigned DE number

T

PCT transfer to DE published in German

T0

PCT transfer to DE published in non-German language

T2

Translation of granted EP from English or French

T5

Translation of PCT international announcement (from June 2005)

T8

Correction of EP application (bibliographic)

T9

Correction of EP application (claims, description or drawings)

U

Utility Model

U1

Utility Model (from 199626)

U8

Correction of Utility Model (bibliographic)

U9

Correction of Utility Model (claims, description or drawings)

Hungary (HU)

A

OPI application (examination requested or deferred examination)