Workbook Title - FIZ Karlsruhe

INPADOCDB 

The International Patent DOCumentation DataBase 

INPAFAMDB 

The International Patent FAMily DataBase 

Handbook 

December 2008

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Published by STN International, Europe 

c/o FIZ Karlsruhe 

P.O. Box 2465 

76012 Karlsruhe 

GERMANY 

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Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe 

Gesellschaft für wissenschaftlich-technische 

Information GmbH

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

- 1 - 

CONTENTS 

CONTENTS I 

INTRODUCTION 3 

THE INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB DATABASES 5 

OVERVIEW 5 

DOCUMENT STRUCTURE IN INPADOCDB 7 

DOCUMENT STRUCTURE IN INPAFAMDB 15 

WHICH FILE TO CHOOSE, INPADOCDB OR INPAFAMDB? 17 

SUBJECT SEARCH 18 

TEXT SEARCH 18 

Basic Index 18 

Title 18 

Abstract 19 

Simultaneous left and right truncation 24 

The (T)-operator 26 

CLASSIFICATIONS 27 

International Patent Classification (IPC) 27 

Structure of the IPC 27 

IPC Classification concepts 29 

Old concept 29 

New concept 29 

Reclassification 31 

Reference database MCD 31 

STN‟s concept: Backfile 31 

STN‟s concept: New documents 31 

New IPC search concept 31 

Search with Core Level Codes 33 

Search with Advanced Level Codes 34 

New IPC display options 34 

New SELECT options for statistics 36 

The IPC Thesaurus and its applications 38 

European Patent Classifications (EPC, ICO, IDT) 43 

EPC (ECLA) 43 

The ICO Classification (ECLA K-Y; In Computer Only) 51 

The IDT Classification (Indeling der Techniek) 52 

National Patent Classification (NCL) 53 

NAME SEARCH 55 

APPLICANT AND INVENTOR NAMES 55 

ADDRESS INFORMATION 61 

SUPER SEARCH FIELDS 63 

INPAFAMDB: FAMILIY RELATED INDEXES AND DISPLAYS 64 

SEARCH FOR NUMBERS AND DATES 67 

PATENT-RELEVANT NUMBERS 67 

Changing patent number formats 69 

PATENT NUMBERS 70 

Japanese patent numbers 74 

APPLICATION AND PRIORITY NUMBERS 77 

KIND OF DOCUMENTS 79 

“DATES OF AVAILABILITY” (DAV) FIELD 82 

THE “PATENT STATUS” (STA) FIELD 84 

THE “FILING DETAILS” (FDT) FIELD 85

COUNTRY DESIGNATIONS 89 

DATES 91 

Date Edit 91 

CITATION SEARCH 93 

TYPE OF A CITATION (SRT) 99 

CATEGORY OF A CITATION (CAT) 100 

FAMILY SEARCHING 102 

WHAT IS A PATENT FAMILY? 102 

FAMILY DISPLAY 103 

INPADOCDB 103 

Display format FAM 107 

Display Browse 107 

INPAFAMDB 122 

INPAFAMDB: Display of basic patent and hit patent 129 

FSEARCH AND FSORT 131 

LEGAL STATUS SEARCHING 134 

LEGAL STATUS DISPLAY 136 

LEGAL STATUS SEARCH FIELDS 140 

Search examples 143 

Search for legal status information on a national application 143 

Search for legal status events 145 

Legal Status Categories (/LSC2) 148 

UPDATES AND SETTING UP ALERTS 152 

DOCUMENT UPDATES IN INPADOCDB 152 

Search and display field “Change” (CHG) 155 

PATENT FAMILY UPDATES IN INPADOCDB 156 

Update codes for patent families 156 

UPDATES IN INPAFAMDB 157 

DISPLAY FORMATS FOR PATENT FAMILY UPDATES IN INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 158 

SETTING UP OF AN AUTOMATIC ALERT 164 

Legal status monitoring with "PROXIMITY LINKED SDI" 167 

MANUAL MONITORING 168 

I. Searching with family SDI formats 168 

APPENDICES 172 

ONLINE HELPS IN INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 172 

ONLINE HELPS ON PROXIMITY OPERATORS 173 

NUMBER OF RECORDS PER COUNTRY 175 

COUNTRY CODES (/PC) AND KIND CODES (/PK) 177 

PRIORITY APPLICATION INFORMATION TYPE (/PRAIT) 196 

STN NUMBER FORMATS WITH APPENDED CODE 205 

Patent numbers 205 

Application and priority numbers 207 

COUNTRIES WITH LEGAL STATUS INFORMATION 208 

MEMBER STATES PCT 212 

TITLE LANGUAGE/ORIGINAL DOCUMENT LANGUAGE 214 

ITALY: PROVINCE CODING FOR APPLICATION NUMBERS 216 

TYPICAL SEARCHES IN INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 218 

Search Examples 219 

SUMMARY SHEETS (1 ST PAGE) 238 

INPADOCDB 238 

INPAFAMDB 240 

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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 documentation section on the STN 

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

been included in this workshop manual. 

INPADOCDB bei 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 80 

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

legal status information from 51 countries (37 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 13 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 1 from 1836 and currently 

comprise 63 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. 

Example (Record): 

=> D IALL 

DISPLAY IALL 

shows the data of the latest 

publication. The field names are 

written in full length in this 

indented format. 

L1 ANSWER 1 OF 1342 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2007 EPO/FIZ 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 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 

PATENT STATUS: GRANTED 

APPLICATION INFO.: DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 

APPL. INFO. TYPE: DEA Patent application 

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

DE 1999-19913240 A 19990323 (DEA1, 20070322) 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 (DEA, 20070322) 

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 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 

ICO CLASSIF.: L29C0047:50C 

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

PIT; PRAI; REN; REP; TI 

UPDATE CHANGES: ICO C 


DISPLAY IALL.M LS 

=> D IALL.M LS 

Field code extension .M shows all 

publications of a record, LS shows legal 

L1 ANSWER 1 OF 1342 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2007 status EPO/FIZ information 

KA on STN 


ED 20070322 EW 200712 UP 20070809 


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. 

Spritzgiessmaschine. 

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 

PATENT STATUS: PRE-GRANT PUBLICATION 




DE 1999-19913240 A 19990323 (DEA1, 20070322) 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 (DEA, 20070322) 






B29C0045-52 


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 

valves are essentially free of pressure, or under 


educed 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. 

ABSTRACT LANGUAGE: English 

ABSTRACT SOURCE: translation 

ABSTRACT (GERMAN): 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. 

ABSTRACT LANGUAGE: German 

ABSTRACT SOURCE: national office 

FIELD AVAILABILITY: AB; ABDE; AI; AN; DAV; DT; ICM; ICO; ICS; IN; INS; PA; 

PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; TI 



ED 20070322 EW 200712 UP 20070809 


TITLE: Spritzgiessmaschine. 

TITLE LANGUAGE: German 

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 

PATENT STATUS: GRANTED 




DE 1999-19913240 A 19990323 (DEA1, 20070322) 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 (DEA, 20070322) 


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. 





B29C0045-52 


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

PIT; PRAI; REN; REP; TI 


LEGAL STATUS 

AN 52826468 INPADOCDB 

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

EXA Examination, Search Report 

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

20031120 DE8304 + GRANT AFTER EXAMINATION PROCEDURE 

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

20040519 DE8364 + NO OPPOSITION DURING TERM OF OPPOSITION 

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

20060803 DE8396 REPRINT OF ERRONEOUS FRONT PAGE 

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

=> D MAXO 

D MAX shows all available fields of a record 

D MAXO shows additional original data 


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) 

DE 1999-19913240 A 19990323 (DEA1, 20070322) 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 (DEA, 20070322) 

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 

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. 

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) 

DE 1999-19913240 A 19990323 (DEA1, 20070322) 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 (DEA, 20070322) 

PRAO 199 07 169.1; 199 13 240.2 


REP DE 1967666 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) 

DE 1999-19913240 A 19990323 (DEA1, 20070322) 

DE 1999-19928770 A 19990623 (DEA, 20070322) 

PRAO 199 07 169.1; 199 13 240.2 



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 

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 

20080221 DE8327 CHANGE IN THE PERSON/NAME/ADDRESS OF THE PATENT OWNER 

KRAUSSMAFFEI TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, 80997 MUENCHEN, DE 


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


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


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 INPAFAMDB UPFB 20071018 

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 

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 13 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 11755642 AB/FA 

E5 506510 ABDE/FA 

E6 100680 ABES/FA 

E7 1673506 ABFR/FA 

E8 261979 ABOL/FA 

E9 242109 ABOR/FA 

… 

An analysis resulted in the following distribution of abstracts by country (status October 2008): 

Country PC Records with Abstracts (million) Language 

US 

GB 

WO 

EP 

DE 

CA 

CN 

FR 

ES 

4.7 

2.0 

1.4 

1.2 

0.9 

0.9 

0.7 

0.6 

0.5 

ABOL= Abstract Other Language 

ABOR= Abstract Original characters 

EN 

EN 

EN, DE, FR, ES 

EN, DE, FR 

EN, FR 

EN, FR 

EN, CN 

FR, EN 

ES 


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

October 2008) 


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 


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. 

=> S LASER(1A)CUT? 

239025 LASER 

14002 LASERS 


243475 LASER 

(LASER OR LASERS) 

652916 CUT? 

L4 3230 LASER(1A)CUT? 


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 

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

MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (ladders E06C) 

C 

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

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

CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08) 

C 

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

(brushes, their handles or fastenings 

C 

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

(brushes, their handles or fastenings 

C 

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 2009. 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/ipc9/ 

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: 

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. 

Version indicator 

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 

91% of the backfile are reclassified, most of the missing documents are old ones published before 

1968. 

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; not in INPADOCDB 


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 INPADOCDB 

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. 

. 


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 two or three 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. 

. 

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 

=> 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 

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) 


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. 

INPAFAMDB 

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. 

. 

=> FIL INPAFAMDB 

=> S SYNGENTA/PA,PAS 

1720 SYNGENTA/PA 

1715 SYNGENTA/PAS 

L1 1724 SYNGENTA/PA,PAS 

=> 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 

IPC.F: First IPC given on original 

document 

In INPAFAMDB DOC shows the 

number of inventions/patent families! 

OCC shows the number of occurrences 

in inventions/patent families 1. 


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) 

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*] 

3. The relationship code +NT can also be 

used to include all narrower terms in the 

search. 


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? 

=> 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. 

2. The relationship code +BT displays 

all „broader terms“. 

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 

=> E WOOD/IPC 

E# FILE FREQUENCY AT TERM 

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

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 

Search tips 

1. EXPAND on keywords in the IPC 

field 

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 

95 % of the reclassification for the newer data stock since 1968 is complete. About 91% of 

the backfile have been reclassified. 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 G01R/IPC 

Group level G01R0023/IPC 

Full IPC Symbol 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 (http://www.stn-international.com/fileadmin/be_user/STN/pdf/presentations/ 

IPCreform_STN.pdf) . 


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); 

……… 

H04L1/00 NT7 TI: Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the 

information received (correcting synchronisation (see 

ECLA/ICO: H04L7/00); [N:for digital computers (see 

ECLA/ICO: G06F11/00)]; arrangements in the transmission 

path (see ECLA/ICO: H04B)) 

H04L1/00A 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] 

H04L1/00A1 NT9 [N: by adapting the transmission rate] [N9911] 

H04L1/00A1M NT10 [N: by switching between different modulation schemes] 

[N9911] 

H04L1/00A3 NT9 [N: by adapting the transmission format] [N9911] 

H04L1/00A3L NT10 [N: by modifying the frame length] [N9911] 

H04L1/00A5 NT9 [N: by adapting the channel coding ( (see ECLA/ICO: 

H04L1/18D) takes precedence)] [N9911] [C0307] 

H04L1/00A7 NT9 [N: by adapting the source coding] [N9911] 

H04L1/00A9 NT9 [N: characterised by the signalling] [N0508] 

H04L1/00A9A NT10 [N: Transmission of mode-switching indication] [N0508] 

H04L1/00A9B NT10 [N: Transmission of channel quality indication] [N0508] 

In INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB the EPC is displayed in IPC8 format. 


=> E H04L/EPC 

E1 38 H04K0001-10/EPC 

E2 800 H04K0003-00/EPC 

E3 0 --> H04L/EPC 

E4 1055 H04L0001-00/EPC 

E5 7 H04L0001-00+IDT/EPC 

E6 2298 H04L0001-00A/EPC 

E7 2004 H04L0001-00A1/EPC 

E8 2762 H04L0001-00A1M/EPC 

E9 608 H04L0001-00A3/EPC 

E10 704 H04L0001-00A3L/EPC 

E11 3200 H04L0001-00A5/EPC 

E12 558 H04L0001-00A7/EPC 

=> S E7 

L1 20041 H04L0001-00A1M/EPC 

=> D TI PI IND 1-5 

Search question: Search for EPC H04L1/00A1M . 


PI CN 1934799 A 20070321 

AN 52914864 INPADOCDB ED 20070405 EW 200714 UP 20080124 UW 200804 

FN 9306322 

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

IPCR H04L0012-26 [I,A] 

H04L0012-26 [I,C*] 

EPC H04L0001-00A1 

ICO T04L0001:00A9B; T04Q0007:38H 


TI RATE PREDICTION IN FRACTIONAL REUSE SYSTEMS. 

PREVISION DE DEBIT DANS DES SYSTEMES DE REUTILISATION FRACTIONELLE. 

PI CA 2574066 A1 20060223 


FN 11792018 

IPCI H04L0001-00 [I,A]; H04L0001-20 [I,A]; H04L0005-02 [I,A]; H04Q0007-38 

[I,A]; H04L0001-00 [I,C*]; H04L0001-20 [I,C*]; H04L0005-02 [I,C*]; 

H04Q0007-38 [I,C*] 

EPC H04L0001-00A1 ; H04L0001-00A3; H04L0001-20; H04L0005-02Q 

ICO T04L0001:18D; T04L0027:26M 


TI VERFAHREN UND ANORDNUNG ZUR HOCHGESCHWINDIGKEITSUeBERTRAGUNG VON 

DATENPAKETEN. 

PI DE 69837101 D1 20070329 



FN 3790300 

IPCI H04Q0007-22 [I,A]; H04Q0007-22 [I,C*] 

IPCR H04J0013-00 [I,A]; H04B0001-707 [I,A]; H04L0001-00 [I,A]; H04L0001-08 

[N,A]; H04L0001-16 [I,A]; H04L0001-18 [N,A]; H04L0012-56 [I,A]; 

H04L0029-08 [I,A]; H04Q0007-38 [I,A] 

H04J0013-00 [I,C*]; H04B0001-707 [I,C*]; H04L0001-00 [I,C*]; H04L0001-08 

[N,C*]; H04L0001-16 [I,C*]; H04L0012-56 [I,C*]; H04L0029-08 [I,C*]; 

H04Q0007-38 [I,C*] 

EPC H04W0012-107; H04B0001-707F2; H04L0001-00A1 ; H04L0001-12D2; 

H04L0001-16; H04L0012-56B; H04Q0007-38C4 

ICO T04B0001:707F4; T04B0001:707J; T04L0001:00B7P; T04L0001:00B9; 

T04L0001:18C; T04Q0007:38C4M; T04W0036:047 


TI Sender/Empfaenger und Verfahren zur Echoverminderung mittels 

Leistungszuteilung und Ratensteuerung. 

PI DE 60311827 D1 20070329 


FN 16001465 

IPCI H04L0027-26 [I,A]; H04L0001-00 [I,A]; H04L0027-26 [I,C*]; H04L0001-00 

[I,C*] 

EPC H04L0001-00A1 ; H04L0027-26M1P 


PI CN 1930810 A 20070314 


FN 11753917 

IPCI H04J0003-16 [I,A]; H04J0003-16 [I,C*] 

IPCR H04B0007-216 [I,A] 

H04B0007-204 [I,C*] 

EPC H04B0007-005B3B; H04B0007-005B4G; H04L0001-00A1 

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 

More comprehensive search 

results are obtained by 

searching IPCs of the answer 

sets in the EPC field 


E13 2 H04B0007-204/IPC 

E14 2 H04J0003-00/IPC 

E15 2 H04J0013-04/IPC 

.... 

=> S E1-E10/IPC,EPC 

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 

L3 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 


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 

144 additional documents 

retrieved if IPC symbols are 

also searched in the EPC field! 


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 

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 

In addition to IPC and 

EPC national patent 

classifications are 

available for search 

and display in the 

NCL field. 


"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 

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 

EPC and linked notations are 

combined by S-proximity operator 


00C6/EPC.KW 

00E/EPC.KW 

02/EPC.KW 


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 Nanobiotechnology 

Y01N0004 Nanotechnology for information processing, storage and transmission 

Y01N0006 Nanotechnology for materials and surface science 

Y01N0008 Nanotechnology for interacting, sensing or actuating 

Y01N0010 Nanooptics 

Y01N0012 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. 

http://www.stn-international.de/stndatabases/details/IdT_EPO.zip 

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: 

Country Number of applications with NCL 

US 4.805.000 

GB 556.000 

CH 466.000 

CA 461.500 

DE 431.000 

AT 348.000 

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 


29899892 EPC/FA 

L15 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 

=> 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! 

An entry in INS can have a 

maximum lenth 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 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 


The & sign is automatically 

eliminated! 



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 

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 Sproximity 

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 

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

PAS D HALLUIN KATHLEEN; VANDERSTRAETEN CHANTAL; RUITER RENE 

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. 

LEGAL STATUS HIT indicates that this is 

only a part of LS 

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 


L3 829 L2 NOT L1 

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”. 


=> 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 

UNITED KINGDOM 

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 

Application Number Group /APPS AP, PRN 

Searches the following fields 

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 


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 

A search for BAYER in /PASS 

(/PA, /PAS, /LSPA) retrieves 

significantly more documents 

than the combined search in /PA 

and /PAS. 





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: 23808190 INPADOCDB UP 20061122 


TITLE: Messgeraet und Verfahren zun Vermessen von Strukturen 

auf einem Substrat. 

Measuring apparatus and method for measuring 

structures on a substrat. 

Appareil de mesure et methode pour mesurer des 

structures sur un substrat. 

TITLE LANGUAGE: German; English; French 

INVENTOR(S): 

ORIGINAL: RINN, KLAUS 

STANDARDIZED: RINN KLAUS, DE 


ORIGINAL: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS WETZLAR GMBH 

STANDARDIZED: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS, DE 



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

EP 1116932 A3 20030416 German 

PATENT INFO. TYPE: EPA3 SEARCH REPORT 

DATE OF AVAILABILITY: 20030416 supplemental-srep-reference 

STATUS: PRE-GRANT PUBLICATION 

DESIGNATED STATES: 

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

SE TR 

APPLICATION INFO.: EP 2000-126646 A 20001205 

APPL. NO. INF. TEXT: EPA Patent application 

PRIORITY APPLN. INFO.: DE 2000-10001239 A 20000114 (DEA) 

US 2000-176284P P 20000114 (USP) 

PR. APPL. NO. INF. TEXT: DEA Patent application 

USP Provisional 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 

A3 

=> D PI.M AI PRAI 


PI EP 1116932 A2 20010718 

PI EP 1116932 A3 20030416 

AI EP 2000-126646 A 20001205 

PRAI DE 2000-10001239 A 20000114 (DEA) 

US 2000-176284P P 20000114 (USP) 

US 2000-176284P P 20000114 (EDPR 20010724) 


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: 23808190 INPADOCDB UP 20061122 


TITLE: Messgeraet und Verfahren zun Vermessen von Strukturen 

auf einem Substrat. 

Measuring apparatus and method for measuring 

structures on a substrat. 

Appareil de mesure et methode pour mesurer des 

structures sur un substrat. 

TITLE LANGUAGE: German; English; French 

INVENTOR(S): 

ORIGINAL: RINN, KLAUS 

STANDARDIZED: RINN KLAUS, DE 


ORIGINAL: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS WETZLAR GMBH 

STANDARDIZED: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS, DE 



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

EP-----1116932 A3 20030416 

DESIGNATED STATES: R: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE 

IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR 

APPLICATION INFO.: 2000EP-0126646 A 20001205 

PRIORITY APPLN. INFO.: 2000DE-1001239 A 20000114 (DEA) 

2000US-0176284 P 20000114 (USP) 

PR. APPL. NO. INF. TEXT: DEA Patent application 


=> D PI AI PRAI 

PI EP-----1116932 A2 20010718 

PI EP-----1116932 A3 20030416 

AI 2000EP-0126646 A 20001205 

PRAI 2000DE-1001239 A 20000114 (DEA) 

2000US-0176284P P 20000114 (USP) 


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 country (tow-letter code) 

n optional digit 

N mandatory digit 

YY/YYYY 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) 

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 

S JP06011796/PN JP 06011796 

(before year 2000): 

S JPEENNNNNN/PN 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 ON] 



AI 2000JP-0142410 A 20000315 

AIT JPA Patent application 

PRAI 2000JP-0142410 A 20000315 (JPA, 20080718) 

1999JP-0211445 A 19990727 (JPA) 

PRAIT JPA Patent application 



FN 12499381 

DT Patent 

PI JP-----3756723 B2 20060315 

PIT JPB2 GRANT. PATENT WITH A [FROM 2500000 ON, FROM 1996] 


STA GRANTED 

AI 2000JP-0142410 A 20000315 


PRAI 2000JP-0142410 A 20000315 (JPA, 20080718) 

1999JP-0211445 A 19990727 (JPA) 


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 

EP99-12345 

EP1999-12345 

WO1999-US12345 

EP2000-12345 

WO2000-JP12345 

WO2004-US123456 

99EP--12345 

1999EP--12345 

1999WO-US12345 

2000EP--12345 

2000WO-JP12345 

2004WO-US123456 

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 

L1 ANSWER 1 OF 1 INPADOCDB COPYRIGHT 2001 EPO 

AI DE 1993-12345 U 19930818 


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 


=> 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 

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 2007 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) 

JP 1992-272070 A 19921009 (JPA) 

� 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 42 US 1998-93292P/PRN 

(US1998-93292P/PRN) 

=> D PRAI PRAIT 5 


PRAI US 2005-246392 A 20051007 (USA) 

US 2004-927814 A 20040826 (USA1) 

US 1999-354344 A 19990716 (USAB) 

US 1998-97527P P 19980821 (USP) 

US 1998-93292P P 19980717 (USP) 


USA1 Prior application claimed for continuation 

USAB Claimed for continuation ---ABANDONED 


STN format must be 

used to truncate year 

notations in application 

or priority numbers 

SEL AP selects the 

application number 

from the answers 

(display format) 


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) 

ES 1997-2081 A 19971007 (ESA) 

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: 


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) 

US 2001-810085 A 20010316 (USA3, 20070920) 

US 2000-190337P P 20000316 (USP, 20070920) 


USA3 Prior application claimed for a division 


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 805283 CLAIMS-ONLY-AVAILABLE/DAV 

E5 7242111 EXAMINED-PRINTED-WITHOUT-GRANT/DAV 

E6 1854784 GAZETTE REFERENCE/DAV 

E7 816235 GAZETTE-PUB-ANNOUNCEMENT/DAV 

E8 22510 MODIFIED-FIRST-PAGE-PUB/DAV 

E9 67062 NOT-PRINTED-WITH-GRANT/DAV 

E10 24439442 PRINTED-WITH-GRANT/DAV 

E11 841002 SUPPLEMENTAL-SREP-REFERENCE/DAV 

E12 1259691 UNEXAMINED-NOT-PRINTED-WITHOUT-GRANT/DAV 

E13 21746642 UNEXAMINED-PRINTED-WITHOUT-GRANT/DAV 


=> S MODIFIED-FIRST-PAGE-PUB/DAV 

L2 22510 MODIFIED-FIRST-PAGE-PUB/DAV 

A list with explanations can be displayed using => HELP DAV. 

DAV Explanation 

gazette-reference date of announcement of filed application in gazette 

abstract-reference date of separate publication of an abstract 

supplemental-srep-reference date of separate publication of a supplementary search 

report 

gazette-pub-announcement date of announcement of a granted application in a gazette 

modified-first-page-pub date of separate publication of a modified first page report 


unexamined-not-printed-withoutgrant 

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 

examined-not-printed-without-grant date of making available to the public by viewing or 

copying on request, an examined document on which no 

grant has taken place on or before the said date 

unexamined-printed-without-grant 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 

examined-printed-without-grant 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 

printed-with-grant date of publication by printing or similar process of 

document on which grant has taken place on or before the 

said date 

claims-only-available date of publication by printing or similar process of the 

claims only of a document 

not-printed-with-grant date of making available to the public by viewing or 

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 25317382 GRANTED/STA 

E3 29329900 PRE-GRANT PUBLICATION/STA 


=> S LASER (1A) CUTT? AND GRANTED/STA 

225771 LASER 

13181 LASERS 

230050 LASER 


381744 CUTT? 

2477 LASER (1A) CUTT? 

25317382 GRANTED/STA 

L3 1134 LASER (1A) CUTT? AND GRANTED/STA 

=> D KWIC L1 1-5 


TI LASER CUTTING DEVICE USING POLYGON MIRROR. 

STA GRANTED 

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. 


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: 

Position Value 

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 With amended claims and statement. 

c Before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the 

event of receipt of amendments. 

d Upon request of the applicant under Article 64(3)(c)(i). 

e 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 . 

f Upon request of the applicant, before the expiration of the time limit referred to in Article 

21(2)(a). 

g Without classification; title and abstract not checked by the International Searching Authority. 

h With declaration under Article 17(2)(a); without classification and without abstract; title not 

checked by the International Searching Authority. 

i With declaration under Article 17(2)(a); without abstract; title not checked by the International 

Searching Authority. 

k Under Rule 91.1(f), with a request for rectification. 

m With (an) indication(s) in relation to deposited biological material furnished under Rule 13bis 

separately from the description. 

n With a declaration as to non-prejudicial disclosures or exceptions to lack of novelty. 

p With an indication in relation to a priority claim considered not to have been made. 

q1 Published entirely in electronic form (except for the front page) and available upon request 

from the International Bureau. 

q2 Sequence listing part of description published separately in electronic form and available 

upon request from the International Bureau. 

r Declaration as to the identity of the inventor (Rule 4.17(i)). 

s Declaration as to applicant’s entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(ii)). 

t Declaration as to the applicant’s entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application 

(Rule 4.17(iii)). 

u Declaration of inventorship for the purposes of the designation of US only (Rule 4.17(iv)). 

v Declaration as to non-prejudicial disclosures or exceptions to lack of novelty (Rule 4.17(v)) 

x With international search report 

z 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 the filing date of the international application is within two months from the date of 

expiration of the priority period 

s3 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 

s4 with information concerning request for restoration of the right of priority in respect of 

one or more priority claims 

s5 with information submitted by the applicant concerning one or more priority claims 

s6 with information concerning one or more priority claims considered void 

s7 with information concerning refusal to authorize the rectification of an obvious mistake 

under Rule 91.1 

s8 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 

225771 LASER 

13181 LASERS 

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 

When searching for dates, the standard date format should be used: 

YYYYMMDD 

19990909 

(YYYY year, four digits (a two-digit entry is automatically edited) 

MM month, two digits 

DD 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 listed above additionally year based search fields are provided. 

Publication year /PD 

Application year /AD 

Priority year /PRD 

Priority year first /PRDF 

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 

=> D STD.M FA.M 2 



FN 9289594 

TI Antiallergische Zusammensetzung. 

Antiallergic composition. 

Composition antiallergique. 


PA KIRIN BEER KABUSHIKI KAISHA 

The “.M” display formats show 

information from all publications 

for a database record 


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) 

JP 2003-68943 A 20030313 (JPA) 

JP 2003-354277 A 20031014 (JPA) 

PRAIT EPA3 Prior application claimed for a division 

JPA Patent application 

REC 11. THERE ARE 11 CITED REFERENCES (5 PATENT, 6 NON PATENT) AVAILABLE FOR 

THIS RECORD. ALL CITATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE RE FORMAT. 

IPCI A23L0001-30 [I,A]; A23L0001-30 [I,C*] 

IPCR A61K0035-74 [I,A]; A61P0011-02 [I,A]; A61P0011-06 [I,A]; A61P0017-00 

[I,A]; A61P0027-02 [I,A]; A61P0037-08 [I,A] 

A61K0035-66 [I,C*]; A61P0011-00 [I,C*]; A61P0017-00 [I,C*]; A61P0027-00 

[I,C*]; A61P0037-00 [I,C*] 

EPC A23C0009-123D; A23F0003-16E; A23F0003-34; A23F0005-24D; A23L0001-30M; 

A23L0002-52; A61K0035-74 

ICO K23B0010:02+LP 


FN 9289594 

TI Probiotische Zusammensetzung. 

Probiotic composition. 

Composition probiotique. 


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 


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) 

JP 2003-68943 A 20030313 (JPA) 

JP 2003-354277 A 20031014 (JPA) 

PRAIT EPA3 Prior application claimed for a division 

JPA Patent application 

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 A61P0011-02 [I,A]; A61P0011-06 [I,A]; A61P0017-00 [I,A]; A61P0027-02 

[I,A]; A61P0037-08 [I,A] 

A61P0011-00 [I,C*]; A61P0017-00 [I,C*]; A61P0027-00 [I,C*]; A61P0037-00 [I,C*] 

EPC A23C0009-123D; A23F0003-16E; A23F0003-34; A23F0005-24D; A23L0001-30M; 

A23L0002-52; A61K0035-74 

ICO K23B0010:02+LP 

FA AB; AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; ED; EPC; EW; ICO; IPC; IPCI; IPCR; LA; PA; PAS; 

PI; PIT; PRAI; REN; REP; REXP; TI 


FA AB; AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; ED; EPC; EW; ICO; IPC; IPCI; IPCR; LA; PA; PAS; 


=> 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 (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) 

npl shows that the cited patent 

number comes from the REN field 

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 Publication numbers of cited patents 

/RPC Country of cited patents 

/REXP XP reference numbers 

/REN Non-patent literature information 

/SRT Citation type 

/CAT 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) 

Patent Country Documents with 

citations 

Documents with 

citations from Search 

Report 

Documents with 

applicant citations 

US 4,883,203 4,730,566 958,836 

GB 277,042 274,116 1 

WO 1428084 1,416,048 60,259 

EP 1,627,585 1,262,241 97,466 

DE 1,159,616 1,086,437 4 

JP 1,100,475 1,091,416 0 

ES 30,730 30,212 0 

FR 547,169 513,394 16,005 

AU 207,982 195,008 0 

NL 20,040 19,967 2,293 

BE 10,684 10,595 405 

CH 3,826 3,818 105 

TR 3,252 3,079 14 


Patent 

Country 

US 

EP 

WO 

Publ. Year 

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1936-1940 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 

1941-1945 0 0 0 8,814 0 0 0 

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1951-1955 189,814 0 0 34,601 0 0 0 

1956-1960 234,397 0 0 83,449 0 0 0 

1961-1965 256,727 0 0 82,769 4 0 0 

1966-1970 315,744 0 0 79,660 144 3,543 0 

1971-1975 279,247 0 0 39,142 13,045 52,479 0 

1976-1980 305,279 19,901 4,085 91,612 114,261 95,527 7 

1981-1985 303,988 140,368 23,403 123,686 157,741 86,567 28,132 

1986-1990 418,044 232,403 55,098 118,061 194,809 72,248 48,877 

1991-1995 497,074 277,725 134,700 114,894 346,715 65,458 62,752 

1996-2000 2,801,277 1,020,833 516,288 695,342 1,098,325 442,105 183,007 

2001-2005 813,096 460,809 545,840 170,049 2,136 69,933 76,542 

2006-2008 434,203 139,564 339,601 103,940 9 33,235 39,904 

DE 

JP 

FR 

GB 


Patent 

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AU 

ES 

NL 

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1956-1960 0 0 2 0 0 0 

1961-1965 0 0 4 0 1 0 

1966-1970 0 0 55 0 2 0 

1971-1975 2 0 180 0 2 0 

1976-1980 6 0 481 0 3 0 

1981-1985 10 0 648 0 64 0 

1986-1990 30,894 0 649 1,340 1,238 227 

1991-1995 48,420 4,041 693 3,919 1,363 2,378 

1996-2000 130,143 12,526 9,393 7,849 3,241 3,229 

2001-2005 53,322 11,785 7,331 2,032 352 14 

2006-2008 24,001 5,936 3,105 782 232 9 

Status September 2008 

BE 

CH 

TR 


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 3878 115/SRT 

E3 0 --> A/SRT 

E4 895659 APP/SRT 

E5 46150 EXA/SRT 

E6 2771 OPP/SRT 

E7 9970421 SEA/SRT 


=> S E2 

L1 3878 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 

=> S WO 2005113394/PN 

L2 1 WO 2005113394/PN 

(WO2005113394/PN) 

=> D RE 

WO2005113394 and EP0947452 

belong to the same patent family 



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 2123825 --> A/CAT 

E4 552425 D/CAT 

E5 98476 E/CAT 

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E7 684 O/CAT 

E8 351653 P/CAT 

E9 16031 T/CAT 

E10 1389642 X/CAT 

E11 846783 Y/CAT 


The category can be limited to a certain citation by using the (S) operator. 

=> S US5886319/RPN(S)X/CAT 

15 US5886319/RPN 

1275142 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) 



What is a patent family? 

FAMILY SEARCHING 

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). 


Family display 

INPADOCDB 

INPADOCDB on STN offers various formats to display patent families. A detailed online help 

(HELP FAMILY) is available. All family display formats present in INPADOCDB are also 

available in INPAFAMDB. 

=> HELP FAMILY 

Display of a family is directly possible with the family 

formats after a search in each of the searchable fields. 

You can also create a family answer set by searching on the 

priority number (field /PRN) or by using the FSEARCH 

(family search) command. Enter 'HELP FSEARCH' at an arrow 

prompt for details. 

For searching priority numbers, both STN and Derwent format 

are allowed. 

1. Full priced family displays: 

FAM - Family format, a table with priority information 

matched with application information, and with 

application information matched with publication 

information 

FAM2 - Family format, a table with priority information 

matched with publication information, and with 

application information matched with publication 

information 

EFAM - As FAM, but the priority information constitutes 

the header information for the AI PI part of the table. 

FFAM - Full Family format, full bibliography and legal 

status data, where available, for each national or 

regional application sequence. 

CFAM - Condensed Family format, table of publication 

information only 

DFAM - Delimited Family format, table of priority, 

application and publication information delimited 

for post-processing 

==== Set line 110 is recommended ==== 

LFAM - Family format, publication information (PI field) 

plus legal status information. 

MFAM - Full Family format FFAM with abstracts 

2. Reduced priced family displays (equivalence for OS and 

countries): 

FFAM.PC-----Equivalent for countries, e.g., FFAM.US 


----- (all countries possible) 

3. Family SDI Display Formats 

These display formats show the changes of the current update 

week only 

FFAMUP - updated information (BIB and/or LS) of a patent 

family 

FFAMUP.PC - FFAMUP for a specific country only 

(PC= AT AU BE CA CH DE DK EP ES FI FR GB 

GR IE IL IT JP HU NL NO SE US WO) 

FFAMED - new publication levels/new members and/or legal 

status changes of a patent family 

FFAMED.PC - FFAMED for a specific country only 

(PC= AT AU BE CA CH DE DK EP ES FI FR GB 


LFAMUP - PI plus legal status changes for a patent family 

LFAMUP.PC - LFAMUP for a specific country only 

(PC= AT AU BE CA CH DE DK EP ES FI FR GB NL NO SE US WO) 

4. Default sorting within the patent family display formats: 

Formats Default sorted by 

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

FAM PRN (Priority Number) 

DFAM PRN (Priority Number) 

EFAM PRN (Priority Number) 

FFAM PN (Patent Number) of the highest level 

LFAM PN (Patent Number) of the highest level 

CFAM AP (Application Number) 

5. Change of the sort parameter for the display: 

You can define the sort parameter in family display 

formats. Depending on the formats used, options are 

priority date (.PRD), publication date (.PD), patent 

number (.PN), application number (.AP), application date 

(.AD). 

The following combinations are available 

Format sorted by the parameter 

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

FAM.PRD Priority Date 

CFAM.PD Publication Date 

DFAM.PRD Priority Date 

DFAM.AP Application Number 

DFAM.AD Application Date 

DFAM.PN Patent Number 

DFAM.PD Patent/Publication Date 


EFAM.PRD Priority Date 

The following example demonstrates the characteristics of different display formats. 


=> S DE 20004953/PN 

L1 1 DE 20004953/PN 

(DE20004953/PN) 

=> D MAX 

Search question: Display different family formats for the patent 

DE 20004953 



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 

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) 

PRAIT DEU Application for a utility model 


DE 3639166 C2 (SEA, pat) 

DE 19746298 A1 (SEA, pat) 

DE 4430276 A1 (SEA, pat) 

DE 3814903 A1 (SEA, pat) 

DE 3437110 A1 (SEA, pat) 

DE 69023122 T2 (SEA, pat) 

DE 3586237 T2 (SEA, pat) 

IC.V 7 

ICM H01H0001-12 

ICS B60Q0005-00; B60R0016-02; B62D0001-04 

(47) Utility model entry in role: PD 

(43) Utility model publication in 

patent gazette: DF 

IPCR B60R0016-027 [I,A]; B60Q0005-00 [I,A]; B62D0001-04 [I,A]; 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 AI; AN; DAV; DF; DT; EPC; ICM; ICS; IPC; IPCR; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; 

REP; TI 


Display format FAM 

DISPLAY FAM is a table display showing the correlation between priorities and applications and 

applications and patent/publication information. 

Default order of data in DISPLAY FAM is: 

Priority number => Application number =>Patent number. 

The FAM table has the following format: 

=> D FAM 

PRAI AI 

AI PI 


PATENT FAMILY INFORMATION 


+-------------PRAI-------------+ +--------------AI--------------+ 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 BR 2001-9102 A 20010312 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 

DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 

EP 2001-919206 A 20010312 

ES 2001-919206 T 20010312 

JP 2001-565214 T 20010312 

US 2002-237991 A 20020910 

DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 BR 2001-9102 A 20010312 

DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 

EP 2001-919206 A 20010312 

JP 2001-565214 T 20010312 

US 2002-237991 A 20020910 

+--------------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 

US 2002-237991 A 20020910 US 20040045797 A1 20040311 

US 6803533 B2 20041012 

3 priorities, 8 applications, 10 publications 

D FAM 

Display Browse 

To view the patent family in different formats, use DISPLAY BROWSE. The advantage of 

DISPLAY BROWSE is that different display formats can be used within a record, and those data 

which were displayed before, are not to be charged for again. Please consider that this only applies 

if you have not changed to an other record. 


=> D BRO 

:FFAM 

----------- 

MEMBER 1 

----------- 


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) 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 (WOWW) 



IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q005-00 

ICS H01H001-18 

IPCR B60R0016-027 [I,A ]; B60Q0005-00 [I,A ]; B62D0001-04 [I,A ]; 

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 ABOL; AI; AN; DAV; DT; EPC; ICM; ICS; IN; INS; IPC; IPCR; PA; PAS; PI; 

PIT; PRAI; TI 

----------- 

MEMBER 2 

----------- 

In the Display Browse Mode you 

enter the display format after the colon. 

The FFAM format lists the complete 

bibliographic information available for 

each family member plus legal status 

information 


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) 




IC.V 7 

ICM H01H001-12 

ICS B60Q005-00; B60R016-02; B62D001-04 


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 AI; AN; DAV; DF; DT; EPC; ICM; ICS; IPC; IPCR; PA; PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; 

REP; TI 

----------- 

MEMBER 3 

----------- 


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 NUMBER IN BULLETIN [FROM 1,400,000 ONWARDS] 

DAV 20040609 gazette-pub-announcement 

STA GRANTED 

AI DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 


PRAI DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 (DEA) 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU) 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 (WOWW) 


DEU Application for a utility model 


IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q005-00 

ICS H01H001-18 

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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MEMBER 4 

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FN 9644453 



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) 

DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU) 



REC 1. THERE IS 1 CITED REFERENCE (0 PATENT, 1 NON PATENT) AVAILABLE FOR THIS 

RECORD. ALL CITATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE RE FORMAT. 

IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q005-00 

ICS H01H001-18 


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 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) 



IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q005-00 

ICS H01H001-18 


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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MEMBER 5 

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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) 


IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q005-00 

ICS H01H001-18 


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 

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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) 

WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 (WOWW) 



IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q005-00 

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H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

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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) 



IC.V 7 

ICM H01H009-00 


H01H0001-18 [I,A ] 

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H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

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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) 





IC.V 7 

ICM H01H009-00 

ICS H01H001-06; H01H001-18 


H01H0001-18 [I,A ] 

B60R0016-023 [I,C*]; B60Q0005-00 [I,C*]; B62D0001-04 [I,C*]; 

H01H0001-12 [I,C*] 

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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 BAHNWEG 1D-63743 ASCHAFFENBURG, (1 

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:BONN, HELMUT 

/AR;REEL/FRAME:013840/0374;SIGNING DATES FROM 20030210 TO 

20030213 


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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 PUBLICATION 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) 




IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q005-00 

ICS H01H001-18 


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 


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EP 1261507 B1 20040506 

JP 2001-565214 A 20010312 JP 2003525808 T2 20030902 

US 2002-237991 A 20020910 US 2004045797 AA 20040311 

WO 2001-DE1024 A 20010312 WO 2001066383 A1 20010913 

PRIORITY (2): DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 

+--------------AI--------------+ +--------------PI--------------+ 

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EP 2001-919206 A 20010312 EP 1261507 A1 20021204 

EP 1261507 B1 20040506 

JP 2001-565214 A 20010312 JP 2003525808 T2 20030902 

US 2002-237991 A 20020910 US 2004045797 AA 20040311 

WO 2001-DE1024 A 20010312 WO 2001066383 A1 20010913 

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DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 DE 50102201 C0 20040609 

EP 2001-919206 A 20010312 EP 1261507 A1 20021204 

EP 1261507 B1 20040506 

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DE 20004953 U1 20000810 

DE 50102201 D1 20040609 

EP 1261507 A1 20021204 

EP 1261507 B1 20040506 

ES 2220749 T3 20041216 

JP 2003525808 T 20030902 

US 20040045797 A1 20040311 

US 6803533 B2 20041012 

WO 2001066383 A1 20010913 


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DT Patent 

PI EP 1261507 A1 20021204 German 





AI EP 2001-919206 A 20010312 



DE 2000-20004953 U 20000310 (DEU) 



IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q0005-00 

ICS H01H0001-18 


[I,A] 


[I,C*] 

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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) 



IC.V 7 

ICM B60Q0005-00 

ICS H01H0001-18 


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[I,C*] 

EPC B60Q0005-00S2; H01H0001-18 


PIT; PRAI; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 



EP A1 


TR 


20020815 



EP B1 

DE ES FR GB SE 


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NOT ENGLISH 


DE 50102201 P 20040609 


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GERMAN 

20040908 EPGBT + GB: TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT FILED (GB SECTION 

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20040816 


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EP 1261507 B1 20040506 

ES 2220749 T3 20041216 

JP 2003525808 T 20030902 

US 20040045797 A1 20040311 

US 6803533 B2 20041012 

WO 2001066383 A1 20010913 

DE 2001-50102201 A 20010312 DE 50102201 D1 20040609 

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DE 50102201 D1 20040609 

EP 1261507 A1 20021204 

EP 1261507 B1 20040506 

JP 2003525808 T 20030902 

US 20040045797 A1 20040311 

US 6803533 B2 20041012 

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JP 2001-565214 T 20010312 JP 2003525808 T 20030902 

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TI Method of storing content. 

TI A METHOD OF STORING CONTENT. 

METHODE DE STOCKAGE DE CONTENUS. 

1 priority, 2 applications, 2 publications 

: PAS.F 


PAS NOKIA CORP 

PAS NOKIA CORP, FI; HOLTMANNS SILKE, FI; LAITINEN PEKKA, FI; HAUKKA TAO, FI 


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accessible by adding “.F” to the display code. 

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The default display format in INPAFAMDB is BRIEF. “DISPLAY BRIEF” offers a good 

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Selected deduplicated bibliographic fields + one abstract in English if available + family table. 

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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 


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 

US 20040045797 A1 20040311 US 2002-237991 A 20020910 

US 6803533 B2 20041012 

WO 2001066383 A1 20010913 WO 2001-DE1024 W 20010312 

+--------- PRIORITIES ---------+ 

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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 




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 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. 

TI PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE COMMANDE EN BOUCLE FERMEE DE LA PUISSANCE D'UN 


TI PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE COMMANDE EN BOUCLE FERMEE DE LA PUISSANCE D'UN 



TI Method and device for closed-loop control of the power of an internal 

combustion engine propelling a motor vehicle. 

TI METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OF THE POWER OF AN INTERNAL 



=> 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 DAIMLER CHRYSLER AG 



PAS DAIMLER CHRYSLER AG, DE; HABISREITINGER UWE, DE; NORDMANN BERNHARD, DE 

PAS DAIMLER CHRYSLER AG, DE; HABISREITINGER UWE, DE; NORDMANN BERNHARD, DE 



=> S LASER AND PROTOTYPING; D ALL.H 66 


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ALL.H shows the BIB format for 

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TI GREIFVORRICHTUNG UND SCHNELLES HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN EINES PROTOTYPES 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 


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 

REC 1. THERE IS 1 CITED REFERENCE (0 PATENT, 1 NON PATENT) AVAILABLE FOR THIS 

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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; 

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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 


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 


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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. 



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 UPALL.F 

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 

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) 

„.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) 



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 


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) 

=> FSE 

*** ITERATION 1 *** 

SET SMARTSELECT ON 


SET HIGHLIGHTING OFF 


SEL L1 1- PN,APPS 

L2 SEL L1 1- PN APPS : 5 TERMS 

FSEARCH on DE 29723478 retrieves all 

family member records in INPADOCDB 


SEA L2 

L3 12 L2 




SEA L2 

L3 17 L2 




SEA L2 

L3 17 L2 

FSORT L3 

L4 17 FSO L3 

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 

17 recrods represent the patent family of 

DE 29723478 in INPADOCDB 


=> D PFAM=1- 

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 

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 13 million 

records from 51 countries, for 15 of them only the national phases of PCT and/or EP applications 

are included. The database contains more than 36 million legal status entries (status May 2008). 

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 Shows the current legal status including the extended legal status events 

LS2 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 



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 

LSPA LSPA patent assignee 

LSSPC LSSPC SPC number 

LSSPC.FD SPC: filing date 

LSSPC.XD SPC: expiry date 

LSSPC.EX 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 new 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 

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL 

LSD LSC PT SE TR 

LSDS 

20030502 EPAXX + PAYMENT OF EXTENSION FEES 

AL: 20020131 

LSDS 

LSDF 


20010606 

LSDF 


DE 50100013 20020905 P 

LSPC LSPN 

20030521 EP26 - OPPOSITION FILED 

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 

20030325 

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 

LSIN 

LSPD 

LSOP 

LSPA 



GBCTFG GB: CERTIFICATE GRANTED 

SPC/GB02/021 

LSSPC 

20030210 

20140226 

LSSPC.FD 

LSSPC.XD 


CHNV CH: NEW AGENT 

BOVARD AG PATENTANWAELTE 


7A 01B 71/06 B 

LSIC 


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 

LSAG 



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) 


REP US 5272474 (SEA, pat) 

US 5864818 (SEA, pat) 

US 5948040 (SEA, pat) 

US 5963948 (SEA, pat) 

US 5978770 (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 

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. 

AL English 



PRAI; REP; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 



INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION NORTH 

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 




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 




ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:GREENE, DAVID 

P. /AR;REEL/FRAME:011630/0214;SIGNING DATES FROM 20010109 

TO 20010115 


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 

=> D MAX 

Search for the company 

and the legal status event 

Use (S) Proximity in the 

LSTX field. 


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 



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 33 (GLAXO? OR SMITHKLINE?)/PA,PAS AND (OPPOSITION(NOTS)NO)/LSTX(L) 

2003/LSD 

=> D BIB HIT 12 


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 


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. 

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) 

=> 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 

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. 


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" 


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) 


FN 15978118 

TI Verfahren und Geraet zur Verarbeitung von sofortigen Nachrichten. 

Methods and apparatus for processing an instant message. 

Methodes et appareil pour le traitement de messages instantanes. 


IN BEYDA, WILLIAM J. 

INS BEYDA WILLIAM J, US 

PA SIEMENS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS INC. 

PAS SIEMENS INF & COMM NETWORKS, US 

DT Patent 

PI EP 1372316 A1 20031217 English 




DS R: DE FR GB IT 

AI EP 2003-11543 A 20030521 


PRAI US 2002-166865 A 20020611 (USA) 




IC.V 7 

ICM H04L0029-06 

ICS H04L0012-58 

IPCR G06Q0010-00 [I,A]; H04L0012-58 [I,A]; H04L0029-06 [I,A]; H04L0029-08 

[N,A] 

G06Q0010-00 [I,C*]; H04L0012-58 [I,C*]; H04L0029-06 [I,C*]; H04L0029-08 

[N,C*] 

EPC G06Q0010-00F2; H04L0012-58; H04L0012-58R; H04L0029-06 

ICO T04L0012:58F; T04L0029:08A7 



FN 15978118 

TI Verfahren und Geraet zur Verarbeitung von sofortigen Nachrichten. 

Methods and apparatus for processing an instant message. 

Methodes et appareil pour le traitement de messages instantanes. 


IN BEYDA, WILLIAM J. 

INS BEYDA WILLIAM J, US 

PA SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 

PAS SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS INC, US 

DT Patent 

PI EP 1372316 B1 20070502 English 



STA GRANTED 

DS R: DE FR GB IT 

AI EP 2003-11543 A 20030521 


PRAI US 2002-166865 A 20020611 (USA) 


IPCI H04L0029-06 [I,A]; H04L0012-58 [I,A]; H04L0029-06 [I,C*]; H04L0012-58 

[I,C*] 

IPCR G06Q0010-00 [I,A]; H04L0029-08 [N,A] 

G06Q0010-00 [I,C*]; H04L0029-08 [N,C*] 

EPC G06Q0010-00F2; H04L0012-58; H04L0012-58R; H04L0029-06 

ICO T04L0012:58F; T04L0029:08A7 

CHG CIT A 

If a priority is added - also the first one - , an ENTRY DATE PRIORITY, EDPR, is registered. 


FN 20113658 

TI METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR COMBUSTION. 

TL English 

IN WATANABE TAISUKE; SANO HIDEYUKI; GOTO MIKIO; SANO YASUSHI; SUZUKI KAZUYA 

INS WATANABE TAISUKE; SANO HIDEYUKI; GOTO MIKIO; SANO YASUSHI; SUZUKI KAZUYA 

PA TAKAGI IND CO LTD 

PAS TAKAGI KOGYO KK 

DT Patent 

PI JP 2000310420 A 20001107 




AI JP 2000-110507 A 19980326 


PRAI JP 2000-110507 A 19980326 (JPA, 20070505) 

JP 1998-79292 A 19980326 (JPA) 



FN 20113658 

DT Patent 

PI JP 3889199B B2 20070307 

PIT JPB2 GRANT. PATENT WITH A [FROM 2500000 ON, FROM 1996] 


STA GRANTED 

The date EDPR is shown in brackets 

in the PRAI field beside the PRAIT 

abbreviation. 


AI JP 2000-110507 A 19980326 


PRAI JP 2000-110507 A 19980326 (JPA, 20070505) 

JP 1998-79292 A 19980326 (JPA) 


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 patent family (new priority) EDPR 

New publications of a publication series ED=UP 

Updates of publications (BIB, IND) UP *) 

Updates of BIB (except for classification updates) UPBB 

Updates of classifications (IND) UPCC 

New legal status information UPLS 

Updates of publications and/or legal status (all 

changes) 

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 




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 


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. 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 Date 

First entry of patent family EDF 

New record assigned to patent family UPFD 

New publication added to a patent family record UPFP 

Updates of the bibliographic part of patent family 

records (including classification updates) 

UPFB 

Legal status updates within the patent family UPFL 

New publication level and legal status updates within 

the patent family 

All updates within a patent family 

Remarks 

UPFE 

UPFA 

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. 

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 Date 

Update codes related to family (database record) 

New database record (new patent family) EDF 

New member assigned to patent family UPFD 

New publication added to a patent family member UPFP 

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) 

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 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 

IFAMUP/IFAMUP4 indented format of FFAMUP/FFAMUP4 

FFAMUP.PC 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 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 

IFAMED/IFAMED4 indented format of FFAMED/IFAMED4 

FFAMED.PC 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 AN, PI, LS of family members with new legal status entries from 

the current update week/from the last four update weeks 

LFAMUP.PC 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 Table of update dates 

UPALL.M 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 





AI EP 2006-26909 A 20020118 


PRAI US 2001-785849 A 20010216 (USA) 

EP 2002-720815 A 20020118 (EPA3, 20070419) 


EPA3 Prior application claimed for a division 

AN 53039753 

UP 20070505 

ED 20070505 

EDP 20070426 

EDF 20070222 

UPFD 20070426 

UPALL 

UPFP 20070505 

UPFB 20070505 

UPFL 20070505 

UPBB 20070505 

UPCC 20070505 

=> D FAM 




+-------------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 

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 

IL 2002-157049 A 20020118 

US 2001-785849 A 20010216 

WO 2002-US1479 W 20020118 

WO 2002-US1479 W 20020118 AU 2002-251789 A 20020118 

DE 2002-60218289 A 20020118 

EP 2002-720815 A 20020118 

IL 2002-157049 A 20020118 

+--------------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 

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 2006-26911 A 20020118 EP 1775876 A2 20070418 

EP 2006-26912 A 20020118 EP 1775877 A1 20070418 

EP 2006-26913 A 20020118 EP 1775878 A2 20070418 

IL 2002-157049 A 20020118 IL 157049 D0 20040208 

US 2001-785849 A 20010216 US 20020154781 A1 20021024 

WO 2002-US1479 W 20020118 WO 2002067486 A2 20020829 

WO 2002067486 A3 20021024 


=> D FFAMUP 
















DT Patent 

PI EP 1777870 A2 20070425 English 

PIT EPA2 APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT 





AI EP 2006-26909 A 20020118 


PRAI US 2001-785849 A 20010216 (USA) 

EP 2002-720815 A 20020118 (EPA3, 20070419) 



IPCI H04L0009-08 [I,A]; H04Q0007-38 [I,A]; H04L0009-08 [I,C*]; H04Q0007-38 

[I,C*] 

IPCR H04L0029-06 [I,A]; H04Q0007-28 [N,A] 

H04L0029-06 [I,C*]; H04Q0007-28 [N,C*] 

EPC H04Q0007-38S; H04L0009-08B; H04L0009-32R; H04L0029-06C6B; 

H04L0029-06C6C2; H04W0006-02; H04W0006-06 

ICO T04L0029:06C6D6; T04Q0007:28; T04Q0007:38A; T04W0050:04T 

FA AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; ED; EPC; EW; ICO; IN; INS; IPC; IPCI; IPCR; LA; PA; 

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

CHG CIT A 















DT Patent 

PI EP 1777870 A3 20070502 English 





AI EP 2006-26909 A 20020118 


PRAI US 2001-785849 A 20010216 (USA) 

EP 2002-720815 A 20020118 (EPA3, 20070419) 



IPCI H04L0009-08 [I,A]; H04Q0007-38 [I,A]; H04L0009-08 [I,C*]; H04Q0007-38 

[I,C*] 

IPCR H04L0029-06 [I,A]; H04Q0007-28 [N,A] 

H04L0029-06 [I,C*]; H04Q0007-28 [N,C*] 

EPC H04Q0007-38S; H04L0009-08B; H04L0009-32R; H04L0029-06C6B; 

H04L0029-06C6C2; H04W0006-02; H04W0006-06 

ICO T04L0029:06C6D6; T04Q0007:28; T04Q0007:38A; T04W0050:04T 

FA AI; AN; DAV; DS; DT; ED; EPC; EW; ICO; IN; INS; IPC; IPCI; IPCR; LA; PA; 

PAS; PI; PIT; PRAI; TI 

LEGAL STATUS 




EP A3 


TR 

200718.................................20070505 


H04L 9/08 20060101AFI20070314BHEP 

200718.................................20070505 


H04Q 7/38 20060101ALI20070328BHEP 

200718.................................20070505 


=> 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. 

=> D LFAMUP.EP 

If no data are displayed, no changes to US family members have 

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 4457 LASER(2A) CUTT? OR LASERSCHNEID? OR (LASER (2A) SCHNEID?) OR 

( (CUTT? OR SCHNEID?) AND LASER AND B23K/IPC) 

=> D TI 1-5 


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' 

=> 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 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 

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://www.stninternational.de/archive/presentations/cominfo04/Bern2004_STN_Scripts.pdf, 

http://www.stn-international.de/archive/presentations/cominfo04/SCRIPTS_Patente.zip, 

http://www.cas.org/ASSETS/97D2966B185845969FE2D242B285F60E/winug83.pdf (Appendix B) and 

http://www.stn-international.de/archive/stnews/2008/news0208.pdf (page 43-48). 

I. Searching with family SDI formats 

Step 1 

Step 2 

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. 

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. 

The UPFAM.SC script checks the patent numbers 

for patent family updates and displays them in the 

appropriate format. 


….. . . 

OPEN /R 

read _TODAY 

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 

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 

The EXPAND command is used to find 

the last update date for the family 

update. 

The DISPLAY command is only used if 

the search _PN1 was successful. 


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 

164668 20040730/UPFP 

497837 20040730/UPFL 

L1 604620 20040730/UPFP OR 20040730/UPFL 

=> => S US2002007634/PN and L1 

1 US2002007634/PN 

L2 1 US2002007634/PN AND L1 

=> DEL L2 Y 

…. 

Result: 

====================== US2002007634 =================================== 

=> D TI PI.M FFAMED.DE FFAMED.EP FFAMED.WO FFAMED.US NOH 


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 (EDPR 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: 

? DIR 

The following HELP messages are available to obtain information 

on the INPADOCDB file: 

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 (=>). 

Displayed We is the HELP messages list 

for INPADOCDB. All messages are 

also available in INPAFAMDB. 


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 


Number of records per country 

Status November 2008 

14612063 JAPAN (JP) 

8774976 UNITED STATES (US) 

5430129 GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF (DE) 

2689430 UNITED KINGDOM (GB) 

2310856 CHINA (CN) 

2288055 FRANCE (FR) 

1983620 EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (EP) 

1892861 CANADA (CA) 

1486005 WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO) (WO) 

1420970 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (KR) 

1166185 USSR (SU) 

1061872 AUSTRALIA (AU) 

841759 AUSTRIA (AT) 

805009 SPAIN (ES) 

703975 SWITZERLAND (CH) 

582662 BELGIUM (BE) 

548523 ITALY (IT) 

534611 NETHERLANDS (NL) 

520789 SWEDEN (SE) 

481698 BRAZIL (BR) 

416783 RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU) 

345731 DENMARK (DK) 

342320 TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA (TW) 

235095 GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (DD) 

226890 POLAND (PL) 

211452 SOUTH AFRICA (ZA) 

208978 FINLAND (FI) 

197614 NORWAY (NO) 

143927 ISRAEL (IL) 

141260 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (CS) 

139110 MEXICO (MX) 

124238 HUNGARY (HU) 

95342 GREECE (GR) 

92662 NEW ZEALAND (NZ) 

81242 IRELAND (IE) 

73579 ARGENTINA (AR) 

72434 CZECH REPUBLIC (CZ) 

70199 PORTUGAL (PT) 

64467 HONG KONG (HK) 

61671 LUXEMBOURG (LU) 

58565 ROMANIA (RO) 

54349 INDIA (IN) 

47807 UKRAINE (UA) 

46871 BULGARIA (BG) 

44796 SINGAPORE (SG) 

40367 TURKEY (TR) 

31536 YUGOSLAVIA (YU) 

22818 PHILIPPINES (PH) 


22359 SLOVAKIA (SK) 

15224 SLOVENIA (SI) 

14639 INDONESIA (ID) 

12898 AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (OAPI) (OA) 

10843 EGYPT (EG) 

10092 CROATIA (HR) 

9619 MALAYSIA (MY) 

9360 MOROCCO (MA) 

7213 ICELAND (IS) 

6556 EURASIAN PATENT CONVENTION (EA) 

5936 ESTONIA (EE) 

5818 URUGUAY (UY) 

4461 LATVIA (LV) 

4262 MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF (MD) 

4194 AFRICAN REGIONAL IND. PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (ARIPO) (AP) 

3507 LITHUANIA (LT) 

2731 ZAMBIA (ZM) 

2702 MONACO (MC) 

2639 ZIMBABWE (ZW) 

2576 CYPRUS (CY) 

1883 CUBA (CU) 

1455 ALGERIA (DZ) 

1350 KENYA (KE) 

732 MALAWI (MW) 

545 MALTA (MT) 

413 PATENT OFFICE OF THE COOPERATION COUNCIL FOR THE 

ARAB STATES OF THE GULF (GCC) (GC) 

373 TAJIKISTAN (TJ) 

233 MONGOLIA (MN) 

216 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (BA) 

164 VIET NAM (VN) 

3 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (TT) 

2 KAZAKHSTAN (KZ) 

1 UZBEKISTAN (UZ) 


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 July 2008 

AP ARIPO 

AP A PATENT 

AP D0 PATENT APPLICATION FILED 

AP U UTILITY MODEL 

AR ARGENTINA 

AR A1 PATENT OF INVENTION or INDEPENDENT PATENT APPLICATION [NEW LAW FROM 250996 

ONWARDS] 

AR A2 DIVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATION [NEW LAW FROM 250996 ONWARDS] 

AR A3 ADDITIONAL PATENT APPLICATION [NEW LAW FROM 250996 ONWARDS] 

AR A4 INDEPENDENT UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION [NEW LAW FROM 250996 ONWARDS] 

AR A5 DIVISIONAL UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION [NEW LAW FROM 250996 ONWARDS] 

AR A6 ADDITIONAL UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION [NEW LAW FROM 250996 ONWARDS] 

AR A7 PATENT OF ADDITION / CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION 

AR B1 INDEPENDENT PATENT [NEW LAW FROM 250996 ONWARDS] 

AR B2 DIVISIONAL PATENT [NEW LAW FROM 250996 ONWARDS] 

AR B3 ADDITIONAL PATENT [NEW LAW FROM 250996 ONWARDS] 

AR B4 INDEPENDENT UTILITY MODEL [NEW LAW FROM 250996 ONWARDS] 

AR B5 DIVISIONAL UTILITY MODEL [NEW LAW FROM 250996 ONWARDS] 

AR B6 ADDITIONAL UTILITY MODEL [NEW LAW FROM 250996 ONWARDS] 

AR M SUPPL. PROTECTION CERTIFICATE [NEW LAW FROM 250996 ONWARDS] 

AR Q PATENT OF IMPORTATION 

AT AUSTRIA 

AT A1 PUBLICATION OF APPLICATION WITH SEARCH REPORT [FROM 01.08.2005 ONWARDS] 

AT A2 PUBLICATION OF APPLICATION WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT [FROM 01.08.2005 ONWARDS] 

AT A3 SEARCH REPORT [FROM 01.08.2005 ONWARDS] 

AT A4 LIKE A2, BUT PUBLISHED ON SAME DAY AS B1 DOC. [FROM 01.08.2005 ONWARDS] 

AT A5 PUBL. SUPPL. SEARCH REPORT FOR INT. APPLICATION HAVING ENTERED NATIONAL 

PHASE AS PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 01.08.2005 ONWARDS] 

AT A8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE [FROM 01.08.2005 ONWARDS] 

AT A9 MODIFIED COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [FROM 01.08.2005 ONWARDS] 

AT B PATENT SPECIFICATION or PATENT [FROM 01.08.2005 ONWARDS] 

AT B1 PATENT GRANTED [FROM 01.08.2005 ONWARDS] 

AT B2 PUBLICATION OF PATENT RESTRICTED AFTER OPPOSITION [FROM 01.08.2005 ONWARDS] 

AT B8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE GRANTED PATENT 

AT B9 CORRECTED COMPLETE GRANTED PATENT 

AT D DOCUMENT LAID OPEN 

AT T TRANSLATION OF EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION or EP PATENT VALID IN AT [FROM 

01.08.2005 ONWARDS] 

AT U1 UTILITY MODEL WITH SEARCH REPORT 

AT U2 UTILITY MODEL WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT 

AT U3 SEARCH REPORT ONLY 

AT U8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE UTILITY MODEL 

AT U9 MODIFIED COMPLETE SPEC. UTILITY MODEL 

AU AUSTRALIA 

AU A OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION 


AU A1 OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION [FROM 24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU A2 AMENDED POST OPEN TO PUBL. INSPEC. [FROM 24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU A3 PETTY PATENT APPLICATION 

AU A4 GRANTED OPI INNOVATION PATENT [FROM 24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU A5 PRE-GRANT OPI INNOVATION PATENT [FROM 24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU A6 AMENDED POST GRANT OPI [FROM 24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU A8 CORRECTED FIRST PAGE [FROM 24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU A9 CORRECTED COMPLETE DOCUMENT [FROM 24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU B1 PATENT NOT PRECEEDED BY A1-LAPSED or PATENT NOT PROCEEDED BY OPI [FROM 

24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU B2 PATENT PRECEEDED BY A1 or PATENT PROCEEDED BY OPI [FROM 24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU B3 PETTY PATENT PRECEEDED BY A3 or GRANTED PETTY PATENT [FROM 24.05.2001 

ONWARDS] 

AU B4 CERTIFIED INNOVATION PATENT [FROM 24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU B8 CORRECTED FIRST PAGE OF GRANTED DOC. [FROM 24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU B9 CORRECTED COMPLETE GRANTED DOC. [FROM 24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU C AMENDED PATENT 

AU C1 AMENDED GRANTED PETTY PATENT [FROM 24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU C4 AMENDED CERTIFIED INNOVAT. PATENT [FROM 24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU C8 CORRECTED AMEND. GRANTED FIRST PAGE [FROM 24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU C9 CORRECTED AMEND. GRANT. COMPLETE DOC. [FROM 24.05.2001 ONWARDS] 

AU D0 PATENT APPLICATION FILED 

AU S DESIGN 

BA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 

BA A PATENT APPLICATION 

BA B GRANTED PATENT 

BA B1 PATENT RIGHT FORMER SZP:010392 

BD BANGLADESH 

BD A PATENT SPECIFICATION 

BD S DESIGN 

BE BELGIUM 

BE A PATENT UNDEFINED [UNDER 1000000] 

BE A0 APPLICATION FOR PATENT OF INVENTION [FROM 1000000 ] 

BE A1 20 YEAR PATENT-ORIGINAL TEXT [FROM 1000000 ] or PATENT OF INVENTION IN FRENCH 

[UNDER 1000000] 

BE A2 20 YEAR PATENT-MODIFIED TEXT [FROM 1000000 ] or PATENT OF INVENTION IN DUTCH 

[UNDER 1000000] 

BE A3 AB WITH SEARCH REPORT [FROM 1000000 ] or PATENT SPECIFICATION IN GERMAN 

[UNDER 1000000] 

BE A4 AC WITH SEARCH REPORT [FROM 1000000 ] or PATENT OF IMPROVEMENT [UNDER 1000000] 

BE A5 20 YEAR PATENT-MODIFIED CLAIMS [FROM 1000000 ] or PATENT OF IMPROVEMENT 

[UNDER 1000000] 

BE A6 6 YEAR PATENT-ORIGINAL TEXT [FROM 1000000 ] or PATENT OF IMPROVEMENT [UNDER 

1000000] 

BE A7 6 YEAR PATENT-MODIFIED TEXT [FROM 1000000 ] or PATENT OF IMPORTATION [UNDER 

1000000] 

BE A8 PATENT OF IMPORTATION [UNDER 1000000] 

BE A9 PATENT OF IMPORTATION [UNDER 1000000] 

BE B1 SECOND LEVEL AFTER A1 [FROM 1000000 ] 







BE D PATENT ( 1 NUMB. FOR 2 APPLICATION) 

BE T1 PATENT OF INVENTION FROM EP IN FRENCH [UNDER 1000000] 


BE T2 PATENT OF INVENTION FROM EP IN DUTCH [UNDER 1000000] 

BG BULGARIA 

BG A PATENT APPLICATION LAID OPEN [FROM DEC. 1993 ONWARDS] 

BG A1 INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE 

BG A2 ADDITIONAL INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE 

BG A3 PARENT PATENT [PUBLISHED BEFORE 1980] or PATENT [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

BG A4 ADDITIONAL PATENT 

BG B1 PATENT 2ND LEVEL OF PUBLICATION 

BG B2 PATENT 1ST LEVEL OF PUBLICATION 

BG U UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION LAID OPEN [FROM DEC. 1993 ONWARDS] 

BG U1 GRANTED REGISTERED UTILITY MODEL [FROM 09.11.2006 ONWARDS] 

BG Y1 UTILITY PATENT 2ND LEVEL OF PUBLICATION 

BG Y2 UTILITY PATENT 1ST LEVEL OF PUBLICATION 

BO BOLIVIA 

BR BRAZIL 

BR A PATENT APPLICATION 

BR A0 PATENT/UTILITY MODEL FILING 

BR B GRANTED PATENT 

BR S DESIGN APPLICATION 

BR S1 DESIGN PATENT 

BR U UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 

BR U8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 

BR Y UTILITY MODEL PATENT 

CA CANADA 

CA A PATENT (PUBLISHED BEFORE 1973) [FROM 1 TO 1275150] 

CA A1 PATENT (PUBLISHED FROM 1973 ONWARDS) [FROM 1 TO 1275150] or APPLICATION LAID 

OPEN [FROM 2000001 ON] 

CA A2 DIVISION OF PATENT [FROM 1 TO 1275150] 

CA B REISSUE OF PATENT [FROM 1 TO 1275150] 

CA C PATENT (PUBLISHED FROM 16.10.1990 ONWARDS) [FROM 1275151 TO 2000000] or PATENT 

(SECOND LEVEL) [FROM 2000001 ON] 

CA C2 DIVISION OF PATENT [FROM 1275151 TO 2000000] 

CA E REISSUE PATENT (FIRST LEVEL) 

CA F REEXAMINATION CERTIFICATE 

CH SWITZERLAND 

CH A PATENT SPECIFICATION [FROM 01.11.1888 TO 15.01.1929] or PATENT WITHOUT 

EXAMINATION 

CH A1 PATENT APPLICATION WITH SEARCH REPORT [FROM 01.07.2008 ONWARDS] 

CH A2 PATENT APPLICATION WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT [FROM 01.07.2008 ONWARDS] 

CH A3 SEPARATE SEARCH REPORT WITH FIRST PAGE OF PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 01.07.2008 

ONWARDS] or DOCUMENT LAID OPEN (FIRST LEVEL,SEARCHED AND PRELIMINARY 

EXAMINATION) 

CH A5 PATENT SPECIFICATION (GRANTED WITHOUT PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION) [FROM 

28.02.1975 TO 30.06.2008] 

CH A8 RECTIFIED FIRST PAGE OF A DOCUMENT 

CH A9 RECTIFIED A DOCUMENT 

CH B PATENT WITH EXAMINATION [FROM 31.07.1962 TO 14.02.1975] 

CH B1 ASSIGNED PATENT [FROM 01.07.2008 ONWARDS] 

CH B2 MODIFIED PATENT [FROM 01.07.2008 ONWARDS] 

CH B5 PATENT SPECIFICATION (SECOND LEVEL) [FROM 28.02.1975 TO 30.06.2008] 

CH B8 RECTIFIED FIRST PAGE OF B DOCUMENT [FROM 01.07.2008 ONWARDS] 

CH B9 RECTIFIED B DOCUMENT [FROM 01.07.2008 ONWARDS] 

CH C1 PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF CH PATENT 


CH C2 PARTIAL ANNULMENT OF CH PATENT 

CH C3 SECOND PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF CH PATENT [FROM 01.07.2008 ONWARDS] 

CH C9 PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL CH PATENT MODIFIED 

CH D DOCUMENT LAID OPEN ( FIRST LEVEL, SEARCHED AND PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION) 

[FROM 15.02.1962 TO 31.08.1977] 

CH E PATENT OF ADDITION [FROM 1 TO 699] 

CH H1 PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF CH/EP PATENT 

CH H2 PARTIAL ANNULMENT OF CH/EP PATENT 

CH H3 SECOND PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF EP PATENT GRANTED FOR SWITZERLAND [FROM 

01.07.2008 ONWARDS] 

CH H9 RECTIFIED H DOCUMENT [FROM 01.01.2006 ONWARDS] 

CH I2 GRANTED SUPPLEMENTAL PROTECTION CERTIFICATE 

CH I3 SPC BASED ON EP PATENT VALID IN CH / LI 

CH S1 GRANTED INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 

CL CHILE 

CL A PATENT APPLICATION 

CL B GRANTED PATENT 

CL S DESIGN APPLICATION 

CL S1 DESIGN PATENT 

CL U UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 

CL Y GRANTED UTILITY MODEL 

CN CHINA 

CN A UNEXAMINED APPLICATION FOR A PATENT FOR INV. 

CN B EXAMINED APPLICATION USED UNTIL 1993 

CN C GRANTED PATENT FOR INVENTION 

CN K1 NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF CN -A DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY PATENT OFFICE 

CN K2 NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF CN -B DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY PATENT OFFICE 

CN K3 NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF CN -C DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY PATENT OFFICE 

CN K4 NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF CN -U DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY PATENT OFFICE 

CN K5 NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF CN -Y DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY PATENT OFFICE 

CN K6 NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF CN -S DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY PATENT OFFICE 

CN S DESIGN APPLICATION 

CN U UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION USED UNTIL 93 

CN Y GRANTED PATENT FOR UTILITY MODEL 

CO COLUMBIA 

CR COSTA RICA 

CR A PATENT APPLICATION 

CR U UTILITY MODEL 

CR S INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 

CS CZECHOSLOVAKIA 

CS A1 INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE APPLICATION [FROM 1.1.73 ONWARDS] 

CS A2 PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 1.1.73 ONWARDS] 

CS A3 APPLICATION FOR PATENT [FROM 1991 ONWARDS] 

CS B1 INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE 

CS B2 BASIC PATENT [FROM 87001 TO 1.1.73] or PATENT [FROM 1.1.73 ONWARDS] 

CS B3 ADDITIONAL INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE [FROM 87001 TO 1.1.73] or DEPENDENT 

INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE [FROM 1.1.73 ONWARDS] 

CS B4 ADDITIONAL PATENT [FROM 87001 TO 1.1.73] or DEPENDENT PATENT [FROM 1.1.73 

ONWARDS] 

CS B6 PATENT SPECIFICATION [FROM 1991 ONWARDS] 

CU CUBA 


CU A ALL TYPES OF PATENT PUBLICATIONS 

CU A1 AUTHOR‟S CERTIFICATE 

CU A2 ADDITION OF AUTHOR‟S CERTIFICATE 

CU A3 CERTIFICATE OF PATENT OF INVENTION 

CU A4 ADDITION OF CERTIFICATE OF PATENT OF INVENTION 

CU A5 AUTHOR‟S VERTIFICATEO MUTUAL RECOGNITION FROM USSR 

CU A6 APPLICATION FOR AUTHOR‟S CERTIFICATE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS 

CU A7 APPLICATON FOR PATENT OF INVENTION FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS 

CU A8 APPLICATION FOR PATENT OF INVENTOR'S CERT. OF ADD. [PATENT LAW OF 1995] 

CU B1 CERTIFICATE OF PATENT OF INVENTION [PATENT LAW OF 1983] 

CU B2 CERTIFICATE OF PATENT OF INVENTION OF ADDITION [PATENT LAW OF 1983] 

CU B5 INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE [PATENT LAW OF 1995] 

CU B6 AUTHOR‟S CERTIFICATE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS 

CU B7 CERTIFICATE OF PATENT OF INVENTION FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS] 

CU B8 PATENT OF INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE OF ADD. [PATENT LAW OF 1995] 

CU S1 AUTHOR‟S CERTIFICATE FOR INDUSTRIAL MODEL 

CU S2 CERTIFICATE OF PATENT FOR INDUSTRIAL MODEL 

CY CYPRUS 

CY A PATENT [FROM 06.05.1921 TO 31.03.1998] 

CY A1 PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 01.04.1998 ONWARDS] 

CY B1 GRANTED PATENT [FROM 01.04.1998 ONWARDS] 

CY B2 GRANTED PATENT ( SECOND LEVEL) [FROM 01.04.1998 ONWARDS] 

CY I1 SPC APPLICATION [FROM 01.04.1998 ONWARDS] 

CY I2 SPC [FROM 01.04.1998 ONWARDS] 

CY T1 TRANSLATION OF EP GRANTED PATENT [FROM 01.04.1998 ONWARDS] 

CY T2 TRANSLATION OF EP CLAIMS [FROM 01.04.1998 ONWARDS] 

CZ CZECH REPUBLIC 

CZ A3 APPLICATION FOR PATENT [FROM 1993 ONWARDS] 

CZ B6 PATENT SPECIFICATION [FROM 17.03.93 ONWARDS] 

CZ U1 UTILITY MODEL 

DD GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 

DD A1 PROV. ECONOMIC PATENT (HAUPTPATENT) [PUBLISHED BEFORE 1980] or PROV. 

ECONOMIC PATENT [PUBLISHED FROM 1980] 

DD A2 PROV. ECONOMIC PATENT (ADDITIONAL) 

DD A3 ECONOMIC PATENT 

DD A4 ECONOMIC PATENT (ADDITIONAL) 

DD A5 PROV. EXCLUSIVE PATENT or PATENT APPLICATIONS INCOMPLETE TREATM.) or PATENT 

APPLICATIONS INCOMPLETE TREATM.) 

DD A6 PROV. EXCLUSIVE PATENT (ADDITIONAL) 

DD A7 EXCLUSIVE PATENT or PATENT APPLICATIONS LAID OPEN [FROM 1992 ( DE/DD )] or 

PATENT APPLICATIONS LAID OPEN 

DD A8 EXCLUSIVE PATENT (ADDITIONAL) 

DD A9 DOC. LAID OPEN (FIRST PUBLICATION) 

DD B1 ECONOMIC PATENT (SECT. 18 (1)) [PUBLISHED FROM 1980] or GRANTED PATENTS ( NO SUB. 

EXAM.) [FROM 1992 ( DE/DD )] or GRANTED PATENTS ( NO SUB. EXAM.) 

DD B2 GRANTED PATENTS ( WITH SUB. EXAM.) 

DD B3 EXCLUSIVE PATENT (SECT. 18 (1)) [PUBLISHED FROM 1980] 

DD B5 DOC. LAID OPEN (SECOND PUBL.) 

DD B6 REISSUE AFTER LIMITATION 

DD C2 ECONOMIC PATENT (SECT. 19) [PUBLISHED FROM 1980] 

DD C4 ECONOMIC PATENT (SECT. 19) [PUBLISHED FROM 1980] 

DD C5 DOC. LAID OPEN (THIRD PUBL.) 

DD T1 TRANSLATION UNDER CMEA AGREEMENT 

DD T9 TRANSLATION UNDER HAVANA AGREEMENT 

DD U UTILITY MODEL 

DE FEDERAL REPUBLIC GERMANY 


DE A1 DOC. LAID OPEN (FIRST PUBLICATION) 

DE A5 REFERENCE TO INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION IN GERMAN [FROM 03.05.07 ONWARDS] 

DE A8 CORRECTED FIRST PAGE 

DE A9 CORRECTED COMPLETE SPECIFICATION 

DE B PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION 

DE B1 DOC. LAID OPEN (FIRST PUBLICATION) [FROM 1,400,000 ONWARDS] 

DE B2 DOC. LAID OPEN (SECOND PUBL.) [FROM 1,400,000 ONWARDS] 

DE B3 PATENT (FIRST PUBLICATION) 

DE B4 PATENT (SECOND PUBLICATION) 

DE B8 CORRECTED FIRST PAGE (GRANTED PATENT) 

DE B9 CORRECTED COMPLETE SPEC. (GRANTED PATENT) 

DE C PATENT 

DE C1 PATENT SPECIFICATION (FIRST PUBL.) [FROM 1,400,000 ONWARDS] 

DE C2 PATENT SPECIFICATION (SECOND PUBL.) 

DE C3 PATENT SPECIFICATION (THIRD PUBL.) [FROM 1,400,000 ONWARDS] 

DE C4 PATENT SPECIFICATION ( FOURTH PUBL. ) [FROM 1,400,000 ONWARDS] 

DE C5 REVISED PATENT 

DE C8 CORRECTED FIRST PAGE REVISED PATENT 

DE C9 CORRECTED COMPLETE SPEC. REVISED PATENT 

DE D1 GRANTED EP NUMBER IN BULLETIN [FROM 1,400,000 ONWARDS] 

DE D2 GRANTED PCT NUMBER IN BULLETIN [FROM 1,400,000 ONWARDS] 

DE I1 APPLICATION SUPPL. PROTECTION CERTIFICATE [FROM 1,400,000 ONWARDS] 

DE I2 GRANTED SUPPL. PROTECTION CERTIFICATE [FROM 1,400,000 ONWARDS] 

DE T0 TRANSLATION OF PUBL. OF INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION [FROM 1,400,000 ONWARDS] 

DE T1 TRANSLATION OF EP CLAIMS (EPTD) or TRANSLATION OF PUBLISHED EP/WO 

APPLICATION 

DE T2 TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT 

DE T3 TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT AFTER OPPOSITION [FROM 1,400,000 ONWARDS] or 

TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT AFTER MODIFICATION 

DE T4 TRANSLATION OF CORRECTED EP PATENT [FROM 1,400,000 ONWARDS] or TRANSLATION 

OF EP PATENT OR CORRECTED EP PAT. 

DE T5 TRANSLATION OF PUBL. OF INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION 

DE T8 CORRECTED FIRST PAGE TRANSLATED EP/WO PATENT 

DE T9 CORRECTED COMPLETE SPEC. TRANSLATED EP/WO PATENT) 

DE U UTILITY MODEL 

DE U1 UTILITY MODEL 

DE U8 CORRECTED FIRST PAGE UTILITY MODEL 

DE U9 CORRECTED COMPLETE SPEC. UTLITY MODEL 

DK DENMARK 

DK A PATENT APPLICATION MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC 

DK B DOCUMENT LAID OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION 

DK B1 PATENT SPECIFICATION 

DK B2 PATENT SPECIFICATION AMENDED AFTER OPPOSITION 

DK B3 PATENT SPECIFICATION AMENDED AFTER ADMINISTRATIVE REEXAM. 

DK B4 GRANTED AND AMENDED 






DK C PATENT SPECIFICATION 

DK D0 PATENT APPLICATION FILED 

DK L PATENT APPLICATION 

DK T1 TRANSLATIONS OF CLAIMS OF EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION 

DK T2 CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF CLAIMS OF EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION 

DK T3 TRANSLATION OF EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION 

DK T4 TRANSLATION OF AMENDED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION 

DK T5 CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION 

DK U1 UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC 

DK U3 UTILITY MODEL SPECIFICATION 


DK U4 UTILITY MODEL SPECIFICATION, REG. UTILITY MODEL WITH EXAM. 

DK Y3 UTILITY MODEL SPECIFICATION 

DK Y4 UTILITY MODEL SPECIFICATION, REG. UTILITY MODEL WITH EXAM. 

DK Y5 AMENDED REGISTERED UTILITY MODEL 

DK Y6 AMENDED REGISTERED UTILITY MODEL WITH EXAMINATION 

DK Z5 AMENDED REGISTERED UTILITY MODEL 

DK Z6 UTILITY MODEL SPECIFICATION, REG. UTILITY MODEL WITH EXAM. 

DO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 

DZ ALGERIA 

DZ A1 PATENT OF INVENTION 

EA EURASIAN PATENT OFFICE 

EA A1 PATENT APPLICATION WITH SEARCH REPORT 

EA A2 PUB. OF APPLICATION WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT 

EA A3 PUBLIC. OF SEARCH REPORT 

EA B1 PATENT 

EA B2 AMENDED SPECIFICATION OF AN EURASIAN PATENT 

EC ECUADOR 

EC A PATENT APPLICATION 

EC T TRANSLATED PATENT APPLICATION 

EC U UTILITY MODEL 

EE ESTONIA 

EE A PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION 

EE A1 AMENDED PATENT APPLICATION 

EE B1 GRANTED PATENT 

EE B2 AMENDED GRANTED PATENT (FIRST) 

EE B3 AMENDED GRANTED PATENT (SECOND) 

EE U REGISTERED UTILITY MODEL [UNTIL 15.10.1996] 

EE U1 REGISTERED UTILITY MODEL [FROM 16.10.1996 ONWARDS] 

EE U2 REGISTERED UTILITY MODEL, DESCRIPTION MODIFIED (FIRST) [FROM 16.10.1996 

ONWARDS] 

EE U3 REGISTERED UTILITY MODEL, DESCRIPTION MODIFIED (SECOND) [FROM 16.10.1996 

ONWARDS] 

EG EGYPT 

EG A PATENT FOR INVENTION / PATENT OF ADDITION 

EM OHIM 

EM S DESIGN 

EP EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE 

EP A1 APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITH SEARCH REPORT 

EP A2 APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT 

EP A3 SEARCH REPORT 

EP A4 SUPPLEMENTARY SEARCH REPORT 

EP A8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE 

EP A9 MODIFIED COMPLETE SPECIFICATION 

EP B1 PATENT SPECIFICATION 

EP B2 NEW PATENT SPECIFICATION 

EP B3 AFTER LIMITATION PROCEDURE 

EP B8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE GRANTED PATENT 


EP B9 CORRECTED COMPLETE GRANTED PATENT 

ES SPAIN 

ES A1 PATENT OF INVENTION [FINISHED IN1996] or PATENT APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITH 

SEARCH REPORT [FROM 2,000,000] 

ES A2 CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION [FINISHED IN 1989] or PATENT APPLICATION PUBLISHED 

WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT [FROM 2,000,000] 

ES A3 PATENT OF IMPORTATION [FINISHED IN 1989] 

ES A4 TRANSLATION OF THE CLAIMS WITH DRAWINGS OF EUROPEAN APPLICATIONS [FINISHED 

IN1991] 

ES A6 PATENT OF INVENTION (WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT) [FINISHED WITH 2.126.538] or PATENT 

OF ADDITION 

ES B1 PATENT PUBLISHED WITH SEARCH REPORT 

ES B2 PATENT PUBLISHED AFTER EXAMINATION 

ES B3 TRANSLATION OF GRANTED EUROPEAN PATENT [FINISHED IN 1992] 

ES D0 PATENT APPLICATION FILED 

ES H1 PRIVILEGE OF INVENTION [FINISHED IN 1878] 

ES H3 PRIVILEGE OF IMPORTATION [FINISHED IN 1878] 

ES K1 NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF ES-A DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY PATENT OFFICE 

ES K2 NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF ES-B DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY PATENT OFFICE 

ES K4 NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF ES-U DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY PATENT OFFICE 

ES K5 NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF ES-Y DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY PATENT OFFICE 

ES K6 NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF ES-S DOCUMENT, NOT ISSUED BY PATENT OFFICE 

ES R SEPARATELY PUBLISHED SEARCH REPORT 

ES T1 TRANSLATION OF THE CLAIMS WITH DRAWINGS OF EUROPEAN APPLICATIONS (FORMER 

A4) [STARTED IN 1992] 

ES T2 REVISED TRANSLATION OF THE CLAIMS AND DRAWINGS IN EUROPEAN APPLICATIONS 

ES T3 TRANSLATION OF GRANTED EUROPEAN PATENT (FORMER B3) 

ES T4 REVISED TRANSLATION OF GRANTED EUROPEAN PATENT 

ES T5 TRANSLATION OF MODIFIED EUROPEAN PATENT [STARTED IN 1996] 

ES T6 TRANSLATION OF A PCT INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION [STARTED IN 1998] 

ES U UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 

ES U4 SAME AS AN U DOCUMENT BUT FOR DUPLICATED DOSSIERS [FROM 1929] 

ES X1 SAME AS AN A1 DOCUMENT BUT FOR DUPLICATED DOSSIERS [FINISHED IN1996] 

ES X2 SAME AS A2 DOCUMENT BUT FOR DUPLICATED DOSSIERS [FINISHED IN 1989] 

ES X3 SAME AS A3 DOCUMENT BUT FOR DUPLICATED DOSSIERS [FINISHED IN 1989] 

ES Y UTILITY MODEL 

ES Y4 SAME AS AN Y DOCUMENT BUT FOR DUPLICATED DOSSIERS [FROM 1929] 

FI FINLAND 

FI A PATENT [FROM 1 - 37835] or UNEXAMINED APPLICATION OPEN TO PUBL. INSPEC. [FROM 

40001 ONWARDS] 

FI B EXAMINED APPLICATION [FROM 40001 ONWARDS] 

FI B1 PATENT [FROM 100000 ONWARDS] 

FI C PATENT [FROM 40001 ONWARDS] 

FI D0 PATENT APPLICATION FILED [FROM 40001 ONWARDS] 

FI L ABSTRACT PUBLISHED 

FI U1 UTILITY MODEL GRANTED 

FI V0 UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION FILED 

FR FRANCE 

FR A PATENT OF INVENTION [UNDER 2,000,000] 

FR A1 APPLICATION FOR PATENT OF INVENTION, (FIRST PUBL.) [FROM 2,000,000] 

FR A2 APPLICATION FOR CERT. OF ADDITION TO A PATENT, (FIRST PUBL.) [FROM 2,000,000] 

FR A3 APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF UTILITY,( FIRST PUBL.) [FROM 2,000,000] 

FR A4 APPLICATION FOR A CERT.OF ADD. TO A CERT. OF UTILITY, (FIRST PUBL) [FROM 2,000,000] 

FR A5 PATENT OF INVENTION, (FIRST AND ONLY PUBLICATION) [FROM 2,000,000] 

FR A6 CERT. OF ADDITION TO A PATENTOF INV., (FIRST AND ONLY PUBL.) [FROM 2,000,000] 

FR A7 CERTIFICATE OF UTILITY (FIRST AND ONLY PUBLIC.) [FROM 2,000,000] 

FR A8 CERT. OF ADDITION TO A CERT. OF UTIL. (FIRST AND ONLY PUBL.) [FROM 2,000,000] 


FR B1 PATENT OF INVENTION (SECOND PUBLICATION) [FROM 2,000,000] 

FR B2 CERT. OF ADDITION TO A PATENT OF INV. (SECOND PUBLIC.) [FROM 2,000,000] 

FR B3 CERTIFICATE OF UTILITY (SECOND PUBL.) [FROM 2,000,000] 

FR B4 CERTIFICATE OF ADD. TO A CERT. OF UTILITY (SECOND PUBLIC.) [FROM 2,000,000] 

FR E CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION TO A PATENT OF INVENTION [UNDER 100,000] 

FR F ADDIT. PATENT FOR MEDICAMENT [UNDER 1,000] 

FR M SPECIAL PATENT FOR MEDICAMENT [UNDER 10,000] 

GB UNITED KINGDOM 

GB A PATENT SPECIFICATION [UNDER 2,000,000] or PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 

2,000,000] 

GB A8 CORRECTED FIRST PAGE PUBLISHED APPLICATION [FROM 2,000,000] 

GB A9 CORRECTED COMPLETE PUBLISHED APPLICATION [FROM 2,000,000] 

GB B AMENDED PATENT SPECIFICATION [UNDER 2,000,000] or PATENT SPECIFICATION [FROM 

2,000,000] 

GB B8 CORRECTED FIRST PAGE PATENT SPECIFICATION [FROM 2,000,000] 

GB C AMENDED OR CORRECTED PATENT SPECIFICATION [FROM 2,000,000] 

GB C2 "COMPLETE RE-ISSUE OF A RE-ISSUED GRANTED ""C"" SPECIFICATION " [FROM 2,000,000] 

GB C3 "COMPLETE RE-ISSUE OF A RE-ISSUED GRANTED ""C2"" SPECIFICATION " [FROM 2,000,000] 

GB D0 PATENT APPLICATION FILED 

GB S DESIGN 

GC "COOPERATION COUNCIL FOR THE ARAB STATES OF THE GULF" 

GC A GRANTED PATENT 

GE GEORGIA 

GE A PUBLISHED APPLICATION FOR INV. (1ST PUB.) [FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] or PATENT FOR 

INVENTION (1ST AND ONLY PUB.) or IMPORTED PATENT 

GE B PATENT FOR INVENTION ( 2ND PUB.) 

GE S PUB.APPLICATION FOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ( 1ST PUB.) or PATENT FOR INDUSTRIAL DES. 

( 1ST AND ONLY PUB.) 

GE S1 PATENT FOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ( 2ND PUB.) 

GE U PUBL. APPLICATION FOR UTILITY MODEL ( 1ST PUB.) or PATENT FOR UTILITY MODEL (1ST 

AND ONLY PUB.) 

GE Y PATENT FOR UTILITY MODEL ( 2ND PUB.) 

GR GREECE 

GR A PATENT APPLICATION [NEW LAW] 

GR A1 PATENT OF INVENTION 

GR A7 PATENT OF ADDITION 

GR B PATENT [NEW LAW] 

GR B1 PATENT NOT PRECEEDED BY AN A [NEW LAW] 

GR B2 PATENT PRECEEDED BY AN A [NEW LAW] 

GR T1 TRANSLATION OF EP CLAIMS [NEW LAW] 

GR T3 TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT [NEW LAW] 

GR T6 TRANSLATION OF PATENT APPLICATION [NEW LAW] 

GR T7 TRANSLATION OF PATENT [NEW LAW] 

GR U UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION [NEW LAW] 

GR Y UTILITY MODEL PATENT [NEW LAW] 

GT GUATEMALA 

HK HONG KONG 

HK A UK PATENTS REGISTERED 

HK A1 GRANTED STANDARD PATENT [NEW LAW] 

HK A2 GRANTED SHORT TERM PATENT [NEW LAW] 

HN HONDURAS 


HR CROATIA 

HR A2 PATENT APPLICATION WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT 

HR A8 MODIFIED PATENT APPLICATION or CORRECTED FRONT PAGE OF A HR-A DOCUMENT 


HR A9 COMPLETE REPRINT OF A HR-A DOCUMENT [FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] 

HR B1 REQUEST RECORDING GRAND RIGHTS or GRANTED PATENT [FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] 

HR B2 GRANTED PATENT MAINTAINED (OR MODIFIED) AFTER NULLITY PROCEDURE [FROM 

01012000 ONWARDS] 

HR B3 SHORT TERM CONSENSUAL PATENT [FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] 

HR B4 CORRECTED FRONT PAGE OF A CONSENSUAL PATENT [FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] 

HR B5 COMPLETE REPRINT OF A CONSENSUAL PATENT [FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] 

HR B8 CORRECTED FRONT PAGE OF A HR-B DOCUMENT [FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] 

HR B9 COMPLETE REPRINT OF A HR-B DOCUMENT [FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] 

HR C1 CONVERTED CONSENSUAL PATENT [FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] 

HR C2 PIPELINE PATENT [FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] 

HR T1 TRANSLATION OF THE CLAIMS OF AN EP INTO CROATIAN [FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] 

HR T2 CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF THE CLAIMS OF AN EP INTO CROATIAN [FROM 01012000 

ONWARDS] 

HR T3 TRANSLATION OF AN EP PATENT INTO CROATIAN [FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] 

HR T4 TRANSLATION OF AN AMENDED EP PATENT INTO CROATIAN [FROM 01012000 ONWARDS] 

HR T5 CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF AN EP PATENT INTO CROATIAN [FROM 01012000 

ONWARDS] 

HU HUNGARY 

HU A1 UNEXAMINED PATENT APPLICATION (DEFERRED EXAM.) [FROM JUNE 1982 ONWARDS] or 

PATENT APPLICATION WITH SEARCH REPORT [NEW LAW] 

HU A2 EXAMINED PATENT APPLICATION [FROM JUNE 1982 ONWARDS] or PATENT APPLICATION 

WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT [NEW LAW] 

HU A3 IMPORTED PATENT APPLICATION [FROM JUNE 1982 ONWARDS] or SEARCH REPORT 

PUBLISHED [NEW LAW] 

HU B PATENT / 2ND PUBLICATION [BEFORE JUNE 1982 ] or PATENT WITH SEARCH REPORT 

[FROM JUNE 1982 ONWARDS] 

HU B1 PATENT WITHOUT PREVIOUS PUBL. [NEW LAW] 

HU B3 IMPORTED PATENT [FROM JUNE 1982 ONWARDS] 

HU D0 FILING APPLICATION [FROM JUNE 1982 ONWARDS] 

HU U UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION PUBLISHED [FROM JUNE 1982 ONWARDS] 

HU V0 APPLICATION FOR UTILITY MODEL FILED [FROM JUNE 1982 ONWARDS] 

ID INDONESIA 

ID A PATENT APPLICATION 

ID B PATENT 

ID S SIMPLE PATENT 

IE IRELAND 

IE A1 PATENT APPLICATION SPECIFICATION AS FILED 

IE A2 SHORT TERM PATENT APPLICATION 

IE B1 PATENT SPECIFICATION 

IE B2 SHORT TERM PATENT 

IE D0 FILING APPLICATION 

IE L ABSTRACT 

IL ISRAEL 

IL A APPLICATION OF PATENT FOR INVENTION 

IL D0 PATENT APPLICATION FILED 

IN INDIA 


IN A1 PATENT 

IN E PATENT OF ADDITION 

IS ICELAND 

IS A PATENT APPLICATION MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC [STARTING 1991] 

IS A7 PATENT APPLICATION MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC [FROM 1923 -1990] 

IS B PATENT SPECIFICATION 

IS B2 AMENDED PATENT SPECIFICATION AFTER OPPOSITION 

IS B3 AMENDED PATENT SPECIFICATION AFTER LIMITATION REQUESTED BY THE PROPRIETOR 

IS B6 PATENT SPECIFICATION 

IS B7 AMENDED PATENT SPECIFICATION 

IS B8 CORRECTION OF PATENT ON THE FIRST PAGE 

IS B9 CORRECTION OF PATENT RESULTING IN A PARTIAL OR COMPLETE REPRINT OF PATENT 

DOCUMENT 

IS L ABSTRACT 

IS T1 TRANSLATION OF CLAIMS IN AN EP APPLICATION INTO ICELANDIC 

IS T2 CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF CLAIMS IN AN EP APPLICATION INTO ICELANDIC 

IS T3 TRANSLATION OF CLAIMS OF AN EP PATENT SPECIFICATION INTO ICELANDIC AND / OR 

OTHER PARTS INTO ICELANDIC OR ENGLISH 

IS T4 TRANSLATION OF AN AMENDED EP PATENT SPEC.:CLAIMS INTO ICELANDIC AND / OR 

OTHER PARTS INTO ICELANDIC OR ENGLISH 

IS T5 CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF AN EP PATENT SPECIFICATION: CLAIMS INTO ICELANDIC 

AND / OR OTHER PARTS INTO ICELANDIC OR ENGLISH 

IT ITALY 

IT A1 APPLICATION FO PATENT OF INVENTION 

IT A2 DIVISIONAL APPLICATION 

IT A3 APPLICATION ALSO FILED AS UTILITY 

IT A4 APPLICATION TRANSFORMED 

IT B PATENT FOR INVENTION 

IT B1 GRANTED PATENT 

IT B2 COMPLEM.PROTECTION CERTIFICATE 

IT D0 FILING APPLICATION 

IT T1 TRANSLATED PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION 

IT T2 TRANSLATED GRANTED PATENT 

IT T3 TRANSLATED UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 

IT U1 APPLICATION FOR PATENT OF UTILITY MODEL 

IT U2 DIVISIONAL UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 

IT U3 UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION ALSO FILED AS PATENT APPLICATION 

IT U4 APPLICATION TRANSFORMED 

IT V0 UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 

IT Y1 GRANTED UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 

IT Z2 PATENT FOR UTILITY MODEL 

JP JAPAN 

JP A DOC. LAID OPEN TO PUBL. INSPEC. [PUBLISHED FROM 1971 ONWARDS] 

JP B PUBLD. EXAMINED PATENT APPLICATION [PUBLISHED FROM 1971 ONWARDS] 

JP B1 APPLICATION PUBLISHED AFTER EXAMINATION [PUBLISHED BEFORE 1971] or GRANT. 

PATENT WITHOUT A 

JP B2 GRANT. PATENT WITH A [FROM 2500000 ONWARDS, FROM 1996] 

JP C GRANTED PATENT [FROM 1000000 ONWARDS] 

JP C1 GRANTED PATENT [PUBLISHED BEFORE 1971] 

JP C2 GRANTED PATENT [PUBLISHED BEFORE 1971] 

JP H CORRECTED PATENT 

JP I CORRECTED UTILITY MODEL PUBL. 

JP S DESIGN PUBLICATION 

JP T UNEXAM. PAT APPLICATION ON FOREIGN APPL. [PUBLISHED FROM 1971 ONWARDS] 

JP T1 TRANSLATED DOC. LAID OPEN TO PUBL. INSPEC. [PUBLISHED FROM 1971 ONWARDS] 

JP T3 TRANSLATED PUBL. EXAMINED PATENT APPLICATION [PUBLISHED FROM 1971 

ONWARDS] 


JP T4 TRANSLATED GRANT. PATENT [FROM 2500000 ONWARDS, FROM 1996] 

JP T5 TRANSLATED GRANT. PATENT [FROM 1000000 ONWARDS] 

JP T6 TRANSLATED UNEXAM. UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 

JP T7 TRANSLATED UNEXAM. UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION [FROM 3000000 ONWARDS, 

FROM1994] 

JP T8 TRANSLATED EXAM. UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION [FROM 2500000 ONWARDS, FROM 

1996] 

JP T9 TRANSLATED EXAM. UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 

JP U UNEXAM. UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 

JP U3 UNEXAM. UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION [FROM 3000000 ONWARDS, FROM 1994] 

JP Y1 UTILITY MODEL PUBLISHED AFTER EXAM. [PUBLISHED BEFORE 1971] or EXAM. UTILITY 

MODEL APPLICATION( 1ST PUBL. ) or EXAM. UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION( 1ST PUBL. ) 

JP Y2 EXAM. UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION( 2ND PUBL. ) 

JP Z1 UTILITY MODEL PATENT [PUBLISHED BEFORE 1971] 

JP Z2 UTILITY MODEL PATENT [PUBLISHED BEFORE 1971] 

KE KENYA 

KE A PATENT 

KE D PATENT (1 NUMBER FOR 2 APPLICS.) 

KR REPUBLIC OF KOREA 

KR A OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE UNEXAMINED PATENTS 

KR B1 PATENT SPECIFICATION 

KR S DESIGN 

KR U OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE UNEXAMINED UTILITY MODELS 

KR Y1 UTILITY MODEL SPECIFICATION 

LT LITHUANIA 

LT A PATENT APPLICATION 

LT B PATENT SPECIFICATION [DATE RANGE FROM 250894] 

LT R3 REREGISTRATION OF SU PATENT [FROM 2001 TO 2664 INCLUSIVE] 

LU LUXEMBOURG 

LU A1 PATENT APPLICATION or PATENT APPLICATION WITH SEARCH REPORT [FROM 1.10.98 

ONWARDS] 

LU A2 PATENT APPLICATION WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT [FROM 1.10.98 ONWARDS] 

LU A7 ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATE 

LU A9 COMPLETE CERTIFICATE FOR PROTECTION 

LU D PATENT APPLICATION (1 NUMB. FOR 2 APPLICATION) 

LV LATVIA 

LV A PATENT APPLICATION 

LV A3 REREGISTERED PATENTS (IMPORTATION ?) 

LV A4 PATENT APPLICATION UNDER AGREEMENT LV - USA 

LV B PATENT PUBLICATION 

LV B4 PATENT UNDER AGREEMENT LV - USA 

MA MOROCCO 

MA A1 PATENT OF INVENTION 

MA A7 CERTIFICATE OF INVENTION 

MC MONACO 

MC A PATENT OF INVENTION 

MC E CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION 

MD MOLDOVA 


MD A PUBLISHED NON-EXAMINED PATENT APPLICATION 

MD B1 PUBL. EXAM. PATENT APPLICATION WITHOUT A PUBL. 

MD B2 PUBL. EXAM. PATENT APPLICATION PRECEEDED BY A 

MD C1 PATENT NOT PRECEEDED BY A AND B 

MD C2 PATENT PRECEEDED BY B1 OR B2 

MD E PUBL. UNEXAMINED PLANT APPLICATION (FIRST LEVEL) 

MD F1 DEC. OF GRANT WITHOUT EX. AND WITHOUT A 

MD F2 DEC. OF GRANT WITHOUT EX. AND WITH A 

MD F3 PUBL. EX. PLANT APPLICATION (SECOND LEVEL) 

MD G1 PATENT WITHOUT EX. AND WITHOUT F 

MD G2 PATENT WITHOUT EX. AND WITH F 

MD I1 UTILITY MODEL WITHOUT EX. AND WITHOUT W 

MD I2 UTILITY MODEL WITHOUT EX. AND WITH W 

MD P PLANT PATENT (THIRD LEVEL) 

MD U PUBLISHED NON-EXAMINED UTILITY APPLICATION 

MD W1 DEC. OF GRANT WITHOUT EX. AND WITHOUT U 

MD W2 DEC. OF GRANT WITHOUT EX. AND WITH U 

MD Y1 PUBL. EXAM. UTILITY. APPLICATION WITHOUT U PUBL. 

MD Y2 PUBL. EXAM. UTILITY. APPLICATION PRECEEDED BY U 

MD Z1 UTILITY MOD. NOT PRECEEDED BY Y1 OR Y2 

MD Z2 UTILITY MODEL PRECEEDED BY Y1 OR Y2 

MN MONGOLIA 

MN A1 PATENT 

MN A6 INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE 

MN A7 PATENT OF ADDITION 

MN A8 INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION 

MT MALTA 

MT A PATENT APPLICATION 

MW MALAWI 

MW A1 PATENT APPLICATION 

MW E APPLICATION FOR A PATENT OF ADDITION 

MX MEXICO 

MX A PATENT OF INVENTION [FROM 1976 ONWARDS] or PATENT APPLICATION [NEW LAW OF 

1991] 

MX B GRANTED PATENT/ GRANTED UTILITY MODEL [NEW LAW OF 1991] 

MX E CERTIFICATE OF INVENTION 

MX R PATENT OF IMPROVEMENT 

MX U REGISTERED UTILITY MODEL [NEW LAW OF 1991] 

MY MALAYSIA 

MY A UK PATENTS REGISTERED 

MY A1 GRANTED PATENTS 

NI NICARAGUA 

NL NETHERLANDS 

NL A PATENT APPLICATION LAID OPEN 

NL A1 REGISTERED SPECIFICATION LAID OPEN [LAW 1995 FROM 1000001 ONWARDS] 


NL B PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION 

NL C PATENT 

NL C1 PATENT WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT - 6 YEAR [LAW 1995 FROM 1000001 ONWARDS] 

NL C2 PATENT WITH SEARCH REPORT - 20 YEAR [LAW 1995 FROM 1000001 ONWARDS] 

NL C8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE [LAW 1995 FROM 1000001 ONWARDS] 

NL C9 MODIFIED PATENT [LAW 1995 FROM 1000001 ONWARDS] 

NL I1 SUPPL. PROTECTION CERTIFICATE APPLICATION [LAW 1995 FROM 1000001 ONWARDS] 

NL I2 GRANTED SUPPL. PROTECTION CERTIFICATE [LAW 1995 FROM 1000001 ONWARDS] 

NO NORWAY 

NO A PATENT APPLICATION MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC 

NO B DOCUMENT LAID OPEN FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION [FROM 115001 TO 300000] 

NO B1 GRANTED PATENTS [FROM 300001 ONWARDS] 

NO B2 GRANTED AFTER OPPOSITION [FROM 300001 ONWARDS] 

NO B3 GRANTED WITH ADMIN. LIMITATION [FROM 300001 ONWARDS] 

NO C GRANTED PATENT [FROM 2841 TO 113574] or PATENT 

NO D0 PATENT APPLICATION FILED 

NO I1 SUPPL. PROTECTION CERTIFICATE APPLICATION 

NO I2 GRANTED SUPPL. PROTECTION CERTIFICATE 

NO L ABSTRACT 

NO T1 TRANSLATED UNEXAMINED APPLICATION 

NO T2 TRANSLATED EXAMINED APPLICATION 

NO T3 TRANSLATED GRANTED PATENT 

NZ NEW ZEALAND 

NZ A PATENT APPLICATION 

NZ D0 PATENT APPLICATION FILED 

OA OAPI 

OA A PATENT OF INVENTION 

OA E ADDITON FOR PATENT OF INVENTION 

PA PANAMA 

PE PERU 

PE A1 PATENT APPLICATION 

PE B GRANTED PATENT 

PE R PATENT OF IMPROVEMENT 

PE Z UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 

PE Y GRANTED UTILITY MODEL 

PE S INDUSTRIAL DESIGN APPLICATION 

PE S1 GRANTED INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 

PH PHILIPPINES 

PH A PATENT FOR INVENTION (FIRST AND ONLY PUBL.) 

PH U PATENT FOR UTILITY MODEL (FIRST AND ONLY PUBL.) 

PL POLAND 

PL A1 APPLICATION LAID OPEN [1976 - 1979] or APPLICATION [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PL A2 APPLICATION FOR PROVISIONAL PATENT [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PL A3 APPLICATION FOR ADDITIONAL PATENT [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PL A4 APPLICATION FOR ADDITIONAL PROVISIONAL PATENT [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PL A5 SPEC. OF PRINCIPLE INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE [1976 - 1979] 

PL A6 SPEC. OF ADDITION TO INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE [1976 - 1979] 

PL B1 SPEC. OF PRINCIPLE PATENT [1976 - 1979] or PATENT [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 


PL B2 PROVISIONAL PATENT [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PL B3 SPEC. OF PATENT OF ADDITION [1976 - 1979] or ADDITIONAL PATENT [FROM 1980 

ONWARDS] 

PL B4 PROVISIONAL ADDITIONAL PATENT [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PL C1 PATENT PRECEEDED BY PROVISIONAL PATENT [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PL C3 PATENT PREC. BY PROVISIONAL ADDITIONAL PATENT [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PL T1 TRANSLATED PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PL T2 TRANSLATED PATENT [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PL T3 TRANSLATED UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PL T4 TRANSLATED UTILITY MODEL [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PL U1 APPLICATION FOR UTILITY MODEL [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PL U3 APPLICATION FOR ADDITIONAL. UTILITY MODEL [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PL Y1 SPECIFICATION FOR UILITY MODEL [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PL Y3 SPECIFICATION FOR ADDITION OF UTILITY MODEL [FROM 1980 ONWARDS] 

PT PORTUGAL 

PT A APPLICATION FOR PATENT OF INVENTION 

PT A1 APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION TO A PATENT OF INVENTION 

PT B PATENT OF INVENTION 

PT B1 CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION TO A PATENT OF INVENTION 

PT D APPLICATION (2 APPLICATIONS WITH SAME NUMBER) 

PT T TRANSLATED EP DOC. 

PT U APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY PATENT 

PT Y UTILITY MODEL GRANTED 

PY PARAGUAY 

RO ROMANIA 

RO A PATENT APPLICATION [PUBLISHED FROM 21.1.92] 

RO A1 DESCRIPTION OF AN INVENTION [PUBLISHED BEFORE 21.1.92] 

RO A2 INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE [PUBLISHED BEFORE 21.1.92] 

RO A3 ADDITION TO INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE [PUBLISHED BEFORE 21.1.92] 

RO A7 COMPLEMENTARY DESCRIPTION OF AN INVENTION [PUBLISHED BEFORE 21.1.92] 

RO B GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION [PUBLISHED FROM 21.1.92] 

RO B1 GRANTED PATENT AS FIRST PUBLICATION [PUBLISHED FROM 21.1.92] 

RO B3 LATER SUPPLY OF ROMANIAN ABSTRACT [PUBLISHED FROM 21.1.92] 

RO C GRANTED PATENT AFTER REVOCATION (2ND PUBL.) [PUBLISHED FROM 21.1.92] 

RO C1 GRANTED PATENT AFTER REVOCATION (1ST PUBL.) [PUBLISHED FROM 21.1.92] 

RU RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

RU A APPLICATION FOR INVENTION [PUBLISHED FROM 14.10.92] 

RU A8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE APPLICATION FOR INVENTION [PUBLISHED FROM 2005 ONWARDS] 

RU A9 REPRINTED APPLICATION FOR INVENTION 

RU C PATENT [UNDER 2000000] 

RU C1 PATENT FOR INVENTION [FROM 2000001 ONWARDS] 

RU C2 PATENT FOR INVENTION ( 2ND PUBL.) [FROM 2000001 ONWARDS] 

RU C8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE GRANTED PATENT 

RU C9 REPRINTED GRANTED PATENT 

RU S DESIGN PATENT [PUBLISHED FROM 14.10.92] 

RU U1 CERTIFICATE FOR UTILITY MODEL [PUBLISHED FROM 14.10.92] 

RU U8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE UTILITY MODEL 

RU U9 REPRINTED UTILITY MODEL 

SE SWEDEN 

SE A PATENT APPLICATION MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC [NEW LAW] 

SE B DOCUMENT LAID OPEN FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION [FROM 300001 ] 

SE B5 CORRECTED EXAMINED APPLICATION [FROM 300001] 

SE C GRANTED PATENT [FROM 300001] 


SE C1 PATENT SPECIFICATION (FIRST LEVEL) [FROM 1 TO 227869] 

SE C2 GRANTED PATENT [FROM 500000 ONWARDS] 

SE C3 CORRECTED GRANTED PATENT [FROM 500000 ONWARDS] 

SE C5 CORRECTED GRANTED PATENT [FROM 300001] 

SE D0 PATENT APPLICATION FILED 

SE E AMENDED PATENT SPECIFICATION [FROM 500000 ONWARDS] 

SE E1 AMENDED PATENT SPECIFICATION (2ND) [FROM 500000 ONWARDS] 

SE E2 AMENDED PATENT SPECIFICATION (3RD) [FROM 500000 ONWARDS] 

SE E3 AMENDED PATENT SPECIFICATION (4TH) [FROM 500000 ONWARDS] 

SE L ABSTRACT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC 

SE T1 TRANSLATION OF EP CLAIMS 

SE T2 CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF EP CLAIMS 

SE T3 TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT 

SE T4 TRANSLATION OF AMENDED EP PATENT 

SE T5 CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT 

SG SINGAPORE 

SG A1 PATENT APPLICATION 

SG A2 TRANSITIONAL PATENT APPLICATION 

SG G UK PATENTS REGISTERED 

SI SLOVENIA 

SI A PATENT 

SI A1 PATENT OF ADDITION 

SI A2 SHORT TERM PATENT 

SI A8 CONVERSION PATENT 

SI B AMENDED CLAIMS 

SI L PUBLISHED ABSTRACT 

SI T1 TRANSLATION OF EP CLAIMS 

SI T2 TRANSLATION OF AMENDED CLAIMS 

SK SLOVAK REPUBLIC 

SK A3 APPLICATION PUBLISHED 

SK B6 PATENT 

SU SOVIET UNION 

SU A1 DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION FOR AN INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE 

SU A2 DESCRIPTION OF THE INV. FOR AN INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE OF ADD. 

SU A3 DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION FOR A PATENT 

SU A4 DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION FOR A PATENT OF ADDITION 

SU C PATENTS REPLACING INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE [PUBLISHED FROM 1981] 

SU T TRANSLATED DOCUMENT 

SV EL SALVADOR 

SV A PATENT APPLICATION 

SV U UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 

SV S INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 

TH THAILAND 

TJ TAJIKISTAN 

TJ A PATENT APPLICATION 


TJ B GRANTED PATENT 

TJ R3 REREGISTRATION OF SU PATENT 

TJ U UTILITY MODEL 

TN TUNISIA 

TN A1 APPLICATION FOR A PATENT OF INVENTION 

TN A7 APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION 

TN B1 PATENT OF INVENTION 

TN B7 CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION 

TR TURKEY 

TR A SPECIFICATION OF INVENTION FOR A PATENT 

TR A1 PATENT APPLICATION WITH SEARCH REPORT [FROM 1995 ONWARDS] 

TR A2 PATENT APPLICATION WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT [FROM 1995 ONWARDS] 

TR A3 SEARCH REPORT [FROM 1995 ONWARDS] 

TR B GRANTED PATENT [FROM 1995 ONWARDS] 

TR T1 TRANSLATION OF WO WITH SEARCH REPORT [FROM 1995 ONWARDS] 

TR T2 TRANSLATION OF WO WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT [FROM 1995 ONWARDS] 

TR T3 TRANSLATED EP CLAIMS [FROM 1995 ONWARDS] 

TR T4 TRANSLATED EP B DOCUMENTS [FROM 1995 ONWARDS] 

TR U UTILITY MODEL [FROM 1995 ONWARDS] 

TR U1 UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION PCT ROUTE PHASE 1 [FROM 1995 ONWARDS] 

TR U2 UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION PCT ROUTE PHASE 2 [FROM 1995 ONWARDS] 

TR Y GRANTED UTILITY MODEL [FROM 1995 ONWARDS] 

TT TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 

TT B GRANTED PATENT 

TT Y UTILITY CERTIFICATE 

TW TAIWAN 

TW B PATENT 

TW Y GRANTED UTILITY MODEL 

UA UKRAINE 

UA A DECLARATIVE PATENT SPEC. FOR INVENTION 

UA A1 PATENT GRANTED AFTER RE-REG. OF USSR INV. CERT. 

UA C1 PATENT GRANTED UPON POS. DECISION OF USSR 

UA C2 PATENT GRANT. UPON THE USSR APPLICATION,FOR WHICH "NO POS. DEC. MADE;GRANT. 

UPON BASIS OF" NATIONAL APPLICATION 

UA U DECLARATIVE / PATENT SPEC. FOR UTILITY MODEL 

US USA 

US A PATENT [FROM BEGIN UNTIL END 2000] or PATENT ISSUED AFTER 1ST PUB. WITHIN THE 

TVPP 

US A1 FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 

US A2 REPUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 

US A9 CORRECTED PATENT APPLICATION [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 

US B1 REEXAM. CERTIF., N-ND REEXAM. or GRANTED PATENT AS FIRST PUBLICATION [FROM 

2001 ONWARDS] 

US B2 REEXAM. CERTIF., N-ND REEXAM. or GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION [FROM 

2001 ONWARDS] 

US B3 REEXAM. CERTIF., N-ND REEXAM. 

US B8 CORRECTED FRONT PAGE GRANTED PATENT [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 

US B9 CORRECTED COMPLETE GRANTED PATENT [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 


US C1 REEXAMINATION [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 









US E REISSUE or DESIGN REISSUE or PLANT REISSUE 

US E1 REISSUE [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 

US F1 REEXAM. CERT REISSUE N-ND REEXAM. 



US F4 REEXAM. CERT REISSUE N-ND REEXAM. [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 






US H STATUTORY INVENTION REGISTRATION (SIR) or STATUTORY INVENTION REGISTRATION 

FOR DESIGN or STATUTORY INVENTION REGISTRATION FOR PLANT PATENT 

US H1 STATUTORY INVENTION REGISTRATION (SIR) [FROM 2001 ONWARDS] 

US I1 PATENT PRE-1836 

US I2 REISSUE PRE-1836 

US I3 ADD. IMPROVEMENT (1838-1868) 

US I4 DEFENSIVE PUBLICATION 

US I5 PATENT APPLICATION PUBL. WITHIN THE TVPP 

US P PLANT PATENTS [FROM NO. 1 TO 11727 ] 

US P1 FIRST PUBLISHED PLANT PATENT APPLICATION [FROM NO. 2001000000 ONWARDS] 

US P2 FIRST PUBLISHED GRANTED PLANT PATENT [FROM NO. 11728 ONWARDS] 

US P3 SECOND PUBL. GRANTED PLANT PATENT 

US P4 REPUBLISHED PLANT PATENT APPLICATION 

US P9 CORRECTED PLANT PATENT APPLICATION 

US S1 DESIGN PATENT 

UY URUGUAY 

UY A1 PATENT APPLICATION (FIRST PUBLICATION LEVEL) [FROM 03.12.1941 ONWARDS] 

UY A2 DIVISIONAL APPLICATION (FIRST PUBLICATION LEVEL) [FROM 03.12.1941 ONWARDS] 

UY A3 REVALIDATION APPLICATION (FIRST PUBLICATION LEVEL) [FROM 03.12.1941 ONWARDS] 

UY B GRANTED PATENT (SECOND PUBLICATION) [FROM 03.12.1941 ONWARDS] 

UY Q INDUSTRIAL DESIGN APPLICATION [FROM 26.07.1976 ONWARDS] 

UY S GRANTED INDUSTRIAL DESIGN [FROM 26.07.1976 ONWARDS] 

UY U UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION [FROM 26.07.1976 ONWARDS] 

UY Y GRANTED UTILITY MODEL [FROM 26.07.1976 ONWARDS] 

VE VENEZUELA 

VN VIETNAM 

VN A1 PATENT 

VN A6 INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE 

VN A7 PATENT OF ADDITION 

VN A8 INVENTOR'S CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION 

VN B GRANTED PATENT [FROM 1984 ONWARDS] 

VN U UTILITY MODEL 

VN Y GRANTED UTILITY MODEL 

WO WIPO (P.C.T.) 

WO A1 INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION WITH INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT 


WO A2 INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION WITHOUT INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT 

WO A3 INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT 

WO A8 MODIFIED FIRST PAGE 

WO A9 COMPLETE CORRECTED DOCUMENT 

WO B1 AMENDED CLAIMS 

XF JP CODES 

XH HAGUE AGREEMENT 

XH S DESIGN 

XL SEARCH RECORDS 

XP NON PATENT LIT. 

XS MODIFIED ABSTR. 

YU YUGOSLAVIA 

YU A ACCEPTED PATENT APPLICATION (FIRST LEVEL) [FROM 1960 TO 1981] or PUBLICATION OF 

PATENT APPLICATION [SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO] 

YU A1 PATENT APPLICATION OPEN FOR INSPECTION (FIRST LEVEL) [FROM 1982] 

YU B PATENT SPECIFICATION ( 2ND LEVEL ) [FROM 1960 TO 1981] or REGISTERED PATENT 

[SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO] 

YU B1 PATENT APPLICATION PUBLISHED (2ND LEVEL) [FROM 1982] 

YU B2 PATENT APPLICATION PUBLISHED (2ND LEVEL) [FROM 1982] 

YU C1 PATENT SPECIFICATION (3RD LEVEL) [FROM 1982] 



YU MP PETTY PATENT [SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO] 

ZA SOUTH AFRICA 

ZA A PATENT SPECIFICATION 

ZA D PATENT SPEC. (1 NUMBER FOR 2 APPLICATION) 

ZM ZAMBIA 

ZM A1 PATENT APPLICATION 

ZM D PATENT SPEC. (1 NUMBER FOR 2 APPLICATION) 

ZM E APPLICATION FOR A PATENT OF ADDITION 

ZW ZIMBABWE 

ZW A1 PATENT OF INVENTION 

ZW E PATENT OF ADDITION 


Priority Application Information Type (/PRAIT) 

Priority Application Information Type (/PRAIT) 

(Status August 2007) 

Number of 

Records Code Explanation 

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

1 ADA PATENT APPLICATION 

89 AEA PATENT APPLICATION 

9 ALA PATENT APPLICATION 

86 AMA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 AMF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 AMU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 ANA PATENT APPLICATION 

200 APA PATENT APPLICATION 

216 APAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 APU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

27589 ARA PATENT APPLICATION 

431 ARAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

16 ARF DESIGN APPLICATION 

41 ARU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

335212 ATA PATENT APPLICATION 

1019 ATAA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

41432 ATAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 ATAU CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM UTILITY TO PATENT 

3 ATDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

11 ATE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

78 ATF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 ATFA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

15319 ATU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

2 ATUA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

17 ATUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

104 ATUU CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM UTILITY TO PATENT 

358331 AUA PATENT APPLICATION 

155 AUA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

11183 AUA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

19555 AUAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

7 AUD3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

12 AUDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

465 AUF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 AUU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

55 AZA PATENT APPLICATION 

2 AZAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 AZU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

145 BAA PATENT APPLICATION 

6 BAA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

2 BAD3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

2 BDA PATENT APPLICATION 

100448 BEA PATENT APPLICATION 

33744 BEAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 BEDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

6 BEF DESIGN APPLICATION 

35357 BGA PATENT APPLICATION 

45 BGAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

4 BGF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1422 BGU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

11 BHA PATENT APPLICATION 

13 BIA PATENT APPLICATION 

4 BOA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 BOAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 


118596 BRA PATENT APPLICATION 

3231 BRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 BRDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

93 BRF DESIGN APPLICATION 

79262 BRU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

3 BRUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 BSA PATENT APPLICATION 

2 BWA PATENT APPLICATION 

117 BXF DESIGN APPLICATION 

571 BYA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 BYAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

49 BYU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1031758 CAA PATENT APPLICATION 

10318 CAA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

10 CAA4 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION OF A DIVISION 

14 CAA5 CLAIMED APPLICATION IS A SUPPLEMENTARY DISCLOSURE 

37096 CAAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

4 CAD3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

1 CADT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

608 CAF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 CAQ3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

2 CGA PATENT APPLICATION 

751933 CHA PATENT APPLICATION 

31875 CHA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

3243 CHA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

86251 CHAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 CHD3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

12 CHDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 CHE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

263 CHF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2 CHU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 CIA PATENT APPLICATION 

741 CLA PATENT APPLICATION 

25 CLAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

5 CLF DESIGN APPLICATION 

3 CLU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

13 CMA PATENT APPLICATION 

501961 CNA PATENT APPLICATION 

4785 CNAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

774 CNF DESIGN APPLICATION 

932156 CNU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

66 CNUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

185 COA PATENT APPLICATION 

5 COAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

37 CRA PATENT APPLICATION 

8 CRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

143683 CSA PATENT APPLICATION 

1243 CSA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

10960 CSAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 CSD3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

2972 CUA PATENT APPLICATION 

303 CUAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 CUDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 CUU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

45 CYA PATENT APPLICATION 

16606 CZA PATENT APPLICATION 

60 CZA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

214 CZAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

4 CZF DESIGN APPLICATION 

8812 CZU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

3 CZU3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

182282 DDA PATENT APPLICATION 

1224 DDAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 DDQT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 


16 DDU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

4223160 DEA PATENT APPLICATION 

51137 DEA1 DOMESTIC PRIORITY CLAIMED FOR PATENT 

5 DEA2 DOMESTIC PRIORITY CLAIMED FOR UTILITY MODEL 

4388 DEA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

15852 DEAI PATENT APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR UTILITY MODEL 

326242 DEAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

35 DEAW "WIDERRECHTLICHE ENTNAHME" CLAIMED APPLICATION 

4 DEBT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

5490 DECT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 DED1 DOMESTIC PRIORITY CLAIMED FOR PATENT 

55080 DEDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

178 DEE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

1 DEET TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2121 DEF DESIGN APPLICATION 

13 DEQT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1077785 DEU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

614 DEU1 DOMESTIC PRIORITY CLAIMED FOR PATENT 

20798 DEU2 DOMESTIC PRIORITY CLAIMED FOR UTILITY MODEL 

117 DEU3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

2 DEUI PATENT APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR UTILITY MODEL 

8104 DEUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

7 DEUW "WIDERRECHTLICHE ENTNAHME" CLAIMED APPLICATION 

179786 DKA PATENT APPLICATION 

356 DKA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

7561 DKAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

238 DKF DESIGN APPLICATION 

6590 DKU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

5 DKU3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

4 DKUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

13 DMF DESIGN APPLICATION 

10 DOA PATENT APPLICATION 

8 DOAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

260 DZA PATENT APPLICATION 

639 EAA PATENT APPLICATION 

39 ECA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 ECAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

406 EEA PATENT APPLICATION 

22 EEAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 EEF DESIGN APPLICATION 

688 EEU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

2561 EGA PATENT APPLICATION 

20 EGAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 EGF DESIGN APPLICATION 

6 EMA PATENT APPLICATION 

2209 EMF DESIGN APPLICATION 

611411 EPA PATENT APPLICATION 

47439 EPA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

7319 EPAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

225 EPF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 EPU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

232002 ESA PATENT APPLICATION 

4 ESA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

4348 ESAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 ESE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

140 ESF DESIGN APPLICATION 

4 ESP PROVISIONAL APPLICATION 

156343 ESU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

33 ESUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

225862 FIA PATENT APPLICATION 

68 FIA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

1208 FIAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

269 FIF DESIGN APPLICATION 

10854 FIU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 


1 FIUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1832079 FRA PATENT APPLICATION 

43 FRA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

538215 FRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

42 FRDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

139 FRE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

4508 FRET TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

668 FRF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2 FRFT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

87 FRMT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 FRQT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 GAA PATENT APPLICATION 

2781755 GBA PATENT APPLICATION 

9506 GBA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

223698 GBAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

7 GBDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1577 GBF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 GBFT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 GBU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

65 GCA PATENT APPLICATION 

101 GEA PATENT APPLICATION 

2 GHA PATENT APPLICATION 

48287 GRA PATENT APPLICATION 

161 GRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2683 GRU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

2 GRUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

36 GTA PATENT APPLICATION 

4 GTAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3059 HKA PATENT APPLICATION 

280 HKA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

444 HKAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

503 HKF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2 HNA PATENT APPLICATION 

4841 HRA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 HRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

4 HRF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 HRP PROVISIONAL APPLICATION 

16 HTA PATENT APPLICATION 

95487 HUA PATENT APPLICATION 

17 HUA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

4989 HUAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 HUF DESIGN APPLICATION 

162 HUP PROVISIONAL APPLICATION 

4917 HUU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 HUU3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

1 HUUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

54 IBA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 IBF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1445 IDA PATENT APPLICATION 

46 IDAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 IDF DESIGN APPLICATION 

53593 IEA PATENT APPLICATION 

7 IEA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

919 IEA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

20 IEAC COGNATE APPLICATION 

552 IEAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

12 IEF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 IEQ3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

81607 ILA PATENT APPLICATION 

403 ILA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

2831 ILA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

690 ILAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

124 ILF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2 ILQ0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 


5 ILQ3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

38111 INA PATENT APPLICATION 

79 INA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

1656 INA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

1 INAC COGNATE APPLICATION 

1178 INAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

8 IND3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

7 INF DESIGN APPLICATION 

21 IQA PATENT APPLICATION 

139 IRA PATENT APPLICATION 

10 IRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 IRF DESIGN APPLICATION 

3145 ISA PATENT APPLICATION 

8 ISAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 ISF DESIGN APPLICATION 

598092 ITA PATENT APPLICATION 

32714 ITAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 ITDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

13 ITE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

532 ITF DESIGN APPLICATION 

139430 ITU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

370 ITUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

4 JMA PATENT APPLICATION 

5 JOA PATENT APPLICATION 

11288032 JPA PATENT APPLICATION 

1292 JPA1 DOMESTIC PRIORITY 

194 JPAA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

16028 JPAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 JPCA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

1 JPDA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

1 JPDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

9 JPE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

7779 JPF DESIGN APPLICATION 

6 JPP PROVISIONAL APPLICATION 

31 JPQ1 DOMESTIC PRIORITY 

4095972 JPU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

5 JPU1 DOMESTIC PRIORITY 

88 JPUA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

258 JPUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 JPUU CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM UTILITY TO PATENT 

42 KEA PATENT APPLICATION 

5 KGA PATENT APPLICATION 

38 KPA PATENT APPLICATION 

1033992 KRA PATENT APPLICATION 

2 KRA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

1904 KRA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

4853 KRAA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

1637 KRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

5 KRAU CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM UTILITY TO PATENT 

98 KRD3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

5 KRDA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

1 KRDU CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM UTILITY TO PATENT 

1429 KRF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2 KRP PROVISIONAL APPLICATION 

8 KRQA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

210463 KRU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1564 KRU3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

47 KRUA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

36 KRUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

302 KRUU CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM UTILITY TO PATENT 

409 KZA PATENT APPLICATION 

156 LBA PATENT APPLICATION 

39 LBAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

21 LIA PATENT APPLICATION 


4 LIAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

228 LKA PATENT APPLICATION 

47 LKAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

17 LKF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 LRA PATENT APPLICATION 

3 LSA PATENT APPLICATION 

1769 LTA PATENT APPLICATION 

2 LTAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 LTF DESIGN APPLICATION 

38983 LUA PATENT APPLICATION 

38 LUA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

4380 LUAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 LUF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2198 LVA PATENT APPLICATION 

5 LVA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

183 LVAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 LYA PATENT APPLICATION 

2735 MAA PATENT APPLICATION 

543 MAAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1751 MCA PATENT APPLICATION 

16 MCAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3097 MDA PATENT APPLICATION 

99 MDP PROVISIONAL APPLICATION 

159 MDU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 MGA PATENT APPLICATION 

80 MKA PATENT APPLICATION 

216 MNA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 MRA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 MRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

255 MTA PATENT APPLICATION 

20 MTAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 MUA PATENT APPLICATION 

116 MWA PATENT APPLICATION 

13646 MXA PATENT APPLICATION 

252 MXAA CITED APPLICATION CHANGED FROM PATENT TO UTILITY 

806 MXAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

33 MXF DESIGN APPLICATION 

684 MXU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

2018 MYA PATENT APPLICATION 

9 MYAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

7 MYF DESIGN APPLICATION 

4 MYU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 NAA PATENT APPLICATION 

19 NGA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 NIA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 NIAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

341258 NLA PATENT APPLICATION 

1378 NLA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

54361 NLAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1396 NLCT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1228 NLDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 NLF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2 NLU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 NNA PATENT APPLICATION 

88096 NOA PATENT APPLICATION 

101 NOA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

6142 NOAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

84 NOF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 NOQ3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

55 NOU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

37856 NZA PATENT APPLICATION 

125 NZA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

2298 NZA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

136 NZAC COGNATE APPLICATION 


1785 NZAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

105 NZF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1266 OAA PATENT APPLICATION 

430 OAAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 OMA PATENT APPLICATION 

34 PAA PATENT APPLICATION 

2 PAAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

41 PEA PATENT APPLICATION 

7 PEAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3809 PHA PATENT APPLICATION 

7 PHA1 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION 

11 PHA2 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART 

85 PHA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

5 PHAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

17 PHDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 PHF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2847 PHU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 PHU3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

22 PKA PATENT APPLICATION 

4 PKAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

149597 PLA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 PLA0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

869 PLAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 PLDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

733 PLE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

16 PLF DESIGN APPLICATION 

15119 PLU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

7161 PTA PATENT APPLICATION 

312 PTAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 PTF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2124 PTU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

17 PYA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 PYAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 QAA PATENT APPLICATION 

29 RHA PATENT APPLICATION 

18 RHAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

47120 ROA PATENT APPLICATION 

451 ROAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 ROF DESIGN APPLICATION 

240277 RUA PATENT APPLICATION 

167 RUAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

8 RUF DESIGN APPLICATION 

35340 RUU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

7 SAA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 SCA PATENT APPLICATION 

23 SDA PATENT APPLICATION 

490363 SEA PATENT APPLICATION 

37127 SEAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 SEDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

438 SEF DESIGN APPLICATION 

2 SEU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

10739 SGA PATENT APPLICATION 

2537 SGAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

25 SGF DESIGN APPLICATION 

5506 SIA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 SIAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 SIF DESIGN APPLICATION 

3321 SKA PATENT APPLICATION 

3 SKAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

195 SKU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

2 SLA PATENT APPLICATION 

42 SMA PATENT APPLICATION 

4 SNA PATENT APPLICATION 

2 SRA PATENT APPLICATION 


1206597 SUA PATENT APPLICATION 

1470 SUA6 DOMESTIC PRIORITY 

357 SUAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

4 SUU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

14 SVA PATENT APPLICATION 

40 SYA PATENT APPLICATION 

12 SYAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

282 THA PATENT APPLICATION 

3 THAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

25 THF DESIGN APPLICATION 

29 THU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 THUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

256 TJA PATENT APPLICATION 

21 TJU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 TMA PATENT APPLICATION 

62 TNA PATENT APPLICATION 

201 TNAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 TOA PATENT APPLICATION 

6336 TRA PATENT APPLICATION 

51 TRAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

11 TRF DESIGN APPLICATION 

9721 TRU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

29 TTA PATENT APPLICATION 

9 TTAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

80027 TWA PATENT APPLICATION 

470 TWAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

946 TWF DESIGN APPLICATION 

154774 TWU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

156 TWUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 TZA PATENT APPLICATION 

17405 UAA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 UAAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 UAF DESIGN APPLICATION 

16110 UAU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

9507549 USA PATENT APPLICATION 

194057 USA1 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION 

180961 USA2 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART 

226450 USA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

17 USA4 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A SUBSTITUTE 

5061 USA5 CLAIMED APPLICATION IS AN ORIGINAL REISSUE SERIAL NUMBER 

134099 USAB CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION ---ABANDONED 

78795 USAC CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART ---ABANDONED 

18045 USAD CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION ---ABANDONED 

9 USAR REQUEST FOR RE-EXAMINATION NUMBER 

258940 USAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

14 USD1 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION 

30 USD2 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART 

22 USD3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

42 USDB CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION ---ABANDONED 

21 USDC CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART ---ABANDONED 

1 USDD CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION ---ABANDONED 

69 USDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

6 USE APPLICATION WHICH IS BASED ON A AUSSTELLUNGSPRIORITAET 

165 USET TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

89136 USF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1603 USF1 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION 

3228 USF2 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART 

5829 USF3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

26 USF5 CLAIMED APPLICATION IS AN ORIGINAL REISSUE SERIAL NUMBER 

620 USFB CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION ---ABANDONED 

564 USFC CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART ---ABANDONED 

112 USFD CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION ---ABANDONED 

1 USFT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1291894 USP PROVISIONAL APPLICATION 


2744 USP1 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION 

3868 USP2 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART 

93 USP3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

6 USP4 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A SUBSTITUTE 

1 USP5 CLAIMED APPLICATION IS AN ORIGINAL REISSUE SERIAL NUMBER 

6 USPB CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION ---ABANDONED 

14 USPC CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART ---ABANDONED 

1 USPD CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION ---ABANDONED 

1 USPR REQUEST FOR RE-EXAMINATION NUMBER 

1297 USPT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3 USQ3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

2 USU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 USUC CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART ---ABANDONED 

309 UYA PATENT APPLICATION 

8 UYAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

97 UYU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

109 UZA PATENT APPLICATION 

16 VAA PATENT APPLICATION 

66 VEA PATENT APPLICATION 

15 VEAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 VEF DESIGN APPLICATION 

112 VNA PATENT APPLICATION 

2 VNAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

60 VNU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

136109 WOW INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION NUMBER 

1 WOW0 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR AN ADDITION 

798 WOW1 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION 

681 WOW2 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR CONTINUATION IN PART 

93 WOW3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

157013 WOWA PCT APPLICATION CLAIMED FROM NATIONAL PROCEDURE 

8410 WOWT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

3096056 WOWW ADDITIONAL PCT APPLICATION 

1251 XHF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 YEA PATENT APPLICATION 

16244 YUA PATENT APPLICATION 

5 YUA3 PRIOR APPLICATION CLAIMED FOR A DIVISION 

1563 YUA6 DOMESTIC PRIORITY 

406 YUAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

2 YUDT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

59 YUU APPLICATION FOR A UTILITY MODEL 

1 YUUT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

77665 ZAA PATENT APPLICATION 

2563 ZAAT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

1 ZADT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

54 ZAF DESIGN APPLICATION 

1 ZAFT TECHNICAL PRIORITY 

792 ZMA PATENT APPLICATION 

1 ZRA PATENT APPLICATION 

879 ZWA PATENT APPLICATION 

6 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 

TWA TWNNNNNNA TW249836A 

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 (Status October 2008): 

PC Country 

Period LSCC Entry into the Kind of documents 

Name 

national phase 

from until EP WO 

AT Austria 15.01.1975 15.10.2008 AT Patents 

15.08.1995 15.10.2008 AT Utility Models and 

electronically untreated patent data 

01.02.1995 31.08.2007 WO PCT appl. entry into the national phase 

01.02.1995 09.03.2008 WO PCT application entry and further legal 

events delivered by WIPO 

AU Australia 06.01.2000 29.05.2003 AU Provisional applications, complete 

applications and patents, old number 

format 

28.11.2002 23.10.2008 AU WO Provisional and complete applications, 

standard and innovation patents, new 

number format 



BE Belgium 01.01.1984 31.12.2007 BE EP Patent data 

05.12.2007 WO PCT application entry and further legal 


BG Bulgaria 02.01.2001 31.01.2006 WO PCT appl. entry into the national phase 



BZ Belize 27.08.2002 23.03.2007 WO PCT application entry and further legal 


BR Brazil 01.03.1995 01.07.2008 BR Temporarily 

Unavailable 



BY Belarus 15.06.2007 28.02.2008 WO PCT application entry and further legal 


CA Canada 01.04.1993 09.07.2004 WO PCT appl. entry into the national phase 

01.08.1999 24.02.2002 WO PCT appl. non-entry into the national 

phase 

01.01.2003 20.10.2008 CA 



CH Switzerland 02.01.1958 15.10.2008 CH EP Patents 

31.03.1969 30.09.2002 CH EP SPCs 

31.03.1969 31.05.2007 CH Notification of not deliverable 

decisions (Swiss Gazette Chapter 8) 



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CL Chile 02.03.1990 07.09.1998 CL Patents 

CN People's 

Republic of 

China 

CZ Czech 

Republic 

DD Germany 

(EX_GDR) 



14.06.2000 15.10.2008 CZ Patents and Utility Models 



05.07.1992 18.12.2003 DD Patents 

28.04.2004 28.04.2004 DD In Force 2004 and Assignments 

DE Germany 05.01.1978 30.10.2008 DE Patents 

17.05.2006 30.10.2008 WO PCT appl. non-entering direct German 

phase 

01.01.1993 30.09.2008 DE SPC 



DK Denmark 01.01.1982 13.10.2008 DK EP Patents and Utility Models 

EA 01.07.1996 02.09.2008 Patents and Utility Models 



EE Estonia 15.12.2004 16.06.2008 EE Patents (lapses and valid data end of 

year) 

EP European 

Patent 

Office 

20.12.1978 29.10.2008 EP Patents 

20.05.1987 30.09.2008 EP Postgrant information 

ES Spain 01.01.1992 20.07.2007 ES Domestic Patents (new series) and 

Utility Models (new series) 

01.01.1992 20.07.2007 EP European Patents 

01.01.1999 16.05.2007 ES SPC 

30.05.1990 27.09.2007 WO PCT appl. Entry into the national phase 



FI Finland 04.01.1993 30.09.2008 FI Patents 



FR France 28.11.1969 17.10.2008 FR EP Patents 

GB United 

Kingdom 

03.01.1968 22.10.2008 GB EP Patents from internet journal 

01.04.1998 22.10.2008 WO PCT appl. Entry into the national phase 

GE Georgia 31.08.1998 30.09.2008 WO PCT appl. entry into the national phase 

GR Ellas 01.01.1989 31.12.1997 EP EP data entry into the national phase 

HU Hungary 28.06.1990 28.10.2008 HU Patents 


HK Hong Kong 15.12.2004 15.12.2004 HK Patents 

IE Ireland 13.01.1993 15.10.2008 IE EP Patent manual input 

13.01.1993 15.10.2008 IE EP Patents from internet journal 

IL Israel 31.03.1996 10.08.2008 IL Patents 



IT Italy 01.10.1989 20.11.2000 IT Patents and Utility Models 

13.11.1992 30.11.2000 IT EP SPCs (medical) 

19.02.1997 04.10.2000 IT EP SPCs (herbicidal) 

30.01.1999 04.12.2001 EP EPO translations 

27.10.1999 27.10.1999 IT Fee payments 

JP Japan 01.09.1996 01.10.2008 WO PCT appl. entry into the national phase 


phase 



KE Kenya 11.12.1995 30.06.2005 WO PCT appl. entry into the national phase 

KR Republic of 

Korea 





phase 



LT Lithuania 25.05.1995 25.09.2008 LT Patents 

25.05.2001 25.09.2008 EP EP Invalidations 

04.07.2001 25.09.2008 EP Ep lapses 




LU Luxemburg 09.01.1986 04.08.2008 LU EP SPCs 

LV Latvia 01.01.1998 01.06.2008 WO PCT appl. entry into the national phase 



MC Monaco 16.10.1972 23.07.1992 MC Patents 

MD Moldavia 19.04.1994 15.06.1999 MD 

MX Mexiko 21.12.2005 11.07.2006 WO PCT application entry and further legal 


NL Netherlands 15.05.1973 01.10.2008 NL EP Patents 

25.04.1979 01.10.2008 NL EP SPCs and 

electronically not treatable patent data 

NO Norway 24.10.2001 01.10.2007 NO SPCs and Patents 

15.01.2001 27.12.2007 NO Lapses and expiries 


NZ New 

Zealand 

29.06.2001 26.09.2008 NZ Patents 

29.06.2001 29.07.2008 NZ Assignments 



29.06.2001 26.09.2008 NZ Register Entries from Gazette 

PH Philippines 18.06.1990 31.07.1997 PH Patents 



PL Poland 22.12.2002 30.01.2008 WO PCT application entry and further legal 


PT Portugal 20.03.1991 12.06.2007 PT Patents and Utility Models 

RO Romania 01.01.2002 28.01.2008 WO PCT appl. entry into the national phase 

17.03.2006 17.03.2006 EP Ep patents valid in Romania 



RU Russia 03.01.2002 31.07.2008 WO PCT appl. entry into the national phase 



SE Sweden 31.01.1995 12.03.2008 SE EP Patents 

07.03.1994 16.09.2008 SE EP SPCs 



SI Slovenia 31.12.2004 31.08.2008 SI EP Patents 

01.01.2001 28.02.2007 WO PCT data 

SK Slowakia 01.01.1993 30.09.2008 WO PCT appl. entry into the national phase 



TW Taiwan 01.01.2000 23.10.2008 TW Patents and Utilitiy models 

US United 

States 

UZ Uzbekistan 02-01- 

2001 

WO WIPO 

(P.C.T.) 

ZA South- 

Africa 

02.01.1968 01.07.2008 US Patents; data from internet journal 

02.01.1968 14.10.2008 US Re-examinations and Errata 

05.02.1982 01.06.2007 US US Assigns 

08.07.2003 24.10.2007 US US Time extensions 




30.06.2006 WO PCT appl. entry into the national phase 

21.09.1978 23.10.2008 WO PCT Applications, electronic input 




(See PCT Newsletter; Status: April 2008, 139 countries) 

Member States PCT 

1) Extension of European patent possible. 

2) May only be designated for a regional patent (the “national route” via the PCT has been closed). 

Where a State can be designated for a regional patent, the two-letter code for the regional patent concerned is 

indicated in parentheses (AP = ARIPO patent, EA = Eurasian patent, EP = European patent, OA = OAPI patent). 

Important: 

This list includes all States that have adhered to the PCT by the date shown in the heading. Any State indicated in bold 

italics has adhered to the PCT but will only become bound by the PCT on the date shown in parentheses; it will not be 

considered to have been designated in international applications filed before that date. 

Note that even though the filing of a request constitutes under PCT Rule 4.9(a) the designation of all Contracting States 

bound by the PCT on the international filing date, for the grant of every kind of protection available and, where 

applicable, for the grant of both regional and national patents, applicants should always use the latest versions of the 

request form (PCT/RO/101) and demand form (PCT/IPEA/ 401) (the latest versions are dated April 2007) or, if filing the 

request using the PCT-EASY features of the PCT-SAFE software, the latest version of that software (which is available 

at: www.wipo.int/pct-safe). The request and demand forms can be printed from the website, in editable PDF format, at: 

www.wipo.int/pct/en/forms/, or obtained from receiving Offices or the International Bureau, or, in the case of the 

demand form, also from International Preliminary Examining Authorities. 


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 HU IE IS IT LI LT 

LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR 

Extension states for EP: 

AL BA HR MK YU 

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 

1.1.97 

Venezia VE 91 

Livorno LI 43 Verbania VB 997 from 1.1.97 

Lodi LO 994 from 

1.1.97 

Vercelli VC 92 

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… Use… 

current State of the Art 

INPAFAMDB 

by keywords, classification or both 

(/bi,/ti, /ab, /ipc, /epc, /ico, …) 

patent assignees 

INPAFAMDB 

by name 

(/pa, /pas, /lspa 

inventors 

INPAFAMDB 

by name 

(/in, /ins, /lsin 

citing documents 

INPAFAMDB 

by patent number 

(/rpn) 

in multiple files 

INPAFAMDB 

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 

INPADOCDB 

INPADOCDB 

INPADOCDB 

INPADOCDB 

INPAFAMDB 

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 


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. 

Displaying titles is free of charge 

in INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB 


=> 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 

JP 2008126315 A 20080605 

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) 


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 

These would have been four 

separate hits in INPADOCDB. 

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 

=> fil inpadocdb 

=> 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 

=> fsort l2 



'L3' DELETED 

L3 42 FSO L2 

Searching for Ratiopharm/PASS reveals 33 inventions 

published by this company, 9 of them are already 


The same search in INPADOCDB yields 148 individual 

patent applications for Ratiopharm, including 42 


6 Multi-record Families Answers 1-39 







3 Individual Records Answers 40-42 

0 Non-patent Records 

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. 

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 

s ((haensel or hansel)(s)(dietrich or dietrisch))/inss 

715 HAENSEL/IN 

716 HAENSEL/INS 

14 HAENSEL/LSIN 

717 HAENSEL/INSS 

Expand names before searching to check for 

different versions (e.g. with/without academic 

title or middle initial) or different notations. 

. 

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 

This could be a typo. 

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 

(…) 

For names with ‘umlauts’ (or any other non- 

=> e hansel d/in,ins,lsin 

ASCII characters) you should always check for 

E1 1 HANSEL CHRISTIAN/INS 

alternative spellings. 

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 

(…) 

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… 

(HAENSEL/IN,INS,LSIN) 

. 

4 DIETRISCH/INSS 

(DIETRISCH/IN,INS,LSIN) 

L1 12 ((HAENSEL OR HANSEL)(S)(DIETRICH OR DIETRISCH))/INSS 

… 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 

716 HAENSEL/INS 

14 HAENSEL/LSIN 

717 HAENSEL/INSS 

Once you have expanded the different possible 

spellings (where applicable), this is what a 

(HAENSEL/IN,INS,LSIN) 

comprehensive inventor name search might look 

. 

like. 

. 

0 DIETRISCH/PASS 

(DIETRISCH/PA,PAS,LSPA) 

L2 20 ((HAENSEL OR HANSEL)(S)(DIETRICH OR DIETRISCH))/INSS,PASS 

=> s l2 not l1 

L3 8 L2 NOT L1 

=> d ti in pa 8 


TI Filter. 

IN VERZICHT DES ERFINDERS AUF NENNUNG 

PA HAENSEL,DIETRICH; HERMSTEDT,ECKHARD,DR. 

Note 


Including the patent assignee fields in our 

search yielded an extra eight records for Mr. 

Hänsel. 

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. 

INPADOCDB contains over five million utility 

=> s u/dt not in/fa 

model documents without an inventor name. 

7355721 U/DT 

37935429 IN/FA 

L4 5448743 U/DT NOT IN/FA 

Mr. Hänsel and Mr. Hermstedt both chose not to 

be named as inventors in this case. 

However they appear as patent assignees. 


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) 

=> tra pn /rpn 

L2 TRANSFER L1 1- PN : 2120 TERMS 

L3 1814 L2/RPN 

=> 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 

=> ana l4 pas 

L5 ANALYZE L4 1- PAS : 1221 TERMS 

=> d doc 1-5 

L5 ANALYZE L4 1- PAS : 1221 TERMS 

Run a company search for Kuka. 

Select the patent numbers and search as cited 

patent numbers in the /RPN-field. 

Exclude self-citations and limit the 

search to publication years >2005. 

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 

=> d ti mc 

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 

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. 

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 ********** 

WPINDEX offers an alternative classification 

system, the Manual Codes (/MC). 

=> s electronic stethoscope/ti 

MCs cannot be browsed as comfortably as 

336987 ELECTRONIC/TI 

IPCs, but you can find a suitable code by 

731 STETHOSCOPE/TI 

searching for the topic of interest and 

L1 117 ELECTRONIC STETHOSCOPE/TI displaying the /MC-field. 

((ELECTRONIC(W)STETHOSCOPE)/TI) 


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 

S05-D01H looks like a good choice. 

DEF STETHOSCOPES 

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 

375120 ELE!TRON?/BIEX 

983 STETHOS!OP##/BI 

660 STETHOS!OP##/BIEX 

241 (ELE!TRON? (3A) STETHOS!OP##)/BI,BIEX 

776 A61B007-04/IPC 

(A61B0007-04/IPC) 

486 S05-D01H/MC 

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 


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 

Now that we gathered the necessary 

information, this is what our search 

strategy looks like. 

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. 

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! 

…a Korean utility model… 

The Basic Index Extension (/BIEX) 

allows you to search member level 

bibliographic data in WPINDEX. 



TI Electron stethoscope. 

- Stetoscop electronic. 

…this one’s from Moldova… 

- Electronic stethoscope. 

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 

Note 

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. 

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 

INS GABEL CLAUDE, FR 

PA ISOBOX HENRY PRODUCTION 

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) 


INPADOCDB is application-based, i.e. one record 

covers the bibliographic data of the published 

application… 



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. 




…and the corresponding granted patent. 

PA PLACOPLATRE 

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 




+--------------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 


----------- 

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 

AI AT 1998-400034 T 19980109 

AIT ATT Translation 

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 

Selecting several family display formats in one 

display command incurs only one display-fee. 

D CFAM gives you a concise view of the patent 

family. 

FFAM shows complete bibliographic information 

including legal status for each family member 

separately. 


----------- 

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 

The application has been reassigned 

CHG Change of Owner, Inventor, Applicant to Placoplatre on February 7, 2001. 

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 

. 

. 

. 

GBIF02 + GB: EUROPEAN PATENT IN FORCE AS OF 2002-01-01 


20060131 EPPGFP + POSTGRANT: ANNUAL FEES PAID 

The 

TO 

legal 

NATIONAL 

status display 

OFFICE 

is subdivided in four rows, the first 

IT: 20060131 

of which contains the date (LSD) of the event. 


The 2 

200809.................................20080228 


AT: 20061215 


200809.................................20080228 


NL: 20061218 


200809.................................20080228 

(…) 

nd row shows the legal status codes (FRA = French 

application, EPPGFP = European post grant fees paid…). 

Legal status codes are searchable in the LSC field. 

The 3rd | | | 

LSD | LSC | LSC2 | LSTX 

| | | 

row contains the legal status code categories (LSC2) 

and additional general information. The LSC2-categories 

unite the 2.800+ LSCs into analogous groups for better 

handling (EXA = examination or search report; CHG = 

Change of owner, applicant or inventor; etc.). The extended 

legal events PRI, APP and PUB categories are display-only 

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? 


Note that you have to use the (L)-operator to 

=> s EP1733864/pn and (ore/lsc2 (l) oppo?/lstx) combine LSC2 with LSTX. The search for 

1 EP1733864/PN 

OPPO?/LSTX is necessary to identify legal status 

178175 ORE/LSC2 

entries which are based on an opposition. 

2100370 OPPO?/LSTX 

165498 ORE/LSC2 (L) OPPO?/LSTX 

L1 1 EP1733864/PN AND (ORE/LSC2 (L) OPPO?/LSTX) 

=> d pi.m pa.m ti ls 


PI EP 1733864 A1 20061220 

PI EP 1733864 B1 20070718 

PA RHODIA ENGINEERING PLASTICS SA 

PA RHODIA ENGINEERING PLASTICS SA 

TI 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 

… 


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 

you to browse the classification hierarchy. 

E1 32151 --> F03D/IPC 

WIND MOTORS 

Note 

(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 

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 

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. 


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 

INPADOCDB bei STN International | Seite 236 

The IPC thesaurus is helpful to 

find the appropriate IPC class. 

Combine IPC and keyword search to 

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 

Summary Sheets (1 st page) 

Summary Sheets (1 st page) 

INPADOCDB (INternational PAtent DOCumentation DataBase) contains the bibliographic and family data 

of patent documents and utility models of 81 patent-issuing organizations including the European Patent 

Office (EPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In addition, the legal status data of 

49 patent-issuing organizations are included (38 countries + from 13 countries the nat. phases PCT/EP). 

Patent citations from 13 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 

- 1836 to present for patent records 

- 1978 to the present for legal status events; legal status from publication data from the beginning 

- more than 51 million records (applications) including national patent families with about 65 million 

published patent applications; 35 million families (10/07) 

- more than 42 million legal status data in almost 12 million records (10/07) 

- 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 SUPPLIER 

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 

USER AIDS 

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P.O. Box 2465 


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Phone: +49 7247 808-555 

Fax: +49 7247 808-131 

E-mail: helpdesk@fiz-karlsruhe.de 

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INPAFAMDB 

INPAFAMDB (INternational PAtent FAMily DataBase) contains the patent family data of patent documents 

and utility models of 81 patent-issuing organizations including the European Patent Office (EPO) and the 

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In addition, the legal status data of 49 patent-issuing 

organizations are included (38 countries + from 13 countries the national phases of PCT/EP applications 

only). Patent citations from 13 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 

- 1836 to present for patent publications 

- 1978 to the present for legal status events; legal status from publication data from the beginning 

- more than 35 million patent families with about 65 million published patent applications; (04/08) 

- more than 42 million legal status data in almost 12 million records (04/08) 

- 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 SUPPLIER 

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 

USER AIDS 

FIZ Karlsruhe 

P.O. Box 2465 


Germany 

Phone: +49 7247 808-555 

Fax: +49 7247 808-131 

E-mail: helpdesk@fiz-karlsruhe.de 

- Online Helps (HELP DIRECTORY lists all help messages available) 

- STNGUIDE 

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