H O M S O N S I E N I F I Kind odes by ountry ountry Kind code Description African Intellectual Property A Granted Organization (OAPI) (OA) African Regional Industrial A Granted Property Organization (ARIPO) (AP) Application Argentina (AR) of Importation of Importation Australia (A) Provisional Application for omp. Spec. open to Pub. insp. Provisional Application for omp. Spec. open to Pub. insp. 1 (APP. advert.accepted, without PRE. ) 2 (APP. advertised accepted) 3 Petty Austria (A) A Examined Application Laid open Examined Application Laid open 8 orrected front page of a 9 orrected E EP valid in A tility Model 1 tility Model with search report 2 tility Model without search report 3 tility Model search report XE A NO. not accorded elgium (E) 99 A KD not exact ( Data incomplete) of Invention of Invention of Invention Specification of Improvement of Improvement A6 of Improvement A7 of Importation of Importation A9 of Importation AA Application published before Grant A Originally filed ext (20 year ) A Settled or rectified ext (20 year ) AD Originally filed ext and search report (20 year Kind odes by ountry Page 1
) AE Settled or rectified ext and search report (20 year ) AF ext with modified claims and search report (20 year ) AG Originally filed ext (6 year ) AH Settled or rectified ext (6 year ) F orrection: 20 year instead of 6 year 1 of Invention ( transformed from EP.) of Invention ( transformed from EP) X not published olivia (O) A Application for osnia and Herzegovina (A) A Application Granted 1 Entry into the Register of a former razil (R) A nexamined Application /tility Model/Ind. Model/Ind. Design APP. Pipeline 1 of Addition 2 Improved Additional Inventors's ertificate 3 Second improved Additional Inventors's ertificate 4 hird improved Additional Inventors's ertificate tility Model (Application) 8 modified tility Model runei Darussalam (N) A nited Kingdom s registered ulgaria (G) A Published Application Inventor's ertificate Additional Inventor's ertificate Additional 1 (Second level) 2 (First level) D Main S Additional Inventor's ertificate Additional Inventor's ertificate 1 Published tility Model Application 1 Granted tility Model (Second level) 2 Granted tility Model (First level) anada (A) A (Division) AA Laid-open Application (Reissue) (Law 1989) hile (L) of Addition of Importation hina (N) A nexamined APPLI. open to Public inspection Kind odes by ountry Page 2
Examined APP. open to Public inspection Granted of the translation of an International Application Publ. tility Model Application Granted tility Model olombia (O) osta Rica (R) A roatia (HR) Publ. of Application with search report Publ. of Application without search report 1 Entry into the Register of a former uba () A Application for Granted s O Application for P Granted s yprus () A zech Republic (Z) Application 6 1 tility Model zechoslovakia (S) Application for Inventor's ertificate Application Application ( Law 1990) Inventor's ertificate 1 Inventor's ertificate 2 3 Dependent Inventor's ertificate 4 Dependent 6 ( Law 1990) L Additional M Additional Inventor's ertificate P ASI Denmark (DK) A nexamined Application open to Publ. insp. Application filed Application filed nexamined Application open to Publ. insp. Examined Application 1 ( Law 1993) 2 amended after opposition ( Law 1993) 3 amended after re-examination ( Law 1993) 4 amended after re-examination ( Law 1993) 1 ranslation of the claims of an EP into Danish orrected translation of the claims of an EP into Danish 3 ranslation of an EP into Danish 4 ranslation of an amended EP into Danish 5 orrected translation of an EP into Danish Kind odes by ountry Page 3
1 3 4 X0 3 4 5 6 Laid open tility Model Application tility Model registered without Examination tility Model registered with Examination Application filed (annuled) tility Model Specification tility Model Specification with Examination Amended tility Model Specification Amended tility Model Specification with Examination Dominican Republic (DO) A Ecuador (E) A Application for Egypt (EG) A El Salvador (SV) A Estonia (EE) A Published Application 1 Granted Eurasian Organization Publ. of Application with search report (EAPO) (EA) Publ. of Application without search report Publ. of search report 1 European Office (EPO) Publ. of Application with search report (EP) Publ. of Application without search report Publ. of search report Supplementary search report orrected title page of an EP-a Document A9 omplete reprint of an EP-a Document 1 2 after modification 8 orrected front page of an EP- Document 9 omplete reprint of an EP- Document D Publ. of claims in GERMAN language Finland (FI) A nexamined Application open to Publ. insp. Application filed Examined Application 1 ( Law 1996) 0 tility Model Application 1 tility Model X0 Application filed (number not used) France (FR) A Demande/rev./ert.Add./ert.til. (1RE Publ.) Application, First Application for Additional Pat., First Publ. Application for tility Model, First Publ. Appl. for Additional ert. for tility Model, First Publ., First and only A6 Additional, First and only A7 ertificate of tility (First and only ) Addit: ertificate of tility (First and only Publ.) Kind odes by ountry Page 4
German Democratic Republic (DD) 1 2 3 4 E M of Invention (Second ) Addit. of Invention (Second ) ertificate of tility (Second ) Addit. ertificate of tility (Second ) Additions Special for Medicament Prov. Economic Prov. Economic (Additional ) Economic Additional Economic Prov. exclusive A6 Prov. exclusive (Additional ) A7 Exclusive Additional exclusive A9 Laid open Application RD. to PAR. 10.3 extension act AA Public notice for inspection of Application A Public notice for inspection of Provisional exclusive accord. to PAR. 17/1 DD-PAG. A Public notice for inspection of exclusive accord. to PAR. 18/2 DD-PAG AH Public notice for inspection of foreign-language Applications (HAVANNA REA) 1 Economic (sect. 18(1)) 3 Exclusive (sect. 18(1)) 5 Specification, 2nd Publ. accord. to extension act Prov. exclusive 2 Economic (sect. 19) 4 Economic (sect. 19) 5 Specification, 3RD Publ. accord. to extension act D Exclusive S Exclusive (Additional ) Economic 9 of the GERMAN translation of the Specification Economic (Additional ) W Prov. exclusive (Additional ) Prov. Economic (Additional ) Z Prov. Economic (Hauptpatent) Germany (DE) A Document Laid open/ (First Publ.) P in GERMAN language Document Laid open (First ) Document Laid open/ Specification (Second Publ.) 1 Document Laid open (First ) 2 Document Laid open (Second Publ.) 0 Granted European s Kind odes by ountry Page 5
1 Specification (First Publ.) 2 Specification (Second Publ.) 3 Specification (hird Publ.) I1 of filing of ertificate I2 of Grant of ertificate ransl. of the Publ. of the Internat. Application ransl. of the European Specification 3 ransl. of the modified European Specification 4 orrected transl. of the European Specification tility Model 1 tility Model Greece (GR) A Application of Addition 1 without preceding a- 2 with preceding a- 1 ranslation of claims of an European Application 3 ranslation of a European tility Model Application tility Model Guatemala (G) A Application for Application for tility Model Honduras (HN) A Hong Kong (HK) A nited Kingdom s registered Standard Short-term Hungary (H) of a request to record a designated Application Application for nexamined Applications (Deferred Exam.) Examined Application Pipeline Application AA Publ. of Application with search report A Publ. of Application without search report A Publ. of search report 1 without previous 3 Pipeline P tility Model 0 Application for tility Model X SERE oder published later X1 nexamined Applications (Deferred Exam.) (not published) X2 Examined Application (not published) India (IN) Indonesia (ID) A A omplete Specification Laid open to Publ. insp. Kind odes by ountry Page 6
Ireland (IE) Application Short-term Application Specification 3 Short-term Israel (IL) Notice under SEION 16 of the Law Application Laid open to Publ. insp. Italy (I) A Application published Application Divisional Application Application ALSO AS tility Model Application onverted Application 1 1 Application EP translation EP translation tility Model 0 tility Model Application 1 Published tility Model Application 2 Divisional tility Model Application 3 tility Model Application ALSO AS Application 4 onverted tility Model Application 1 tility Model Japan (JP) Document Laid open to Public inspection 1 Published registered Specification without AN (EVEN AFERWARDS) 2 Published registered Specification 4 Published Examined Application Publ. unexam. Pat. Appl. based on Internat. Appl. 1 nexamined tility Model 2 nexamined tility Model Kenya (KE) A (1 number for 2 Applications) Latvia (LV) A Application Reregistration of S Application under LV-S agreement 4 under LV-S agreement Lithuania (L) A Application Reregistration of S Luxembourg (L) A Application Application with search report Application without search report Application (1 numb. for 2 Appl.) A7 Additional ertificate A9 Supplementary protection ertificate Malawi (MW) A Specification Malaysia (M) A nited Kingdom s registered Kind odes by ountry Page 7
s Granted (New Law) Malta (M) A Mexico (MX) A of Invention Published Application Anticipatedly published Application Application according to transitory Article XI (Law 1991) ertificate of Invention XA Not published ( of Invention) X Not published (Law 1991) X Not published (ertificate of Invention) Monaco (M) A First Additional ertificate Mongolia (MN) Inventor's ertificate Inventor's ertificate Netherlands (NL) A nexamined Application nexamined Application (Law 1995) Examined Application Laid open Granted s 1 Granted s (6 EARS) 2 Granted s (20 EARS) New Zealand (NZ) A omp. Specification accepted Nicaragua (NI) A Application for Norway (NO) A nexamined Application open to Publ. insp. Application filed nexamined Application open to Publ. insp Examined Application 1 Granted (Law 1997) 2 Amended (Law 1997) 3 Limited (Law 1997) Granted Panama (PA) A Application for Paraguay (P) of Importation Peru (PE) Application for Philippines (PH) A S Design tility Model Z tility Model Poland (PL) Application Application for Prov. Application for Add. Application for AD. Prov. Spec. of principle Inventor's ertificate 1 2 Provisional 3 Additional 4 Provisional Additional L Spec. of of Addition Kind odes by ountry Page 8
M Spec. of Addition to Inventor's ertificate O Application Laid open P Spec. of principle 1 Application for tility Model 3 Application for Additional tility Model 1 tility Model 3 Additional tility Model Portugal (P) A Application Additional Application Applications (two APP. with same number) Granted 1 Additional 4 (two APP. with same number) ranslation of a European Published tility Model Application X Application number not used Granted tility Models Republic of Korea (KR) A Examined Application 1 Examined Application, Second ; SINE 970930 Granted 2 Examined Application, First ) Examined tility Model Application XA (not published) X tility Model (not published) 1 Examined tility Model, Second ; SINE 970930 Granted tility Model 2 Examined tility Model, First Republic of Moldova (MD) A Application not searched, 1S 1 Application searched (a not published), 2nd 2 Application searched (a published), 2nd 1 Specification (1,2 not published), 3RD 2 Specification (1,2 published), 3RD F1 Decision of Grant without Exam. and without a- F2 Decision of Grant without Exam. and with a- tility Model Application not searched,1s W1 Decision of REGISERING an tility Model without Examination, ( not published), 2nd W2 Decision of REGISERING an tility Model without Examination, ( published) 2nd 1 tility Model Application searched, ( not published), 2 Republic of Slovenia (SI) A of Addition 2nd tility Model Application searched ( published), 2nd Kind odes by ountry Page 9
1 2 8 1 Short term onversion amended claims of Addition Short term onversion ranslation of the claims of an EP into Slovenia ranslation of the amended claims of an EP Romania (RO) A published Application Pipeline (Second ) 0 Inventor's ertificate 1 2 Additional 3 4 Additional Grant of after revocation (Second ) 1 Grant of after revocation L Additional M Addition to Inventor's ertificate P Russian Federation (R) Inventor's ertificate Additional Inventor's ertificate Additional 1 2 (Second ) D asic S of Addition asic Inventor's ertificate Addition to Inventor's ertificate San Marino (SM) A Registration of a Singapore (SG) A nited Kingdom s registered s under the s act 1995 ransitional Applications for RE-Registration Slovak Republic (SK) Application Application 6 South Africa (ZA) A Specification Specification (1 number for 2 Appl.) Spain (ES) ertificate of Addition of Importation Pat/ert.of Add/Pat of IMP(1 numb. for 2 Invent.) (fictive 2nd ) A6 ertificate of Addition (fictive 2nd ) Kind odes by ountry Page 10
A7 AA A A AF A 1 3 4 5 4 A 1 4 8 A of Importation (fictive 2nd ) Pat/ert.Add/Pat.IMP(fict.2nd Pub,1 numb.2 Inv) Application with search report Application without search report Search report only Granted without search report Granted with search report Granted with previous Examination ranslation of claims of an European Application Revised transl. of claims of an European Application ranslation of omplete ext of a Granted European Rev. transl. of omplete ext of a Granted European Modified transl. of omplete ext of a Granted European tility Model, 1S tility Model, 1S Publ.(1 number for 2 Appl.) Published tility Model Application tility Model, 2nd tility Model (fictive 3RD ) tility Model (2nd Publ,1 numb for 2 Appl.) tility Model (fict.3rd Publ,1 numb.for 2 Appl) Granted tility Models Sweden (SE) A nexamined Application open to Publ. insp. Application filed Examined Application Granted 2 Granted 5 orrected 9 orrected X0 Application filed (number not used) Switzerland (H) A or Additional without Examination Application for /Document Laid open Application for /Document Laid open First page modified A9 modified or Additional with Examination 9 with Examination modified 1 Partial withdrawal of a H 2 Anullment of a H H1 Partial withdrawal of a H/EP H2 Anullment of a H/EP aiwan (W) Granted tility Model ajikistan (J) A Application Reregistration of S Kind odes by ountry Page 11
tility Model Registration hailand (H) A S Design Z tility Model urkey (R) A Application with search report Application without search report SEPARAE search report 1 ranslation of a P Application with search report ranslation of a P Application without search report tility Model Application tility Model nion of Soviet Socialist Inventor's ertificate Republics (SSR) (S) Additional Inventor's ertificate Additional (published instead of an AHOR'S ertificate) D ASI S of Addition ASI Inventor's ertificate Addition to Inventor's ertificate nited Kingdom (G) A Specification Application for Application published orrected Application published 2 Granted orrected nited States (S) A nited SAES Appl. Publ. within the VPP s issued after 1S Publ.within the VPP Appl. Publ. within the VPP A9 Application orrected (Pre-Grant) AA Application (Pre-Grant) A Application republication (Pre-Grant) 1 Reexamination ertificate First Reexamination 2 Reexamination ertificate Second Reexamination 3 Reexamination ertificate hird Reexamination 8 orrected front page of a 9 omplete reprint of a A (no previous Pre-Grant ) (previous Pre-Grant ) 1 Reexamination ertificate (1S level) 2 Reexamination ertificate (2nd level) Kind odes by ountry Page 12
3 Reexamination ertificate (3RD level) E Reissue E1 Reissue (Pre-Grant) F1 orrected Reissue H Defensive H1 Statutory Invention Registration (S.I.R.) P Plant P1 Plant Application (Pre-Grant) P2 Plant (NO previous Pre-Grant ) P3 Plant (previous Pre-Grant ) P4 Plant Application republication (Pre-Grant) P9 Plant Application orrected (Pre- Grant) S1 Design X Document not published A ALL X Reexamination ertificate not published XH S.I.R. not issued X Defensive not published ruguay () of Addition of Importation Venezuela (VE) Vietnam (VN) Inventor's ertificate tility Solution World Intellectual Property Publ.of the Int.Appl. with Int.search report Organization (WIPO) (WO) Publ.of the Int.Appl. without Int.search REP. Subsequent Publ. of the Int. search report 1 Publ. of amended claims 8 Second modification of the First page 9 orrection of a omplete orrected Document 1 Modified First page 2 omplete orrected Document ugoslavia () A Application Laid open Application Laid open Specification Zambia (ZM) A Specification Specification (1 number for 2 Appl.) Specification Zimbabwe (ZW) A Applications accepted Applications accepted ountry Kind code Description Kind odes by ountry Page 13