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Country codeCountry/ AuthorityLast Full text loadedKnown issues (in progress)
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APARIPO2005-
12
04-
17
21

AT

Austria
2024
2019-
01
11-15
  • Incorrect separation between description and claims, or between claims
  • Some granted patents published from 1902 to 1989 have full text but the collection is not complete and the format is not as good as usual
  • Abstracts are not available for some records, mainly kind code B in 2008 and 2010-2012

AU

Australia
2024

2019-

02

11-

01

14


  • No paragraphing in description field
  • Abstracts are not available for pre-2011 records
and for records from the PCT route
  • Missing full text for some records, mainly published 2002-2005, 1994-1998, 2016

BE

Belgium
2024

2019-

01

11-

25

14


  • Abstracts are not available for records with kind code A published between 1980 and May 1982
BGBulgaria
2024
2018-
01
03-
15
30
  • No paragraphing in description field

BR
Brazil
2023
2019-
12
11-
26
05

CA
Canada
2024
2019-
01
11-
29
19
  • Some PDFs missing
beginning in early 2020A technical error required CIPO to rebuild its process from the ground up. Files are expected to be available in winter 2021-2022.

CH
Switzerland
2024
2019-
01-15
10-31
  • Incorrect separation between description and claims

CN
China
2024
2019-
02
11-
02
  • In some records, paragraph numbers in the translated full text don't match those in the original text
29

CSCzechoslovakia1993-03-17

CZCzech Republic
2024
2019-
01
10-
24
30

DDEast Germany2003-08-07
  • About 2,000 records with no full text
  • Some records have been published by the patent office without abstracts
DE
Germany
2024

2019-

02

11-

01

28



DK
Denmark
2024
2019-
01
11-
19
08

EA
EAPO
Eurasia
2023
2019-
12
06-
18
28
  • PDFs don't include the front page (not delivered by the patent office)

EP

EPO
2024
2019-
01
11-
31
27

ES

Spain
2023
2019-
12
11-15

FI
Finland
2023
2019-
12
10-
28
15

FR
France
2024
2019-
01
11-
19
22

GB
Great Britain
2024
2019-
01
11-
17
20
  • About 16K records contain description but no claims
About 70K old records with no title

HUHungary
2023
2019-
10
04-
28
29
  • Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
IE
Ireland2023-08-16
  • Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
ILIsrael2023-11-01

IN

India
2024
2019-
01
11-
12
22
 Some
  • Some records are missing priority date. Data provider is solving the problem.

JP
Japan
2024
2019-
02
11-
02
28

KR
Korea
2024
2019-
02
11-
02
29
LT


LtLithuania
2023
2019-
12
10-
27
25
  • Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
LU
Luxembourg
2024
2019-
01
11-
19
08

LVLatvia
2023
2019-
12
10-20
  • Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
MXMexico2017-08-24
NL
Netherlands
2024
2019-
01
11-
18NZNew Zealand2023-12-22
  • Full text from 2018 to 2020 partially available. Data provider is solving the problem.
07

OAOAPI
2023
2019-
11
01-
13
31
  • Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
PLPoland2024-01-29Publication language (PL) is missing in some records
  • Abstracts are not available for some records
PT
Portugal
2023
2019-
12
04-
28
09
  • Some full text specifications were not delivered by the patent office
RORomania
2023
2019-
12
10-
29
30
  • Some records have claims in the description field
  • Abstracts are not available for some records
RU
Russia
2024
2019-
01
11-26
SESweden2023-12-19


SISlovenia
2023
2019-
12
09-
29
30
  • Abstracts are not available for some records
SKSlovakia
2024
2019-
01
11-
24
05
  • Abstracts are not available for some records
SUSoviet Union1993-12-30
THThailand2023-03-23
  • Some records have incorrect (default) publication date
  • Duplication of some records caused by a rekey done by our provider. Data provider is solving the problem.
  • Some records have incorrect application numbers due to formatting issues. Data provider is solving the problem.
    • Most of the records don't contain priority data


    TW
    Taiwan
    2023
    2019-
    12
    11-21
    Some PDFs missing
    • Missing claim dependency in some translations
    • Missing some PDF files

    US
    United States
    2024
    2019-
    02
    11-
    01
    • From 1950-1975, claims are available only for chemistry grants
    • USPTO is using both kind codes E (pre-2001) and E1 (post-2001) for reissue documents, which is correct but conflicts with their published documentation
    28

    WO
    WIPO PCT
    2024
    2019-
    02
    11-
    01
    28
    Some
    •  Some corrupt PDF files


    Known issues that are not country-specific

    DescriptionResolutionStatus
    We found a fair number of records that do not have CPC FI flags, but which do have IPCR FI recordsDocDB issue, reported to the EPOMarch 2019: EPO informed us that this may be a structural problem which will take longer than expected to correct

    Some claim numbers were lost in translations

    Under evaluationIn progress

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