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This page was last updated on: 2020-0407-1320

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

AT

Austria2020-0306-15
  • 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

2020-0407-0216


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

BE

Belgium

2020-0307-2002


  • Abstracts are not available for records with kind code A published between 1980 and May 1982
BGBulgaria2018-03-30
  • No paragraphing in description field

BR
Brazil2020-0306-3123

CA
Canada2020-0407-0407
  • Some PDFs missing

CH
Switzerland2020-0306-1330
  • Incorrect separation between description and claims

CN
China2020-0407-1017
  • In some records, paragraph numbers in the translated full text don't match those in the original text

CSCzechoslovakia1993-03-17

CZCzech Republic2020-0306-0424

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

2020-0407-0216



DK
Denmark2020-0407-03

EAEurasia2020-0205-2829
  • PDFs don't include the front page (not delivered by the patent office)

EP

EPO2020-0407-0815

ES

Spain2020-0306-2530

FI
Finland2020-0205-2815

FR
France2020-0307-2710

GB
Great Britain2020-0407-01
  • About 16K records contain description but no claims

HUHungary2019-0712-2930
  • Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts

IN

India2020-07-03-13
  • Some records are missing priority date. Data provider is solving the problem.

JP
Japan2020-0407-0916

KR
Korea2020-0407-1009

LtLithuania2020-0105-2725
  • Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
LU
Luxembourg2020-0205-2720

LVLatvia2020-0105-20
  • Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
NL
Netherlands2020-0306-0409

OAOAPI20192020-01-31
  • Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
PT
Portugal2020-0104-30
  • Some full text specifications were not delivered by the patent office
RORomania2020-0105-3029
  • Some records have claims in the description field
  • Abstracts are not available for some records
RU
Russia2020-0307-2710

SISlovenia2020-0105-3129
  • Abstracts are not available for some records
SKSlovakia2020-06-02-04
  • Abstracts are not available for some records
SUSoviet Union1993-12-30

TW
Taiwan2020-0406-0121
  • Missing claim dependency in some translations
  • Missing some PDF files

US
United States2020-0407-0916

WO
WIPO PCT2020-0407-0916
  •  Some corrupt PDF files


Known issues that are not country-specific

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

Some claim numbers were lost in translations

Under evaluationIn progress