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In the following sections, we include information about data volumes and frequency of updates for the main raw data sources.
Weekly Updates
Source | Day of Source Data Availability | Delay From Patent Publication Date | Availability in Claims Global DB | Translation Availability |
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| AT | monthly on day 15 | 1-2 weeks | 1-2 weeks after publication | 1-2 weeks after publication |
| AU | 3-5 days | 1-2 weeks after publication | ||
| BE | 1-2 weeks after publication | 1-2 weeks after publication | ||
| BR | 2 weeks | 2 weeks after publication | 3 weeks after publication | |
CA | Wednesday | same day | 1-6 days after publication | 1-2 weeks after publication |
| CH | 2-3 weeks after publication | 2-3 weeks after publication | ||
CN | 1-2 days (bib data) 3 weeks (full text) | 1-2 days after publication (bib data) 3 weeks after publication (full text) | 1-2 days after publication (bib data and full text) | |
| DE | Thursday | same day | day of publication | 1 day after publication |
| DK | 2-3 weeks after publication | 2-3 weeks after publication | ||
EP | Wednesday | same day | day of publication | 1-3 weeks after publication |
EPO DocDB Create/Delete | Thursday | depending on the country | 1 day after source data availability | |
| ES | daily | 1-2 weeks | 1-2 weeks after publication |
| 1 day after availability of the original language | ||||
| FI | 3-4 weeks after publication | 3-4 weeks after publication | ||
| FR | 1 week after publication |
| 1 day after availability of the original language | ||||
| GB | 1-2 weeks after publication | |||
| IN | 2-3 weeks after publication | |||
JP Grants | Wednesday | 2-3 days | 2-3 days after publication | 1 week after publication |
JP Applications | Thursday | 2-3 days | 2-3 days after publication | 1 week after publication |
LU Applications | currently available through 20170131 | |||
| KR | daily | same day | day of publication | 1 week after publication |
| NL | 4 weeks after publication | 4-5 weeks after publication | ||
| RU | 1 week after publication |
| 1 day after availability of the original language | ||||
| TW | 8 days | currently several months behind due to delivery backlog | ||
US Grants | Tuesday | same day | day of publication | |
US Grants - Attachments | Tuesday | same day | day of publication | |
US Applications | Thursday | same day | day of publication | |
US Apps - Attachments | Thursday | same day | day of publication | |
WO | Thursday | same day | day of publication |
| 1 day after availability of the original language |
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CA | 3,200 | A | S | A | S |
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CN | 24,000 | A | S | A | A | S | S |
| DE | 1,500 | A | S | A | S | A | A |
EP | 4,400 | A |
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EPO DocDB Create/Delete | 125,000 | S | A | S | S |
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| ES | 120 | A | S | A | S | A | A |
JP Grants | 4,800 | A | S | A | S | A | A |
JP Applications | 6,600 | A | S | S | S | S | S |
| KR | 1,200 | A | S | A | A | A | A |
US Grants | 4,800 | A | S | A | S | A | A |
US Grants - Attachments | 120,000 |
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US Applications | 6,300 | A | S | A | A | A | A |
US Apps - Attachments | 150,000 |
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WO | 4,000 |
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A - all first publications contain this element (excludes corrections, search reports, WO equivalents/republications, etc.)
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DocDB Amended Records (percentage of documents having updated elements for the given fields)
Source | Day of Publication | Average Volume |
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EPO DocDB Amend | Tuesday | 365,000 |
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EPO DocDB Amend | 48% | 26% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 5% |
Non-Weekly Updates
Source | Frequency | Average Volume | Element(s) Affected |
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Patent Abstracts of Japan (PAJ) | monthly | 25,000 |
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USPTO Master Classification File | every 2 months | 150,000 |
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USPTO Reassignments | daily | 60,000 |
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EPO IPCR Incremental Update | quarterly | 1,200,000 |
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