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May 2019: Full text added for Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia
Full text and PDF files for Czech Republic (CZ) and the former Czechoslovakia (CS) are now available for Premium and Premium+ subscribers, respectively.
May 2019: Kind code changes in Norway and the Netherlands
Following EPO recommendations, we have changed the kind codes of some NL and NO records as follows:
| Country Code | Old Kind Code | New Kind Code |
|---|---|---|
| NL | C | C1 or C2 |
| NO | A | L |
May 2019: Change in CS and CZ document numbers
As announced in April, CS and CZ records changed the format of their patent numbers following DocDB recommendations. Some of the changes included moving the year to the end for CZ publication numbers dating prior to 2000 and suppressing embedded zeroes for CZ publication numbers, applications, and priority numbers dating from 2000 onward. The following table illustrates the changes.
| Country Code | Kind/Year | Old Format | New Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS | A1, A2, A3 | YYnnnnn | (nnnnn)nYY |
| CZ | publications before 2000 | YYnnnnn | (nnnn)nYY |
| CZ | publications from 2000 onward | CCYYnnnn | CCYY(nnn)n |
| CZ | applications and priorities from 2000 onward | CCYYnnnn | CCYY(nnn)n |
The rekey, as initially described by the EPO, would have resulted in collisions. For example:
- CZ-9102003-A3 (published 19930113) would have been rekeyed as CZ-200391-A3
- CZ-20030091-A3 (published 20030618) would have been rekeyed as CZ-200391-A3
To avoid these collisions, the rekeyed ucids of 104 CS records delivered by the EPO match the application number and don't follow the rules above.
April 2019: Referenced images now available in Spanish front file
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