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When there is a legal status event affecting the EP filing across all authorities (e.g., patent is Withdrawn, Revoked, or Refused), that status will be displayed at the EP level. Designated  Designated States will all be listed with a status of "Not-in-force".

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In this case, the action at the EP level determines the status in all Designated States, even those where a prior canceling event may have occurred in one or more of the Designated States.

 

Case 3

During the lifetime of granted EPs, an individual status is calculated for each Designated State, with a default status of "Active" when no event affecting the current status is present. Based on the individual country-by-country status, an overall status is calculated, which is present with an attribute of “EP.” The status at the EP level will be "Active" if any of the designated states has been calculated as active. The Designated States are individually reported as "In-force" or "Not-in-force."

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