The Patent Status stored in the IFI container is created and maintained to display the latest recorded status, which affects whether the patent is still in force (or, in the case of applications, whether the application is pending, granted, or inactive). In creating this status indicator, we track the sequence of legal status events reported to the EPO from the national offices and delivered in the Inpadoc file and map them to a distinct set of values.
For Possible Values for Published Applications:
- Pending
- Withdrawn
- Abandoned
- Granted
For Possible Values for Granted Patents and Utility Models:
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European Patents are a special case since the status of the patent after grant is controlled at the national patent office level. For more information about the IFI Patent Status of EPs, consult New IFI Patent Status for EP.
Note: Detailed information about coverage in Inpadoc legal status data can be found at https://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/helpful-resources/data/tables/weekly.html.
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