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For granted EP documents, the status is calculated in one of three ways, two of which entail a single status at the EP levelillustrated below. In each case the Designated States status is reported in only two generic categories, "in-force" or "not-in-force":
Case 1
When a patent has reached its full term, the status expired – lifetime will appear at the EP level and no designated states will be included in the ifi-patent-status-description container.
For example:
. Designated States will all be listed with a status of "not-in-force".
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<ifi-patent-status anticipated-expiration="20150606"> <ifi-patent-status-description country="EP">Expired - Lifetime</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="DE">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="FR">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> < <ifi-patent-status-description country="GB">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> </ifi-patent-status> |
The "not-in-force" status in this case might result from a fee-related expiration, a lifetime expiration, or another event that terminated coverage in that Designated State.
Case 2
When there is a legal status event affecting the EP filing across all authorities (e.g., patent is withdrawn, revoked, or refused), there that status will be a single displayed at the EP -level status, and no designated states will be listed in the ifi-patent-status containerlevel. Designated States will all be listed with a status of "not-in-force".
For example:
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<ifi-patent-status anticipated-expiration="20300904"> <ifi-patent-status-description country="EP">Revoked</ifi-patent-status-description> < <ifi-patent-status-description country="DE">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="FR">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="GB">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> </ifi-patent-status> |
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 reported calculated for each designated stateDesignated 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."
Case 3.1
If all of the Designated States have the same status (e.g., expired - fee related, active, etc.), the status at the EP level will be that status common to all Designated States.
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<ifi-patent-status anticipated-expiration="20231017"> <ifi-patent-status-description country="EP">Expired - Fee Related</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="DE">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="FR">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="FR">Expired - Fee Related<GB">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> </ifi-patent-status> |
or, similarly, if all Designated States are Active,
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<ifi-patent-status anticipated-expiration="20231017"> <ifi-patent-status-description country="EP">Active</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="GB">Expired - Fee Related<DE">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="FR">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="GB">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description> </ifi-patent-status> |
Case 3.2
When a mix of only non-active status (Expired fee related, ceased, revoked) occurs among the Designated States, we follow a hierarchy in determining the status to report use a generic "Not-in-force" status at the EP level also. The hierarchy is as follows:
expired-fee-related
ceased
revoked
For example:
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<ifi-patent-status anticipated-expiration="20170110"> <ifi-patent-status-description country="EP">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="DE">Revoked<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="GB">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> </ifi-patent-status> |
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<ifi-patent-status anticipated-expiration="20261009"> <ifi-patent-status-description country="EP">Active</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="AT">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="BE">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="BG">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="CH">Ceased<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="CY">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="CZ">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="DE">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="DK">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="EE">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="ES">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="FI">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="FR">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="GB">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="GR">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="HK">Active<>In-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="HU">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="IE">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="IS">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="IT">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="LI">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="LT">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="LU">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="LV">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="MC">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="NL">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="PL">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="PT">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="RO">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="SE">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="SI">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="SK">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="TR">Expired - Fee Related<>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-term-extension/> </ifi-patent-status> |
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