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Note that these These rules went into effect on May 22, 2017. |
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For A-stage EP documents, legal status is calculated as for any other authority, with the possible values being "Pending", "Abandoned", "Withdrawn", or "Granted". test
For granted EP documents, an overall status of "Active", "Expired - Lifetime", "Expired - Fee Related", "Withdrawn", "Withdrawn - After Issue", "Revoked", "Ceased", or the more generic "Not-in-force" is created, using the Inpadoc INPADOC legal status events. The status is calculated in one of three ways, illustrated below. In each case, the Designated States status is reported in only two generic categories: "In-force" or "Not-in-force".
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The following example (EP-17771903006596-B1) illustrates the use of the default "Active" status in a record whose Designated States include a single country with no change in status reported. The EP in this example has expired in all jurisdictions except HKDE, but since there is no notice from Hong Kong Germany through the Inpadoc INPADOC legal status service, we are showing show the patent as "In-force" in HKDE, and therefore "Active" at the EP level.
For example:
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<ifi-patent-status anticipated-expiration="2026100920340508"> <ifi-patent-status-description country="EP">Active</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="ATAL">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="BEAT">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="BGBE">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="CHBG">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="CYCH">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="CZCY">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="DECZ">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="DKDE">Not>In-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="EEDK">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="ESEE">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="FIES">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="FRFI">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="GBFR">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="GB">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="GR">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="HKHR">In>Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="HU">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="IE">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="IS">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="IT">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="LI">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="LT">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="LU">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="LV">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="MC">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="NLMK">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="PLMT">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="PTNL">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="RONO">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="SEPL">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="SIPT">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="SKRO">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="TRRS">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-term-extension/> status-description country="SE">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="SI">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="SK">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="SM">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> <ifi-patent-status-description country="TR">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description> </ifi-patent-status> |
Case 4
When Unitary Patent Protection (UPP) is registered for an EP granted patent, a C0 record is created listing the participating UP countries, the overall Unitary Patent (UP) status, and the status of the participating countries. The status used for active UP-participating countries is "In-force UP". For example, EP-3412222-C0:
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<ifi-integrated-content publication-type="G" subject-area="Mechanical">
<ifi-patent-status>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="EP">Active</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="AT">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="BE">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="BG">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="DE">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="DK">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="EE">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="FI">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="FR">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="IT">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="LT">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="LU">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="LV">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="MT">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="NL">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="PT">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="SE">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="SI">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
</ifi-patent-status> |
Similarly, the granted EP-B* record shows countries participating in the UP as "In-Force UP", while the remaining countries follow the classical or national validation procedures (i.e., "Active", "In-force", or "Not-in-force"). B* records where the UPP has been requested will also contain "yes" in the ep-up-requested flag. This flag acknowledges that there has been a request, but does not necessarily indicate registration. For example, the XML for EP-3412222-B1 appears as:
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<ifi-integrated-content publication-type="G" subject-area="Mechanical">
<ifi-patent-status anticipated-expiration="20340314" ep-up-requested="yes">
<ifi-patent-status-description country="EP">Active</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="AL">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="AT">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="BE">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="BG">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="CH">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="CY">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="CZ">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="DE">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="DK">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="EE">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="ES">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="FI">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="FR">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="GB">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="GR">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="HR">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="HU">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="IE">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="IS">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="IT">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="LI">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="LT">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="LU">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="LV">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="MC">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="MK">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="MT">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="NL">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="NO">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="PL">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="PT">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="RO">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="RS">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="SE">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="SI">In-force UP</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="SK">Not-in-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="SM">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
<ifi-patent-status-description country="TR">In-force</ifi-patent-status-description>
</ifi-patent-status> |
Note: Detailed information about Inpadoc INPADOC legal status data and coverage can be found at https://www.epo.org/en/searching-for-patents/helpful-resources/data/tablescoverage/weekly.html.