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Country codeCountry/ AuthorityLast Full text loadedKnown issues (in progress)
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APARIPO2005-12-17

AT

Austria
2019
2024-
03
04-15
  • Incorrect separation between description and claims, or between claims


  • Some granted patents published from 1902 to 1989 have full text but the collection is not complete and the format is not as good as usual
  • Abstracts are not available for some records, mainly kind code B in 2008 and 2010-2012

AU

Australia
2019

2024-

03

04-

28

18


  • No paragraphing in description field
  • Abstracts are not available for pre-2011 records and for records from the PCT route
  • Missing full text for some records, mainly published 2002-2005, 1994-1998, 2016

BE

Belgium
2019

2024-

03

04-

21

18


  • Abstracts are not available for records with kind code A published between 1980 and May 1982
BGBulgaria2024-04-15
  • No paragraphing in description field

BR
Brazil
2019
2024-03-
19  
26

CA
Canada
2019
2024-
03
04-
29
22
  • Malformed claims elements
    • Some PDFs missing beginning in early 2020
    • A technical error required CIPO to rebuild its process from the ground up. Files are expected to be available in winter 2021-2022.
    CH
    		Switzerland
    2019
    2024-
    03
    04-15
    • Incorrect separation between description and claims
     



    CN
    		China
    2019
    2024-04-
    05  
    26
    • In some records, paragraph numbers in the translated full text don't match those in the original text

    CSCzechoslovakia1993-03-17

    CZCzech Republic2024-04-17

    DDEast Germany2003-08-07
    • About 2,000 records with no full text
    • Some records have been published by the patent office without abstracts
    DE
    		Germany
    2019

    2024-04-

    04  

    25


    • Known gap from 1945-1950 due to WWII
    • Known gap in utility models from 1987-1999
    DK
    		Denmark
    2019
    2024-04-12

    EAEAPO2024-03-
    18
    22
    • PDFs don't include the front page (not delivered by the patent office)

    EP

    		EPO
    2019
    2024-04-
    03
    24

    ES

    		Spain
    2018
    2024-
    12
    04-
    28  
    04
    • Some titles contain “Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding.” This language is required by the Spanish Patent Office and cannot be removed.
    FI
    		Finland
    2019
    2024-03-
    15  
    19

    FR
    		France
    2019
    2024-
    03
    04-
    29 
    12

    GB
    		Great Britain
    2019
    2024-
    03
    04-
    27
    17
    • About 16K records contain description but no claims
     
    • About 70K old records with no title

    HUHungary2024-02-28
    • Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
    IEIreland2023-09-27
    • Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
    ILIsrael2024-02-01


    IN

    		India
    2019
    2024-
    03
    04-
    01 
    12
    •  Some records are missing priority date. Data provider is solving the problem.

    JP
    		Japan
    2019
    2024-04-
    04 
    26
    • Some titles and abstracts missing from 1986-1993

    KR
    		Korea
    2019
    2024-04-
    05  
    26

    LTLithuania2024-03-25
    • Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
    LU
    		Luxembourg
    2019-03-15 
    NL
    Netherlands2019-03-14 
    RU
    Russia2019-03-27  
    TW
    Taiwan2019-03-21
  • Missing claim dependency in some translations
    • Missing some PDF files
    2024-04-12

    LVLatvia2023-12-20
    • Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
    MXMexico2017-08-24

    NL
    		Netherlands2024-04-11

    NZNew Zealand2024-03-22
    • Full text from 2018 to 2020 partially available. Data provider is solving the problem.

    OAOAPI2024-03-18
    • Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
    PLPoland2024-04-15
    • Publication language (PL) is missing in some records
    • Abstracts are not available for some records
    PT
    		Portugal2024-03-28
    • Some full text specifications were not delivered by the patent office
    RORomania2024-03-29
    • Some records have claims in the description field
    • Abstracts are not available for some records
    RU
    		Russia2024-04-19

    SESweden2024-03-19

    SISlovenia2024-03-29
    • Abstracts are not available for some records
    SKSlovakia2024-04-10
    • Abstracts are not available for some records
    SUSoviet Union1993-12-30

    THThailand2023-03-23
    • Some records have incorrect (default) publication date
    • Duplication of some records caused by a rekey done by our provider. Data provider is solving the problem.
    • Some records have incorrect application numbers due to formatting issues. Data provider is solving the problem.
    • Data processing was on hold due to technical changes at the source. Processing has resumed and the provider expects to catch up in June 2024.
    • Most of the records don't contain priority data
    TW
    		Taiwan2024-04-01
    • Some PDFs missing


    US
    		United States
    2019-04-04
    2024-04-25
    • From 1950-1975, claims are available only for chemistry grants
    • USPTO is using both kind codes E (pre-2001) and E1 (post-2001) for reissue documents, which is correct but conflicts with their published documentation
    WO
    		WIPO PCT
    2019
    2024-04-
    04
    25
     Some
    • Some corrupt PDF files
     


    Known issues that are not country-specific

    March 2019: EPO informed us that this may be a structural problem which will take longer than expected to correct
    DescriptionResolutionStatusWe found a fair number of records that do not have CPC FI flags, but which do have IPCR FI recordsDocDB issue, reported to the EPO

    Some claim numbers were lost in translations

    		Under evaluationIn progress