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This page was last updated on: 20192024-04-1829
Country code | Country/ Authority | Last Full text loaded | Known issues (in progress)
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AP | ARIPO | 2005-12-17 |
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| Austria |
201903Incorrect 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
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| Australia |
20190418
| - 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
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| Belgium |
20190518 |
| - Abstracts are not available for records with kind code A published between 1980 and May 1982
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BG | Bulgaria | 2024-04-15 | - No paragraphing in description field
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BR | Brazil |
2019 | | 20190622 | - 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.
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CH | Switzerland |
201903- Incorrect separation between description and claims
| | 2019-04-12 | | 2024-04-26 | - In some records, paragraph numbers in the translated full text don't match those in the original text
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CS | Czechoslovakia | 1993-03-17 |
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CZ | Czech Republic | 2024-04-17 |
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DD | East Germany | 2003-08-07 | - About 2,000 records with no full text
| - Some records have been published by the patent office without abstracts
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DE | Germany |
201911 | 25 |
| - Known gap from 1945-1950 due to WWII
- Known gap in utility models from 1987-1999
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DK | Denmark |
20191822 |
| - PDFs don't include the front page (not delivered by the patent office)
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| EPO |
20191020190228 | | 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.
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FI | Finland |
201915 | | 20190329 20190317 | - About 16K records contain description but no claims
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- About 70K old records with no title
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HU | Hungary |
20181029Some claim numbers were lost in translations28 |
| - Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
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IE | Ireland | 2023-09-27 |
| - Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
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IL | Israel | 2024-02-01 |
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| India |
20190322 12 | - Some records are missing priority date. Data provider is solving the problem.
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JP | Japan |
201911 26 | - Some titles and abstracts missing from 1986-1993
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KR | Korea |
201912 | | Lt20191225 |
| - Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
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LU | Luxembourg |
20190315 20190312-20 |
| - Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
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MX | Mexico | 2017-08-24 |
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NL | Netherlands |
2019-03-14 | | 2024-04-11 |
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NZ | New Zealand | 2024-03-22 | - Full text from 2018 to 2020 partially available. Data provider is solving the problem.
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OA | OAPI | 2024-03-18 |
| - Some records have been published by the PTO without abstracts
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PL | Poland | 2024-04-15 | - Publication language (PL) is missing in some records
| - Abstracts are not available for some records
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PT
| Portugal |
2018062928 |
| - Some full text specifications were not delivered by the patent office
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RO | Romania | 2024-03-29 | - Some records have claims in the description field
| - Abstracts are not available for some records
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RU | Russia |
20190327 | Sweden | 2024-03-19 |
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SI | Slovenia |
2019-02-282024-03-29 |
| - Abstracts are not available for some records
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SK | Slovakia | 2024-04-10 |
| - Abstracts are not available for some records
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SU | Soviet Union | 1993-12-30 |
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TH | Thailand | 2023-03-23 | - 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
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TW | Taiwan |
2019- Missing claim dependency in some translations
- Missing some PDF files
| 20191125 |
| - 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
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WO | WIPO PCT |
201911 Some |
Known issues that are not country-specific
Description | Resolution | Status | We found a fair number of records that do not have CPC FI flags, but which do have IPCR FI records | DocDB issue, reported to the EPO | March 2019: EPO informed us that this may be a structural problem which will take longer than expected to correct
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Some claim numbers were lost in translations | Under evaluation | In progress |