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Week 29/2018: Change in Number Formatting for Austrian Applications and Priorities
In the context of improving consistency in numbering formats, the EPO has advised that the DocDB XML delivery of week 29/2018 will include a change of number format in applications and priorities with authority-code "AT" and kind-code "U".
Applications and priorities with a filing-date from 2000 onward will be re-keyed from the old format n(nnnn)yy to the new format n(nnnn)CCyy.
The correction will have an impact on the following CLAIMS Direct records:
• 11,599 applications with authority-code "AT" – triggered by the correction of the application-numbers
• 20,886 applications for a variety of authority-codes – triggered by the correction of the priority-numbers