<designated-states>
<ep-contracting-states>
<country>DE</country>
<country>GB</country>
</ep-contracting-states>
<ep-extended-states>
<ep-extended-state-data>
<country>BA</country>
</ep-extended-state-data>
<ep-extended-state-data>
<country>ME</country>
</ep-extended-state-data>
</ep-extended-states>
</designated-states>
Note: designated-states data is found within the international-convention-data container.
designated-states
Element | INID | Description |
|---|---|---|
pct-designated-states | 81, 84 | PCT states designated by the applicant. Often the applicant will select to include all member states. |
ep-contracting-states | 84 | EP member states at time of filing or those designated by the applicant. |
ep-extended-states | 84 | Non-member states which signed extension agreements with the EPO. Currently only includes BA. See details here: https://www.epo.org/about-us/foundation/extension-states.html. |
ep-validation-states | 84 | Non-member states which have a validation agreement with the EPO (e.g. MA, MD, TN, KH etc.), different from states which went through the post-grant validation process. See details here: https://www.epo.org/about-us/foundation/validation-states.html. |
ep-up-participating-states | 84 | States participating in the Unitary Patent (UP). This element appears only in C0 records. |
designated-states/pct-designated-states
Element | INID | Description |
|---|---|---|
country | 81, 84 | Country is represented by a standard 2-character code based on WIPO ST.3. |
region | 84 | When the designation is via a regional patent office, the region is specified with the country codes (PCT only). |
designated-states/ep-contracting-states
Element | INID | Description |
|---|---|---|
country | 84 | Country is represented by a standard 2-character code based on WIPO ST.3. |
designated-states/ep-extended-states/ep-extended-state-data
Element | INID | Description |
|---|---|---|
country | 84 | Country is represented by a standard 2-character code based on WIPO ST.3. |
date | - | Payment date (YYYYMMDD) |
withdrawal-date | - | The request for extension may be withdrawn at any time. It will be deemed withdrawn if the European patent application or the Euro-PCT application is finally refused, withdrawn, or deemed withdrawn. |
designated-states/ep-validation-states
Element | INID | Description |
|---|---|---|
country | 84 | Country is represented by a standard 2-character code based on WIPO ST.3. |
designated-states/ep-up-participating-states
Element | INID | Description |
|---|---|---|
country | 84 | Country is represented by a standard 2-character code based on WIPO ST.3. |
Further Reading
For information about the Solr search fields associated with this container, see International Filing and Publishing Data.