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  • PRS and IPG Letters 1990 - 1994 are only available in paper format to be requested from inpadoc@epo.org

 

Date Name Title
2003
24.10.2003 IPG 2003/03 New document kinds for several countries
(DE, ID, JP, MD, NL, RU, TR)
15.01.2003 IPG 2003/02 US Design Patents
08.01.2003 IPG 2003/01 Japanese utility models
2002
23.12.2002 IPG 2002/06 Japanese utility models
22.10.2002 IPG 2002/05 ARIPO (African Regional Industrial Property Organisation) Utility Models
27.09.2002 IPG 2002/04 Modifications in the weekly Inpadoc Family Data IFD file
Modifications in the DOC.d.b. file
Modifications in the roll-out of the explanation of the European classification (ECLA)
07.09.2002 IPG 2002/03 Changes to the numbering system of Australian patents
24.01.2002 IPG 2002/02 WIPO: new number formats
24.01.2002 IPG 2002/01 New country: Tajikistan (TJ)
2001
15.05.2001 IPG 2001/05 Australia: Changes to the Numbering System of Patent Documents
22.02.2001 IPG 2001/04 US pre-grant publications
22.02.2001 IPG 2001/03 Mr Norbert Fux retires
22.02.2001 IPG 2001/02 Missing WO documents
17.01.2001 IPG 2001/01 Bibliographic data for Taiwan (TW)
2000
22.09.2000 IPG 2000/19 Translations of international applications in Korea (KR)
29.09.2000 IPG 2000/18 Danish data supply is resumed
29.09.2000 IPG 2000/17 New Slovenian Patent Numbers
08.09.2000 IPG 2000/16 Translations of European Patents in Portugal
30.08.2000 IPG 2000/15 New country: Estonia
18.05.2000 IPG 2000/14 EP Correction Documents
18.05.2000 IPG 2000/13 Romanian (RO) Pipeline Patents)
19.04.2000 IPG 2000/12 Week 16/2000
14.04.2000 IPG 2000/11 Czech (CZ) utility models
14.04.2000 IPG 2000/10 Turkey (TR) patent law 1995
30.03.2000 IPG 2000/09 German patents missing from week 11/2000
29.03.2000 IPG 2000/08 """Mega"" Patent Families"
20.03.2000 IPG 2000/07 Brazilian (BR) pipeline patents and certificates of addition
10.03.2000 IPG 2000/06 Delays of patent data from Japan and other major countries
20.01.2000 IPG 2000/05 Year 2000 number format changes for AT, AU, DK, SK, JP
20.01.2000 IPG 2000/04 Brazilian (BR) pipeline patents
(revised version)
20.01.2000 IPG 2000/04 Brazilian (BR) pipeline patents
20.01.2000 IPG 2000/03 Monaco (MC) changes the number format
20.01.2000 IPG 2000/02 New Romanian (RO) Document type
20.01.2000 IPG 2000/01 Defective correction records in week 52/99
1999
27.12.1999 IPG 1999/15 Hong Kong (HK) revision of Newsletter IPG 99/09
27.12.1999 IPG 1999/14 Week 1/2000 data delays
19.11.1999 IPG 1999/13 IPC version 7
24.09.1999 IPG 1999/12 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)
24.09.1999 IPG 1999/11 New Kind of document codes Switzerland (CH)
22.09.1999 IPG 1999/10 Translation of PCT application into Chinese language
08.05.1999 IPG 1999/09 Hong Kong Patents Ordinance of 27 June 1997
05.05.1999 IPG 1999/08 WIPO - correction document
16.04.1999 IPG 1999/07 Year 2000 presentation of the INPADOC files become operational 1999-04-19
23.04.1999 IPG 1999/06 Year 2000 conversion
19.03.1999 IPG 1999/05 Data fot Cuban (CU) Patents 1992-1995
12.03.1999 IPG 1999/04 Japanese B1 Documents
26.02.1999 IPG 1999/03 European Publications 1999-03-03
28.01.1999 IPG 1999/02 German Utility Models - Publication Date Problem
22.01.1999 IPG 1999/01 Luxembourg new document kinds
1998
12.10.1998 IPG 1998/07 Patent Law 1991 in Romania
13.11.1998 IPG 1998/06 New Patent Law in Korea
13.11.1998 IPG 1998/05 New Patent Law in Hong Kong (HK)
16.10.1998 IPG 1998/04 Utility models in the Philippines (PH)
16.10.1998 IPG 1998/03 Languages of title for Finnish (FI) documents
07.08.1998 IPG 1998/02 Translation of European Patents in Denmark (DK) and Slovenia (SI)
30.07.1998 IPG 1998/01 New Patents in Finland (FI)
1997
19.12.1997 IPG 1997/10 Eurasian Patents
11.09.1997 IPG 1997/09 New Document types in Lithuania and Latvia
04.07.1997 IPG 1997/08 IT application numbers (please refer to faq )
26.06.1997 IPG 1997/07 Utility Models in Finland
22.05.1997 IPG 1997/06 Hungary
22.05.1997 IPG 1997/05 Singapore
17.04.1997 IPG 1997/04 Norway
27.03.1997 IPG 1997/03 Defective FR-B documents
07.03.1997 IPG 1997/02 New Italian Document Types
07.03.1997 IPG 1997/01 Danish Utility Models
1996
06.12.1996 IPG 1996/08 New Document for Ireland (IE)
06.12.1996 IPG 1996/07 New Document for Hungary (HU)
07.12.1996 IPG 1996/06 Designated states for EP and WO publications
11.10.1996 IPG 1996/05 Poland (PL) Utility Models
26.07.1996 IPG 1996/04 New JP document kind B2
10.05.1996 IPG 1996/03 New Country: Moldova (MD)
19.04.1996 IPG 1996/02 Mismatching records for WO 960321
27.03.1996 IPG 1996/01 New patent law in Japan
19.01.1996 IPG 1995/06 Four new countries in EPIDOS - INPADOC
24.11.1996 IPG 1995/05 NL - new document types
1995
22.09.1995 IPG 1995/04 IFD - tape week 37/95, replacement tape
11.08.1995 IPG 1995/03 Missing applicant and inventor names - weeks 95/29 & 95/30
04.08.1995 IPG 1995/02 New Kind codes in Spain (ES) and Slovenia (SI)
14.02.1995 IPG 1995/01 New German filing numbers
1994
20.12.1994 IPG 1994/17 Russian Patents
14.12.1994 IPG 1994/16 IPC version 6
27.10.1994 IPG 1994/15 Luxenbourg - new document Kind A9
12.10.1994 IPG 1994/14 IT new applications (AO and UO)
21.09.1994 IPG 1994/13 IE: Short Term Patents
08.09.1994 IPG 1994/12 Utility Models AT and BG
21.07.1994 IPG 1994/11 Undesirable situations in IFD/IPG data since week 19/94
21.07.1994 IPG 1994/10 Austrian Utility Models
08.06.1994 IPG 1994/09 "New Documents Kinds US and AU; New Country OAPI"
27.05.1994 IPG 1994/08 Week 94/20 re-run
28.04.1994 IPG 1994/07 SINBAD is becoming operational
21.04.1994 IPG 1994/06 Bulgaria, new type of documents
28.03.1994 IPG 1994/05 Change of Name for the Czech (CS) Patent Offce
08.02.1994 IPG 1994/04 Supplementary Protection Certificates DE and GB
17.02.1994 IPG 1994/03 New Doc. Kind and priority kind Germany
03.02.1994 IPG 1994/02 New Country: Slovenia (SI)
04.01.1994 IPG 1994/01 Repetitive issue of BG and PL number series
1993
15.09.1993 IPG 1993/08 PT gap filled
28.09.93 IPG 1993/07 DK gap is closed
21.07.1993 IPG 1993/06 New DK document types
15.06.1993 IPG 1993/05 New kinds of documents in DK
15.02.1993 IPG 1993/04 Greek gap filled
17.03.1993 IPG 1993/03 Portugese Utility Model
03.03.1993 IPG 1993/02 Hungarian Utility Models
24.03.1993 IPG 1993/01 New Kinds of documents in CS
1992
22.12.1992 IPG 1992/13 Correction records for DE -T2 documents
09.12.1992 IPG 1992/12 Week 92/53
17.11.1992 IPG 1992/11 New Kind-of-document Codes for DE
15.09.1992 IPG 1992/10 CA grated patents under the new patent law (1987)
15.09.1992 IPG 1992/09 New error-procedure for IPC
26.08.1992 IPG 1992/08 MALTA (MT), 57. Land
12.08.1992 IPG 1992/07 New Mexican Patent Law, 910628
09.08.1992 IPG 1992/07b New Mexican Patent Law, 910628
12.08.1992 IPG 1992/06 Gaps CA and JP
02.07.1992 IPG 1992/05 New Greek Data
11.06.1992 IPG 1992/04 DE/DD-Extention Act 92-05-01
29.04.1992 IPG 1992/03 ES T1 and T3 documents
02.04.1992 IPG 1992/02 IT: New format of application numbers
02.04.1992 IPG 1992/01 HU: New application number format
1991
14.11.1991 IPG 1991/06 VN Utility Model
14.11.1991 IPG 1991/05 FR garbled titles text
14.11.1991 IPG 1991/04 DE Utility Models missing in week 91/45
02.05.1991 IPG 1991/03 New co-operation agreement with the IT patent office
21.03.1991 IPG 1991/02 PT A Dokument
11.01.1991 IPG 1991/01 New document type
1990
09.08.1990 IPG 1990/08 HU AO documents
26.07.1990 IPG 1990/07 IPC correction for JP published patent application January 1990
07.06.1990 IPG 1990/06 Numbering problems with CN A documents
16.05.1990 IPG 1990/05 New CA Patent Act - New CA Patent Documents
10.05.1990 IPG 1990/04 WO Extended kind of document code
10.05.1990 IPG 1990/03 CN document numbers
08.03.1990 IPG 1990/02 CN document numbers
31.01.1990 IPG 1990/01 New domestic relation codes for US patents

 

 


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