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Publication numbers of EP patents after the entry into the national phase
The following table describes for the EPO member states the number of EPO patents after they have entered the national phase (whether they keep the EP number or they change and get new document numbers
| Country Code | Country | EP numbers kept/ changed |
| AT | Austria | changed |
| BE | Belgium | kept |
| CH/LI | Switzerland/
Liechtenstein |
kept |
| DE | Germany | changed |
| DK | Denmark | kept |
| ES | Spain | changed |
| FI | Finland | kept |
| FR | France | kept |
| GB | United Kingdom | kept |
| GR | Greece | changed |
| IE | Ireland | kept |
| IT | Italy | kept |
| LU | Luxembourg | kept |
| MC | Monaco | kept |
| NL | Netherlands | kept |
| PT | Portugal | kept |
| SE | Sweden | kept |
Example 1
| EP 880396 | |
| AT 202006 | Ascending no's beginning with 1 |
| DE 59923536 | Ascending no's beginning with
5 EP numbers published in German |
| DE 69923536 | Ascending no's beginning
with 6 EP numbers published in English/French |
| ES 2157552 | Ascending no's beginning with 2000000 |