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Kind of publication codes included in the WIPO XML data (PDF, 10 KB)
Kind Code Concordance List (PDF, 148 KB)
Number format concordance - publication numbers (PDF, 100 KB)
Number format concordance - application/priority numbers (PDF, 34 KB)
Table of all PRS codes available for SPCs (PDF, 122 KB)
SPC Number Formats (PDF, 4 KB)
Concordance list for the Italian provinces (PDF, 61 KB)
List of priority codes (PDF, 38 KB)

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Contents and coverage of the PFS bibliographic file XLS 111 KB
W 20/2008 download
Contents and coverage of the legal status PRS file XLS 56 KB
W 20/2008 download
DOCDB ST36 kind codes statistics  XLS
138 KB W 20/2008 download
DOCDB ST36 status statistics  XLS 3.7 MB  W 20/2008 download
DOCDB ST36 new documents statistics  XLS  144 KB  W 20/2008 download
DOCDB ST36 overview statistics  TXT 12 KB  W 20/2008 download
DOCDB ST36 kind codes ASCII 44 KB
W 17/2008 download
Legal status codes in original language ASCII 204 KB
W 20/2008 download
Legal status codes in English ASCII 210 KB
W 20/2008 download
Changes in legal status codes in English ASCII 49 KB
W 20/2008 download
Classification of recently used PRS codes XLS
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Description of legal status (PRS) codes for European applications (EP-CODES)       go to page
Description of legal status (PRS) codes for applications in the United Kingdom (GB-CODES) Part I

EXE,WP6

150 KB-1.4 MB

July 1996

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Description of legal status (PRS) codes for applications in the United Kingdom (GB-CODES) Part II

EXE,WP6

150 KB-1.4 MB

July 1996

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Description of legal status (PRS) codes for applications in the United Kingdom (GB-CODES) Part III pdf   July 1997
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Description of legal status (PRS) codes for applications in Germany (DE-CODES)       go to page
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