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- Kind of publication codes included in the WIPO XML data (PDF, 10 KB)
- Kind code concordance list (PDF, 130 KB)
- Number format concordance - publication numbers (PDF, 154 KB)
- Number format concordance - application/priority numbers (PDF, 40 KB)
- Table of all PRS codes available for SPCs (PDF, 15 KB)
- Concordance list for the Italian provinces (PDF, 61 KB)
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| File description | File type | File size | Last updated | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contents and coverage of the DOCDB bibliographic file | XLS | 964 KB |
W 30/2010 | download |
| Contents and coverage of the INPADOC legal status file | XLS | 50 KB | W 30/2010 | download |
| DOCDB ST36 kind codes statistics | XLS |
172 KB | W 30/2010 | download |
| DOCDB ST36 status statistics | XLS | 5999 KB |
W 30/2010 | download |
| DOCDB ST36 new documents statistics | XLS | 199 KB | W 30/2010 | download |
| DOCDB ST36 overview statistics | TXT | 16 KB | W 30/2010 | download |
| DOCDB ST36 kind codes | ASCII | 54 KB |
W 17/2010 | download |
| Changes in DOCDB ST36 kind codes | ASCII | 19 KB |
W 17/2010 | download |
| Legal status codes in original language | ASCII | 219 KB |
W 30/2010 | download |
| Legal status codes in English | ASCII | 225 KB |
W 30/2010 | download |
| Changes in legal status codes in English | ASCII | 99 KB |
W 30/2010 | download |
| Classification of recently used PRS codes | XLS |
go to page | ||
| PRS Code Collection List | PDF |
download | ||
| Description of legal status codes - Australia (new format launched in August 2008) | go to page | |||
| 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 | download |
| July 1997 | go to page | |||
| 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 | download |
| July 1997 |
go to page | |||
| Description of legal status (PRS) codes for applications in the United Kingdom (GB-CODES) Part III | July 1997 |
go to page | ||
| Description of legal status (PRS) codes for applications in Germany (DE-CODES) | go to page |