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12.12.2008
The EPO extends its coverage of Latin American countries in the bibliographic database
27.11.2008
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26.11.2008
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8.10.2008
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6.10.2008
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24.9.2008
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25.8.2008
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13.8.2008
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11.8.2008
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4.7.2008
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4.7.2008
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23.6.2008
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19.6.2008
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10.6.2008
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9.6.2008
EPC 2000 - Earlier Filed Application & EP B3 documents in DOCDB/XML
5.6.2008
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2.6.2008
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2.6.2008
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2.6.2008
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16.5.2008
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14.5.2008
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30.4.2008
Update on re-key of AT documents
21.4.2008
Re-key of British legal status data
18.4.2008
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14.4.2008
Distribution schedule of Legal Status back file and Extended Legal Event data
27.3.2008
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5.3.2008
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20.2.2008
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20.2.2008
DOCDB XML release 2.0 rescheduled to week 11/2008; Revised packaging for the DOCDB exchange; Parallel run of release 2.0 against 1.5
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