Repopulation of the PRS code sheets
All the legal event codes, country-by-country are explained in detail in these code sheets.
Until now, only EP, DE and GB code sheets were available on our website; and some of these codes have even become redundant, due to various changes and new laws. In order to overcome this, an ambitious project was launched. Within a time frame of three to six years; all the countries included in the PRS database will get their own section in the code sheet segment of the 'Raw Data' website.
Australia is the first country to be documented. At this site you will find an article on the Australian patent procedure followed by the descriptions of each of the legal status codes.
The descriptions are available in PDF and in XML format.
Here is an example of the description of a code AU MK1
AU MK1
AU F 2003200579 A 20030904 MK1 Application lapsed Section 142(2)(a) - No request for examination in relevant period 20060427
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Notification of event |
Applications lapsed, refused or withdrawn, Patents ceased or expired. Australian Official Journal of Patents
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Legal basis |
Patents Act 1990 (Act No. 83 of 1990, as amended), Section 142(2)(a), and Patents Regulations 1991 (Statutory Rules 1991 No. 71, as amended), Regulation 3.15 and 3.16.
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Data coverage in PRS |
Legal status for provisional and complete applications commenced from the 2000.01.06 issue of the Journal. Legal status for innovation patent applications commenced from the 2002.11.28 issue of the Journal (Supplement).
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Notification date |
2006.04.27 Date of issue of the Australian Official Journal of Patents (or Australian Official Journal of Patents Supplement) in which the notification appears.
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Legal effect date |
No separate legal effect date is noted. Note that the official (AusPat) register available through the IP Australia website provides a formal date of lapse which is typically several weeks before the notification of lapse is advertised in the Journal. In the example, the change in status is recorded as 2006.04.05 but this is not advertised until the Journal issue dated 2006.04.27.
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Code meaning |
A request for substantive examination in Australia is lodged under s.44 of the Patents Act 1990, which allows one of several different parties to initiate the examination procedure, under the appropriate circumstances. In all cases, a complete application (as opposed to a provisional application) must have been lodged previously. If examination is initiated by the applicant, the request must be lodged within a period of 5 years from the date of filing of the complete application. Alternatively, the Commissioner may under certain circumstances (acting on their own authority or following a request from a third party) direct that the applicant should lodge a request for examination; such requests must be received within 6 months of the direction being issued. In accordance with s.142(2)(a) of the Patents Act 1990, if no request to commence examination is submitted within the appropriate period, the complete application for standard patent will lapse.
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Related codes |
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Example record |
AU F 2003200579 A(Patent of invention)
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Summary description |
Application lapsed due to failure to submit request for substantive examination within a prescribed period
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Document type code |
P
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Summary impact (+, - or neutral) |
-
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