| Content |
- EP-A documents from 1978 onwards
- EP-B documents from 1980 onwards
European patent applications (EP-A documents) filed via the PCT route and published by WIPO in one of the three official languages of the EPO are not republished by the EPO. For these cases, only minimum information is available (EP publication, corresponding PCT application number, etc.) |
| Formats |
Frontfile and backfile: XML ST36 and PDF/A |
| Volume |
Frontfile: approx. 2.5 GB (zipped)
Backfile in XML(1978 -2016): approx. 1.9 TB (zipped)
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| Delivery |
Current data is available as a weekly download.
Publication takes place every Wednesday, at 14.00 hrs CET.
Backfile data is provided on a hard disk.
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| Price |
Subscription (download):
Annual service fee:
Backfile:
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The EPO's bulk data sets are also referred to as "raw data products" or "EPO databases".
The EPO has a legal obligation to publish the patent applications it receives (EP-A documents) and the patents it grants (EP-B documents).
A weekly file containing all EP-A and EP-B documents for that week is published every Wednesday at 14.00 hrs.
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