T H O M S O N
S C I E N T I F I C
Patent Kind Codes by Country
Country
Kind code
African Intellectual Property A
Organization (OAPI) (OA)
African Regional Industrial
A
Property Organization (ARIPO)
(AP)
A0
Argentina (AR)
A1
A2
A3
Australia (AU)
A0
A1
A4
A5
B1
B2
B3
Austria (AT)
A
A5
B
B8
B9
E
U
U1
U2
U3
XE
Belgium (BE)
99
A
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
A7
A8
A9
AA
AB
AC
AD
Description
Granted Patent
Granted Patent
Patent Application
Patent
Patent of Importation
Patent of Importation
Provisional Application for Patent
Comp. Spec. open to Pub. insp.
Provisional Application for Patent
Comp. Spec. open to Pub. insp.
Patent (APP. advert.accepted, without PREC. A1)
Patent (APP. advertised accepted)
Petty Patent
Examined Patent Application Laid open
Examined Patent Application Laid open
Patent
Corrected front page of a Patent
Corrected Patent
EP Patent valid in AT
Utility Model
Utility Model with search report
Utility Model without search report
Utility Model search report
AT NO. not accorded
KD not exact ( Data incomplete)
Patent of Invention
Patent of Invention
Patent of Invention
Patent Specification
Patent of Improvement
Patent of Improvement
Patent of Improvement
Patent of Importation
Patent of Importation
Patent of Importation
Application published before Grant
Originally filed Text (20 year Patent)
Settled or rectified Text (20 year Patent)
Originally filed Text and search report (20 year
Patent Kind Codes by Country – Page 1
AE
AF
AG
AH
BF
T1
T2
X
Bolivia (BO)
A
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) A
B
B1
Brazil (BR)
A
A0
A3
C1
C2
C3
C4
U
U8
Brunei Darussalam (BN)
A
Bulgaria (BG)
A
A1
A2
A3
A4
B1
B2
D
S
T
U
U1
Y1
Y2
Canada (CA)
A
A1
A2
AA
B
C
Chile (CL)
A1
A2
A3
China (CN)
A
Patent)
Settled or rectified Text and search report (20 year
Patent)
Text with modified claims and search report (20 year
Patent)
Originally filed Text (6 year Patent)
Settled or rectified Text (6 year Patent)
Correction: 20 year Patent instead of 6 year Patent
Patent of Invention ( transformed from EP.)
Patent of Invention ( transformed from EP)
Patent not published
Application for Patent
Patent Application
Granted Patent
Entry into the Register of a former YU Patent
Unexamined Patent Application
Patent/Utility Model/Ind. Model/Ind. Design APP.
Pipeline Patent
Patent of Addition
Improved Additional Inventors's Certificate
Second improved Additional Inventors's Certificate
Third improved Additional Inventors's Certificate
Utility Model (Application)
modified Utility Model
United Kingdom Patents registered
Published Patent Application
Inventor's Certificate
Additional Inventor's Certificate
Patent
Additional Patent
Patent (Second Publication level)
Patent (First Publication level)
Main Patent
Additional Patent
Inventor's Certificate
Additional Inventor's Certificate
Published Utility Model Application
Granted Utility Model (Second Publication level)
Granted Utility Model (First Publication level)
Patent
Patent
Patent (Division)
Laid-open Application
Patent (Reissue)
Patent (Law 1989)
Patent
Patent of Addition
Patent of Importation
Unexamined APPLIC. open to Public inspection
Patent Kind Codes by Country – Page 2
B
C
T
Colombia (CO)
Costa Rica (CR)
Croatia (HR)
Cuba (CU)
Cyprus (CY)
Czech Republic (CZ)
Czechoslovakia (CS)
Denmark (DK)
U
Y
A1
A
A1
A2
B1
A
B
O
P
A
A3
B6
U1
A1
A2
A3
B
B1
B2
B3
B4
B6
L
M
P
A
A0
A4
A5
B
B1
B2
B3
B4
C
T1
T2
T3
T4
T5
Examined APP. open to Public inspection
Granted Patent
Publication of the translation of an International
Application
Publ. Utility Model Application
Granted Utility Model
Patent
Patent
Publ. of Application with search report
Publ. of Application without search report
Entry into the Register of a former YU Patent
Application for Patent
Granted Patents
Application for Patent
Granted Patents
Patent
Patent Application
Patent
Utility Model
Application for Inventor's Certificate
Patent Application
Patent Application (Patent Law 1990)
Inventor's Certificate
Inventor's Certificate
Patent
Dependent Inventor's Certificate
Dependent Patent
Patent (Patent Law 1990)
Additional Patent
Additional Inventor's Certificate
BASIC Patent
Unexamined Application open to Publ. insp.
Application filed
Application filed
Unexamined Application open to Publ. insp.
Examined Application
Patent (Patent Law 1993)
Patent amended after opposition (Patent Law 1993)
Patent amended after re-examination (Patent Law
1993)
Patent amended after re-examination (Patent Law
1993)
Patent
Translation of the claims of an EP Patent into Danish
Corrected translation of the claims of an EP Patent
into Danish
Translation of an EP Patent into Danish
Translation of an amended EP Patent into Danish
Corrected translation of an EP Patent into Danish
Patent Kind Codes by Country – Page 3
U1
U3
U4
X0
Y3
Y4
Y5
Y6
A
Dominican Republic (DO)
Ecuador (EC)
A
Egypt (EG)
A
El Salvador (SV)
A
Estonia (EE)
A
B1
Eurasian Patent Organization A1
(EAPO) (EA)
A2
A3
B1
European Patent Office (EPO) A1
(EP)
A2
A3
A4
A8
A9
B1
B2
B8
B9
TD
Finland (FI)
A
A0
B
B1
C
U0
U1
X0
France (FR)
A
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
A7
A8
Laid open Utility Model Application
Utility Model registered without Examination
Utility Model registered with Examination
Application filed (annuled)
Utility Model Specification
Utility Model Specification with Examination
Amended Utility Model Specification
Amended Utility Model Specification with Examination
Patent
Application for Patent
Patent
Patent
Published Patent Application
Granted Patent
Publ. of Application with search report
Publ. of Application without search report
Publ. of search report
Patent
Publ. of Application with search report
Publ. of Application without search report
Publ. of search report
Supplementary search report
Corrected title page of an EP-a Document
Complete reprint of an EP-a Document
Patent
Patent after modification
Corrected front page of an EP-B Document
Complete reprint of an EP-B Document
Publ. of Patent claims in GERMAN language
Unexamined Application open to Publ. insp.
Application filed
Examined Application
Patent (Patent Law 1996)
Patent
Utility Model Application
Utility Model
Application filed (number not used)
Demande/Brev./Cert.Add./Cert.Util. (1RE Publ.)
Application, First Publication
Application for Additional Pat., First Publ.
Application for Utility Model, First Publ.
Appl. for Additional Cert. for Utility Model, First Publ.
Patent, First and only Publication
Additional Patent, First and only Publication
Certificate of Utility (First and only Publication)
Addit: Certificate of Utility (First and only Publ.)
Patent Kind Codes by Country – Page 4
B1
B2
B3
B4
E
M
German Democratic Republic A1
(DD)
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
A7
A8
A9
AA
AB
AC
AH
B1
B3
B5
C
C2
C4
C5
D
S
T
T9
Germany (DE)
U
W
Y
Z
A
A0
A1
B
B1
B2
C0
Patent of Invention (Second Publication)
Addit. Patent of Invention (Second Publication)
Certificate of Utility (Second Publication)
Addit. Certificate of Utility (Second Publication)
Additions
Special Patent for Medicament
Prov. Economic Patent
Prov. Economic Patent (Additional Patent)
Economic Patent
Additional Economic Patent
Prov. exclusive Patent
Prov. exclusive Patent (Additional Patent)
Exclusive Patent
Additional exclusive Patent
Laid open Application ACC0RD. to PAR. 10.3
extension act
Public notice for inspection of Patent Application
Public notice for inspection of Provisional exclusive
Patent accord. to PAR. 17/1 DD-PATG.
Public notice for inspection of exclusive Patent
accord. to PAR. 18/2 DD-PATG
Public notice for inspection of foreign-language
Patent Applications (HAVANNA TREATY)
Economic Patent (sect. 18(1))
Exclusive Patent (sect. 18(1))
Patent Specification, 2nd Publ. accord. to extension
act
Prov. exclusive Patent
Economic Patent (sect. 19)
Economic Patent (sect. 19)
Patent Specification, 3RD Publ. accord. to extension
act
Exclusive Patent
Exclusive Patent (Additional Patent)
Economic Patent
Publication of the GERMAN translation of the Patent
Specification
Economic Patent (Additional Patent)
Prov. exclusive Patent (Additional Patent)
Prov. Economic Patent (Additional Patent)
Prov. Economic Patent (Hauptpatent)
Document Laid open/Patent (First Publ.)
PCT Publication in GERMAN language
Document Laid open (First Publication)
Document Laid open/ Patent Specification (Second
Publ.)
Document Laid open (First Publication)
Document Laid open (Second Publ.)
Granted European Patents
Patent Kind Codes by Country – Page 5
C1
C2
C3
I1
I2
T
T2
T3
T4
Greece (GR)
Guatemala (GT)
Honduras (HN)
Hong Kong (HK)
Hungary (HU)
India (IN)
Indonesia (ID)
U
U1
A
A1
B
B1
B2
T1
T3
U
Y
A
U
A
A
A1
A2
A3
A0
A1
A2
A3
AA
AB
AC
B
B1
B3
P
U
U0
X
X1
X2
A
A
Patent Specification (First Publ.)
Patent Specification (Second Publ.)
Patent Specification (Third Publ.)
Publication of filing of Certificate
Publication of Grant of Certificate
Transl. of the Publ. of the Internat. Application
Transl. of the European Patent Specification
Transl. of the modified European Patent Specification
Corrected transl. of the European Patent
Specification
Utility Model
Utility Model
Patent Application
Patent of Addition
Patent
Patent without preceding a-Publication
Patent with preceding a-Publication
Translation of claims of an European Patent
Application
Translation of a European Patent
Utility Model Application
Utility Model
Application for Patent
Application for Utility Model
Patent
United Kingdom Patents registered
Standard Patent
Short-term Patent
Publication of a request to record a designated
Patent Application
Application for Patent
Unexamined Patent Applications (Deferred Exam.)
Examined Patent Application
Pipeline Patent Application
Publ. of Application with search report
Publ. of Application without search report
Publ. of search report
Patent
Patent without previous Publication
Pipeline Patent
Patent
Utility Model
Application for Utility Model
Patent SECRET oder published later
Unexamined Patent Applications (Deferred Exam.)
(not published)
Examined Patent Application (not published)
Complete Specification Laid open to Publ. insp.
Patent
Patent Kind Codes by Country – Page 6
Ireland (IE)
Israel (IL)
Italy (IT)
Japan (JP)
Kenya (KE)
Latvia (LV)
Lithuania (LT)
Luxembourg (LU)
Malawi (MW)
Malaysia (MY)
A1
A2
B
B3
A0
A1
A
A0
A1
A2
A3
A4
B1
T1
T2
U
U0
U1
U2
U3
U4
Y1
A2
B1
B2
B4
T2
U1
U2
A
A1
A
A3
A4
B
B4
A
A3
B
A
A1
A2
A4
A7
A9
A
A
Patent Application
Short-term Patent Application
Patent Specification
Short-term Patent
Notice under SECTION 16 of the Patent Law
Application Laid open to Publ. insp.
Patent
Patent Application
published Patent Application
Divisional Patent Application
Patent Application ALSO AS Utility Model Application
Converted Patent Application
Patent
Patent Application EP translation
Patent EP translation
Utility Model
Utility Model Application
Published Utility Model Application
Divisional Utility Model Application
Utility Model Application ALSO AS Patent Application
Converted Utility Model Application
Utility Model
Document Laid open to Public inspection
Published registered Patent Specification without ANY
A2 Publication (EVEN AFTERWARDS)
Published registered Patent Specification
Published Examined Patent Application
Publ. unexam. Pat. Appl. based on Internat. Appl.
Unexamined Utility Model
Unexamined Utility Model
Patent
Patent (1 number for 2 Applications)
Patent Application
Reregistration of SU Patent
Patent Application under LV-US agreement
Patent
Patent under LV-US agreement
Patent Application
Reregistration of SU Patent
Patent
Patent Application
Patent Application with search report
Patent Application without search report
Patent Application (1 numb. for 2 Appl.)
Additional Certificate
Supplementary protection Certificate
Patent Specification
United Kingdom Patents registered
Patent Kind Codes by Country – Page 7
Malta (MT)
Mexico (MX)
Monaco (MC)
Mongolia (MN)
Netherlands (NL)
New Zealand (NZ)
Nicaragua (NI)
Norway (NO)
Panama (PA)
Paraguay (PY)
Peru (PE)
Philippines (PH)
Poland (PL)
A1
A
A
A1
A2
A3
B
U
XA
XB
XU
A
A1
A1
T
A
A1
B
C
C1
C2
A
A
A
A0
A1
B
B1
B2
B3
C
A
A1
A3
A1
A
S
U
Z
A1
A2
A3
A4
B
B1
B2
B3
B4
L
Patents Granted (New Law)
Patent
Patent of Invention
Published Patent Application
Anticipatedly published Patent Application
Patent Application according to transitory Article XI
Patent (Law 1991)
Certificate of Invention
Not published (Patent of Invention)
Not published (Law 1991)
Not published (Certificate of Invention)
Patent
First Additional Certificate
Inventor's Certificate
Inventor's Certificate
Unexamined Application
Unexamined Application (Law 1995)
Examined Application Laid open
Granted Patents
Granted Patents (6 YEARS)
Granted Patents (20 YEARS)
Comp. Specification accepted
Application for Patent
Unexamined Application open to Publ. insp.
Application filed
Unexamined Application open to Publ. insp
Examined Application
Granted Patent (Law 1997)
Amended Patent (Law 1997)
Limited Patent (Law 1997)
Granted Patent
Application for Patent
Patent
Patent of Importation
Application for Patent
Patent
Design
Utility Model
Utility Model
Application
Application for Prov. Patent
Application for Add. Patent
Application for AD. Prov. Patent
Spec. of principle Inventor's Certificate
Patent
Provisional Patent
Additional Patent
Provisional Additional Patent
Spec. of Patent of Addition
Patent Kind Codes by Country – Page 8
Portugal (PT)
Republic of Korea (KR)
M
O
P
U1
U3
Y1
Y3
A
A1
A4
B
B1
B4
T
U
X
Y
A
B1
B2
U
XA
XU
Y1
Republic of Moldova (MD)
Y2
A
B1
B2
C1
C2
F1
F2
U
W1
W2
Y1
Y2
Republic of Slovenia (SI)
A
A1
Spec. of Addition to Inventor's Certificate
Application Laid open
Spec. of principle Patent
Application for Utility Model
Application for Additional Utility Model
Utility Model
Additional Utility Model
Application
Additional Application
Applications (two APP. with same number)
Granted Patent
Additional Patent
Patent (two APP. with same number)
Translation of a European Patent
Published Utility Model Application
Application number not used
Granted Utility Models
Examined Patent Application
Examined Patent Application, Second Publication;
SINCE 970930 Granted Patent
Examined Patent Application, First Publication)
Examined Utility Model Application
Patent (not published)
Utility Model (not published)
Examined Utility Model, Second Publication; SINCE
970930 Granted Utility Model
Examined Utility Model, First Publication
Patent Application not searched, 1ST Publication
Patent Application searched (a not published), 2nd
Publication
Patent Application searched (a published), 2nd
Publication
Patent Specification (B1,B2 not published), 3RD
Publication
Patent Specification (B1,B2 published), 3RD
Publication
Decision of Grant without Exam. and without aPublication
Decision of Grant without Exam. and with aPublication
Utility Model Application not searched,1ST Publication
Decision of REGISTERING an Utility Model without
Examination, (U not published), 2nd Publication
Decision of REGISTERING an Utility Model without
Examination, (U published) 2nd Publication
Utility Model Application searched, (U not published),
2nd Publication
Utility Model Application searched (U published), 2nd
Publication
Patent
Patent of Addition
Patent Kind Codes by Country – Page 9
A2
A8
B
C
C1
C2
C8
T1
Romania (RO)
Russian Federation (RU)
San Marino (SM)
Singapore (SG)
Slovak Republic (SK)
South Africa (ZA)
Spain (ES)
T2
A
A3
B
B0
B1
B2
B3
B4
C
C1
L
M
P
A1
A2
A3
A4
C1
C2
D
S
T
U
A
A
A1
A2
A3
A5
B6
A
A1
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
Short term Patent
Conversion Patent
amended claims
Patent
Patent of Addition
Short term Patent
Conversion Patent
Translation of the claims of an EP Patent into
Slovenia
Translation of the amended claims of an EP Patent
published Patent Application
Pipeline Patent
Patent (Second Publication)
Inventor's Certificate
Patent
Additional Patent
Patent
Additional Patent
Grant of Patent after revocation (Second Publication)
Grant of Patent after revocation
Additional Patent
Addition to Inventor's Certificate
Patent
Inventor's Certificate
Additional Inventor's Certificate
Patent
Additional Patent
Patent
Patent (Second Publication)
Basic Patent
Patent of Addition
Basic Inventor's Certificate
Addition to Inventor's Certificate
Registration of a Patent
United Kingdom Patents registered
Patents under the Patents act 1995
Transitional Applications for RE-Registration
Patent Application
Patent Application
Patent
Patent Specification
Patent Specification (1 number for 2 Appl.)
Patent
Certificate of Addition
Patent of Importation
Pat/Cert.of Add/Pat of IMP(1 numb. for 2 Invent.)
Patent (fictive 2nd Publication)
Certificate of Addition (fictive 2nd Publication)
Patent Kind Codes by Country – Page 10
A7
A8
AA
AB
AC
AF
BA
BB
T1
T2
T3
T4
T5
Sweden (SE)
Switzerland (CH)
Taiwan (TW)
Tajikistan (TJ)
U
U4
UA
Y
Y1
Y4
Y8
YA
A
A0
B
C
C2
C5
C9
X0
A
A3
A4
A8
A9
B
B9
C1
C2
H1
H2
B
Y
A
A3
Patent of Importation (fictive 2nd Publication)
Pat/Cert.Add/Pat.IMP(fict.2nd Pub,1 numb.2 Inv)
Patent Application with search report
Patent Application without search report
Search report only
Patent Granted without search report
Patent Granted with search report
Patent Granted with previous Examination
Translation of claims of an European Patent
Application
Revised transl. of claims of an European Patent
Application
Translation of Complete Text of a Granted European
Patent
Rev. transl. of Complete Text of a Granted European
Patent
Modified transl. of Complete Text of a Granted
European Patent
Utility Model, 1ST Publication
Utility Model, 1ST Publ.(1 number for 2 Appl.)
Published Utility Model Application
Utility Model, 2nd Publication
Utility Model (fictive 3RD Publication)
Utility Model (2nd Publ,1 numb for 2 Appl.)
Utility Model (fict.3RD Publ,1 numb.for 2 Appl)
Granted Utility Models
Unexamined Application open to Publ. insp.
Application filed
Examined Application
Granted Patent
Granted Patent
Corrected Patent
Corrected Patent
Application filed (number not used)
Patent or Additional Patent without Examination
Application for Patent/Document Laid open
Application for Patent/Document Laid open
First page modified
Patent modified
Patent or Additional Patent with Examination
Patent with Examination modified
Partial withdrawal of a CH Patent
Anullment of a CH Patent
Partial withdrawal of a CH/EP Patent
Anullment of a CH/EP Patent
Patent
Granted Utility Model
Patent Application
Reregistration of SU Patent
Patent Kind Codes by Country – Page 11
Thailand (TH)
Turkey (TR)
Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics (USSR) (SU)
B
U
A
S
Z
A
A1
A2
A3
B
T1
T2
U
Y
A1
A2
A3
A4
C
United Kingdom (GB)
United States (US)
D
S
T
U
A
A0
A1
A8
B2
C
A
A1
A2
A4
A9
AA
AB
B1
B2
B3
B8
B9
BA
BB
C1
C2
Patent
Utility Model Registration
Patent
Design
Utility Model
Patent
Patent Application with search report
Patent Application without search report
SEPARATE search report
Patent
Translation of a PCT Application with search report
Translation of a PCT Application without search
report
Utility Model Application
Utility Model
Inventor's Certificate
Additional Inventor's Certificate
Patent
Additional Patent
Patent (published instead of an AUTHOR'S
Certificate)
BASIC Patent
Patent of Addition
BASIC Inventor's Certificate
Addition to Inventor's Certificate
Patent Specification
Application for Patent
Application published
Corrected Application published
Patent Granted
Corrected Patent
United STATES Patent
Patent Appl. Publ. within the TVPP
Patents issued after 1ST Publ.within the TVPP
Patent Appl. Publ. within the TVPP
Patent Application Corrected Publication (Pre-Grant)
Patent Application Publication (Pre-Grant)
Patent Application republication (Pre-Grant)
Reexamination Certificate First Reexamination
Reexamination Certificate Second Reexamination
Reexamination Certificate Third Reexamination
Corrected front page of a Patent
Complete reprint of a Patent
Patent (no previous Pre-Grant Publication)
Patent (previous Pre-Grant Publication)
Reexamination Certificate (1ST level)
Reexamination Certificate (2nd level)
Patent Kind Codes by Country – Page 12
C3
E
E1
F1
H
H1
P
P1
P2
P3
P4
P9
Uruguay (UY)
Venezuela (VE)
Vietnam (VN)
World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) (WO)
Yugoslavia (YU)
Zambia (ZM)
Zimbabwe (ZW)
Country
S1
X
XB
XH
XT
A1
A2
A3
A1
A1
A3
U
A1
Reexamination Certificate (3RD level)
Reissue
Reissue (Pre-Grant)
Corrected Reissue
Defensive Publication
Statutory Invention Registration (S.I.R.)
Plant Patent
Plant Patent Application Publication (Pre-Grant)
Plant Patent (NO previous Pre-Grant Publication)
Plant Patent (previous Pre-Grant Publication)
Plant Patent Application republication (Pre-Grant)
Plant Patent Application Corrected Publication (PreGrant)
Design Patent
Patent Document not published AT ALL
Reexamination Certificate not published
S.I.R. not issued
Defensive Publication not published
Patent
Patent of Addition
Patent of Importation
Patent
Inventor's Certificate
Patent
Utility Solution
Publ.of the Int.Appl. with Int.search report
A2
A3
B1
B8
B9
C1
C2
A
A5
B
A
A1
A5
A
A5
Kind code
Publ.of the Int.Appl. without Int.search REP.
Subsequent Publ. of the Int. search report
Publ. of amended claims
Second modification of the First page
Correction of a Complete Corrected Document
Modified First page
Complete Corrected Document
Application Laid open
Application Laid open
Patent Specification
Patent Specification
Patent Specification (1 number for 2 Appl.)
Patent Specification
Applications accepted
Applications accepted
Description
Patent Kind Codes by Country – Page 13