dates-of-public-availability

dates-of-public-availability

Example 1

<dates-of-public-availability> <coming-into-force-date> <date>19980416</date> </coming-into-force-date> </dates-of-public-availability>



Example 2 (EP only)

<dates-of-public-availability> <intention-to-grant-date> <date>20080318</date> </intention-to-grant-date> </dates-of-public-availability>

dates-of-public-availability

Element

Description

Element

Description

gazette-date

Gazette date

application-publication-date

Application publication date

grant-publication-date

Grant publication date

intention-to-grant-date

If the Examining Division considers that a European patent may be granted, it will first issue a communication under Rule 71(3) in order to inform the applicant of the text in which it intends to grant the patent. This information can be used as an early warning of grant and preparation for opposition. (YYYYMMDD)

registered-date

Registered date

republication-date

Republication date

search-report-publication-date

Search report publication date

search-report-dispatch-date

Search report dispatch date

corrected-search-report-dispatch-date

Corrected search report dispatch date

coming-into-force-date

Coming into force date

preceding-publication-date

Preceding publication date

amended-publication-date

Amended publication date

corrected-publication-date

Corrected publication date

declassified-date

Date of declassification of a national defense patent or secret patent



Below is a list of dates which may be available in this container in the countries listed:

Country Code

 Dates Covered

Country Code

 Dates Covered

AT

preceding-publication-date

BG

coming-into-force-date

CH

coming-into-force-date

CN

declassified-date

DD

preceding-publication-date

DE

coming-into-force-date

EP

corrected-search-report-dispatch-date

intention-to-grant-date

search-report-dispatch-date

ES

coming-into-force-date

preceding-publication-date

GR

coming-into-force-date

HU

coming-into-force-date

IT

coming-into-force-date

JP

registered-date

KR

registered-date

NL

coming-into-force-date

SI

coming-into-force-date

Further Reading

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