The source of legal status in this container is INPADOC data from the European Patent Office, covering a variety of entries, procedural steps, and post-grant events from over 50 patenting authorities.

The following sources are also available:

Premium Plus subscribers receive legal status data in English from our Chinese data source (see Chinese Data Improvements for more details)
Premium and Premium Plus subscribers receive South Korean legal status data in English from the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)

A list of worldwide legal status codes, contents, and coverage for INPADOC can be found on the EPO’s website at https://www.epo.org/en/searching-for-patents/data/coverage/weekly. Codes used by other sources may differ so it is recommended to consult the relevant patent office.

legal-status/legal-event

INPADOC Example

<legal-status load-source="inpadoc">
  <legal-event class="H" date="20190415" country="AT" mxw-id="LS262024855" code="MM01" impact="-">
    <legal-event-body>
      <event-title>LAPSE BECAUSE OF NOT PAYING ANNUAL FEES</event-title>
      <event-attributes>
        <event-attribute>
          <event-attribute-label>Effective Date </event-attribute-label>
          <event-attribute-value>20180831</event-attribute-value>
        </event-attribute>
      </event-attributes>
    </legal-event-body>
  </legal-event>
</legal-status>

Chinese (CN) Example

<legal-status load-source="patent-office">
  <legal-event class="H" date="20200424" country="CN" mxw-id="LS353498509" code="CF01" impact="-">
    <legal-event-body>
      <event-title>TERMINATION OF PATENT RIGHT DUE TO NON-PAYMENT OF ANNUAL FEE</event-title>
      <event-attributes>
        <event-attribute>
          <event-attribute-label>Granted Publication Date</event-attribute-label>
          <event-attribute-value>20190503</event-attribute-value>
          <event-attribute-label>Termination Date</event-attribute-label>
          <event-attribute-value>20190505</event-attribute-value>
        </event-attribute>
      </event-attributes>
    </legal-event-body>
  </legal-event>
</legal-status>

South Korean (KR) Example

<legal-status load-source="patent-office">
  <legal-event country="KR" code="PC1903" date="20230325" mxw-id="LS549697377">
    <legal-event-body>
      <event-title>Unpaid Annual Fee</event-title>
      <event-attributes>
        <event-attribute>
          <event-attribute-label>Termination Category</event-attribute-label>
          <event-attribute-value>Default of registration fee</event-attribute-value>
          <event-attribute-label>Termination Date</event-attribute-label>
          <event-attribute-value>20231205</event-attribute-value>
        </event-attribute>
      </event-attributes>
    </legal-event-body>
  </legal-event>
</legal-status>

South Korean (KR) Example with WIPO ST.27

<legal-event country="KR" code="PC1903" date="20190514" mxw-id="LS635211551
  <legal-event-body>
    <event-title>Unpaid Annual Fee</event-title>
      <event-attributes>
        <event-attribute>
          <event-attribute-label>IP Right Cessation Event Data Comment Text</event-attribute-label>
          <event-attribute-value>Termination Category : DEFAULT_OF_REGISTRATION_FEE</event-attribute-value>
          <event-attribute-label>Not In Force Date</event-attribute-label>
          <event-attribute-value>20180804</event-attribute-value>
        </event-attribute>
        <event-attribute>
          <event-attribute-label>ST.27 Status Event Code</event-attribute-label>
          <event-attribute-value>N-4-6-H10-H13-oth-PC1903</event-attribute-value>
        </event-attribute>
      </event-attributes>
  </legal-event-body>
</legal-event>

Attribute	Description
class	Letter designation that groups event codes into categories which are of particular importance to the prosecution of a patent and share a common theme. Class is available in the frontfile beginning in March 2020. See the INPADOC classification scheme for more information. Some examples include: C=Application revival, i.e., events related to the revival, reinstatement or restoration of an application after it has been discontinued P=Document modification, i.e., events related to modifications of an application, IP right document or other document, which occur outside the context of a pre-grant review or IP right review
date	Date of public notification (YYYYMMDD), e.g., gazette date
country	Country is represented by a standard 2-character code based on WIPO ST.3.
code	1-4 character code. Legal status codes are country-specific. See the links above for more information.
impact	+ , -, or neutral

legal-status/legal-event/legal-event-body

Element

Description

event-title

Description of the legal status code

event-attributes

Attributes of a legal event such as dates, parties, free format text etc.

The WIPO ST.27 format for legal events is available as an additional attribute for KR. The legal event includes the concatenated form of seven elements:

1. State After the Event Occurred

A: Active
N: Not Active
T: Terminated
U: Unspecified

2. Previous Stage

1: Filing
2: Examination
3: Pre-Grant Challenge
4: Grant
5: Post-Grant Challenge
6: Termination Likely/Termination

3. Current Stage

1: Filing
2: Examination
3: Pre-Grant Challenge
4: Grant
5: Post-Grant Challenge
6: Termination Likely/Termination

4. Key Event Code

A10: Application filed
B10: Application discontinued
C10: Application revived
D10: Search and/or examination requested or commenced
E10: Pre-grant review requested
F10: IP right granted
G10: Protection beyond IP right term granted
H10: IP right ceased
K10: IP right revived
L10: IP right review requested
M10: IP right maintained
N10: Application or IP right terminated
P10: Document modified
Q10: Document published
R10: Party data change recorded
S10: Licensing information recorded
T10: Administrative procedure adjusted
U10: Fee paid
V10: Appeal requested
W10: Other event occurred
Y10: Event information corrected or deleted

5. Detailed Event Code: See https://www.wipo.int/documents/d/standards/docs-en-03-27-01.pdf.

6. Event Indicator: See https://www.wipo.int/documents/d/standards/docs-en-03-27-01.pdf.

7. Original (National) Code: See respective country legal event codes (INPADOC, patent office data).

For more details regarding WIPO ST.27, see https://www.wipo.int/documents/d/standards/docs-en-03-27-01.pdf.