For the following countries or patent issuing organizations, legal status information is given in the INPADOCDB file:
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Country Code | Country Text | Domestic applications | Entry into national phase | Fee Payment, Lapse or other events |
Entry into national phase | Non-entry into national phase |
AE | United Arab Emirates | 2014 - | ||||
AL | Albania | 2014 - | ||||
AM | Armenia | 2018 - | ||||
AO | Angola | 2018 - | ||||
AP | ARIPO | 1996 - 2008 | ||||
AR | Argentina | 2004 - | ||||
AT | Austria | 1968 - | 2012 - | 1981 - | 1981 - | |
AU | Australia | 1970 – | 1997 - | |||
AZ | Azerbaijan | 2016 - | ||||
BE | Belgium | 1984 - | 1980 - | |||
BG | Bulgaria | 2003 - | 2001 - | |||
BR | Brazil | 1995 - | 2005 - | |||
BY | Belarus | 2007 - 2008 | ||||
BZ | Belize | 2002 - 2007 | ||||
CA | Canada | 1979 - | 1990 - | 1991 - | ||
CH | Switzerland | 1967 - | 1997 - | 1980 - | 2008 - | |
CN | China | 1985 - | 1999 - | |||
CO | Colombia | 1996 - | 2001- 2018 | |||
CR | Costa Rica | 2000 - | 2001 - 2018 | |||
CU | Cuba | 2009 - | ||||
CY | Cyprus | 1999 - | ||||
CS | Czechoslovakia | 2000 - | ||||
CZ | Czech Republic | 2000 - | 2003 - | 1991 - | ||
DD | German Democratic Republic | 1981 - 2004 | ||||
DE |
Germany, Federal Republic of |
1973 - | 1980 - | 1979 - | 1980 - | 1997 - |
DK | Denmark | 1982 - | 1990 - | 1991 - | ||
DZ | Algeria | 2000 -2014 | ||||
EA | Eurasian Patent Organization | 1998 - | 2006 - | |||
EE | Estonia | 2003 | 2003 - | |||
EG | Egypt | 2008 - 2011 | ||||
EP | European Patent Office | 1978 - | 1981 - | 1994 - | ||
ES | Spain | 1992 - | 1992 - | 1988 - | 1992 - | |
FI | Finland | 1973 - | 1997 - | 1981 - | ||
FR | France | 1969 - | 1983 - | 1980 - | ||
GB | United Kingdom | 1969 - | 1987 - | 1981 - | 1998 - | |
GE | Georgia | 2004 - | ||||
GR | Greece | 2002 - | 1994 - | 1988 - | ||
HR | Croatia | 2010 - | 1999 - | |||
HK | Hong Kong | 2004 - | 2004 - | |||
HU | Hungary | 1990 - | 2004 - | 2006 - 2012 | ||
ID | Indonesia | 2010 - 2017 | ||||
IE | Ireland | 1993 - | 1994 - | 1995 - | ||
IL | Israel | 1996 - | 1998 - | |||
IN | India | 1999 - 2012 | ||||
IQ | Iraq | 2023 - | ||||
IR | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2012 - 2019 | ||||
IS | Iceland | 2006 - | ||||
IT | Italy | 1990 - | 1980 - | |||
JO | Jordan | 2020 | ||||
JP | Japan | 1978 - | 1991 - | 1998 - | ||
KE | Kenya | 1995 - | ||||
KR | Republic of Korea | 1983 - | 1997 - | 2001 | ||
KZ | Kazakhstan | 2015 - | ||||
LI | Liechtenstein | via CH | 1982 - | |||
LT | Lithuania | 1994 - | 2006 - | 1996 - | ||
LU | Luxembourg | 1972 - | 1980 - | |||
LV | Latvia | 2008 - | 1998 - | |||
MA | Morocco | 2017 - | 2015 - 2017 | |||
MC | Monaco | 1972 - | ||||
MD | Moldova | 1994 - | 2006 - | |||
MK | North Macedonia | 2013 - | ||||
MT | Malta | 2011 - | ||||
MX | Mexico | 1994 - | 1994 - | |||
MY | Malaysia | 2007 - | ||||
NG | Nigeria | 2023 - | ||||
NI | Nicaragua | 2017 - 2021 | ||||
NL | Netherlands | 1965 - | 2010 - | 1980 - | ||
NO | Norway | 2001 - | 2012 - | 2009 - | ||
NZ | New Zealand | 2001 - | 1992 - | |||
PE | Peru | 1993 - | 2009 - | |||
PH | Philippines | 1990 - 1997 | 2002 - 2019 | |||
PL | Poland | 2006 - | 2005 - | 2002 - | ||
PT | Portugal | 1991 - | 1997 - | 1993 - | 2000 - | |
RO | Romania | 2003 - | 2004 - | 1999 - | ||
RS | Serbia | 2006 - | ||||
RU | Russia * | 2005 - | 2001 - | |||
SA | Saudi Arabia | 2020 - | ||||
SE | Sweden | 1994 - | 2000 - | 1980 - | 1983 - | |
SG | Singapore | 2016 - | ||||
SI | Slovenia | 2004 - | 2004 - | 2001 - | ||
SK | Slovakia | 2010 - | 2010 - | 2003 - | 1993 - | |
SM | San Marino | 2013 - | ||||
SV | El Salvador | 1971 - | ||||
SU | Soviet Union | 2005 - 2011 | ||||
TH | Thailand | 2010 - | ||||
TR | Turkiye | 1996 - | ||||
TW | Taiwan | 1994 - | ||||
UA | Ukraine | 2005 - | ||||
US | United States | 1979 - | 1979 - | |||
UZ | Uzbekistan | 2001 - | ||||
VN | Viet Nam | 1995 - 2008 | ||||
WO | World Intellectual Property Organization | 1978 - | ||||
YU |
Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro |
1996 – 2002 2003 - 2006 |
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ZA | South Africa | 1999 |
* References to RU in SU-applications since 2005