INPADOCDB and INPAFAMDB: Country Coverage

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INPADOCDB and INPAFAMDB contain bibliographic data of patent documents, utility models and design patents. More than 100 patent-issuing organizations worldwide are covered including national phase documents of regional patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

In the list below the coverage of the currently (October 2024) 106 available patent-issuing organizations is provided. Years in parentheses denote only single documents in this range. For the full list of patent kind codes refer to INPADOC Kind Codes.

Country Code Country Name Coverage
AM  Armenia (2001–10)
AP African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) 1984–2019
AR  Argentina 1965, 1973–85, 1990–
AT Austria 1899–
AU Australia 1905–
BA  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1998–2001
BE Belgium 1862–
BG Bulgaria 1971–
BR Brazil 1973–
BY Belarus  1997–
CA Canada 1885–
CG Congo (1965)
CH Switzerland 1888–
CL Chile 2004–
CN China 1985–
CO Colombia 1995–
CR Costa Rica 1988–
CS Czechoslovakia 1911–96
CU Cuba 1968–
CY Cyprus 1921–
CZ Czech Republic 1993–
DD Germany, East 1951–2003
DE Germany 1877–
DK Denmark 1895–
DO Dominican Republic 1964–
DZ Algeria 2000–06
EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) 1996–
EC Ecuador 1990–
EE Estonia 1994–
EG Egypt 1976–2016
EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (2005, 2017)
EP European Patent Organisation (EPO) 1978–
ES Spain 1827–
FI Finland 1842–
FR France 1858–
GB United Kingdom 1782–
GC Gulf Cooperation Council 2002–12
GE Georgia 1993–
GR Greece 1920–
GT Guatemala 1961–
HK Hong Kong 1976–
HN Honduras 1996–
HR Croatia 1994–
HU Hungary 1973–
ID Indonesia 1988–2021
IE Ireland 1930–
IL Israel 1968–
IN India 1975–2004, (2005-14), 2015, (2016-)
IS Iceland 1925–
IT Italy 1935-
JO Jordan 1978–
JP Japan 1936–
KE Kenya 1975–89
KG Kyrgyzstan (2002–13)
KR Korea, Republic of 1978–
KZ Kazakhstan 1993–2019
LT Lithuania 1992–
LU Luxembourg 1933–
LV Latvia 1993–
MA Morocco 1979–
MC Monaco 1957–
MD Moldova, Republic of 1994–
ME Montenegro 2004–
MN Mongolia 1972–89
MO Macao (2014)
MT Malta 1967–
MW Malawi 1973–94
MX Mexico 1980–
MY Malaysia 1953–
NI Nicaragua 2003–21
NL Netherlands 1912–
NO Norway 1906–
NZ New Zealand 1978–
OA African Organization of Intellectual Property (OAPI) 1966–2007
PA Panama 1996–2010
PE Peru 1991–
PH Philippines 1975–
PL Poland 1967–
PT Portugal 1965–
RO Romania 1972–
RS Serbia 2006–
RU Russia 1992–
SA Saudi Arabia 1995–
SE Sweden 1885–
SG Singapore 1983–
SI Slovenia 1992–
SK Slovakia 1993–
SM San Marino 2000–
SU Soviet Union (USSR) 1924–2022
SV El Salvador 1971–
TH Thailand 1996-2017
TJ Tajikistan 1996–2012
TN Tunisia 1990–
TR Turkiye 1973–
TT Trinidad and Tobago (1994–95)
TW Taiwan 1990–
UA Ukraine 1989–
US United States of America 1790–
UY Uruguay 1989–
UZ Uzbekistan 1997–2018
VN Viet Nam 1984–2015
WO World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 1978–
YU Yugoslavia (1969-2004), Serbia and Montenegro (2004-06) 1969–2006
ZA South Africa 1958–
ZM Zambia 1968–94
ZW Zimbabwe 1980–95