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 |