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date	German	English	French	Contents
2006
November 2006		INP 2006/02		Editorial Open Patent Service – an update XML workshop for vendors DOCDB XML – improved features and changes to user documentation DOCDB XML exchange – feedback and questions Schedule and dates for the phasing out of DOCDB ST.30, the IFD and the REFI exchange Update on contents of REFI European patent documents now include references cited by the applicant MCD (Master Classification Database) Changes and additions to the bibilographic database Bibliographic data from Iceland New kind code for non-official translations Re-keying of KR priorities in DOCDB Series on patent practice in the EPO member states Part 3: France Development in the legal status database in 2006 Imprint
June 2006		INP 2006/01		Editorial ECLA: information on “+“ signs and notations DOCDB exchange in XML format Status of the implementation of IPC8 data in the EPO bibliographic databases Additional and interesting facts extracted from questions directed to our experts on IPC8 data in the EPO bibliographic databases News items on the delays and additions to the databases Still on the subject of Austria, we are also featuring this country in part 2 of our new series Networking espace® with MIMOSA V5 The European Publication Server The Open Patent Services: new developments for testing Imprint
2005
November 2005		INP 2005/03		Editorial Schedule for the implementation of IPC8 New distribution format for the product ECLA Algerian data — the latest addition to the EPO‘s bibliographic databases Chinese application number formats (part 2) The EPO citation database (REFI) Peculiarities in the patent procedures of EPO member states Part 1: Switzerland (CH) and Liechtenstein (LI) Helpdesk services for INPADOC and EPO raw data Imprint
August 2005		INP 2005/02		Editorial Data exchange agreements with EPO non-member states German industrial design law amended Changes in the Austrian patent procedure Extended download area for raw data subscribers Gulf Cooperation Council (GC) data - a follow-up A brief history of Korean patent law amendments Swedish a0 (d0) documents: publication discontinued US PCT documents Delays in Norwegian bibliographic data Publication of changes to weekly PRS codes Conversion of ebd data from sgml to XML Legal status data from Hong Kong Resumption of entry into the national phase records for Kenya Meet the INPADOC Services team
April 2005		INP 2005/01		Editorial Status of DOCd.b., the master database of the EPO an update Correction of pre-1995 data in INPADOC Gulf Cooperation Council (GC) - new patent issuing authority represented in the EPO databases Change of kind codes in chinese documents New CN application number format and updates of chinese bibliographic data Time lag for publishing legal events in PRS Classification of recently used PRS codes GDR: Patents valid in 2004 and change of ownership0 Change of PRS date for PCT applications entering the United Kingdom national phase2 Introducing the INPADOC services team3 Have you tried these INPADOC services yet?
2004
December 2004	INP 2004/03			Editorial Code sheet database to be repopulated Three new projects Statistics for the legal status collections Example database for legal status Reclassification service for the reformed IPC INPADOC reports of major EPO events The XML days held in Vienna from 13 to 16 October 2004 EPIDOS annual conference held in Prague from 24 to 27 October 2004 Quality control during the legal status data input of INPADOC Uniform quality checks for all PRS data Quality guidelines for specific data Closing remarks Open Patent Services – Technical aspects Resumption of Finnish legal status data Slowak PCT data – entry into the national phase PRS Data from Hong Kong Introducing the INPADOC team Statistics Subscriptions Imprint
August 2004	INP 2004/02			Editorial Bibliographic data Morocco added German utility models Philippines: new number formats Mexico: new number formats OAPI: new number formats Taiwan: early publication data DOCd.b.: modification in field A20 China: new number formats Legal status data New PRS data in INPADOC Spain: PCT data and SPCs Norway: new country in PRS US assignment data US term extension data Estonia: new country in PRS Taiwan: new country in PRS Russian non-entry data Classification of PRS- codes Changed Brazilian PRS codes Country code for Serbia and Montenegro? Introducing the INPADOC team Statistics Subscriptions Impressum
April 2004	INP 2004/01	INP 2004/01	INP 2004/01	Editorial by Georg Pantoglou Bibliographic data ”CS“ country codes for Czechoslovakia and Serbia-Montenegro? Patent Register Service (PRS) Amendments to PRS content. WIPO - new formats for publication and application numbers as of January 2004 New WIPO regulations for the treatment of designated and elected states Coverage of bibliographic and legal status data STATISTICS Weekly bibliographic update statistics Patent family service Legal status service Subscriptions