Hello ymboschpi, INID codes are issued by WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Here is a link to the ST 9 recommendations for INID codes: http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/standards/en/pdf/03-09-01.pdf Please note that the EPO uses INID codes 43 and 45 and not 41 and 42. Thank you fo...

Dear ymboschpi, For the time being, the DPMA does not assign CPC Classification symbols to their published documents. The examiners at the EPO allocate CPC classification symbols to these documents as they are part of the CPC coverage that can be seen in http://www.cooperativepatentclassification.o...

I have a question concerning the CPC which assigned to a DE patent publication As shown in the following link, several CPC symbols are assigned to this document, but as far as I know, the DPMA doesn’t assign the CPC to the DE patents. My question is where there CPC symbols from and who assign the CP...

Hello I have question in understanding the INID code (41) and (42). Here is the definition: (41) Date of making available to public by viewing, or copying on request, an unexamined patent document, on which no grant has taken place on or before the said date. (42) Date of making available to public ...