Search EP C0 documents in GPI

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Search EP C0 documents in GPI

Post by EPO / EPAL Team » Fri May 26, 2023 2:54 pm

This C0 information (also called "C0 marker") will appear in our data collections for EP documents in the case of a positive decision on the request for unitary effect, i.e. when the unitary effect is registered.

Even though C0 is not a publication kind code per se, EP C0 documents will be searchable using the GPI kind code search criterion PUK. For example:

PUC = EP and PUK = C0 and APP = …

will return EP documents (PUC=EP) with registration of unitary effect (PUK=C0) for the proprietors of interest (APP=…).

The first EP C0 documents will likely be available in GPI on Friday 14.07.2023 (GPI is updated every Friday at 14:00 CET).


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