Unassigned EP Publication Numbers

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JaninaB
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Unassigned EP Publication Numbers

Post by JaninaB » Mon Mar 27, 2023 2:54 pm

Hello all,

the EP publication numbers are generally assigned consecutively to the patents by publication date, however, during my research I came across the patent numbers EP1821590 to EP1824331 that seem not to be assigned to any patents. Is there a specific reason or explanation for this?

Thanks and kind regards


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Re: Unassigned EP Publication Numbers

Post by EPO / EPAL Team » Thu Apr 20, 2023 4:32 pm

Dear JaninaB,

In some rare cases a necessary re-run of the EP publication generation process results in un-used publication numbers.

You may want to have a look at the EP authority file and documentation available on this page:

https://www.epo.org/searching-for-paten ... -file.html


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