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This recommendation is intended to improve the informative value of Official Gazettes, by including standard codes with the various headings which normally are printed above announcements made in those Gazettes.
The inclusion of codes to identify various headings of announcements should allow the user to find more easily those announcements which are of interest to him, without any particular knowledge of the language in which the Official Gazette is published, or without any specialized knowledge of the industrial property laws involved.
The codes are not designed to give a legal interpretation of the headings of announcements nor of the subsequent data involved.
For the purposes of this recommendation:
(a) the term “Official Gazette” means an official publication containing announcements with respect to industrial property rights made in accordance with requirements under industrial property laws or international industrial property conventions or treaties;
(b) the terms “publication” and “published” are used in the sense of making available either:
(i) the relevant document to the public for inspection, or supplying a copy thereof on request, or
(ii) multiple copies of the relevant document produced by printing or like process;
(c) the expressions “examined” and “non‑examined” refer to an examination made as to substance, as distinct from an examination made as to form which latter examination is ordinarily made by an industrial property office immediately upon receipt of an application.
The code consists of four positions which should always appear in the following order: “LETTER‑LETTER‑NUMERAL‑LETTER”.
The code consists of the following two basic constituent parts:
(a) PART A: two letters to identify:
the procedural step involved during the filing and examination procedure leading to and including the grant or registration of an industrial property right, or
the action or decision taken after the grant or registration of this right;
The procedural steps and the actions or decisions are categorized. The generic headings are coded with double letters AZ, BZ, CZ, DZ, etc., and comprise the following subject matter:
(i) Actions or decisions taken with regard to an application for an industrial property right during the filing and examination procedure and up to and including the granting:
– AZ: FILING PROCEDURE
– BZ: PUBLICATION
– CZ: OPPOSITION
– DZ: AMENDMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS OR CLAIMS
– EZ: SEARCH AND EXAMINATION
– FZ: GRANTING PROCEDURE
– GZ: LEGAL STATUS; LICENSE
– HZ: CORRECTION; CHANGE; MISCELLANEOUS
(ii) Actions or decisions taken after the grant or the registration of an industrial property right:
– KZ: FEES
– LZ: RESTRICTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHT
– MZ: DISCONTINUATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHT
– NZ: CONTINUATION OR EXTENSION OF THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHT
– PZ: LEGAL STATUS
– QZ: LICENSE
– RZ: DECISIONS NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
– SZ: PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
– TZ: CORRECTION; CHANGE; MISCELLANEOUS.
(b) PART B: a numeral and a letter to identify the prospective industrial property right(s) or the industrial property right(s) which is(are) the subject of the action or decision in the sense of subparagraph (a), more particularly:
(i) the numeral to specify the “status” of the industrial property right application, and
(ii) the letter to identify the type of industrial property right.
The following coding elements set forth the details of Parts A and B of the Code respectively:
PART A (i): Actions or decisions taken with regard to an application for an industrial property right during the filing and examination procedure and up to and including the granting
– AZ: FILING PROCEDURE
AA: Filing
AB: Filing of documents in respect of an earlier filed application, e.g., divisional application
AC: Request for continuation, e.g., extension of time limits
AD: Continuation, e.g., extension of time limits
AE: Restoration of lapsed or forfeited application
AF: International (PCT) Application for which the country is a designated State
AG: European Application for which the country is a designated State
AH: Application for recognition according to the CMEA Agreement on the mutual recognition of inventors’ certificates and other titles of protection for inventions
– BZ: PUBLICATION
BA: By making available multiple copies
BB: By laying open for public inspection or by supplying a copy on request
BC: Secrecy order
BD: Withdrawal of secrecy order
BE: Unsealing (industrial designs or models)
BF: Cancellation of earlier publication
– CZ: OPPOSITION
CA: Opposition invited
CB: Opposition to grant initiated
CC: Opposition rejected
CD: Application refused following opposition
CE: Application withdrawn following opposition
CF: Objection of applicant to intervention of third party
CH: Other opposition proceedings not specifically mentioned above
– DZ: AMENDMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS OR CLAIMS
DA: Request for amendment of the specification or the claims
DB: Rejection of the request for amendment of the specification or the claims
DC: Amendment of the specification or the claims accepted
– EZ: SEARCH AND EXAMINATION
EA: Request for documentary search
EB: Request for additional search
EC: Establishment of a documentary search report
ED: Request for deferred examination
EE: Request for examination
EF: Request for examination declared void
– FZ: GRANTING PROCEDURE
FA: Abandonment or withdrawal
FB: Suspension of granting procedure
FC: Refusal
FD: Application declared void or lapsed, e.g., due to non‑payment of fee
FE: Partial withdrawal
FF: Provisional grant; provisional registration
FG: Grant; registration
FH: Recognition granted according to the CMEA Agreement (see AH above)
– GZ: LEGAL STATUS; LICENSE
GA: Conversion from one type of application for an industrial property right to another
GB: Transfer or assignment
GC: Availability or offer of license
GD: License granted or registered
– HZ: CORRECTION; CHANGE; MISCELLANEOUS
HA: Naming of inventor
HB: Correction of names
HC: Change of names
HD: Correction of addresses
HE: Change of addresses
HF: Correction of dates
HG: Correction of classifications
HH: Correction or change in general
HK: Errata in Official Gazettes
PART A (ii): Actions or decisions taken after the grant or the registration of an industrial property right*
– KZ: FEES
KA: Renewal fees due
KB: Payment of renewal fees
KC: Renewal fees not paid
– LZ: RESTRICTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHT
LA: Request for restriction of right initiated
LB: Request for restriction of right refused
LC: Invalidation of claims
LD: Partial disclaimer
LE: Suspension of the industrial property right
– MZ: DISCONTINUATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHT
MA: Abandonment or withdrawal
MB: Plea of annulment
MC: Annulment
MD: Opposition action initiated
ME: Revocation action initiated
MF: Right revoked following opposition or revocation
MG: Other revocation decisions
MH: Disclaimer
MK: Expiration of term
ML: Annulment of the extension of term
MM: Annulment or lapse due to non‑payment of fees
MN: Renewal refused
MP: Refusal of national protection
– NZ: CONTINUATION OR EXTENSION OF THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHT
NA: Request for reissue
NB: Reissue granted
NC: Request for renewal or extension of term
ND: Renewal or extension of term granted
NE: Request for restoration of lapsed right
NF: Restoration of lapsed right
NG: Right maintained following opposition or revocation
NH: Annulment of the refusal of a renewal
– PZ: LEGAL STATUS
PA: Conversion from one type of industrial property right to another
PB: Ownership claimed or determined
PC: Transfer or assignment
PD: Change of proprietorship
PE: Dedication for public use
– QZ: LICENSE
QA: Availability or offer of license
QB: License granted or registered
QC: License declared terminated
– RZ: DECISIONS NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
RA: Request for infringement action initiated
RB: Decision concerning infringement action
RC: Pawning
RD: Attachment
RE: Decision establishing dependency
RF: Removal of pawning, attachment or dependency
RH: Other decisions by the Industrial Property Office
RL: Court actions initiated or decisions rendered
– SZ: PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
SA: Secrecy order
SB: Withdrawal of secrecy order
SC: Availability of copies of granted industrial property right
– TZ: CORRECTION; CHANGE; MISCELLANEOUS
TA: Naming of inventor
TB: Correction of names
TC: Change of names
TD: Correction of addresses
TE: Change of addresses
TF: Correction of dates
TG: Correction of classifications
TH: Correction or change in general
TK: Errata in Official Gazettes
PART B (i): Numeral to identify the “status” of the application
1: Application which has been neither searched nor examined
2: Application which has been searched, but not examined
3: Application which has been examined, but not searched
4: Application which has been searched and examined
9: Applications pertaining to more than one of the categories 1 to 4
PART B (ii): Letter to identify the type of industrial property right
A: Patent for invention
B: Patent of addition
C: Patent of improvement
D: Patent of importation, introduction or similar nature
E: Plant patent
F: Inventor’s certificate or similar industrial property right
G: Inventor’s certificate of addition or similar industrial property right
H: Utility certificate
J: Utility certificate of addition
X: Industrial property right falling in more than one of the types A to J
K: Utility model
L: Design, design patent, design certificate
Q: Industrial model, industrial model certificate
Y: Industrial property right not specifically identified, or falling in more than one of the types A to Q, above.
The Code should be applied to all headings or announcements, including errata notices, made in Official Gazettes as far as relevant codes for the said headings are unequivocally provided for.
Each code should be associated with the corresponding heading of the announcement, by putting it in capitals, immediately preceding or following the text of the said headings. If, in a given situation, the use of two or more codes is necessary to code the entries given under a particular heading, then all such codes should be given, preferably separated by a slash. If the heading of the announcement is printed in more than one language, the code(s) may be used only once.
In order that the users of official gazettes may be assisted to make maximum use of the codes, this recommendation, as well as the list of the codes with their respective headings, as intended to be used, should be published in the official gazette prior to its implementation and at regular intervals as deemed necessary.
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* For the purpose of the application of this set of letters the grant or the registration of an industrial property right is considered also to have resulted in a publication in the sense of paragraph 4(b), above.