Show all countries with codes

Legal status codes for Germany (DE)

Code Description
8115 -Request for examination void
8130 -Withdrawal
8131 -Rejection
8133 -Disposal/non-payment of the application fee
8136 -Disposal/non-payment of the fee for publication/grant
8139 -Disposal/non-payment of the annual fee
8140 -Disposal/non-payment of the annual fee for main application
8141 -Disposal/no request for examination
8143 -Withdrawn due to claiming internal priority
8165 -Unexamined publication of following application revoked
8166 -Unexamined publication of following international application in german language revoked
8167 -Publication of translation of international application withdrawn
8176 -Proceedings suspended because of application no:
8230 -Patent withdrawn
8231 -Patent rejected
8235 -Patent refused
8238 -Disposal/non-payment of the application fee
8239 -Disposal/non-payment of the annual fee
8240 -Disposal/non-payment of annual fee for main application
8263 -Opposition against grant of a patent
8265 -Publication of the examined application revoked
8276 -Proceedings suspended because of application no:
8276 -Proceedings suspended because of application no:
8310 -Action for declaration of annulment
8311 -Complete invalidation
8312 -Partial invalidation
8315 -Request for restriction filed
8318 -Patent restricted
8330 -Complete disclaimer
8331 -Complete revocation
8332 -No legal effect for de
8333 -Application of revocation
8339 -Ceased/non-payment of the annual fee
8340 -Patent of addition ceased/non-payment of fee of main patent
8350 -Ceased/non-payment of application fee
8360 -Ceased/inventor not named
8361 -Notification of grant revoked
8362 -Rights of main patent transferred to additional patent
8363 -Opposition against the patent
8367 -Partial disclaimer of the patent
8505 -Ep patent amended after limitation proceedings at epo
8506 -Ep patent revoked by epo on request
8510 -Disposal/without grant
8564 -Publication of EP-application has been revoked
8565 -Publication of translation of claims of EP-application revoked
8566 -Designated country de not longer valid
8642 -Impact abolished for de - i.e. pct appl. not ent. german phase
8643 -Other disposal
8664 -Publication of PCT-application in de withdrawn
8665 -Publication of PCT-application in german translation revoked
BHJ -Nonpayment of the annual fee
BHN -Withdrawal
BHV -Refusal
BHZ -Application of addition ceased through non-payment of annual fee of the main patent
EGZ -Application of addition ceased through non-payment of annual fee of main patent
EHE -Ceased/inventor not named
EHJ -Ceased/non-payment of the annual fee
EHN -Ceased/invalidation
EHS -Cancellation of a fr-patent in force in the saarland (frg)
EHV -Ceased/renunciation
EHZ -Patent of addition ceased/non-payment of annual fee of parent patent
EIB -Restricted by decision of the de-patent office
EIN -Invalid by final decision of the federal patent court
EINK -Partial invalid by decision of the federal court
EINT -Partial invalid by final decision of the federal patent court
EINU -Invalid by decision of the federal court
OE -Request for examination void
OHA -Expiration of time for request for examination
OHB -Non-payment of the publication fee (examined application)
OHJ -Non-payment of the annual fee
OHN -Withdrawal
OHW -Rejection
OHZ -Application of addition ceased/non-payment of annual fee of the main patent
R001 -Refusal decision in preliminary proceedings
R002 -Refusal decision in examination/registration proceedings
R003 -Refusal decision now final
R005 -Application deemed withdrawn due to failure to request examination
R026 -Opposition filed against patent
R037 -Decision of examining division/fpc revoking patent now final
R039 -Revocation action filed
R042 -Patent's revocation in full now final
R043 -Patent's revocation in part now final
R050 -Examing division/fpc decision limiting patent now final
R055 -Patentee's limitation request received by epo
R056 -Patent limited by epo at patentee's request
R061 -Revocation request received by epo
R064 -Epo's revocation decision now final
R071 -Expiry of right
R103 -Patent revoked by epo
R107 -Publication of grant of european patent rescinded
R108 -De no longer designated state
R118 -Application deemed withdrawn due to claim for domestic priority
R119 -Application deemed withdrawn, or ip right lapsed, due to non-payment of renewal fee
R120 -Application withdrawn or ip right abandoned
R123 -Application deemed withdrawn due to non-payment of filing fee
R127 -Request for further processing refused or deemed withdrawn
R132 -Divisional application deemed withdrawn
R135 -European patetn deemed void ab initio for de
R142 -Lapse of patent of addition due to non-payment of renewal fees for parent patent
R153 -Extension of term of protection rescinded
R156 -Lapse of ip right after 3 years
R157 -Lapse of ip right after 6 years
R158 -Lapse of ip right after 8 years
R165 -Request for cancellation or ruling filed
R168 -Utility model canceled
R169 -Utility model cancelled in part
R231 -Patent abandoned for de
R276 -The application caused the suspense of application no:
R424 -Number of the application deleted
R434 -Request for term correction withdrawn
V462 -Part annulation of spc by law
V464 -Spc expired
V465 -Spc lapsed due to nonpayment of the annual fee
V466 -Lapsed according art. 14d eu decree
V491 -Spc annulled
V492 -Spc regarded as annulled caused by lapse of basic patent
V646 -Expiry of spc
WID1 -Revocation by decision of the patent department
ZPFN -Certificate for plant protection settled or void
ZPZA -Refusal of application of certificate for plant protection
ZPZG -Withdrawal of application of certificate for plant protection
ZTFN -Certificate settled or void
ZTZA -Refusal of application for certificate
ZTZG -Withdrawal of application for certificate
8000 +PCT-application designating de
8100 +Publication of the examined application without publication of unexamined application
8101 +Request for examination as to novelty
8102 +Request for examination as to novelty (for ep)
8105 +Search report available
8106 +Search report available (for ep)
8110 +Request for examination paragraph 44
8170 +Reinstatement of the former position
8178 +Suspension cancelled
8270 +Reinstatement of the former position
8278 +Suspension cancelled
8304 +Grant after examination procedure
8305 +Restricted maintenance of patent after opposition
8306 +Patent modified in the restriction proceedings (reprinted)
8307 +Grant after term for opposition
8308 +Other granted patents
8309 +EP-patent valid in de
8313 +Request for invalidation rejected/withdrawn
8314 +Invalidation rejected
8316 +Request for restriction withdrawn
8317 +Request for restriction finally refused
8324 +Application for patent limitation is withdrawn
8337 +Application of revocation of the patent is withdrawn
8338 +Application for patent limitation rejected by bpatg
8364 +No opposition during term of opposition
8365 +Fully valid after opposition proceedings
8366 +Restricted maintained after opposition proceedings
8368 +Opposition refused due to inadmissibility
8370 +Indication of lapse of patent is to be deleted
8378 +Instruction for suspension has been quashed
8509 +EP-patent valid in de
8570 +Reinstatement of the former position
8670 +Reinstatement of the former position
B1 +Publication of the examined application without previous publication of unexamined application
B2 +Publication of the examined application after publication of unexamined application
C2 +Grant after previous publication (2nd publication)
C3 +Grant after two publication steps (3rd publication)
D1 +Grant (no unexamined application published) patent law 81
D2 +Grant after examination
D3 +Patent maintained restricted (no unexamined application published)
D4 +Patent maintained restricted
E77 +Valid patent as to the heymanns-index 1977
E771 +Valid patent as to the heymanns-index 1977, willingness to grant licenses
EB +Duration of protection prolongated
EILA +Invalidation of the cancellation of the patent
I2 +Publication of grant of certificate
OAI +Search report available as to paragraph 43 lit. 1 sentence 2 patent law
OAM +Search report available
OAP +Request for examination filed
OAR +Request for search filed
OAV +Applicant agreed to the publication of the unexamined application as to paragraph 31 lit. 2 z1
OB +Request for examination as to novelty
OC +Search report available
OD +Request for examination
OM8 +Search report available as to paragraph 43 lit. 1 sentence 1 patent law
ON +Later submitted papers
OP8 +Request for examination as to paragraph 44 patent law
Q176 +Request that utility model be ruled invalid withdrawn
R012 +Request for examination validly filed
R018 +Grant decision by examination section/examining division
R019 +Grant decision by fpc
R020 +Patent grant now final
R028 +Decision that opposition inadmissible now final
R030 +Patent maintained unamended by decisionof fpc
R031 +Decision of examining division/fpc maintaining patent unamended now final
R040 +Withdrawal/refusal of revocation action now final
R047 +Limitation request withdrawn
R059 +Revocation request withdrawn
R065 +Request for grant of supplementary protection certificate validly filed
R067 +Examining division decision granting supplementary protection certificate
R069 +Supplementary protection certificate granted
R073 +Re-establishment requested
R074 +Re-establishment allowed
R096 +Dpma publication of mentioned ep patent grant
R097 +No opposition filed against granted patent, or epo opposition proceedings concluded without decision
R100 +Epo decision maintaining patent unamended now final
R124 +Re-establishment decision now final
R140 +Application of addition now independent
R150 +Term of protection extended to 6 years
R151 +Term of protection extended to 8 years
R152 +Term of protection extended to 10 years
R163 +Identified publications notified
R173 +Request for cancellation of utility model withdrawn
R176 +Request that utlity model be ruled invalid withdrawn
R206 +Amended patent specification
R210 +Translation of ep claims
R225 +Publication of mention of wo publication
R230 +Request for early publication
R420 +Request for term extensions (children's medicines)
R422 +Decision on request for term extension (children's medicines) now final
SH +Request for examination between 03.10.1968 and 22.04.1971
V448 +Application of spc
V457 +Spc granted
V463 +Application of annullation for spc revoked or withdrawn by law order
V506 +Reinstatement of spc allowed; application for spc
V510 +Reinstatement of spc allowed; spc granted
V511 +Internal correction of state of proceedings of spc; spc granted
ZPFE +Grant of certificate for plant protection
ZTFE +Grant of certificate
5AU New application no. (part 5 of the patent gazette)
8107 Announcement of search results after publication of patent document
8120 Willingness to grant licenses paragraph 23
8121 Willingness to grant licenses paragraph 23 withdrawn
8122 Nonbinding interest in granting licenses declared
8123 Nonbinding interest in granting licenses withdrawn
8125 Change of the main classification
8126 Change of the secondary classification
8127 New person/name/address of the applicant
8128 New person/name/address of the agent
8129 Change in the priority table
8142 Declaration for partition to be considered as not given as to paragraph 39 or 60
8161 Application of addition to:
8161 Application of addition to:
8162 Independent application
8172 Supplementary division/partition in:
8180 Miscellaneous part 1
8181 Inventor (new situation)
8196 Reprint pf faulty title page (publication); german patentblatt: part 1a6
8197 Reprint of an erroneous patent document
8207 Announcement of search results after publication of the patent
8220 Willingness to grant licenses (paragraph 23)
8221 Willingness to grant licenses paragraph 23 withdrawn
8222 Nonbinding interest in granting licenses declared
8223 Nonbinding interest in granting licenses withdrawn
8225 Change of the main classification
8226 Change of the secondary classification
8227 New person/name/address of the applicant
8228 New agent
8229 Change in the priority table
8243 Settled due to claiming internal priority
8261 Application of addition to:
8262 Application became independent
8272 Divisional inventive unit in:
8280 Miscellaneous part ii
8281 Inventor (new situation)
8319 Announcement of search results after publication of the grant
8320 Willingness to grant licenses declared (paragraph 23)
8321 Willingness to grant licenses paragraph 23 withdrawn
8322 Nonbinding interest in granting licenses declared
8323 Nonbinding interest in granting licenses withdrawn
8325 Change of the main classification
8326 Change of the secondary classification
8327 Change in the person/name/address of the patent owner
8328 Change in the person/name/address of the agent
8329 Change in the priority table
8341 Patent changed by bpatg during limitation procedure
8369 Partition in:
8371 Fee returned as to paragraph 18 lit. 2 patent law
8372 Publication of ep patent withdrawn
8376 Corrected translation (changed during opposition procedure) arrived and has been published
8377 Suspension
8380 Miscellaneous part iii
8381 Inventor (new situation)
8392 Publication of changed patent specification
8393 Patent changed during the limitation procedure (changed patent specification reprinted)
8394 Patent changed during the nullification procedure (changed patent specification reprinted)
8396 Reprint of erroneous front page
8397 Reprint of erroneous patent document
8580 Miscellaneous part v
8581 Inventor (new situation)
8596 Reprint of erroneous front page
8597 Reprint of erroneous translation
8607 Notification of search results after publication
8629 Changes in the priority table
8680 Miscellaneous part vi
8681 Inventor (new situation)
8691 Reprint of erroneous front page
8696 Reprint of defective front page
8697 Reprint of erroneous translation
8698 Correction of erroneous title page
8716 Sentence in annex german patentblatt annex 1a6
AC Divided out of
AF Is addition to no.
AG Has addition no.
AH Division in
BF Willingness to grant licenses
BGA New person/name/address of the applicant
BI Miscellaneous see part 2
D5 Patent modified in the restriction proceedings
D6 Patent modified in the restriction proceedings
D7 Patent modified in the restriction proceedings
D8 Patent modified in the restriction proceedings
EF Willingness to grant licenses
EGA New person/name/address of the applicant
EI Miscellaneous see part 3
I1 Publication of filing of certificate
OAN New documents
OAO Without description
OAOB Without description
OAT Request for search as to paragraph 43 lit. 1 sentence 2 patent law filed
OF Willingness to grant licenses before publication of examined application
OGA New person/name/address of the applicant
OI Miscellaneous see part 1
OR8 Request for search as to paragraph 43 lit. 1 sentence 1 patent law
PK Publication date corrected
Q161 Has additional application no.
Q162 Application became independent
Q171 Divided out to:
Q172 Divided out of (supplement):
Q174 Divided out to:
Q261 Has additional application no.
Q271 Divided out to:
Q272 Divided out of:
Q276 The application caused the suspense of application no:
Q369 Divided out of:
R006 Appeal filed
R007 Decision rectified on appeal
R008 Case pending at federal patents court (fpc)
R009 Remittal by fpc to dpma for new decision or registration
R010 Appeal proceedings settled by withdrawal of appeal(s) or in some other way
R011 All appeals rejected, refused or otherwise settled
R016 Response to examination communication
R021 Search request validly filed
R034 Decision of examining division/fpc maintaining patent in limited form now final
R038 Request for fpc decision on patent
R046 Limitation request validly filed
R079 Amendment of ipc main class
R080 Amendment of ipc sub-class
R081 Change of applicant/patentee
R082 Change of representative
R083 Amendment of/additions to inventor(s)
R084 Declaration of willingness to license
R085 Willingness to license withdrawn
R086 Non-binding declaration of licensing interest
R087 Non-binding licensing interest withdrawn
R088 Exclusive licence registered
R102 Epo decision maintaining patent in amended form now final
R125 Request for further processing filed
R126 Request for further processing allowed
R129 Divisional application from
R130 Divisional application to
R131 Declaration of division deemed not made
R138 Derivation of utility model
R139 Application of addition to
R141 This patent of addition is now independent
R143 Proceedings suspended
R144 End of suspension of proceedings
R161 Has additional application no.
R162 Application became independent
R172 Divided out of (supplement):
R174 Divided out to:
R197 New subsequently filed claims on ip dossier
R207 Utility model specification
R261 Has additional application no.
R271 Divided out to:
R272 Divided out of:
R369 Divided out of:
R409 Internal rectification of the legal status completed
V454 Spc application withdrawn or to be regarded as withdrawn
V455 Renunciation of spc
V460 Request of annulation for spc
V467 Application of reinstatement of spc
V472 Withdrawal of application for spc
V484 Delivery of the decision of grant
V502 Application of reinstatement of spc
V507 Internal change in the state of proceedings of spc; spc applied
XX Miscellaneous:
ZPFA Filing of certificate for plant protection
ZTFA Filing of certificate

KEY:RED = Negative action
GREEN = Positive action
BLACK = Neutral action
Thomson Reuters Copyright © 1997-2013 Thomson Reuters 
Subscriptions  |  Web Seminars  |  Privacy  |  Terms & Conditions  |  Site Map  |  Contact Us  |  Help