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Legal status codes for World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (WO)

Code Description
122 -EP: pct app. not ent. europ. phase
32PN -EP: public notification in the ep bulletin as address of the adressee cannot be established
8642 -Impact abolished for de
BE20 -BE: patent expired
BERE -BE: lapsed
ENPC -Correction to former announcement of entry into national phase; pct application did not enter into the national phase
ENPW -Started to enter nat. phase and was withdrawn or failed for other reasons
WA -Withdrawal of international application
WCH -Application refused or withdrawn in ch
WD -Withdrawal of designations after international publication
WPC -Withdrawal of priority claims after completion of the technical preparations for international publication
WWR -Wipo information: refused in national office
WWW -Wipo information: withdrawn in national office
WWX -Former pct application expired in national office
X -No document published under this number
AK +Designated states
AL +Designated countries for regional patents
AN +Elected states
B +Later publication of amended claims
BERR +BE: reestablished
EF +FR: conversion to french patent application
EFNL +NL: laying open to public inspection of translations into the netherlands language of claims of a european patent application
EL +FR: translation of claims filed
EM +FR: revised translation of claims filed
ENPZ +Former announcement of the withdrawal of the entry into the national phase was wrong
GBC +GB: translation of claims filed for ep (gb section 78(7)/1977)
GBT +GB: translation filed for ep application, published as pct publication
IECL +IE: translation of claims filed for ep (ie section 120(6))
NLE +NL: notifications concerning applications
REF +Corresponds to
RET +De translation (de og part 6b)
TCAT +Translation of claims in at submitted
TCNL +NL: translation of patent claims of a european patent application filed
TDAT +Translation of application in at published
WR +Later publication of a revised version of an international search report
WRT +Later publication of a revised version of an international search report translation
WS +Later publication of a supplementary international search report
WSNC +Later publication of a supplementary international search report together with a suppl. search report established by non-competent authority
WWE +Wipo information: entry into national phase
WWG +Wipo information: grant in national office
WWP +Wipo information: published in national office
121 EP: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application
708H GB: determination before grant of uk entitlement (section 8(1)/1977)
710B GB: proceeding under rule 110(4) patents act 1977
712F GB: determination of foreign entitlement (section 12(1)/1977)
712G GB: determination of foreign entitlement (sect. 12(1)/1977) withdrawn
712J GB: reference decided by the comptroller - ref. under sect. 12(1) determination of foreign entitlement
713B GB: proceeding under section 13(1) patents act 1977
713C GB: proc. under sect. 13(3) pat. act 1977
713D GB: proc. under sect. 13(1) pat. act 1977 ** appl. filed
713F GB: application for mention of inventor (sect. 13(1)/1977) allowed
713H GB: application filed for a person not be mentioned as an inventor - section 13(3) pat. acts 1972
BECA BE: change of holder's adress
BECH BE: change of holder
BECN BE: change of holder's name
CFP Corrected version of a pamphlet front page
COP Corrected version of pamphlet
CR1 Correction of entry in section i
D17 Declaration under article 17(2)a
DFPE Request for preliminary examination filed prior to expiration of 19th month from priority date (pct application filed before 20040101)
DPE1 Request for preliminary examination filed after expiration of 19th month from priority date (pct application filed from 20040101)
DPE2 Request for preliminary examination filed before expiration of 19th month from priority date (pct application filed from 20040101)
DPEN Request for preliminary examination filed prior to expiration of 19th month from priority date (pct application filed from 20040101)
ENP Entry into the national phase in:
ERR Erratum:
ET4 FR: ep requested - translation of claims received by inpi
EX32 Extension under rule 32 effected after completion of technical preparation for international publication
GBFE GB: determination of foreign entitlement (section 12(1)/1977)
LE Later election for international application filed prior to expiration of 19th month from priority date
LE32 Later election for international application filed prior to expiration of 19th month from priority date or according to rule 3
NENP Non-entry into the national phase in:
RCW Declaration by the receiving office that the international application is considered withdrawn
REG Reference to national code
XX Miscellaneous:
KEY:RED = Negative action
GREEN = Positive action
BLACK = Neutral action
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