Countries with legal status descriptions:

Click a country name to see its legal codes with descriptions.

Australia - Austria
Belgium - Brazil
Canada - Chile - China - Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Estonia - Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) - European Patent Office (EPO)
Finland - France
German Democratic Republic - Germany - Greece
Hong Kong - Hungary
Ireland - Israel - Italy
Lithuania - Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands - New Zealand - Norway
Philippines - Portugal
Republic of Moldova - Republic of Slovenia - Romania
Spain - Sweden - Switzerland
Taiwan
United Kingdom - United States of America
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

 
In October 2003, the European Patent Office discontinued use of over 500 legal status codes. For a list of those that had been utilized by publications on Delphion in the past, see Discontinued Legal Status Codes.

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