Patent & Utility Publication Codes Question
Quote from barbapappa on January 27, 2020, 4:39 pmWhere can I find information about patent & utility publication codes?
I want to do a search on first publications, and in several countries.
Where can I find information about patent & utility publication codes?
I want to do a search on first publications, and in several countries.
Quote from Martin Schweiger on January 27, 2020, 5:10 pmPlease refer to the attached Excel sheet. It has an overview with links to the various country information.
If you can't exclude patent family members from the search result, then go for first publications only, in DEPATISNET language, this is (PCOD = (A or A1 or A2 or B3 or U or U1 or U2)
"U2" is only used for AT. If you don't have AT, you can remove "U2" from the search query.
Standard country sets are:
Core Europe: EP, DE, WO
US: US
Commonwealth: CA, AU, UK
East-Asia: JP, KR,
Sino-Asia: CN, TW
RU
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Quote from khadijah on October 31, 2025, 10:32 amThe country codes can be found here: https://www.wipo.int/en/web/pct-system/pct_contracting_states
Two-Letter Name of State Code AE United Arab Emirates AG Antigua and Barbuda AL Albania AM Armenia2 AO Angola AT Austria AU Australia AZ Azerbaijan BA Bosnia and Herzegovina BB Barbados BE Belgium BF Burkina Faso BG Bulgaria BH Bahrain2 BJ Benin BN Brunei Darussalam BR Brazil BW Botswana BY Belarus2 BZ Belize CA Canada CF Central African Republic CG Congo CH Switzerland CI Côte d'Ivoire CL Chile2 CM Cameroon CN China3, 4 CO Colombia CR Costa Rica CU Cuba2 CV Cabo Verde CY Cyprus CZ Czechia DE Germany DJ Djibouti DK Denmark DM Dominica DO Dominican Republic DZ Algeria2 EC Ecuador EE Estonia EG Egypt ES Spain FI Finland5 FR France2, 6 GA Gabon GB United Kingdom7 GD Grenada GE Georgia2 GH Ghana GM Gambia GN Guinea GQ Equatorial Guinea GR Greece GT Guatemala GW Guinea-Bissau HN Honduras HR Croatia HU Hungary2 ID Indonesia2 IE Ireland IL Israel IN India2 IQ Iraq IR Iran (Islamic Republic of) IS Iceland IT Italy JM Jamaica JO Jordan JP Japan KE Kenya KG Kyrgyzstan2 KH Cambodia KM Comoros KN Saint Kitts and Nevis KP Democratic People's Republic of Korea KR Republic of Korea KW Kuwait KZ Kazakhstan2 LA Lao People's Democratic Republic2 LC Saint Lucia2 LI Liechtenstein LK Sri Lanka LR Liberia LS Lesotho LT Lithuania LU Luxembourg LV Latvia LY Libya MA Morocco MC Monaco MD Republic of Moldova2 ME Montenegro MG Madagascar MK North Macedonia ML Mali MN Mongolia MR Mauritania MT Malta2 MU Mauritius MW Malawi MX Mexico MY Malaysia2 MZ Mozambique2 NA Namibia NE Niger NG Nigeria NI Nicaragua NL Netherlands8 NO Norway5 NZ New Zealand OM Oman2 PA Panama PE Peru PG Papua New Guinea PH Philippines PL Poland5 PT Portugal QA Qatar 2 RO Romania2 RS Serbia9 RU Russian Federation2 RW Rwanda SA Saudi Arabia SC Seychelles SD Sudan SE Sweden5 SG Singapore SI Slovenia SK Slovakia SL Sierra Leone SM San Marino SN Senegal ST Sao Tome and Principe SV El Salvador SY Syrian Arab Republic SZ Eswatini TD Chad TG Togo TH Thailand2 TJ Tajikistan2 TM Turkmenistan2 TN Tunisia2 TR Türkiye TT Trinidad and Tobago TZ United Republic of Tanzania UA Ukraine2 UG Uganda US United States of America11, 12 UY Uruguay1, 13 UZ Uzbekistan2 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2 VN Viet Nam WS Samoa2 ZA South Africa2 ZM Zambia ZW Zimbabwe