Survey respondents
| Respondent by ST.3 Code | Office or Organization Name (if provided) |
|---|---|
| AT Austria | |
| AU Australia | IP Australia |
| BF Burkina Faso | Centre National de la Propriété Industrielle |
| BH Bahrain | Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property |
| CA Canada | Canadian Intellectual Property Office |
| CL Chile | oficina chilena de propiedad industrial |
| CN China | China National Intellectual Property Administration |
| CO Colombia | Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor |
| CO Colombia | Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio |
| CU Cuba | Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial |
| DK Denmark | DKPTO |
| EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) | Eurasian Patent Office |
| EE Estonia | The Estonian Patent Office |
| EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) | euipo |
| EP European Patent Office (EPO) | European Patent Office |
| ES Spain | Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas |
| FI Finland | FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE |
| FR France | Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI) |
| GB United Kingdom | UK Intellectual Property Office |
| HK Hong Kong, China | Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
| HR Croatia | State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia |
| HU Hungary | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office |
| JP Japan | Japan Patent Office |
| KZ Kazakhstan | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY |
| LT Lithuania | State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania |
| LV Latvia | Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia |
| MX Mexico | INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE LA PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL |
| NO Norway | Norwegian Industrial Property Office |
| NZ New Zealand | Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand |
| PH Philippines | Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines |
| PL Poland | the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland |
| PT Portugal | Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property |
| SE Sweden | Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) |
| SI Slovenia | Slovenian Intellectual Property Office |
| SK Slovakia | Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic |
| UA Ukraine | State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent) |
| US United States of America | United States Patent and Trademark Office |
1. How does your office order calendar date components in published documents when using dates consisting only of numbers? Select all that apply.
| Respondent by ST.3 Code | Response | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | ||
| AU Australia IP Australia | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| BF Burkina Faso Centre National de la Propriété Industrielle | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) Our office does not use dates consisting only of numbers | |
| BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | Trademarks: A Industrial Design: A Patent: A and B |
| CL Chile oficina chilena de propiedad industrial | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) | |
| CO Colombia Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| CO Colombia Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio | Other format (specify in comments) | DD nombre del mes en letras AACC |
| CU Cuba Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | En la publicación de la modalidad de Patentes se utiliza el formato (AACC.MM.DD) y en la publicación de la modalidad de marcas se usa este otro (DD.MM.AACC). La Oficina realizará los ajustes necesarios en el mes de septiembre para llevar las publicaciones a un único formato que será (AACC.MM.DD). |
| DK Denmark DKPTO | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) | |
| EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) | |
| EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) euipo | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | Since 1996 DD.MM.CCYY has been the date format on published patent documents. On previously published patent documents the format DD.MM.YY was used |
| ES Spain Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| FR France Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI) | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | Only used fot Patent publication documents |
| HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | or D.M.CCYY or (dot at the end) such as DD.MM.CCYY. and D.M.CCYY. |
| HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) | |
| JP Japan Japan Patent Office | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) | |
| KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) | |
| LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| MX Mexico INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE LA PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) | The ISO standard CCYY-MM-DD may be used in correspondences. |
| NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | For the Philippines, the standard regional format is: (m)m/(d)d/CCyy When using IPAS, we are forced to use: dd.mm.yyyy since this is the only format supported by IPAS for display. |
| PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) | |
| SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) | Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD) | |
| SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent) | Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY) | |
| US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office | Other format (specify in comments) | For Patent and Trademark XML data, ST.36 format, CCYYMMDD For Patent Tiff Image data, ST.33, the format is: 3 letter month abbreviation and 1 or 2 digit day, 4 digit year. For example: Jul. 7, 2022 or May 21, 2019 |
2. How does your office separate date components in published documents? Select all that apply.
| Respondent by ST.3 Code | Response | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | ||
| AU Australia IP Australia | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD other separator (specify in comments) | Hyphen (dash) |
| BF Burkina Faso Centre National de la Propriété Industrielle | other separator (specify in comments) | DD [mois] CCYY |
| BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD | |
| CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD comma, as in DD [month], CCYY other separator (specify in comments) | Trademarks: B and Other (slash) Industrial Design: B and Other (slash) Patent: A, B and Other (slash) |
| CL Chile oficina chilena de propiedad industrial | dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD | |
| CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD | |
| CO Colombia Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor | space, as in CCYY MM DD | |
| CO Colombia Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio | other separator (specify in comments) | No se utiliza separador |
| CU Cuba Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD | En la publicación de la modalidad de Patentes se utiliza el formato (AACC.MM.DD) y en la publicación de la modalidad de marcas se usan las barras. La Oficina realizará los ajustes necesarios en el mes de septiembre para llevar las publicaciones a un único formato que será (AACC.MM.DD) separados por puntos. |
| DK Denmark DKPTO | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD | |
| EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD | |
| EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD | |
| EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) euipo | dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD other separator (specify in comments) | CCYY-MM-DD |
| EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD | |
| ES Spain Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD other separator (specify in comments) | Se utilizan también guiones, en el Tomo 1 (marcas y signos distintivos) y 3 (diseños industriales) del BOPI (Boletín Oficial de Propiedad Industrial, y en la base de datos "Localizador de Marcas |
| FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE | other separator (specify in comments) | DD.MM.CCYY |
| FR France Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI) | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD | |
| GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD space, as in CCYY MM DD | |
| HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD other separator (specify in comments) | DD-MM-CCYY |
| HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD other separator (specify in comments) | Dash as in DD-MM-CCYY Slash as in DD/MM/CCYY (for decisions on TM IR sent to WIPO) |
| HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD | |
| JP Japan Japan Patent Office | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD | |
| KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD | |
| LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | horizontal dash (-) | |
| LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD | The Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia (LPO) uses the following format: DD.MM.CCYY |
| MX Mexico INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE LA PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL | dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD | |
| NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD | |
| NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand | space, as in CCYY MM DD other separator (specify in comments) | In our API responses we use CCYY-MM-DD |
| PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD comma, as in DD [month], CCYY | |
| PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD space, as in CCYY MM DD | |
| PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD | |
| SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) | other separator (specify in comments) | Hyphen: CCYY-MM-DD (There seems to be an error in the "dash" alternative in the questionnaire, which shows a slash!) |
| SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD | |
| SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD | |
| UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent) | dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD | |
| US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office | other separator (specify in comments) | See Question #1 above. |
3. Are leading zeroes omitted from any date components? Consider the date September 1, 1997. Select all that apply.
| Respondent by ST.3 Code | Response | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | ||
| AU Australia IP Australia | Leading zeroes omitted for day DD, such as 1997.09.1 | |
| BF Burkina Faso Centre National de la Propriété Industrielle | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property | Leading zeroes omitted for month MM, such as 1997.9.01 Leading zeroes omitted for both day DD and month MM, such as 1997.9.1 No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Leading zeroes omitted for day DD, such as 1997.09.1 No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | Trademarks: D Industrial Design: D Patent: A |
| CL Chile oficina chilena de propiedad industrial | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| CO Colombia Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor | Leading zeroes omitted for day DD, such as 1997.09.1 Leading zeroes omitted for both day DD and month MM, such as 1997.9.1 | |
| CO Colombia Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| CU Cuba Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| DK Denmark DKPTO | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) euipo | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| ES Spain Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | All our modern services use leading zeros (i.e. no omissions). However, we still have a legacy patent information/register service, which omits all leading day and month zeros. We expect to renounce the legacy service by the end of 2022. |
| FR France Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI) | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office | Leading zeroes omitted for both day DD and month MM, such as 1997.9.1 | On the Designs Journal & Designs Case Enquiry Service |
| HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia | Leading zeroes omitted for both day DD and month MM, such as 1997.9.1 No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | - depends on type of IP document - leading zeros omitted for day in date format where full month name is used! |
| HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| JP Japan Japan Patent Office | Leading zeroes omitted for both day DD and month MM, such as 1997.9.1 | |
| KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | LPO uses the following format: DD.MM.CCYY with no omissions. |
| MX Mexico INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE LA PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL | Leading zeroes omitted for day DD, such as 1997.09.1 No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | En algunos casos se omiten los ceros, por ejemplo, en los títulos de marca y en otros casos sí se utilizan, como en la Gaceta de publicación de marcar u oficios del IMPI. |
| NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand | Leading zeroes omitted for day DD, such as 1997.09.1 No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | Our online database does not omit leading 0's from dates. Letters that we write in relation to IP cases do omit them the calendar date, months in said letters are written in full words |
| PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines | Leading zeroes omitted for day DD, such as 1997.09.1 Leading zeroes omitted for month MM, such as 1997.9.01 Leading zeroes omitted for both day DD and month MM, such as 1997.9.1 | |
| PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | Leading zeroes omitted for month MM, such as 1997.9.01 No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent) | No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01 | |
| US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office | For Patent Tiff image data, the leading zeros are omitted for the day. For example: Jul. 7, 2022 |
4. Does your office ever spell out the names of months in published dates? Select all that apply.
| Respondent by ST.3 Code | Response | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | ||
| AU Australia IP Australia | Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997 Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997 | |
| BF Burkina Faso Centre National de la Propriété Industrielle | Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997 | |
| BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property | Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997 Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997 | |
| CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997 Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997 | Trademarks: B, we use the abbreviation of both the French and English abbreviations eg. Fev/feb Industrial Design: A and B, we use the abbreviation of both the French and English abbreviations eg. Fev/feb Patent: A |
| CL Chile oficina chilena de propiedad industrial | Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997 Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997 | Solo se utilizan en emails y cartas interinstiotucionales oficiales. |
| CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| CO Colombia Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor | Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997 | |
| CO Colombia Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio | Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997 | Lo usamos en todos los casos |
| CU Cuba Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| DK Denmark DKPTO | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) euipo | Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997 | |
| EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| ES Spain Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| FR France Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI) | Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997 | Dans le Bulletin Officiel de la propriété industrielle (BOPI) pour les brevets, marques et dessins et modèles |
| GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office | Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997 | For all journals and case enquiry systems (Patents, Trade Marks & Designs) |
| HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia | Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997 | for example 1. rujan 1997. (names of months in croatian language) |
| HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| JP Japan Japan Patent Office | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997 | |
| LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| MX Mexico INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE LA PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL | Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997 | |
| NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | In correspondence letters the full month is used. |
| NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand | Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997 Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997 | |
| PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines | Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997 Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997 | |
| PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property | Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997 | |
| SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent) | No, we do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office | Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997 | See examples above #1. |
5. If your office spells out months, which languages do you use for month names? Select all that apply. If a language has multiple variations of month names, indicate in the comments which variation your office uses.
| Respondent by ST.3 Code | Response | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | ||
| AU Australia IP Australia | English | |
| BF Burkina Faso Centre National de la Propriété Industrielle | French | |
| BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property | Arabic English | |
| CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office | English French | |
| CL Chile oficina chilena de propiedad industrial | Spanish | Solo se utilizan en emails y cartas interinstiotucionales oficiales. |
| CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration | Chinese | |
| CO Colombia Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor | Spanish | |
| CO Colombia Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio | English Spanish | |
| CU Cuba Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial | ||
| DK Denmark DKPTO | ||
| EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office | ||
| EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office | ||
| EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) euipo | ||
| EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office | ||
| ES Spain Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas | ||
| FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE | ||
| FR France Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI) | French | |
| GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office | English | |
| HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | ||
| HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia | Other (specify in comments) | Croatian |
| HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office | Not applicable | |
| JP Japan Japan Patent Office | ||
| KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | English Russian | Kazakh language |
| LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | ||
| LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | Other (specify in comments) | In Latvian. |
| MX Mexico INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE LA PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL | Spanish | |
| NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office | Other (specify in comments) | Norwegian, but only in correspondence letters |
| NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand | English | |
| PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines | English | |
| PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | We do not spell out month names in any dates | |
| PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property | Portuguese | |
| SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) | ||
| SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office | ||
| SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | ||
| UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent) | ||
| US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office | English |
6. Please select all the date formats used by your office below. If multiple formats or separators are selected, indicate what types of documents or data use each one. Format - Year first
| Respondent by ST.3 Code | Separator(s) | Used for | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | |||
| AU Australia IP Australia | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dot CCYY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 1997.9.1): none YY.MM.DD (e.g. 97.09.01): none YY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 97.9.1): none | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): Dot and Dash used. Dash used in published dates, e.g. bibliographic details in AusPat. Dot used in abridgement notices of published specifications. | |
| BF Burkina Faso Centre National de la Propriété Industrielle | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): none CCYY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 1997.9.1): none YY.MM.DD (e.g. 97.09.01): none YY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 97.9.1): none | DD [mois] CC YY | |
| BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dot CCYY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 1997.9.1): dot | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): all documents CCYY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 1997.9.1): all documents | |
| CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): slash | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): Trademarks: Dashes are used in the (TM Journal (Gazette) and online search database) and slashes are used on office documents where it is only in numeric format. Industrial Design: Dashes and slashes are used on the on-line database and office documents , dashes in D+ Patent: Slash We use slash in host letters but not in office letters | |
| CL Chile oficina chilena de propiedad industrial | |||
| CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dot | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): "dot" is usually used for published documents or data; "none" is used for data in some IT systems. | |
| CO Colombia Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dash CCYY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 1997.9.1): dot | ||
| CO Colombia Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio | |||
| CU Cuba Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dot | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): Publicaciones en el boletín oficial de patentes | |
| DK Denmark DKPTO | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dot CCYY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 1997.9.1): none YY.MM.DD (e.g. 97.09.01): dot YY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 97.9.1): none | We always have leading 0 in dates | |
| EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dot | ||
| EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office | |||
| EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) euipo | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dot CCYY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 1997.9.1): none YY.MM.DD (e.g. 97.09.01): none | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): APIs use dates in the RFC 3339 internet profile - subset of ISO 8601 format - In the majority of EUIPO's official XML schemas the date type of the W3C XML Schema, e.g. "CCYY-MM-DD CCYY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 1997.9.1): eSearch Case Law: In the PDF file, dates are reported in the following format: "(D)D < name of the month > CCYY | |
| EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dash | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): Espacenet | |
| ES Spain Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): none | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): Fichero en formato xml de intercambio de información entre OEPM, OEP, OMPI y EUIPO, siguiendo los estándares de OMPI (authority file). | También formato AACC-MM-DD para la base de datos de búsqueda de Marcas Nacionales e Internacionales "Localizador de Marcas". |
| FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE | We use only the Year first format with dots CCYY.MM.DD such as (1997.09.01). | ||
| FR France Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI) | |||
| GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office | No "year" first formats are used. | ||
| HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | |||
| HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia | N/A | ||
| HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dot | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): Used for all types of documents | |
| JP Japan Japan Patent Office | CCYY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 1997.9.1): dot | ||
| KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dot CCYY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 1997.9.1): dot YY.MM.DD (e.g. 97.09.01): dot YY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 97.9.1): dot | ||
| LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dash CCYY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 1997.9.1): none YY.MM.DD (e.g. 97.09.01): none YY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 97.9.1): none | ||
| LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): none CCYY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 1997.9.1): none YY.MM.DD (e.g. 97.09.01): none YY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 97.9.1): none | LPO does not use such a format. | |
| MX Mexico INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE LA PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): slash CCYY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 1997.9.1): none YY.MM.DD (e.g. 97.09.01): none YY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 97.9.1): none | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): Indicar fechas de presentación de solicitudes, fechas de vigencia de registros | |
| NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dot | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): All publications and digital register (search and display). Open data. | |
| NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dash | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): API responses | |
| PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): slash CCYY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 1997.9.1): slash YY.MM.DD (e.g. 97.09.01): slash YY.(M)M.(D)D (e.g. 97.9.1): slash | ||
| PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): space | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): Official publications: Bulletin of Patent Office, Communications of the Patent Office (granted rights, applications) | |
| PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dot | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): Patents, Utility Models, Industrial Designs and Trademarks | |
| SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): dash | ||
| SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office | |||
| SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | |||
| UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent) | |||
| US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): none | CCYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1997.09.01): For XML data, as per ST.2 |
7. Please select all the date formats used by your office below. If multiple formats or separators are selected, indicate what types of documents or data use each one. Format - Day first
| Respondent by ST.3 Code | Separator(s) | Used for | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | |||
| AU Australia IP Australia | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dash DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): dash (D)D.MM.YY (e.g. 1.09.97): none (D)D.(M)M.YY (e.g. 1.9.97): none | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): Either dash or slash may be used to display dates in various systems (e.g. in date pickers, IP right summaries, metadata, etc.), there is not one consistent approach and often comes down to that used by the ICT product. DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): Either dash or slash may be used to display dates in various systems (e.g. in date pickers, IP right summaries, metadata, etc.), there is not one consistent approach and often comes down to that used by the ICT product. | |
| BF Burkina Faso Centre National de la Propriété Industrielle | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): none DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): none (D)D.MM.YY (e.g. 1.09.97): none (D)D.(M)M.YY (e.g. 1.9.97): none | DD [mois] CCYY | |
| BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dot DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): dot | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): all documents DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): all documents | |
| CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dash | ||
| CL Chile oficina chilena de propiedad industrial | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): slash | ||
| CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration | |||
| CO Colombia Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dash | ||
| CO Colombia Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): none | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): Todas las fechas se expresan de esta manera enfatizando que el mes se escribe en palabras utilizando abreviación. | |
| CU Cuba Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): slash | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): Publicaciones en el boletín oficial de marcas | |
| DK Denmark DKPTO | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): none DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): none (D)D.MM.YY (e.g. 1.09.97): none (D)D.(M)M.YY (e.g. 1.9.97): none | Our date format is always ccyy.mm.dd | |
| EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office | |||
| EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dot | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): for all kind documents and publications | |
| EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) euipo | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): slash DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): none (D)D.MM.YY (e.g. 1.09.97): none (D)D.(M)M.YY (e.g. 1.9.97): slash | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): o TMView: In the downloaded PDF file, dates are reported in the following format: "DD/MM/CCYY", (see the attachment "TMViewExample.pdf"). o DesignView: In the downloaded PDF file, dates are reported in the following format: "DD/MM/CCYY", (see the attachment "DesignViewExample.pdf"). o Inspection of files - Harmonised eFiling. The Inspection of Files form allows the user to download copies of an available list of documents related to the selected IP Right. For these ones, unfortunately I cannot download any document. If I login with a preproduction user, when I try to download a document, the system returns me a "blank error" (see the attachment "InspectionError.png"). I have tried to do the same with Frederic using another user, but he has received the same kind of error. Anyway, in the background image of the webpage, the format is "DD/MM/CCYY"; eSearch Plus: uses dates in the format "DD/MM/CCYY. EUIPO's bulletin uses dates in the format "DD/MM/CCYY (D)D.(M)M.YY (e.g. 1.9.97): eSearch Plus: in the Microsoft Excel export (D)D/(M)M/CCYY | |
| EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dot | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): European Register | |
| ES Spain Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dot DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): slash | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): - Base de Datos INVENES (Invenciones en Español) - Base de datos DISEÑOS (Diseños Industriales) - Folletos de publicación de invenciones DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): - Tomo 2 de BOPI: Boletín Oficial de Propiedad Industrial | También empleamos formato DD-MM-AACC, con guiones, en los tomos 1 y 3 del BOPI, como se ha indicado en la pregunta 2. |
| FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dot DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): none (D)D.MM.YY (e.g. 1.09.97): none (D)D.(M)M.YY (e.g. 1.9.97): none | DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): This format is not used at all. (D)D.MM.YY (e.g. 1.09.97): This format is not used at all. (D)D.(M)M.YY (e.g. 1.9.97): This format is not used at all. | |
| FR France Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI) | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): slash DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): dot | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): For the online search service : https://data.inpi.fr and for some dates in the BOPI (Bulletin) DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): For publication of patent applications and patents | |
| GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dot | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): Patent Publication documents | |
| HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dash | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): For online-register and Trade Marks and Designs Official Journal, the date format is DD-MM-CCYY. For Patents Front Page and Official Journal, the date format is DD.MM.CCYY. | |
| HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dash (D)D.(M)M.YY (e.g. 1.9.97): dot | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): receiving office (stamp on the first page of received document in paper) (D)D.(M)M.YY (e.g. 1.9.97): Important. Year is always in format CCYY Date formats such as (D)D.(M)M.CCYY or (D)D.(M)M.CCYY. (dot at the end) used for Official Gazzete, online search and all other croatian official documents | slash such as DD/MM/CCYY for all decisions on TM IR sent to WIPO via Input MECA system |
| HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office | None of the above | ||
| JP Japan Japan Patent Office | |||
| KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dot DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): dot (D)D.MM.YY (e.g. 1.09.97): dot (D)D.(M)M.YY (e.g. 1.9.97): dot | ||
| LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): none DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): none (D)D.MM.YY (e.g. 1.09.97): none (D)D.(M)M.YY (e.g. 1.9.97): none | ||
| LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dot DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): none (D)D.MM.YY (e.g. 1.09.97): none (D)D.(M)M.YY (e.g. 1.9.97): none | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): LPO uses it in published dates and documents. | |
| MX Mexico INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE LA PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): slash DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): none (D)D.MM.YY (e.g. 1.09.97): none (D)D.(M)M.YY (e.g. 1.9.97): none | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): Solicitudes y escritos (promociones), fechas de presentación de solicitudes en su publicación en la Gaceta de la Propiedad Industrial | |
| NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office | |||
| NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): none | ||
| PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): slash DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): slash (D)D.MM.YY (e.g. 1.09.97): slash (D)D.(M)M.YY (e.g. 1.9.97): slash | ||
| PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dot | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dot- patent, utility model, industrial design specifications, fillings of translations of European patent specifications Please see below comment for you reference. | space- Communications of the Patent Office (filling of translations of European patents) DD MM CCYY |
| PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): We do not use this format. DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): We do not use this format. (D)D.MM.YY (e.g. 1.09.97): We do not use this format. (D)D.(M)M.YY (e.g. 1.9.97): We do not use this format. | ||
| SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) | |||
| SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dot | ||
| SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dot DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): dot | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): now days patent documents https://wbr.indprop. DD.MM.YY (e.g. 01.09.97): old patent documents https://wbr.indprop. | (D)D.(M)M.CCYY (e.g. 1.9.2000) separated by dots, https://www.indprop. |
| UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent) | DD.MM.CCYY (e.g. 01.09.1997): dot | ||
| US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office | Not used |
8. Please select all the date formats used by your office below. If multiple formats or separators are selected, indicate what types of documents or data use each one. Format - Month names
| Respondent by ST.3 Code | Name format | Used for | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | |||
| AU Australia IP Australia | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): full month name (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): full month name | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): Both are used. Full month name is consistently used in documents/correspondence. Abbreviated is used in Australian Trade Mark Search, Design Search, etc. (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): Full month name is consistently used in documents/correspondence and may omit the leading zero in some cases. | |
| BF Burkina Faso Centre National de la Propriété Industrielle | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): abbreviated | ||
| BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): full month name (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): full month name [month] DD CCYY (e.g. September 01, 1997): full month name | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): all documents (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): all documents [month] DD CCYY (e.g. September 01, 1997): all documents [month] (D)D CCYY (e.g. September 1, 1997): all documents | |
| CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): full month name [month] DD CCYY (e.g. September 01, 1997): full month name [month] (D)D CCYY (e.g. September 1, 1997): abbreviated Other format - specify using C, Y, M, D, and [month] (specify in comments): abbreviated | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): Patent: used in documents [month] DD CCYY (e.g. September 01, 1997): Patent: used in documents Other format - specify using C, Y, M, D, and [month] (specify in comments): Trademarks: DD [Month]/[Month] CCYY note: the first [Month] will be the French abbreviation and the second [Month] will be the English abbreviation. This is used on all office correspondence/documents where the month is name format. Industrial Design: In D+, CCYY-MM-DD, Reports and letters 23 octobre 2020 / October 23, 2020, 31 MAI / MAY 2022, le 19 novembre 2020 | |
| CL Chile oficina chilena de propiedad industrial | |||
| CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration | |||
| CO Colombia Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): full month name (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): full month name | ||
| CO Colombia Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): abbreviated | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): Para todos los efectos del Registro Público de la Propiedad Industrial. | |
| CU Cuba Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial | |||
| DK Denmark DKPTO | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): abbreviated | We only use digits | |
| EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office | |||
| EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office | |||
| EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) euipo | |||
| EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office | |||
| ES Spain Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas | No usamos fechas con mes en primer lugar. | ||
| FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE | We do not use month names. | ||
| FR France Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI) | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): full month name (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): full month name | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle (BOPI) for the patents marques et dessins et modèles (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle (BOPI) for trademarks an designs | |
| GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): full month name (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): full month name | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): Patent case enquiry, Trade Mark journal & case enquiry (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): Design Journal & case enquiry | |
| HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | |||
| HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia | Other format - specify using C, Y, M, D, and [month] (specify in comments): full month name | Other format - specify using C, Y, M, D, and [month] (specify in comments): (D)D. [month] CCYY. (dot at the end) for official documents in croatian language | |
| HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office | None of the above | ||
| JP Japan Japan Patent Office | |||
| KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): full month name (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): full month name [month] DD CCYY (e.g. September 01, 1997): full month name [month] (D)D CCYY (e.g. September 1, 1997): full month name | ||
| LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | |||
| LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): full month name (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): full month name [month] DD CCYY (e.g. September 01, 1997): full month name [month] (D)D CCYY (e.g. September 1, 1997): full month name | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): LPO uses it in documents. (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): LPO uses it in documents. [month] DD CCYY (e.g. September 01, 1997): LPO uses it in documents. [month] (D)D CCYY (e.g. September 1, 1997): LPO uses it in documents. | |
| MX Mexico INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE LA PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): full month name (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): full month name | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): Cédulas de Notificación de Patente en Línea, Fechas de emisión de acciones oficiales o fechas de presentación de solicitudes de signos distintivos en la Gaceta de la Propiedad Industrial (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): Publicaciones en Gaceta, fechas de emisión de certificados de registro, así como indicar fechas de vigencia | |
| NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office | (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): full month name | (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): Correspondence letters (letter head) | |
| NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): abbreviated (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): full month name | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): Dates as recorded on our online database for filing dates, registration dates, expiry dates, convention priority claims etc (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): Correspondence issued by the Office in relation to IP rights. | |
| PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): full month name (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): full month name [month] DD CCYY (e.g. September 01, 1997): full month name [month] (D)D CCYY (e.g. September 1, 1997): full month name Other format - specify using C, Y, M, D, and [month] (specify in comments): full month name | ||
| PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | |||
| PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property | DD [month] CCYY (e.g. 01 September 1997): We do not use this format. (D)D [month] CCYY (e.g. 1 September 1997): We do not use this format. [month] DD CCYY (e.g. September 01, 1997): We do not use this format. [month] (D)D CCYY (e.g. September 1, 1997): We do not use this format. | ||
| SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) | |||
| SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office | |||
| SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | |||
| UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent) | |||
| US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office | [month] DD CCYY (e.g. September 01, 1997): abbreviated [month] (D)D CCYY (e.g. September 1, 1997): abbreviated | [month] DD CCYY (e.g. September 01, 1997): Not Used. [month] (D)D CCYY (e.g. September 1, 1997): For Image Data, For example: Jul. 7, 2022 or May 21, 2019 | For XML data, 2 digit month |
9. In your IT systems, what format(s) are dates for IP documents and data stored in? Please select all formats used by your various IT systems for dates related to IP documents and data.
| Respondent by ST.3 Code | Response | 00 UTC but sometimes from another starting point. | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | |||
| AU Australia IP Australia | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| BF Burkina Faso Centre National de la Propriété Industrielle | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property | As a different format (describe in comments) | ||
| CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | As Epoch time / Unix time / Posix time – a timestamp representing the number of seconds (or milliseconds) since a fixed point in time (the epoch). Often measured from 1 January 1970 00:00 UTC but sometimes from another starting point. | Trademarks: A Industrial Design: A Patent: A and B |
| CL Chile oficina chilena de propiedad industrial | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. As another integer-based offset. For instance, some systems use a counter for the number of days since a fixed date like 1 Jan 1900, or a counter for the number of years since a fixed year like 1926. As a different format (describe in comments) | As Epoch time / Unix time / Posix time – a timestamp representing the number of seconds (or milliseconds) since a fixed point in time (the epoch). Often measured from 1 January 1970 00:00 UTC but sometimes from another starting point. | UUID 16 |
| CO Colombia Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. As another integer-based offset. For instance, some systems use a counter for the number of days since a fixed date like 1 Jan 1900, or a counter for the number of years since a fixed year like 1926. | ||
| CO Colombia Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| CU Cuba Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| DK Denmark DKPTO | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office | As a different format (describe in comments) | IP documents date stored in MySql DATE type fields | |
| EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) euipo | |||
| EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office | |||
| ES Spain Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| FR France Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI) | As Epoch time / Unix time / Posix time – a timestamp representing the number of seconds (or milliseconds) since a fixed point in time (the epoch). Often measured from 1 January 1970 00:00 UTC but sometimes from another starting point. | Nos applications métiers PI gèrent la date en format timestamp, les ihms de ces applications convertissent le timestamp en objet date. | |
| GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. As another integer-based offset. For instance, some systems use a counter for the number of days since a fixed date like 1 Jan 1900, or a counter for the number of years since a fixed year like 1926. | Patent dates for structured data stored as julian dates as the system is still based on an IDSMX mainframe. Will be changed when system transformed in approx. next 18 months | |
| HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | As Epoch time / Unix time / Posix time – a timestamp representing the number of seconds (or milliseconds) since a fixed point in time (the epoch). Often measured from 1 January 1970 00:00 UTC but sometimes from another starting point. | ||
| HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| JP Japan Japan Patent Office | As a different format (describe in comments) | Retain in character string type or HiRDB TIMESTAMP type. | |
| KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | As Epoch time / Unix time / Posix time – a timestamp representing the number of seconds (or milliseconds) since a fixed point in time (the epoch). Often measured from 1 January 1970 00:00 UTC but sometimes from another starting point. | |
| LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | Saves full year, month, and date. | |
| MX Mexico INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE LA PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | As Epoch time / Unix time / Posix time – a timestamp representing the number of seconds (or milliseconds) since a fixed point in time (the epoch). Often measured from 1 January 1970 00:00 UTC but sometimes from another starting point. | |
| PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) | |||
| SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. | ||
| UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent) | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. As another integer-based offset. For instance, some systems use a counter for the number of days since a fixed date like 1 Jan 1900, or a counter for the number of years since a fixed year like 1926. | ||
| US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office | As a database field with a date or datetime datatype. This stores separate values for the full year, month, and day, sometimes with values for time components as well. |
10. What is the maximum year your systems are capable of storing? If your systems use multiple digital date storage formats, select all that apply. Note - when the “maximum date” is exceeded in affected systems, the date rolls back to the beginning of the time period, such as January 1, 1970. The result is similar to Y2K issues.
| Respondent by ST.3 Code | Response | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | ||
| AU Australia IP Australia | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | 31-DEC-9999 is the limit in the database. |
| BF Burkina Faso Centre National de la Propriété Industrielle | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| CL Chile oficina chilena de propiedad industrial | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| CO Colombia Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor | ||
| CO Colombia Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| CU Cuba Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| DK Denmark DKPTO | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office | Other maximum. (specify in comments) | MySql maximum date is '9999-12-31'. Systems based on 32-bit Java has 2038 problem. |
| EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office | Other maximum. (specify in comments) | Max 2999 |
| EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) euipo | ||
| EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office | ||
| ES Spain Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| FR France Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI) | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | La limite est celle de la machine |
| GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office | Other maximum. (specify in comments) | Yes, on core Patent bibliographic system pre Transformation but not for other systems - limit is 2099. |
| HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| JP Japan Japan Patent Office | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | 2036 | |
| LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | No limits, and the maximum year is such as 9999. |
| MX Mexico INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE LA PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | 2038 No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | BackOffice and Soprano store date in fields of formats DATE , TIME, DATETIME or TIMESTAMP . The TIMESTAMP value has a range from '1970-01-01 00:00:01' UTC to '2038-01-19 03:14:07' UTC. |
| PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property | No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds). | |
| SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) | ||
| SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office | 2079 | |
| SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | Other maximum. (specify in comments) | 30.12.4712 |
| UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent) | 2038 Other maximum. (specify in comments) | The maximum year our systems are capable of storing is 2559 |
| US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office | Other maximum. (specify in comments) | The database limit for the year for systems is 9999. |
11. Are there any other considerations that users should be aware of with dates in your published documents? If so, please provide an explanation and examples. For instance, Japanese documents often indicate the year of the Emperor’s reign, as explained in the current Part 7.1.
| Respondent by ST.3 Code | Response |
|---|---|
| AT Austria | |
| AU Australia IP Australia | None |
| BF Burkina Faso Centre National de la Propriété Industrielle | |
| BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property | no there no other consideration with the dates |
| CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office | N/A |
| CL Chile oficina chilena de propiedad industrial | |
| CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration | |
| CO Colombia Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor | |
| CO Colombia Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio | No |
| CU Cuba Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial | |
| DK Denmark DKPTO | |
| EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office | |
| EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office | |
| EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) euipo | |
| EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office | |
| ES Spain Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas | |
| FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE | - |
| FR France Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI) | |
| GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office | No |
| HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | |
| HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia | N/A |
| HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office | - |
| JP Japan Japan Patent Office | EXPLANATION OF THE JAPANESE YEAR INDICATION In Japan, the name of the Emperor's era changes whenever a new Emperor succeeds to the throne. The era of: MEIJI started in 1868 and ended in 1912：明治 TAISHO started in 1912 and ended in 1926：大正 SHOWA started in 1926 and ended in 1989：昭和 HEISEI started in 1989 and ended in 2019：平成 REIWA started in 2019：令和 In industrial property documents the Emperor's era (or reign) is indicated, as part of the Filing date and registration date, by a Japanese character. |
| KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | No |
| LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | |
| LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | None. |
| MX Mexico INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE LA PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL | No aplica |
| NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office | |
| NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand | |
| PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines | When it comes to dates and computers, at least two thing must be considered and strictly observed: 1. All dates must be stored in ISO format, such as yyyy-mm-dd 2. Dates can be displayed according to the current locale, which mm/dd/yyyy for PH, dd.mm.yyyyy for EU, etc. |
| PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | No |
| PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property | No. |
| SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) | |
| SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office | |
| SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | |
| UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent) | |
| US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office |
12. Optional - If you wish to provide any file attachments with examples from your other answers (such as question 11), please do so here.
| Respondent by ST.3 Code | Response |
|---|---|
| AT Austria | |
| AU Australia IP Australia | |
| BF Burkina Faso Centre National de la Propriété Industrielle | |
| BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property | |
| CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office | |
| CL Chile oficina chilena de propiedad industrial | |
| CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration | |
| CO Colombia Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor | |
| CO Colombia Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio | |
| CU Cuba Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial | |
| DK Denmark DKPTO | |
| EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office | |
| EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office | |
| EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) euipo | |
| EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office | |
| ES Spain Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas | |
| FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE | |
| FR France Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI) | |
| GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office | |
| HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | |
| HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia | |
| HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office | |
| JP Japan Japan Patent Office | |
| KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | |
| LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania | |
| LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia | |
| MX Mexico INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE LA PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL | |
| NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office | |
| NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand | |
| PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines | |
| PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | |
| PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property | |
| SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) | |
| SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office | |
| SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | |
| UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent) | |
| US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office |
