Examples and Intellectual Property Offices Practices
7.7 Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs)
7.9 Citation practices relating to patent information
7.10 Codes used by intellectual property offices
7.11 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) practices
7.12 Use of WIPO Standards
7.13 Mapping of national/regional IP legal status events to Standard events
7.14 Authority File of published patent documents provided by Offices
7.15 Identifiers for Persons and Entities
7.16 Practices for Visual Elements
7.18 Public Access to Patent Information
7.19 Practices for digital transformation
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Part 7 of the Handbook on Intellectual Property Information and DocumentationOn this page On this page
7.1 Representation of calendar dates
7.2 Numbering systems
7.3 Examples and kinds of patent documents
7.4 Corrections, alterations and supplements relating to patent information
7.6 Bibliographic information in patent gazettes
7.7 Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs)
7.9 Citation practices relating to patent information
7.10 Codes used by intellectual property offices
7.11 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) practices
7.12 Use of WIPO Standards
7.13 Mapping of national/regional IP legal status events to Standard events
7.14 Authority File of published patent documents provided by Offices
7.15 Identifiers for Persons and Entities
7.16 Practices for Visual Elements
7.18 Public Access to Patent Information
7.19 Practices for digital transformation
Part 7 of the Handbook on Intellectual Property Information and DocumentationOn this page On this page
This part contains surveys which cover different stages of the life-cycle of IP documents. They focus on various aspects of processing and publication of patent, trademark and industrial design documentation by the intellectual property offices. They are a source of information on the practices implemented worldwide and the specific characteristics of IP documents.
This part contains surveys which cover different stages of the life-cycle of IP documents. They focus on various aspects of processing and publication of patent, trademark and industrial design documentation by the intellectual property offices. They are a source of information on the practices implemented worldwide and the specific characteristics of IP documents.
Part 7 of the Handbook on Intellectual Property Information and Documentation
This part contains surveys which cover different stages of the life-cycle of IP documents. They focus on various aspects of processing and publication of patent, trademark and industrial design documentation by the intellectual property offices. They are a source of information on the practices implemented worldwide and the specific characteristics of IP documents.
Representation of calendar dates ↑
- Part 7.1: Representation of calendar dates - Variations in the representation of calendar dates based on the Gregorian calendar, as printed in industrial property documents or in official gazettes (January 2023)
Survey analysis | Collated responses | Individual responses | Survey questionnaire
Previous version: (November 1997)
Numbering systems ↑
- Part 7.2.2: Survey of numbering systems used, or intended to be used, by industrial property offices with regard to applications, published documents and registered rights (April 2021)
Previous version: June 2001 - Part 7.2.3: Numbering systems and date formats introduced or planned to be applied with regard to the arrival of the year 2000 (January 2000)
- Part 7.2.4: Survey on the presentation of priority application numbers (December 2018) | Annex
- Part 7.2.5: Survey on application numbering systems (June 2013) - IPO responses | collated results
- Part 7.2.6: Numbering of applications and priority applications - current practices (December 2025)
- Part 7.2.7: Numbering of applications and priority applications - former practices (December 2025)
Examples and kinds of patent documents ↑
- Part 7.3.1: Examples and kinds of patent documents listed according to code (March 2020)
- Part 7.3.2: Inventory of kinds of patent documents listed according to the issuing industrial property office (November 2022)
Corrections, alterations and supplements relating to patent information ↑
- Part 7.4.1: Survey concerning correction procedures in patent offices (December 2009)
- Part 7.4.2: Examples concerning correction procedures of patent offices (December 2009)
Bibliographic information in patent gazettes ↑
Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) ↑
- Part 7.7: Survey on the grant and publication of Supplemental Protection Certificates (SPCs) and Patent Term Extensions (PTEs) (November 2019)
Survey analysis | Collated responses | IPO responses | Survey questionnaire
Citation practices relating to patent information ↑
Codes used by intellectual property offices ↑
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) practices ↑
- Part 7.11: Survey on the implementation and promotion of WIPO Standard ST.22 (June 2012) - IPO responses | collated results
Use of WIPO Standards ↑
Mapping of national/regional IP legal status events to Standard events ↑
- Part 7.13.1: Mapping tables of national/regional patent legal status events to the events of WIPO Standard ST.27 (May 2026)
- Part 7.13.2: Mapping tables of national/regional industrial design legal status events to the events of WIPO Standard ST.87 (May 2026)
- Part 7.13.3: Mapping tables of national/regional trademark legal status events to the events of WIPO Standard ST.61 (May 2026)
Authority File of published patent documents provided by Offices ↑
Identifiers for Persons and Entities ↑
- Part 7.15: Survey on the use of identifiers for applicants (November 2019)
Survey analysis | Collated responses | IPO responses | Survey questionnaire
Practices for Visual Elements ↑
- Part 7.16: Survey on electronic visual representation of industrial designs (November 2019)
Survey analysis | Collated responses | IPO responses | Survey questionnaire - Part 7.17.1: Survey on the use of 3D models and 3D images in IP data and documentation (April 2021)
Survey analysis | Collated responses | IPO responses | Survey questionnaire - Part 7.17.2: Survey on the implementation of WIPO Standard ST.91 (October 2024)
Survey analysis | Collated responses | IPO responses | Survey questionnaire
Public Access to Patent Information ↑
- Part 7.18.1: Survey on public access to patent information, part 1 (April 2021)
Survey analysis | Collated responses | IPO responses | Survey questionnaire - Part 7.18.2: Survey on public access to patent information, part 2 (March 2022)
Survey analysis | Collated responses | IPO responses | Survey questionnaire
Practices for digital transformation↑
- Part 7.19: Survey on office practices for digital transformation (November 2022)
Survey analysis | Collated responses | Individual responses | Survey questionnaire