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Legal Status / Examination Information
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Advanced Patent Search".
Examiner's Decision
Search Field Name | Examiner's Decision (US/JP) |
Description of this field | Search a kind of examiner's decision. |
Conditions | Example | Searching field for issued patents. | 1 | |
Final Decision
Search Field Name | Final Decision (US/JP) |
Description of this field | Search a kind of examiner's final decision. |
Example (U.S.) | A01 : Issued / Registered | | |
Deletion of Registration
Search Field Name | Deletion of Registration (US/JP) |
Description of this field | Search deletion or expiration of the patent registration. |
Example (U.S.) | E1: Expired four(4) years after the initial issue date. | R1: Reinstated after E1. | E2: Expired eight(8) years after the initial issue date. | R3: Reinstated after E2 | E3: Expired twelve(12) years after the initial issue date. | R3: Reinstated after E3 | * Input Format - E1 (Exact Match) - E*, R* (Wildcard, Forward Match) | |