Following are examples and breakdowns of the different types of patents and trademarks.
From the US PTO on 5-5-2003 (http://seqdata.uspto.gov/psipsDIDHelp.html)
but on 3-31-2004, I see they moved that page to here.
(Also see http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/authority/kindcode.htm alive on 9-12-2003)
usp423 Count
in cum.idx
Type Patent Number Format Example (or in imag)
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Utility 7 digits 3394738 5,991,501
Design D + 6 digits D277050 417,649
Plant PP + 5 digits PP13845 11,132
Defensive Publication (1968-1987) T + 6 digits T103201 1,967
Certificate of Correction Original Patent Number D437165X6 (69,795)
format with X6-kind
Reexamination Certificate (Before 2001)
Utility B + 7 digits B5443747 (840)
Design BD + 6 digits BD273794 ( 2)
Plant (theoretical) BP + 6 digits
Reissue BRE + 5 digits BRE28576 ( 25)
Reissue Design BRD + 5 digits BRD28854
Reissue Plant (theoretical) BRP + 5 digits
Reexamination Certificate (After 2001)
Utility C + 7 digits C6329919 (188)
Design CD + 6 digits CD449473 ( 11)
Plant (theoretical) CP + 6 digits
Reissue CRE + 5 digits CRE37053 ( 7)
Reissue Design (theoretical) CRD + 5 digits
Reissue Plant (theoretical) CRP + 5 digits
Statuatory Invention Registration (SIR)* (2,065)
Utility H + 7 digits H0000016 1,811
Design (main only - error) HD + 6 digits USHD001157__ 2
Plant (theoretical) HP + 6 digits
Reissue Patent
Utility RE + 5 digits RE036478 36,273
Design RD + 5 digits RD025414 63
Plant (theoretical) RP + 5 digits
X Patent (1790-1836) X + 7 digits X0009900 1,978
X Reissue Patent (eg RX2 is a reissue of X9398) RX + 4 digits RX000001 125
Additional Improvements (1838-1861) AI + 4 digits AI000318 290
Fractional Patent Numbers
Half Patent Numbers X + 5 digits + H XH009704 80
(1859) D + 5 digits + H DH001093 1
(1839) 6 digits + H H0001400 1
Miscellaneous Fractions
One Quarter (1835) X + 5 digits + D XD008736 1
Three Quarters (1835) X + 5 digits + L XL008736 1
Seven Eigths (1835) X + 5 digits + N XN008736 1
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6,462,874
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Other Types That I Cannot Find Examples Of:
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Trial Voluntary Protest Program (TVPP) B + 6 characters (note conflict with above)
Note on 3-31-2004: Carol says she's found lots of these from INPADOC in our main
table, but no image. She says TVPP was a Trial program where
the USPTO started publishing patent applications. There are 1,931 of these in main.
db2 "select itype,count(*) as count,min(patn) as min,max(patn) as max from main \
where patn like 'US00%' and datasrc='IFD' and itype in ('A1','A4') group by itype"
ITYPE COUNT MIN MAX
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A1 1265 US00048560__ US00848336__
A4 666 US00023046__ US00468198__
Note these conflict with the US Backfile images, and the main rows have nothing
to do with the images. This is a problem. For example,
db2 "select patn,cdlabel,insert_ts from imag \
where patn in ('US00048560__','US00848336__','US00023046__','US00468198__')"
PATN CDLABEL INSERT_TS
------------ --------------- --------------------------
US00048560__ usp002 2001-05-15-15.21.21.616746
US00023046__ usp001 2001-05-15-15.20.13.420547
US00468198__ usp014 2001-05-15-15.39.09.676016
US00848336__ usp030 2001-05-15-15.50.50.739440
Patent - Post Issuance Document Original Document Number
Non-Patent Literature NP + 4 digits
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This note was on USH00000041__.
A statuatory invention registration is not a patent. It has the defensive
attributes of a patent but does not have the enforceable attributes of a
patent. No article or advertisement or the like may use the term patent,
or any term suggestive of a patent, when referring to a statuatory
invention registration. For more specific information on the rights
associated with a statutory invention registration see 35 U.S.C. 157.
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From experience, there are also
Type Number Example
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Design SIR's HD + 6 digits HD001157
Plant SIR's HP + 6 digits HP------
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Fractional Patent Numbers (http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/authority/patentlayoutv4.txt)
Type Fraction Example and Where I Found It
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A 1/16
B 1/ 8
C 3/16
D 1/ 4 USX08736D on usp356 DVD
E 5/16
F 3/ 8
G 7/16
H 1/ 2 US001400H, D01093H & 78 more on usp356 DVD
I 9/16
J 5/ 8
K 11/16
L 3/ 4 USX08736L on usp356 DVD
M 13/16
N 7/ 8 USX08736N on usp356 DVD
O 15/16
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Here are comments from my converters/save_images.pl in the IPS world.
In July, 2001, starting with the miwo2001023 DVD, the format of the exchange.idx file
on the DVD changed slightly. The first token now included a "republication code" as
documented at http://www.european-patent-office.org/espace/other/wo-spidi1.htm, which
says R1-R9 have the following meanings,
NW - The absence of a republication status (i.e. this is a normal patent).
R1 - Announcement of the later publication of amended claims and, where
applicable, statement under Article 19
R2 - Announcement of the later publication of a supplementary international
search report
R3 - Announcement of the later publication of a revised version of an
international search report
R4 - Announcement of the later publication of an international search report
R5 - Correction of an entry in section I
R6 - Corrected version of a pamphlet
R7 - Corrected version of a pamphlet front page
R8 - Announcement of the later publication of a declaration under article 17(2)(a)
R9 - Announcement of the later publication of a revised version of an international
search report translation
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In the NPO world, we added an additional column to the imag table, XKIND, to keep track of
these "Republication Codes".
How many and what is the distribution of these XKINDs? This is from Patolis's imag table
on June 5, 2003.
db2 "select substr(patn,11,2) as KIND,xkind,count(*) as COUNT from imag where patn like 'WO%' \
group by substr(patn,11,2),xkind order by substr(patn,11,2),xkind"
KIND XKIND COUNT
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A1 NW 132626
A1 R1 1129
A1 R3 459
A1 R4 24
A1 R5 1618
A1 R6 4889
A1 R7 1131
A1 R8 21
A1 R9 15
A1 - 528982 <== These null XKINDs are probably pre-July, 2001.
A2 NW 66076
A2 R1 99
A2 R5 569
A2 R6 969
A2 R7 66
A2 R8 1098
A2 R9 11
A2 - 51071 <== These null XKINDs are probably pre-July, 2001.
A3 R1 652
A3 R2 15
A3 R3 148
A3 R4 49546 <=== As you can see, 93% of WO..A3 patents that have
A3 R5 331 XKINDs, have XKIND=R4.
A3 R6 2384
A3 R7 132
A3 R8 39
A3 R9 1
A3 - 34695 <== These null XKINDs are probably pre-July, 2001.
A4 - 3524
A5 - 6275
A6 - 7472
A8 - 322
A9 - 623
AA - 848
AB - 720
AC - 1264
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On 9-16-2003, I noticed that this XKIND field was being populated for EP patents as well
as WO. I thought XKIND was a WO-only phenomenon. (Of course, this was in the old JAPIO
imag table that I had snapshot'd as japioimag on dephds059.)
select substr(patn,1,2) as CC,xkind,count(*) as Count from japioimag \
group by substr(patn,1,2),xkind order by substr(patn,1,2),xkind
CC XKIND COUNT
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EP NW 104626 < Where did these come from? Ok, I know they came from 124 CDs
EP W1 435 < mepb2002033 - mepb2003021, but how did the XKINDs get filled in?
EP W2 2 < Answer: These XKINDs are in the exchange.idx file, just like on
EP - 966510 < the WO DVDs. E.G. ^EPNW[AB][1-3] or ^EPW[12][AB][12]
After more digging, the algorithm is if only 1 or 2 pages, it's an A8 or B8. If it's
got more than 2 pages, it's an A9 or B9.