Appendix

country

Name Allowed Value
Afghanistan AF
African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) OA
African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) AP
Albania AL
Algeria DZ
Andorra AD
Angola AO
Anguilla AI
Antigua and Barbuda AG
Argentina AR
Armenia AM
Aruba AW
Australia AU
Austria AT
Azerbaijan AZ
Bahamas BS
Bahrain BH
Bangladesh BD
Barbados BB
Belarus BY
Belgium BE
Belize BZ
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) BX
Benin BJ
Bermuda BM
Bhutan BT
Bolivia, Plurinational State of BO
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba BQ
Bosnia and Herzegovina BA
Botswana BW
Bouvet Island BV
Brazil BR
Brunei Darussalam BN
Bulgaria BG
Burkina Faso HV
Burma BU
Burundi BI
Cabo Verde CV
Cambodia KH
Cameroon CM
Canada CA
Cayman Islands KY
Central African Republic CF
Chad TD
Chile CL
China CN
Colombia CO
Community Plant Variety Office (European Union) (CPVO) QZ
Comoros KM
Congo CG
Cook Islands CK
Costa Rica CR
Country Unknown ZZ
Croatia HR
Cuba CU
Cyprus CY
Czechoslovakia CS
Czech Republic CZ
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea KP
Democratic Republic of the Congo CD
Denmark DK
Djibouti DJ
Dominica DM
Dominican Republic DO
Ecuador EC
Egypt EG
El Salvador SV
Equatorial Guinea GQ
Eritrea ER
Estonia EE
Ethiopia ET
Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) EA
European Patent Office (EPO) EP
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) FK
Faroe Islands FO
Fiji FJ
Finland FI
France FR
Gabon GA
Gambia GM
Georgia GE
Germany DE
Germany (Democratic Republic) DD
Ghana GH
Gibraltar GI
Greece GR
Greenland GL
Grenada GD
Guatemala GT
Guernsey GG
Guinea GN
Guinea-Bissau GW
Guyana GY
Haiti HT
Holy See VA
Honduras HN
Hungary HU
Iceland IS
India IN
Indonesia ID
International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Org. (WIPO) IB
Iran (Islamic Republic of) IR
Iraq IQ
Ireland IE
Isle of Man IM
Israel IL
Italy IT
Ivory Coast CI
Jamaica JM
Japan JP
Jersey JE
Jordan JO
Kazakhstan KZ
Kenya KE
Kiribati KI
Kuwait KW
Kyrgyzstan KG
Lao People’s Democratic Republic LA
Latvia LV
Lebanon LB
Lesotho LS
Liberia LR
Libya LY
Liechtenstein LI
Lithuania LT
Luxembourg LU
Macao MO
Madagascar MG
Malawi MW
Malaysia MY
Maldives MV
Mali ML
Malta MT
Mauritania MR
Mauritius MU
Mexico MX
Monaco MC
Mongolia MN
Montenegro ME
Montserrat MS
Morocco MA
Mozambique MZ
Myanmar MM
Namibia NA
Nauru NR
Nepal NP
Netherlands NL
Netherlands Antilles AN
New Caledonia NC
New Zealand NZ
Nicaragua NI
Niger NE
Nigeria NG
Nordic Patent Institute (NPI) XN
Northern Mariana Islands MP
Norway NO
Ofc. for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trademarks and Designs) EM
Oman OM
Pakistan PK
Palau PW
Panama PA
Papua New Guinea PG
Paraguay PY
Patent Ofc. of the Coop. Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) GC
Peru PE
Philippines PH
Poland PL
Portugal PT
Qatar QA
Republic of Korea KR
Republic of Moldova MD
Republic of the Marshall Islands MH
Romania RO
Russian Federation RU
Rwanda RW
Saint Helena SH
Saint Kitts and Nevis KN
Saint Lucia LC
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC
Samoa WS
San Marino SM
Sao Tome and Principe ST
Saskatchewan S1
Saudi Arabia SA
Senegal SN
Serbia RS
Seychelles SC
Sierra Leone SL
Singapore SG
Slovakia SK
Slovenia SI
Solomon Islands SB
Somalia SO
South Africa ZA
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands GS
South Sudan SS
Spain ES
Sri Lanka LK
Sudan SD
Suriname SR
Swaziland SZ
Sweden SE
Switzerland CH
Syrian Arab Republic SY
Taiwan TW
Tajikistan TJ
Thailand TH
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia MK
The Hong Kong Special Admin. Region of the People’s Republic of China HK
Timor-Leste TL
Togo TG
Tonga TO
Trinidad and Tobago TT
Tunisia TN
Turkey TR
Turkmenistan TM
Turks and Caicos Islands TC
Tuvalu TV
Uganda UG
Ukraine UA
United Arab Emirates AE
United Kingdom GB
United Republic of Tanzania TZ
United States of America US
Uruguay UY
USSR SU
Uzbekistan UZ
Vanuatu VU
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of VE
Viet Nam VN
Virgin Islands (British) VG
Western Sahara EH
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (Intl. Bureau of) WO
Yemen YE
Yemen, Democratic YD
Yugoslavia YU
Zaire ZR
Zambia ZM
Zimbabwe ZW

status

Allowed Value Description
all All results (default)
active Only active patents
patents Only patents
pending-applications Only pending applications
public-domain Only public domain

type

Allowed Value Description
all-documents All documents (default)
pct Only PCT documents
non-pct Only Non-PCT documents

language

Allowed Value Description
both English or French (default)
english Only documents filed in English
french Only documents filed in French

licence-filter

Allowed Value Description
false All results (default)
true Only patents with licence availability

date-field

Allowed Value Description
issue When application became patent
filing When patent application was filed
examination-request When request was made to have application examined
public-inspection When application was made available to the public
priority Earliest priority date
national-entry When PCT originating application entered the Canadian national phase