The source of legal status in this container is INPADOC data from the European Patent Office, covering a variety of entries, procedural steps, and post-grant events from over 50 patenting authorities. Premium Plus subscribers also receive legal status data in English from our new Chinese data source (see Chinese Data Improvements for more details). Content and coverage varies, and all legal status codes are country-specific.

A list of worldwide legal status codes, contents, and coverage can be found on the EPO’s website at https://www.epo.org/en/searching-for-patents/data/coverage/weekly.

legal-status/legal-event

INPADOC Example

<legal-status load-source="inpadoc">
  <legal-event class="H" date="20190415" country="AT" mxw-id="LS262024855" code="MM01" impact="-">
    <legal-event-body>
      <event-title>LAPSE BECAUSE OF NOT PAYING ANNUAL FEES</event-title>
      <event-attributes>
        <event-attribute>
          <event-attribute-label>Effective Date </event-attribute-label>
          <event-attribute-value>20180831</event-attribute-value>
        </event-attribute>
      </event-attributes>
    </legal-event-body>
  </legal-event>
</legal-status>

Chinese Data Source Example

<legal-status load-source="patent-office">
  <legal-event class="H" date="20200424" country="CN" mxw-id="LS353498509" code="CF01" impact="-">
    <legal-event-body>
      <event-title>TERMINATION OF PATENT RIGHT DUE TO NON-PAYMENT OF ANNUAL FEE</event-title>
      <event-attributes>
        <event-attribute>
          <event-attribute-label>Granted Publication Date</event-attribute-label>
          <event-attribute-value>20190503</event-attribute-value>
          <event-attribute-label>Termination Date</event-attribute-label>
          <event-attribute-value>20190505</event-attribute-value>
        </event-attribute>
      </event-attributes>
    </legal-event-body>
  </legal-event>
</legal-status>

Attribute	Description
class	Letter designation that groups event codes into categories which are of particular importance to the prosecution of a patent and share a common theme. Class is available in the frontfile beginning in March 2020. See the INPADOC classification scheme for more information. Some examples include: C=Application revival, i.e., events related to the revival, reinstatement or restoration of an application after it has been discontinued P=Document modification, i.e., events related to modifications of an application, IP right document or other document, which occur outside the context of a pre-grant review or IP right review
date	Date of public notification (YYYYMMDD), e.g., gazette date
country	Country is represented by a standard 2-character code based on WIPO ST.3.
code	1-4 character code. Legal status codes are country-specific. See the links above for more information.
impact	+ , -, or neutral

legal-status/legal-event/legal-event-body

Element	Description
event-title	Description of the legal status code
event-attributes	Attributes of a legal event such as dates, parties, free format text etc.