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Application Numbers for U.S. Patents in CA/CAplus and USPATFULL/USPAT2 Enhanced with U.S. Series Code Information
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Application Numbers for U.S. Patents in CA/CAplus and USPATFULL/USPAT2 Enhanced with U.S. Series Code Information
30. September 2013
Effective September 28, 2013, U.S. application numbers from series 13, design applications from series 29, and provisional patent applications from series 60 and 61 will include series codes. The enhancement applies to:
- CA/CAplus file searches and displays
- MARPAT and CASREACT displays
- USPATFULL and USPAT2 searches and displays
The inclusion of series codes ensures uniqueness of U.S. application numbers, allowing for more precise searching. It also results in better cross-file transfers among the CAS databases, the USPAT databases, INPADOCDB and the Derwent World Patent Index. At this time, this enhancement applies only to the classic STN platform, but will be implemented in new STN in a future release.