The page number teaches you how to identify the type of invention from the application numbers of various countries

Playing with Patents: Patent Identification PART6

Our journey of patent identification is coming to an end. Looking back on the past content, we have learned from Europe, America, Japan, Hande (patent identification for playing with patents), French, English, Russian and Italian waves (patent identification for playing with patents//PART2), Austria Heyixin, Matai (the page number teaches you how to identify the invention type from the application numbers of various countries, the third issue), Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, India and the United Arab Emirates (the page number teaches you how to identify the invention type from the application numbers of each country, the fourth issue) ), Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Canada, Mexico and Brazil (the page number teaches you how to identify the invention type from the application number of each country, the fifth issue).

And in this issue, we will end our journey with the patent coding rules of South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

No. 26[South Africa]

The numbering system for patent application numbers in South Africa is straightforward:

【ZA】+【4-digit AD Year】+【5-digit patent application serial number】

More accurate legal information about patent applications can be obtained on the official website of the South African Patent Office, but if you want to obtain more effective and comprehensive patent information, you can visit the EPO official website for assistance.

No.27 [Australia]

Prior to 2000, the Australian "Patents Act" divided patent rights into three types: standard patents, supplementary patents and petty patents. After November 2000, small patents were changed to innovation patents, but only 20 years later, Australia revised its patent law again, and after August 25, 2021, the protection of this type of patent for innovation patents was cancelled.

Let's use a table to look at the coding rules of Australian patent documents.

Numbering system Type Patent application number Authorized patent number
Patent before November 2000
[5-digit application serial number] + [/] + [2-digit or 4-digit AD calendar]

Example: 27224/95 [6-digit serial number] Example: 671575
provisional application
【P】+【any letter】+【4-digit patent application serial number】

Example: PQ8122
Innovation patent after November 2000
【4-digit AD Year】＋【6-digit application serial number】

Example: 2003100002
Same application number example: 2003100002
patent
【4-digit AD Year】＋【6-digit application serial number】

Example: 2003262396
same application number

Example: 2003262396
provisional application
【4-digit AD Year】＋【6-digit application serial number】

Example: 2013900001
Numbering Rules for Design Patents

Numbering system Type Patent application number Authorized patent number
year 2004

Design before June 17
[4-digit application serial number] + [2-digit or 4-digit AD date]

Example: 2065/85;0718/2003
【AU】+【-】+【5-digit granted serial number】

Example: AU-S-95448
year 2004

After June 17
[1] + [4-digit application serial number] + [4-digit AD date]

1 indicates that it is a design number that has undergone formality examination, for example: 13112/2004
【AU】+【3】+【5-digit granted serial number】+【S】

Authorization sequence numbers are arranged sequentially from 00001

Australian Patent Literature Publication Mark:

• A1 - First publication of an unexamined standard patent application, divisional standard patent application or petty patent application

• A2 - Amendment to first publication

• A4--Announcement of Innovation Patent Authorization

• A5--Announcement of Innovation Patent Application

• A6--Amendment after grant of innovation patent

• A8--Correction of bibliographic item data published at A level

• A9--Correction of Patent Specifications published at Level A

• B1 - the first publication of the accepted standard patent application

• B2--Announcement of patent application after acceptance

• B3--Small Patent Grant Announcement

• B4--Announcement on Granting Innovation Patent Certificate

• B8--B level bibliographic item data correction

• B9--Correction of patent specification published at level B

• C1--Amendment to standard patent or petty patent accepted or granted

• C4--recognized as an innovation patent modification

• C8--C-level published bibliographic data correction

• C9—Correction of patent specification published at C level

No. 28 [New Zealand]

New Zealand's patents can be found in the Australian Patent Office system, and agents between the two countries can also represent each other's patent applications, but New Zealand's patent application number coding method is much simpler than Australia's:

【NZ】+【4-digit AD Year】+【7-digit patent application serial number】