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Survey on representation of calendar dates

Collated Results

This survey collects information from Industrial Property Offices (IPOs) on variations in the representation of calendar dates based on the Gregorian calendar.

  • Purpose: provide information on IPO practices for consideration by the CWS
  • Conducted: August to September 2022
  • Survey approved: ninth session of the CWS

Notes

  • This data is presented as provided by the respondent. If you have questions about a particular respondent's data, please contact that Office for more information.
  • Empty table cells mean that the respondent did not answer that part of the question. Likewise, a respondent with no entry on a particular question means they did not answer that question.

Survey Contents

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Survey respondents

Respondent by ST.3 code Office or Organization Name (if provided)
AT Austria
AU Australia

IP Australia

BF Burkina Faso

National Industrial Property Center

BH Bahrain

Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property

CA Canada

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

CL Chile

National Industrial Property Institute

CN China

China National Intellectual Property Administration

CO Colombia

National Copyright Directorate

CO Colombia

Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade

CU Cuba

Cuban Industrial Property Office

DK Denmark

DKPTO

EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO)

Eurasian Patent Office

EE Estonia

The Estonian Patent Office

EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

EUIPO

EP European Patent Office (EPO)

European Patent Office

ES Spain

Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)

FI Finland

FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE

FR France

National Industrial Property Institute (INPI)

GB United Kingdom

UK Intellectual Property Office

HK Hong Kong, China

Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

HR Croatia

State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia

HU Hungary

Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

JP Japan

Japan Patent Office

KZ Kazakhstan

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

LT Lithuania

State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania

LV Latvia

Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia

MX Mexico

Mexican Industrial Property Institute (IMPI)

NO Norway

Norwegian Industrial Property Office

NZ New Zealand

Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

PH Philippines

Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines

PL Poland

the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

PT Portugal

Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property

RU Russian Federation

Rospatent

SE Sweden

Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV)

SI Slovenia

Slovenian Intellectual Property Office

SK Slovakia

Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic

UA Ukraine

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent)

US United States of America

United States Patent and Trademark Office


1. How does your office order calendar date components in published documents when using dates consisting only of numbers? Select all that apply.

Respondent by ST.3 code Response Comments
AT Austria
AU Australia IP Australia

Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD)

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

BF Burkina Faso National Industrial Property Center

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

Our office does not use dates consisting only of numbers

BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD)

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

Trademarks: A Industrial Design: A Patent: A and B

CL Chile National Industrial Property Institute

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration

Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD)

CO Colombia National Copyright Directorate

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

CO Colombia Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade

Other format (specify in comments)

DD name of month in letters YYCC

CU Cuba Cuban Industrial Property Office

Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD)

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

In publications under the patent modality, the format (YYCC.MM.DD) is used, and in publications under the mark modality, this other format (DD.MM.YYCC) is used. In September, the Office will make the necessary adjustments for all publications to have a single format, which will be (YYCC.MM.DD).

DK Denmark DKPTO

Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD)

EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office

Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD)

EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) EUIPO

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

Since 1996 DD.MM.CCYY has been the date format on published patent documents. On previously published patent documents the format DD.MM.YY was used

ES Spain Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)

Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD)

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

FR France National Industrial Property Institute (INPI)

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

Only used fot Patent publication documents

HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

or D.M.CCYY or (dot at the end) such as DD.MM.CCYY. and D.M.CCYY.

HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD)

JP Japan Japan Patent Office

Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD)

KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania

Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD)

LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

MX Mexico Mexican Industrial Property Institute (IMPI)

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office

Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD)

The ISO standard CCYY-MM-DD may be used in correspondences.

NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD)

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

For the Philippines, the standard regional format is: (m)m/(d)d/CCyy When using IPAS, we are forced to use: dd.mm.yyyy since this is the only format supported by IPAS for display.

PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD)

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property

Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD)

RU Russian Federation Rospatent

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV)

Year first, such as 1997.09.01 (CCYY.MM.DD)

SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent)

Day first, such as 01.09.1997 (DD.MM.CCYY)

US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office

Other format (specify in comments)

For Patent and Trademark XML data, ST.36 format, CCYYMMDD For Patent Tiff Image data, ST.33, the format is: 3 letter month abbreviation and 1 or 2 digit day, 4 digit year. For example: Jul. 7, 2022 or May 21, 2019


2. How does your office separate date components in published documents? Select all that apply.

Respondent by ST.3 code Response Comments
AT Austria
AU Australia IP Australia

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD

other separator (specify in comments)

Hyphen (dash)

BF Burkina Faso National Industrial Property Center

other separator (specify in comments)

DD [month] CCYY

BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD

comma, as in DD [month], CCYY

other separator (specify in comments)

Trademarks: B and Other (slash) Industrial Design: B and Other (slash) Patent: A, B and Other (slash)

CL Chile National Industrial Property Institute

dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD

CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

CO Colombia National Copyright Directorate

space, as in CCYY MM DD

CO Colombia Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade

other separator (specify in comments)

No separator used

CU Cuba Cuban Industrial Property Office

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD

In publications under the patent modality, the format (YYCC.MM.DD) is used, and in publications under the mark modality, slashes (DD.MM.YYCC) are used. In September, the Office will make the necessary adjustments for all publications to have a single format, which will be (YYCC.MM.DD), separated by full stops.

DK Denmark DKPTO

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) EUIPO

dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD

other separator (specify in comments)

CCYY-MM-DD

EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

ES Spain Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD

other separator (specify in comments)

Dashes are also used in Volumes 1 (marks and distinctive signs) and 3 (industrial designs) of the Official Industrial Property Bulletin (BOPI), and in the "Mark Locator" database

FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE

other separator (specify in comments)

DD.MM.CCYY

FR France National Industrial Property Institute (INPI)

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD

GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

space, as in CCYY MM DD

HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

other separator (specify in comments)

DD-MM-CCYY

HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

other separator (specify in comments)

Dash as in DD-MM-CCYY Slash as in DD/MM/CCYY (for decisions on TM IR sent to WIPO)

HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

JP Japan Japan Patent Office

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania

horizontal dash (-)

LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

The Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia (LPO) uses the following format: DD.MM.CCYY

MX Mexico Mexican Industrial Property Institute (IMPI)

dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD

NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

space, as in CCYY MM DD

other separator (specify in comments)

In our API responses we use CCYY-MM-DD

PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

dash, as in CCYY/MM/DD

comma, as in DD [month], CCYY

PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

space, as in CCYY MM DD

PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

RU Russian Federation Rospatent

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV)

other separator (specify in comments)

Hyphen: CCYY-MM-DD (There seems to be an error in the "dash" alternative in the questionnaire, which shows a slash!)

SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent)

dot, as in CCYY.MM.DD

US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office

other separator (specify in comments)

See Question #1 above.


3. Are leading zeroes omitted from any date components? Consider the date September 1, 1997. Select all that apply.

Respondent by ST.3 code Response Comments
AT Austria
AU Australia IP Australia

Leading zeroes omitted for day DD, such as 1997.09.1

BF Burkina Faso National Industrial Property Center

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property

Leading zeroes omitted for month MM, such as 1997.9.01

Leading zeroes omitted for both day DD and month MM, such as 1997.9.1

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Leading zeroes omitted for day DD, such as 1997.09.1

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

Trademarks: D Industrial Design: D Patent: A

CL Chile National Industrial Property Institute

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

CO Colombia National Copyright Directorate

Leading zeroes omitted for day DD, such as 1997.09.1

Leading zeroes omitted for both day DD and month MM, such as 1997.9.1

CO Colombia Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

CU Cuba Cuban Industrial Property Office

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

DK Denmark DKPTO

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) EUIPO

Leading zeroes omitted for day DD, such as 1997.09.1

Leading zeroes omitted for month MM, such as 1997.9.01

Leading zeroes omitted for both day DD and month MM, such as 1997.9.1

EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

ES Spain Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

All our modern services use leading zeros (i.e. no omissions). However, we still have a legacy patent information/register service, which omits all leading day and month zeros. We expect to renounce the legacy service by the end of 2022.

FR France National Industrial Property Institute (INPI)

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office

Leading zeroes omitted for both day DD and month MM, such as 1997.9.1

On the Designs Journal & Designs Case Enquiry Service

HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia

Leading zeroes omitted for both day DD and month MM, such as 1997.9.1

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

- depends on type of IP document - leading zeros omitted for day in date format where full month name is used!

HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

JP Japan Japan Patent Office

Leading zeroes omitted for both day DD and month MM, such as 1997.9.1

KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

LPO uses the following format: DD.MM.CCYY with no omissions.

MX Mexico Mexican Industrial Property Institute (IMPI)

Leading zeroes omitted for day DD, such as 1997.09.1

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

In some cases, zeros are omitted in trademark titles, for example, and used in other cases, such as in the IMPI Gazette for publishing marks and positions.

NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

Leading zeroes omitted for day DD, such as 1997.09.1

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

Our online database does not omit leading 0's from dates. Letters that we write in relation to IP cases do omit them the calendar date, months in said letters are written in full words

PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines

Leading zeroes omitted for day DD, such as 1997.09.1

Leading zeroes omitted for month MM, such as 1997.9.01

Leading zeroes omitted for both day DD and month MM, such as 1997.9.1

PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

RU Russian Federation Rospatent

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV)

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic

Leading zeroes omitted for month MM, such as 1997.9.01

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent)

No omissions, leading zeroes are always included in the date, such as 1997.09.01

US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office

For Patent Tiff image data, the leading zeros are omitted for the day. For example: Jul. 7, 2022


4. Does your office ever spell out the names of months in published dates? Select all that apply.

Respondent by ST.3 code Response Comments
AT Austria
AU Australia IP Australia

Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997

Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997

BF Burkina Faso National Industrial Property Center

Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997

BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property

Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997

Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997

CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997

Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997

Trademarks: B, we use the abbreviation of both the French and English abbreviations eg. Fev/feb Industrial Design: A and B, we use the abbreviation of both the French and English abbreviations eg. Fev/feb Patent: A

CL Chile National Industrial Property Institute

Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997

Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997

Only used in official inter-institutional letters and emails.

CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

CO Colombia National Copyright Directorate

Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997

CO Colombia Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade

Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997

We use it in all cases

CU Cuba Cuban Industrial Property Office

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

DK Denmark DKPTO

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) EUIPO

Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997

(D)D < name of the month > CCYY

EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

ES Spain Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

FR France National Industrial Property Institute (INPI)

Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997

In the Official Industrial Property Bulletin (BOPI) for patents, marks and designs.

GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office

Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997

For all journals and case enquiry systems (Patents, Trade Marks & Designs)

HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia

Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997

for example 1. rujan 1997. (names of months in croatian language)

HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

JP Japan Japan Patent Office

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997

LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

MX Mexico Mexican Industrial Property Institute (IMPI)

Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997

NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

In correspondence letters the full month is used.

NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997

Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997

PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines

Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997

Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997

PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property

Yes, we use full month names such as September 1, 1997

RU Russian Federation Rospatent

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV)

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent)

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates

US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office

Yes, we use abbreviated month names such as Sept 1, 1997

See examples above #1.


5. If your office spells out months, which languages do you use for month names? Select all that apply. If a language has multiple variations of month names, indicate in the comments which variation your office uses.

Respondent by ST.3 code Response Comments
AT Austria
AU Australia IP Australia

English

BF Burkina Faso National Industrial Property Center

French

BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property

Arabic

English

CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office

English

French

CL Chile National Industrial Property Institute

Spanish

Only used in official inter-institutional letters and emails.

CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration

Chinese

CO Colombia National Copyright Directorate

Spanish

CO Colombia Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade

English

Spanish

CU Cuba Cuban Industrial Property Office
DK Denmark DKPTO
EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office
EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office
EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) EUIPO

English

French

German

Spanish

Other (specify in comments)

EUIPO official languages

EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office
ES Spain Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)
FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE
FR France National Industrial Property Institute (INPI)

French

GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office

English

HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia

Other (specify in comments)

Croatian

HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

Not applicable

JP Japan Japan Patent Office
KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

English

Russian

Kazakh language

LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania
LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia

Other (specify in comments)

In Latvian.

MX Mexico Mexican Industrial Property Institute (IMPI)

Spanish

NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office

Other (specify in comments)

Norwegian, but only in correspondence letters

NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

English

PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines

English

PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

We do not spell out month names in any dates

PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property

Portuguese

RU Russian Federation Rospatent

Other (specify in comments)

No, we do not spell out month names in any dates.

SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV)
SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office
SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic
UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent)
US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office

English


6. Please select all the date formats used by your office below. If multiple formats or separators are selected, indicate what types of documents or data use each one.

Respondent by ST.3 code Selected Formats Used for Comments
AT Austria
AU Australia IP Australia

CCYY.MM.DD as in 1997.09.01

CCYY-MM-DD as in 1997-09-01

DD-MM-CCYY as in 01-09-1997

DD-MM-YY as in 01-09-97

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

(D)D [month] CCYY as in 1 September 1997

CCYY.MM.DD - Dot and Dash used. Dot used in abridgement notices of published specifications.

CCYY-MM-DD - Dot and Dash used. Dash used in published dates, e.g. bibliographic details in AusPat

DD-MM-CCYY - Either dash or slash may be used to display dates in various systems (e.g. in date pickers, IP right summaries, metadata, etc.), there is not one consistent approach and often comes down to that used by the ICT product.

DD-MM-YY - Either dash or slash may be used to display dates in various systems (e.g. in date pickers, IP right summaries, metadata, etc.), there is not one consistent approach and often comes down to that used by the ICT product.

DD [month] CCYY - Both are used. Full month name is consistently used in documents/correspondence. Abbreviated is used in Australian Trade Mark Search, Design Search, etc.

(D)D [month] CCYY - Full month name is consistently used in documents/correspondence and may omit the leading zero in some cases.

BF Burkina Faso National Industrial Property Center

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

Year first formats: DD [month] CC YY

Day first formats: DD [month] CCYY

BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property

CCYY.MM.DD as in 1997.09.01

CCYY.(M)M.(D)D as in 1997.9.1

DD.MM.CCYY as in 01.09.1997

DD.MM.YY as in 01.09.97

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

(D)D [month] CCYY as in 1 September 1997

[month] DD CCYY as in September 01, 1997

CCYY.MM.DD - all documents

CCYY.(M)M.(D)D - all documents

DD.MM.CCYY - all documents

DD.MM.YY - all documents

DD [month] CCYY - all documents

(D)D [month] CCYY - all documents

[month] DD CCYY - all documents

[month] (D)D CCYY - all documents

CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office

CCYY/MM/DD as in 1997/09/01

CCYY-MM-DD as in 1997-09-01

DD-MM-CCYY as in 01-09-1997

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

[month] DD CCYY as in September 01, 1997

[month] (D)D CCYY as in September 1, 1997

Other format (specify in comments)

CCYY/MM/DD - Trademarks: Dashes are used in the (TM Journal (Gazette) and online search database) and slashes are used on office documents where it is only in numeric format. Industrial Design: Dashes and slashes are used on the on-line database and office documents , dashes in D+ Patent: Slash We use slash in host letters but not in office letters

DD [month] CCYY - Patent: used in documents

[month] DD CCYY - Patent: used in documents

Other format (specify in comments): Trademarks: DD [Month]/[Month] CCYY note: the first [Month] will be the French abbreviation and the second [Month] will be the English abbreviation. This is used on all office correspondence/documents where the month is name format. Industrial Design: In D+, CCYY-MM-DD, Reports and letters 23 octobre 2020 / October 23, 2020, 31 MAI / MAY 2022, le 19 novembre 2020

CL Chile National Industrial Property Institute

DD/MM/CCYY as in 01/09/1997

CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration

CCYY.MM.DD as in 1997.09.01

CCYYMMDD as in 19970901 (no separator)

CCYY.MM.DD - "dot" is usually used for published documents or data; "none" is used for data in some IT systems.

CO Colombia National Copyright Directorate

CCYY-MM-DD as in 1997-09-01

CCYY.(M)M.(D)D as in 1997.9.1

DD-MM-CCYY as in 01-09-1997

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

(D)D [month] CCYY as in 1 September 1997

CO Colombia Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade

DDMMCCYY as in 01091997 (no separator)

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

DDMMCCYY - All dates are expressed in this manner, emphasizing that the month is written in words using abbreviations.

DD [month] CCYY - For all purposes concerning the Public Industrial Property Registry.

CU Cuba Cuban Industrial Property Office

CCYY.MM.DD as in 1997.09.01

DD/MM/CCYY as in 01/09/1997

CCYY.MM.DD - Publications in the Official Bulletin of Patents

DD/MM/CCYY - Publications in the Official Bulletin of Marks

DK Denmark DKPTO

CCYY.MM.DD as in 1997.09.01

YY.MM.DD as in 97.09.01

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

Year first formats: We always have leading 0 in dates

Day first formats: Our date format is always ccyy.mm.dd

Month name formats: We only use digits

EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office

CCYY.MM.DD as in 1997.09.01

EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office

DD.MM.CCYY as in 01.09.1997

DD.MM.CCYY - for all kind documents and publications

EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) EUIPO

CCYY-MM-DD as in 1997-09-01

DDMMCCYY as in 01091997 (no separator)

DD/MM/YY as in 01/09/97

(D)D/MM/YY as in 1/09/97

(D)D-(M)M-YY as in 1-9-97

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

(D)D [month] CCYY as in 1 September 1997

[month] DD CCYY as in September 01, 1997

CCYY-MM-DD - - APIs use dates in the RFC 3339 internet profile - subset of ISO 8601 format "CCYY-MM-DD" - In the majority of EUIPO's official XML schemas the date type of the W3C XML Schema, e.g. "CCYY-MM-DD", is used

(D)D/MM/YY - eSearch Plus: uses dates in the format "DD/MM/CCYY

(D)D-(M)M-YY - eSearch Plus: "(D)D/(M)M/CCYY" in the Microsoft Excel export

DD [month] CCYY - not used

[month] DD CCYY - not used

[month] (D)D CCYY - not used

Other format (specify in comments): no

EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office

CCYY-MM-DD as in 1997-09-01

DD.MM.CCYY as in 01.09.1997

CCYY-MM-DD - Espacenet

DD.MM.CCYY - European Register

ES Spain Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)

CCYYMMDD as in 19970901 (no separator)

DD.MM.CCYY as in 01.09.1997

DD/MM/YY as in 01/09/97

CCYYMMDD - File in xml format for information exchange between SPTO, EPO, WIPO and EUIPO, in line with WIPO standards (authority file).

DD.MM.CCYY - INVENES (Invenciones en Español - Inventions in Spanish) database - DISEÑOS (Industrial Designs) database - Information publication brochures

DD/MM/YY - Volume 2 of the Official Industrial Property Bulletin (BOPI)

Year first formats: Also the YYCC-MM-DD for the "Mark Locator" database for searching for national and international marks

Day first formats: We also use the DD-MM-YYCC format, with dashes, in Volumes 1 and 3 of BOPI, as indicated in question 2.

Month name formats: We do not use dates with the month in the first place.

FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE

DD.MM.CCYY as in 01.09.1997

DD.MM.YY - This format is not used at all.

(D)D.MM.YY - This format is not used at all.

(D)D.(M)M.YY - This format is not used at all.

Year first formats: We use only the Year first format with dots CCYY.MM.DD such as (1997.09.01).

Month name formats: We do not use month names.

FR France National Industrial Property Institute (INPI)

DD/MM/CCYY as in 01/09/1997

DD.MM.YY as in 01.09.97

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

(D)D [month] CCYY as in 1 September 1997

DD/MM/CCYY - For the online search service : https://data.inpi.fr and for some dates in the BOPI (Bulletin)

DD.MM.YY - For publication of patent applications and patents

DD [month] CCYY - Official Industrial Property Bulletin (BOPI) for patents, marks and designs

(D)D [month] CCYY - Official Industrial Property Bulletin (BOPI) for trademarks and designs

GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office

DD.MM.CCYY as in 01.09.1997

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

(D)D [month] CCYY as in 1 September 1997

DD.MM.CCYY - Patent Publication documents

DD [month] CCYY - Patent case enquiry, Trade Mark journal & case enquiry

(D)D [month] CCYY - Design Journal & case enquiry

Year first formats: No "year" first formats are used.

HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

DD-MM-CCYY as in 01-09-1997

DD-MM-CCYY - For online-register and Trade Marks and Designs Official Journal, the date format is DD-MM-CCYY. For Patents Front Page and Official Journal, the date format is DD.MM.CCYY.

HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia

DD-MM-CCYY as in 01-09-1997

(D)D.(M)M.YY as in 1.9.97

Other format (specify in comments)

DD-MM-CCYY - receiving office (stamp on the first page of received document in paper)

(D)D.(M)M.YY - Important. Year is always in format CCYY Date formats such as (D)D.(M)M.CCYY or (D)D.(M)M.CCYY. (dot at the end) used for Official Gazzete, online search and all other croatian official documents

Other format (specify in comments): (D)D. [month] CCYY. (dot at the end) for official documents in croatian language

Year first formats: N/A

Day first formats: slash such as DD/MM/CCYY for all decisions on TM IR sent to WIPO via Input MECA system

HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

CCYY.MM.DD as in 1997.09.01

CCYY.MM.DD - Used for all types of documents

Day first formats: None of the above

Month name formats: None of the above

JP Japan Japan Patent Office

CCYY.(M)M.(D)D as in 1997.9.1

KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

CCYY.MM.DD as in 1997.09.01

CCYY.(M)M.(D)D as in 1997.9.1

YY.MM.DD as in 97.09.01

YY.(M)M.(D)D as in 97.9.1

DD.MM.CCYY as in 01.09.1997

DD.MM.YY as in 01.09.97

(D)D.MM.YY as in 1.09.97

(D)D.(M)M.YY as in 1.9.97

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

(D)D [month] CCYY as in 1 September 1997

[month] DD CCYY as in September 01, 1997

[month] (D)D CCYY as in September 1, 1997

LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania

CCYY-MM-DD as in 1997-09-01

LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia

DD.MM.CCYY as in 01.09.1997

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

(D)D [month] CCYY as in 1 September 1997

[month] DD CCYY as in September 01, 1997

[month] (D)D CCYY as in September 1, 1997

DD.MM.CCYY - LPO uses it in published dates and documents.

DD [month] CCYY - LPO uses it in documents.

(D)D [month] CCYY - LPO uses it in documents.

[month] DD CCYY - LPO uses it in documents.

[month] (D)D CCYY - LPO uses it in documents.

Year first formats: LPO does not use such a format.

MX Mexico Mexican Industrial Property Institute (IMPI)

CCYY/MM/DD as in 1997/09/01

DD/MM/CCYY as in 01/09/1997

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

(D)D [month] CCYY as in 1 September 1997

CCYY/MM/DD - Indicate application filing dates, effective dates of registration

DD/MM/CCYY - Applications and documents (advertising), application filing dates when published in the Industrial Property Gazette

DD [month] CCYY - online patent notification certificates, issuance dates of official shares or application filing dates for distinctive signs in the Industrial Property Gazette

(D)D [month] CCYY - Publications in the Gazette, issuance dates of registration certificates, as well as indicating effective dates

NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office

CCYY.MM.DD as in 1997.09.01

(D)D [month] CCYY as in 1 September 1997

CCYY.MM.DD - All publications and digital register (search and display). Open data.

(D)D [month] CCYY - Correspondence letters (letter head)

NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

CCYY-MM-DD as in 1997-09-01

DDMMCCYY as in 01091997 (no separator)

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

(D)D [month] CCYY as in 1 September 1997

CCYY-MM-DD - API responses

DD [month] CCYY - Dates as recorded on our online database for filing dates, registration dates, expiry dates, convention priority claims etc

(D)D [month] CCYY - Correspondence issued by the Office in relation to IP rights.

PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines

CCYY/MM/DD as in 1997/09/01

CCYY/(M)M/(D)D as in 1997/9/1

YY/MM/DD as in 97/09/01

YY/(M)M/(D)D as in 97/9/1

DD/MM/CCYY as in 01/09/1997

DD/MM/YY as in 01/09/97

(D)D/MM/YY as in 1/09/97

(D)D/(M)M/YY as in 1/9/97

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

(D)D [month] CCYY as in 1 September 1997

[month] DD CCYY as in September 01, 1997

[month] (D)D CCYY as in September 1, 1997

Other format (specify in comments)

PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

CCYY.MM.DD as in 1997.09.01: space

DD.MM.CCYY as in 01.09.1997

CCYY.MM.DD - Official publications: Bulletin of Patent Office, Communications of the Patent Office (granted rights, applications)

DD.MM.CCYY - dot- patent, utility model, industrial design specifications, fillings of translations of European patent specifications Please see below comment for you reference.

Day first formats: space- Communications of the Patent Office (filling of translations of European patents) DD MM CCYY

PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property

CCYY.MM.DD as in 1997.09.01

CCYY.MM.DD - Patents, Utility Models, Industrial Designs and Trademarks

DD.MM.CCYY - We do not use this format.

DD.MM.YY - We do not use this format.

(D)D.MM.YY - We do not use this format.

(D)D.(M)M.YY - We do not use this format.

DD [month] CCYY - We do not use this format.

(D)D [month] CCYY - We do not use this format.

[month] DD CCYY - We do not use this format.

[month] (D)D CCYY - We do not use this format.

RU Russian Federation Rospatent

CCYY/MM/DD as in 1997/09/01

CCYY.MM.DD as in 1997.09.01

DD [month] CCYY as in 01 September 1997

Publication data in xml formats. Option "none" is also aplicable in some cases.

Publication in pdf formats

in patents or registration certificates issued to the applicant (electronic in pdf format or on paper)

SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV)

CCYY-MM-DD as in 1997-09-01

SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office

DD.MM.CCYY as in 01.09.1997

SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic

DD.MM.CCYY as in 01.09.1997

DD.MM.YY as in 01.09.97

DD.MM.CCYY - now days patent documents https://wbr.indprop. gov.sk/WebRegistre/E PPatentPreSR/Detail/ 12

DD.MM.YY - old patent documents https://wbr.indprop. gov.sk/WebRegistre/P atent/Detail/912-95

Day first formats: (D)D.(M)M.CCYY (e.g. 1.9.2000) separated by dots, https://www.indprop.gov.sk/en/products-and-services/office-products/official-gazette

UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent)

DD.MM.CCYY as in 01.09.1997

US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office

CCYYMMDD as in 19970901 (no separator)

[month] DD CCYY as in September 01, 1997

[month] (D)D CCYY as in September 1, 1997

CCYYMMDD - For XML data, as per ST.2

[month] DD CCYY - Not Used.

[month] (D)D CCYY - For Image Data, For example: Jul. 7, 2022 or May 21, 2019

Day first formats: Not used

Month name formats: For XML data, 2 digit month


7. In your IT systems, what format(s) are dates for IP documents and data stored in? Please select all formats used by your various IT systems for dates related to IP documents and data.

Respondent by ST.3 code Response Comments
AT Austria
AU Australia IP Australia

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

BF Burkina Faso National Industrial Property Center

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property

As a different format (describe in comments)

CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

As Epoch time / Unix time / Posix time – a timestamp representing the number of seconds (or milliseconds) since a fixed point in time (the epoch).

Trademarks: A Industrial Design: A Patent: A and B

CL Chile National Industrial Property Institute

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

As Epoch time / Unix time / Posix time – a timestamp representing the number of seconds (or milliseconds) since a fixed point in time (the epoch).

As another integer-based offset.

As a different format (describe in comments)

UUID 16

CO Colombia National Copyright Directorate

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

As another integer-based offset.

CO Colombia Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

CU Cuba Cuban Industrial Property Office

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

DK Denmark DKPTO

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office

As a different format (describe in comments)

IP documents date stored in MySql DATE type fields

EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) EUIPO
EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office
ES Spain Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

FR France National Industrial Property Institute (INPI)

As Epoch time / Unix time / Posix time – a timestamp representing the number of seconds (or milliseconds) since a fixed point in time (the epoch).

Our IP business applications manage the date in a timestamp format, the MMIs of these applications convert the timestamp into object date.

GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

As another integer-based offset.

Patent dates for structured data stored as julian dates as the system is still based on an IDSMX mainframe. Will be changed when system transformed in approx. next 18 months

HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

As Epoch time / Unix time / Posix time – a timestamp representing the number of seconds (or milliseconds) since a fixed point in time (the epoch).

HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

JP Japan Japan Patent Office

As a different format (describe in comments)

Retain in character string type or HiRDB TIMESTAMP type.

KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

As Epoch time / Unix time / Posix time – a timestamp representing the number of seconds (or milliseconds) since a fixed point in time (the epoch).

LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

Saves full year, month, and date.

MX Mexico Mexican Industrial Property Institute (IMPI)

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

As Epoch time / Unix time / Posix time – a timestamp representing the number of seconds (or milliseconds) since a fixed point in time (the epoch).

PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

RU Russian Federation Rospatent

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.: As a database field with a date or datetime datatype

SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV)
SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent)

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.

As another integer-based offset.

US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office

As a database field with a date or datetime datatype.


8. What is the maximum year your systems are capable of storing? If your systems use multiple digital date storage formats, select all that apply.

Respondent by ST.3 code Response Comments
AT Austria
AU Australia IP Australia

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

31-DEC-9999 is the limit in the database.

BF Burkina Faso National Industrial Property Center

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

CL Chile National Industrial Property Institute

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

CO Colombia National Copyright Directorate
CO Colombia Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

CU Cuba Cuban Industrial Property Office

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

DK Denmark DKPTO

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office

Other maximum. (specify in comments)

MySql maximum date is '9999-12-31'. Systems based on 32-bit Java has 2038 problem.

EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office

Other maximum. (specify in comments)

Max 2999

EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) EUIPO
EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office
ES Spain Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

FR France National Industrial Property Institute (INPI)

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

The limit is that of the machine

GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office

Other maximum. (specify in comments)

Yes, on core Patent bibliographic system pre Transformation but not for other systems - limit is 2099.

HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

JP Japan Japan Patent Office

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

2036 - End of epoch time for 32 bit unsigned integer timestamps measured from Jan 1, 1900.: 2036 - Technical explanation - End of epoch time for 32 bit unsigned integer timestamps measured from Jan 1, 1900. For instance, NTP protocol uses this format (64 bit timestamps but only 32 bits for number of seconds).

LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

No limits, and the maximum year is such as 9999.

MX Mexico Mexican Industrial Property Institute (IMPI)

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

2038 - End of epoch time for 32 bit signed integer timestamps measured from Jan 1, 1970 (often called Unix time).: 2038 - Technical explanation - End of epoch time for 32 bit signed integer timestamps measured from Jan 1, 1970 (often called Unix time). Affects 32-bit applications in Unix, linux, and Windows.

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

BackOffice and Soprano store date in fields of formats DATE , TIME, DATETIME or TIMESTAMP . The TIMESTAMP value has a range from '1970-01-01 00:00:01' UTC to '2038-01-19 03:14:07' UTC.

PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).

RU Russian Federation Rospatent

No practical limit. The maximum year has no practical limit, such as 9999 (database 4-digit year fields) or beyond (64-bit timestamps in seconds).: No practical limit (9999 or beyond)

SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV)
SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office

2079 - End of epoch time for 16-bit unsigned integers recording number of days since Jan 1, 1900.: 2079 - Technical explanation - End of epoch time for 16-bit unsigned integers recording number of days since Jan 1, 1900.

SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic

Other maximum. (specify in comments)

30.12.4712

UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent)

2038 - End of epoch time for 32 bit signed integer timestamps measured from Jan 1, 1970 (often called Unix time).: 2038 - Technical explanation - End of epoch time for 32 bit signed integer timestamps measured from Jan 1, 1970 (often called Unix time). Affects 32-bit applications in Unix, linux, and Windows.

Other maximum. (specify in comments)

The maximum year our systems are capable of storing is 2559

US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office

Other maximum. (specify in comments)

The database limit for the year for systems is 9999.


9. Are there any other considerations that users should be aware of with dates in your published documents? If so, please provide an explanation and examples.

Respondent by ST.3 code Response
AT Austria
AU Australia IP Australia

None

BF Burkina Faso National Industrial Property Center
BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property

no there no other consideration with the dates

CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office

N/A

CL Chile National Industrial Property Institute
CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration
CO Colombia National Copyright Directorate
CO Colombia Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade

No

CU Cuba Cuban Industrial Property Office
DK Denmark DKPTO
EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office
EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office
EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) EUIPO
EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office
ES Spain Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)
FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE

-

FR France National Industrial Property Institute (INPI)
GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office

No

HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia

N/A

HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

-

JP Japan Japan Patent Office

EXPLANATION OF THE JAPANESE YEAR INDICATION In Japan, the name of the Emperor's era changes whenever a new Emperor succeeds to the throne. The era of: MEIJI started in 1868 and ended in 1912:明治 TAISHO started in 1912 and ended in 1926:大正 SHOWA started in 1926 and ended in 1989:昭和 HEISEI started in 1989 and ended in 2019:平成 REIWA started in 2019:令和 In industrial property documents the Emperor's era (or reign) is indicated, as part of the Filing date and registration date, by a Japanese character.

KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

No

LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania
LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia

None.

MX Mexico Mexican Industrial Property Institute (IMPI)

Not applicable

NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office
NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines

When it comes to dates and computers, at least two thing must be considered and strictly observed: 1. All dates must be stored in ISO format, such as yyyy-mm-dd 2. Dates can be displayed according to the current locale, which mm/dd/yyyy for PH, dd.mm.yyyyy for EU, etc.

PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

No

PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property

No.

RU Russian Federation Rospatent
SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV)
SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office
SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic
UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent)
US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office

10. Optional - If you wish to provide any file attachments with examples from your other answers (such as question 11), please do so here.

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AT Austria
AU Australia IP Australia
BF Burkina Faso National Industrial Property Center
BH Bahrain Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property
CA Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office
CL Chile National Industrial Property Institute
CN China China National Intellectual Property Administration
CO Colombia National Copyright Directorate
CO Colombia Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade
CU Cuba Cuban Industrial Property Office
DK Denmark DKPTO
EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Eurasian Patent Office
EE Estonia The Estonian Patent Office
EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) EUIPO
EP European Patent Office (EPO) European Patent Office
ES Spain Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)

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FI Finland FINNISH PATENT AND REGISTRATION OFFICE
FR France National Industrial Property Institute (INPI)
GB United Kingdom UK Intellectual Property Office
HK Hong Kong, China Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
HR Croatia State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia
HU Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office
JP Japan Japan Patent Office
KZ Kazakhstan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LT Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania
LV Latvia Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia
MX Mexico Mexican Industrial Property Institute (IMPI)
NO Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office
NZ New Zealand Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
PH Philippines Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines
PL Poland the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
PT Portugal Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property
RU Russian Federation Rospatent
SE Sweden Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV)
SI Slovenia Slovenian Intellectual Property Office
SK Slovakia Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic
UA Ukraine State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpatent)
US United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office