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Derwent Country Coverage / Year of Inclusion
This table lists the countries covered in Derwent Innovations
Index, its two-character abbreviation (that is, the
WIPO country code), and the initial
year of coverage.
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Country/Abbreviation
|
Initial Year of Coverage
|
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Argentina (AR)
|
1974-1976 only
|
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Australia (AU)
|
1983 (also 1963-1969)
|
|
Austria (AT)
|
1975
|
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Belgium (BE)
|
1963
|
|
Brazil (BR)
|
1976
|
|
Canada (CA)
|
1963
|
|
China (CN)
|
1987
|
|
Czech Republic (CZ)
|
1994
|
|
Czechoslovakia (CS)
|
1975-1994
|
|
Denmark (DK)
|
1974
|
|
European Patents (EP)
|
1978
|
|
Finland (FI)
|
1974
|
|
France (FR)
|
1963
|
|
Germany (East) (DD)
|
1963
|
|
Germany (DE)
|
1963
|
|
Hungary (HU)
|
1975
|
|
India (IN)
|
2004
|
|
International Technology Disclosures (TP)
|
1984-1993
|
|
Ireland (IE)
|
1963-1969; 1995
|
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Israel (IL)
|
1975
|
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Italy (IT)
|
1966-1969 (section A subjects only);
1978
|
|
Japan (JP)
|
1963
|
|
Korea (KR) (South)
|
1986
|
|
Luxembourg (LU)
|
1984
|
|
Mexico (MX)
|
1997
|
|
Netherlands (NL)
|
1963
|
|
New Zealand (NZ)
|
1993
|
|
Norway (NO)
|
1974
|
|
Patent Cooperation Treaty (WO)
|
1978
|
|
Philippines (PH)
|
1995
|
|
Portugal (PT)
|
1974
|
|
Research Disclosure (RD)
|
1978
|
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Romania (RO)
|
1975
|
|
Russian Federation (RU)
|
1994 (Russia)
|
|
Singapore (SG)
|
1995
|
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Slovakia (SK)
|
1994
|
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South Africa (ZA)
|
1963
|
|
Soviet Union (SU)
|
1963-1994
|
|
Spain (ES)
|
1983
|
|
Sweden (SE)
|
1974
|
|
Switzerland (CH)
|
1963
|
|
Taiwan (TW)
|
1993
|
|
United Kingdom (GB)
|
1963
|
|
United States (US)
|
1963
|
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Did You Know ...
The initial year of coverage refers to when the first patents covered for a
particular country were published.
Did You Also Know ...
Coverage of Research Disclosure (RD) patent records in the Derwent
Innovations Index database ranges from October 1, 1978 to March 10, 2001.
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