Legal status codes for Ireland (IE)

KEY:

RED

 = 

Negative action

 

GREEN

 = 

Positive action

 

BLACK

 = 

Neutral action

Code

 Description

FC9A -

Application refused sect. 31(1)

FD4D -

European patents designating ireland treated as always having been void

FD4E -

Short term patents deemed void under section 64

MA -

Application abandoned after advertisement under the 1963 act

MA39 -

Patent surrendered under section 39

MM4A -

Patent lapsed

MM9A -

Application lapsed through non-payment of renewal fee

FD4H +

Reinstatement of europ. patent designating ireland previously advertised as void - section 119(7)

FG4D +

European patents granted designating ireland

AE9A

Application allowed to proceed following hearing

CA39

Application for surrender now open to opposition -section 39

CDHP

Decision in hearing in the patents office (patents act 1964)

CH19

Proceedings under section 19 of the patent act 1964 (notice of withdrawal of opposition)

CH66

Evidence submitted under section 66(3) ** open to public inspection

CJ29

Proceedings under section 29**application now opened to opposition

CJ37

Proceedings under section 37**application now open to opposition

CORR

Proceeding under section 110 of the patents act, 1992: correction of errors

DD9A

Application for amendment of patent specification now open to opposition (sect. 38)

DE9A

Applicaiton for amendment of patent specification (sect. 38), proceddings before high court

ERR

Erratum

FA9A

Application withdrawn section 33(1)

FA9B

Applications withdrawn, deemed to have been withdrawn or refused**withdrawn section 33(3)

FI9A

Application deemed to be withdrawn section 17(2)

FJ9A

Application deemed to be withdrawn section 31(3)

FK9A

Application deemed to have been withdrawn section 23(5)

HFAJ

Change of filing date

HH66

Erratum - evidence submitted under section 66(3)

HK1

Errata: patent still in force

HK2

Errata: patent lapsed

HK3

Errata: EP-patent still in force

HK4

Erratum

HK5

Cancellation of entry

ME9A

Application for revocation filed (sect. 57)

MK9A

Patent expired

ND27

Proceedings under section 27 of the patent act 1964 (petition to extend the term of a patent)

NE29

Applications for restoration of lapsed patents under section 29 of the patent act 1964

NE4A

Application for restoration sect. 37 patents act 1992

NF4A

Order made for restoration sect. 37 patents act 1992

NJ37

Proceedings under section 37**application for restoration refused

NMA

Application withdrawn after advertisement under 1966 act

NW37

Application for restoration withdrawn - section 37 of the patents act 1992

QD8A

Proceedings under sections 70 and 73 of the patents act 1992

QD9A

Application for licence withdrawn (sect. 70 & 73)

QU9A

Proceedings under sections 42 and 44 of the patent act 1964 (application for a license)

SPCD

Amendment of date of filing (supplementary protection certificates)

SPCF

Request for grant of supplementary protection certificate

SPCG

Supplementary protection certificate granted

SPCR

Supplementary protection certificate rejected

SPCW

Supplementary protection certificate withdrawn

SPCX

Correction of an erratum in the gazette concerning an spc