对于专利文档种类的代码世界知识产权组织制订了一个标准,即:Standard ST.16: Identification of different kinds of patent documents (May 1997),其PDF格式全文链接如下:http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/standards/en/pdf/03-16-01.pdf
德国是从2004年开始采用这一标准的。标准中对代码的释义如下:
Group 1
Use for documents resulting from a patent application and being identified as the primary or major series (excluding the utility model documents of Group 2 and the special series of patent documents as specified in Group 3, below)
A First publication level
B Second publication level
C Third publication level
Group 2
Use for utility model documents having a numbering series other than the documents of Group 1
U First publication level
Y Second publication level
Z Third publication level
Group 3
Use for special series of patent documents as specified below:
M Medicament patent documents (e.g., documents previously published by FR)
P  [s:10]lant patent documents (e.g., published by US)
S Design patent documents (e.g., published by US)
Group 4
Use for special types of patent documents or documents derived from/relating to patent applications and not covered by Groups 1 to 3, above, as specified below:
L Documents, not covered by the letter code W, relating to patent documents and containing bibliographic information and only the text of an abstract and/or claim(s) and, where appropriate, a drawing
R Separately published search reports
T  [s:10]ublication, for information or other purposes, of the translation of the whole or part of a patent document already published by another office or organization
W Documents relating to utility model documents falling in Group 2 and containing bibliographic information and only the text of an abstract and/or claim(s) and, where appropriate, a drawing
Group 5
Use for series of patent documents not covered by Groups 1 to 4, above
E First publication level
F Second publication level
G Third publication level
Group 6
Use for series of patent documents or documents derived from/relating to patent applications and not covered by Groups 1 to 5, above, according to the special requirements of each industrial property office
H
I
Group 7
Other (see paragraph 2, above)
N Non-patent literature documents
X Documents restricted to the internal use of industrial property offices. |