中国 公報のKIND CODE変更（メモ）

(EPO)

1. DOCUMENT TYPES AND KIND CODES

INVENTION PATENTS:
Laid-open publications
公开(1985 to April 2010)
unexamined patent publication (A)
申请公布 (from April 2010)
publication of application (A)
re-issue of front page of A document (A8)
re-issue of complete A document (A9)
Examined/granted documents
审定公告 (1985 to 1993)
examined patent publication (B)
授权公告 (1983 to April 2010)
granted patent publication (C)
授权公告 (from April 2010)
granted patent publication (B)
re-issue of front page of B document (B8)
re-issue of complete B document (B9)
amended B document after partial invalidation (C1-C7)

UTILITY MODELS:
公告 (1985 to 1993)
pre-grant utility model publication (U)
授权公告 (1993 to April 2010)
registered utility model publication (Y)
授权公告 (from April 2010)
registered utility model publication (U)
re-issue of front page of U document (U8)
re-issue of complete U document (U9)
amended U document after partial invalidation (Y1-Y7)

2. NUMBER FORMATS
yyyy t nnnnnnn.n application numbers
four digits for the year (y)
one digit for the type of patent right (t)
seven digits for the serial number (n)
one check digit (.n)
(before October 2003: yy t nnnnn.n)

t nnnnnnnn publication numbers
one digit for the type of patent right (t)
eight digits for the serial number (n), no year
(before August 2007: t nnnnnn*)

(*NOTE: Before April 2010, applications and granted documents were published with different numbers. Nowadays, the same number is used for both publication stages. Therefore, in cases where the application was published before August 2007, the old number format is kept for the granted document.)

3. Types of patent right (t)
1 - patent for invention
2 - patent for utility model
3 - patent for design
8* - PCT application (patent) entering national phase in China
9* - PCT application (utility model) entering national phase in China
(* types 8 and 9 are only used in application numbers)