Country Coverage and Kind Codes
Derwent World Patents Index Coverage
Thomson Reuters takes data from 50 sources (48 patent-issuing authorities and 2 journal sources) to create Derwent World Patents Index® (DWPISM) — the world's most comprehensive collection of professionally abstracted and annotated patent documents.
DWPI now covers more than 23.6 million inventions (Basic Records/patent families) detailed in over 51.8 million patent documents (April 2013).
Enhance your understanding of DWPI coverage by downloading the PDFs below and discover:
- An overview of the patenting processes of 48 patent-issuing authorities (and two journal sources) worldwide. If you need further information, please use the links to the individual Patent Office websites, as provided.
- The extent to which Thomson Reuters covers patents from each patent-issuing authority.
- Patent number and application number formats for Thomson Innovation and the key online hosts: Dialog, Questel and STN.
Download the free PDFs for each patent authority and journal source covered in DWPI below:
- Argentina (AR) (1975-76 only) 132 KB, 2 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Australia (AU) 200 KB, 3 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Austria (AT) 210 KB, 4 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Belgium (BE) 193 KB, 3 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Brazil (BR) 221 KB, 3 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Canada (CA) 151 KB, 2 pp, Updated 01/2013
- China (CN) 190 KB, 3 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Czech Republic (CZ) 186 KB, 3 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Czechoslovakia (CS) 176 KB, 2 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Denmark (DK) 158 KB, 3 pp, Updated 01/2013
- European Patents (EP) 190 KB, 3 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Finland (FI) 160 KB, 3 pp, Updated 01/2013
- France (FR) 177 KB, 3 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Germany (DE) 263 KB, 7 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Germany - East (DD) 180 KB, 3 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Gulf Cooperation Council (GC) 133 KB, 2 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Hong Kong (HK) 217 KB, 2 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Hungary (HU) 192 KB, 3 pp, Updated 01/2013
- India (IN) 197 KB, 3 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Indonesia (ID) 162 KB, 3 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Int. Technology Disclosures (TP) 199 KB, 2 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Ireland (IE) 155 KB, 2 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Israel (IL) 134 KB, 2 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Italy (IT) 166 KB, 2 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Japan (JP) 303 KB, 6 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Republic of Korea (KR) 207 KB, 4 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Luxembourg (LU) 133 KB, 2 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Malaysia (MY) 101 KB, 3 pp, Updated 11/2012
- Mexico (MX) 211 KB, 3 pp, Updated 01/2013
- Netherlands (NL) 166 KB, 3 pp, Updated 01/2013
- New Zealand (NZ) 156 KB, 2 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Norway (NO) 159 KB, 3 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (WO) 280 KB, 6 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Philippines (PH) 193 KB, 3 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Poland (PL) 229 KB, 3 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Portugal (PT) 150 KB, 2 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Research Disclosures (RD) 154 KB, 2 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Romania (RO) 158 KB, 3 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Russian Federation (RU) 198 KB, 4 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Singapore (SG) 149 KB, 2 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Slovakia (SK) 180 KB, 3 pp, Updated 02/2013
- South Africa (ZA) 175 KB, 2 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Soviet Union (SU) 180 KB, 2 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Spain (ES) 207 KB, 4 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Sweden (SE) 202 KB, 3 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Switzerland (CH) 186 KB, 3 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Taiwan (TW) 199 KB, 3 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Thailand (TH) 152 KB, 2 pp, Updated 01/2013
- United Kingdom (GB) 163 KB, 3 pp, Updated 02/2013
- United States (US) 207 KB, 4 pp, Updated 02/2013
- Vietnam (VN) 169 KB, 2 pp, Updated 02/2013
More Information
- DWPI Coverage Summary - List of all kind codes and start dates in DWPI 258 KB, 12 pp, Updated 02/2013
- WIPO Country Codes - List of all WIPO country short names and codes209 KB, 7 pp, Updated 04/2012
- INID Codes - List of International Agreed Numbers for the Identification of Data74 KB, 3 pp, Updated 04/2012
- Deleted DWPI Records- List of records deleted from DWPI188 KB, To update 201321
- Latest Updates — Latest country publication dates