Skip to main content
Data coverage

Information on current patent database coverage

Sakari Arvela avatar
Written by Sakari Arvela
Updated over 8 months ago

Overall coverage:
About 110 million patent application and grant publications, either in native English or as English machine translations.

Documents in native English

Jurisdiction

Type

From the year:

US (United States)

Applications

2001

US (United States)

Granted

1976

EP (EPO)

Applications

1978

EP (EPO)

Granted

1980

WO (WIPO)

Applications

1978

AU (Australia)

Applications

1990

AU (Australia)

Granted

1990

GB (United Kingdom)

Applications

1980

IN (India)

Applications

2004

IN (India)

Granted

1972

AP (ARIPO)

1985-2005

NZ (New Zealand)

Applications

1978-2012, 2018-

IE (Ireland)

Applications

1990

IE (Ireland)

Granted

1980

IL (Israel)

Granted

1976

Native English or machine translations:

Jurisdiction

Type

From

Original language

CN (China)

Applications

1985

Chinese

CN (China)

Granted

1985

Chinese

CN (China)

Granted

1990

Chinese

CN (China)

Utility Models

1985

Chinese

JP (Japan)

Applications

1983

Japanese

JP (Japan)

Granted

1983

Japanese

JP (Japan)

Utility Models

1983

Japanese

KR (Republic of Korea)

Applications

1983

Korean

KR (Republic of Korea)

Granted

1979

Korean

KR (Republic of Korea)

Utility Models

1979

Korean

AT (Austria)

Applications

2005

German

AT (Austria)

Utility Models

1994

German

AT (Austria)

Granted

1990

German

BE (Belgium)

Applications

1980

French, German, Dutch

BE (Belgium)

Granted

2015

French, German, Dutch

BG (Bulgaria)

Applications

1994

Bulgarian

BG (Bulgaria)

Granted

1994

Bulgarian

BG (Bulgaria)

Utility Models

1994

Bulgarian

BR (Brazil)

Applications

2010

Portuguese

BR (Brazil)

Granted

2014

Portuguese

BR (Brazil)

Utility Models

2009

Portuguese

CA (Canada)

Applications

1978

English, French

CA (Canada)

Granted

1978

English, French

CH (Switzerland)

Applications

1980

German, French, Italian

CH (Switzerland)

Granted

1980

German, French, Italian

CS (Czechoslovakia)

Granted

1980-1993

Czechoslovak

CZ (Czech Republic)

Applications

1993

Czech

CZ (Czech Republic)

Granted

1993

Czech

CZ (Czech Republic)

Utility Models

1993

Czech

DD (former East Germany)

Granted

1980-2003

German

DE (Germany)

Applications

1877

German

DE (Germany)

Granted

1877

German

DE (Germany)

Utility Models

1900

German

DK (Denmark)

Applications

1980

Danish, English

DK (Denmark)

Granted

1980

Danish, English

EA (Eurasia)

Granted

2000

Russian

ES (Spain)

Patents

2004

Spanish

ES (Spain)

Utility Models

2004

Spanish

FI (Finland)

Applications

1980

Finnish, English

FI (Finland)

Granted

1980

Finnish, English

FR (France)

Applications

1981

French

GR (Greece)

Applications

2017

Greek

GR (Greece)

Granted

2016

Greek

GR (Greece)

Utility Models

2015

Greek

HR (Croatia)

Applications

1994

Croatian

HR (Croatia)

Granted

2016

Croatian

HU (Hungary)

Applications

1980

Hungarian

HU (Hungary)

Granted

1980

Hungarian

IT (Italy)

Applications

1981

Italian

IT (Italy)

Granted

2009

Italian

IT (Italy)

Utility Models

1990

Italian

LT (Lithuania)

Granted

1994

Lithuanian

LU (Luxembourg)

Applications

1980

Luxembourgish, German, French, English

LV (Latvia)

Granted

1994

Latvian

MX (Mexico)

Applications

1997-2015

Spanish

NL (Netherlands)

Applications

1990

Dutch, English

NL (Netherlands)

Granted

1997

Dutch, English

NO (Norway)

Applications

1991

Norwegian

NO (Norway)

Granted

1966

Norwegian

OA (OAPI)

Granted

1980-2007, 2015-

English, French

PL (Poland)

Granted

1924

Polish

PT (Portugal)

Applications

1986

English, French

PT (Portugal)

Granted

1986

Portuguese

RO (Romania)

Applications

2011

Romanian

RO (Romania)

Granted

1993

Romanian

RU (Russian Federation)

Applications

1994

Russian

RU (Russian Federation)

Granted

1994

Russian

RU (Russian Federation)

Utility Models

1994

Russian

SE (Sweden)

Applications

1973

Swedish, English

SE (Sweden)

Granted

1900

Swedish, English

SI (Slovenia)

Granted

1992

Slovenian

SK (Slovakia)

Applications

1993

Slovak

SK (Slovakia)

Granted

1993

Slovak

SK (Slovakia)

Utility Models

2008

Slovak

SU (Soviet Union)

Author Certificates and Patents

1924-1993

Russian

TH (Thailand)

Applications

1980

Thai

TR (Türkiye)

Applications

2015

Turkish

TR (Türkiye)

Utility Models

2015

Turkish

TW (Taiwan)

Applications

2003

Chinese

TW (Taiwan)

Granted

2000

Chinese

TW (Taiwan)

Utility Models

2004

Chinese

All official languages and all patent classes are covered.

Data update cycle:

New documents are searchable typically within 21 days from publication of the corresponding data by the patent offices.

Note: We rely on data publication schedules of the intellectual property offices and our data provider (IFI Claims). Normally, data is made available in IPRally typically with 7 days from becoming available at IFI Claims.

Legal status coverage:

AU (Australia), CA (Canada), DE (Germany), EP (EPO), ES (Spain), FR (France), GB (United Kingdom), JP (Japan), US (United States), CN (China)

Note: We rely on legal status data that we obtain from our data provider (IFI Claims). IPRally takes no responsibility on the accuracy of the data. Please refer to official sources in cases of legal importance.


Registered users will be informed of exceptionally long delays due to maintenance work.

Did this answer your question?