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Country codes

Country codes are two letters indicating the country or organisation where the patent application was filed or granted (eg GB). The list of countries covered by our worldwide database is shown in this table:

CC Name
AP African Regional Industrial Property Organization
AR Argentina
AT Austria
AU Australia
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina
BE Belgium
BG Bulgaria
BR Brazil
CA Canada
CH Switzerland
CN China
CS Czechoslovakia (up to 1993)
CU Cuba
CY Cyprus
CZ Czech Republic
DD Germany, excluding the territory that, prior to 3 October 1990, constituted the Federal Republic of Germany
DE Germany
DK Denmark
EA Eurasian Patent Organisation
EE Estonia
EG Egypt
EP European Patent Office
ES Spain
FI Finland
FR France
GB United Kingdom
GR Greece
HK Hong Kong
HR Croatia
HU Hungary
IE Ireland
IL Israel
IN India
IT Italy
JP Japan
KE Kenya
KR Republic of Korea
LT Lithuania
LU Luxembourg
LV Latvia
MC Monaco
MD Republic of Moldova
MN Mongolia
MT Malta
MW Malawi
MX Mexico
MY Malaysia
NC New Caledonia
NL Netherlands
NO Norway
NZ New Zealand
OA African Intellectual Property Organization
PH Philippines
PL Poland
PT Portugal
RO Romania
RU Russian Federation
SE Sweden
SG Singapore
SI Slovenia
SK Slovakia
SU Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
TJ Tajikistan
TR Turkey
TT Trinidad and Tobago
TW Taiwan
US United States of America
VN Vietnam
WO World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
YU Yugoslavia
ZA South Africa
ZM Zambia
ZW Zimbabwe