Re: Australian patents
Chris Torrero (Chris@torrero.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 28 Nov 1999 22:11:27 +0000
In message <19991128184323.7840.qmail@hotmail.com>, Bill Murray
<billmurray2@hotmail.com> writes
>Non-member submission from [claudia.chandler@kvaerner.com]
>
>I am confused about Australian patent numbers. I ordered AU564505
>(870813) AND AU639998 (930812) and for the former received a document
>titled "Application for a Standard" (even though the Inpadoc record
>lists this document as a "B" or examined patent) and for the latter I
>only received a PCT document (WO91/14651) with the patent number
>639998 stamped on it in the Published space on the front page. Are
>AU564505 and AU 639998 in fact real live Australian examined patents or
>are they applications which will never be granted patents? Also, why
>does the WPI database not include these patent numbers in their patent
>family listings. Inpadoc does cover them as separate records.
>regards,
>Claudia Chandler
>Kvaerner Chemetics Inc
>1818 Cornwall Avenue
>Vancouver, B.C.
>V6J 1C7
>phone 604-737-4510 fax 604-734-0340
>claudia.chandler@kvaerner.com
>
>
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Australia does not republish PCT documents when they reach the national
stage, but merely reprints the original PCT document (even if the
original is not in English) having assigned an Australian serial number.
I'm not sure if Australia is one of those countries which has a separate
series of numbers for granted documents.
--
Chris Torrero