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Support Country Databases and Country Codes

Patentcloud collects more than 100 countries patent databases. The country codes are aligned with the USPTO.

For core patent data collection and coverage please check the timely data completeness page.

The format of the country codes is shown below.

COUNTRY CODE
African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) OA
Algeria DZ
Argentina AR
ARIPO AP
Armenia AM
Australia AU
Austria AT
Belarus BY
Belgium BE
Brazil BR
Bulgaria BG
Canada CA
Chile CL
China CN
Colombia CO
Costa Rica CR
Croatia HR
Cuba CU
Cyprus CY
Czech Republic CZ
Czechoslovakia CS
Denmark DK
Dominican republic DO
Ecuador EC
Egypt EG
El Salvador SV
Estonia EE
Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) EA
Europe ER
Finland FI
France FR
Georgia GE
German Democratic Republic DD
Germany DE
Greece GR
Guatemala GT
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) GC
Honduras HN
Hong Kong HK
Hungary HU
Iceland IS
India IN
Indonesia ID
Ireland IE
Israel IL
Italy IT
Japan JP
Jordan JO
Kenya KE
Korea KR
Latvia LV
Lithuania LT
Luxembourg LU
Macao MO
Malawi MW
Malaysia MY
Malta MT
Mexico MX
Monaco MC
Mongolia MN
Montenegro ME
Morocco MA
Netherlands NL
New Zealand NZ
Nicaragua NI
Norway NO
Panama PA
Peru PE
Philippines PH
Poland PL
Portugal PT
Republic of Moldova MD
Romania RO
Russia RU
San Marino SM
Saudi Arabia SA
Serbia RS
Singapore SG
Slovakia SK
Slovenia SI
South Africa ZA
Soviet Union (USSR) SU
Spain ES
Sweden SE
Switzerland CH
Taiwan TW
Tajikistan TJ
Thailand TH
Tunisia TN
Turkey TR
Ukraine UA
United Arab Emirates AE
United Kingdom GB
United States US
Uruguay UY
Viet Nam VN
WIPO WO
Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro YU
Zambia ZM
Zimbabwe ZW