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Patent Country (Identification)

Definition:

Observations:

1. For better search results in your database, avoid using a large variety of terms; draw up an authority list and add names of countries as necessary. See documentation tip No. 2 (in French only) for bibliographic references.
2. This field is used in conjunction with the Patent Number and Patent Date fields.

Entry rules:

1. Enter the full name of the country; do not use abbreviations.
   Example

   	Patent Country	United States
   	and not
   	Patent Country	U.S.A.

2. If the name of the patent country has changed, enter its current name followed by a comma and a space, and then the name used at the time the patent was issued.
   Example

   A motor is marked with patent number 65878, dated August 29, 1954. This patent number was issued by the Patent Office of the German Democratic Republic, today part of Germany.

   	Object Name	motor
   	Patent Number	65878
   	Patent Date	1954-08-29
   	Patent Country	Germany, German Democratic Republic

3. This field may contain multiple entries separated by a semicolon followed by a space. They should be entered in the order in which they appear on the nameplate and correspond to the entries in the Patent Number field.
   Example

   A voltage transformer was manufactured using three patented parts. Two of them were patented in the United States and one in Canada: 2356874, June 14, 1896, 502804, January 22, 1898 and 2487548, October 4, 1899.

   	Object Name	voltage transformer
   	Patent Number	2356874; 502804; 2487548
   	Patent Date	1896-06-14; 1898-01-22; 1899-10-04
   	Patent Country	United States; Canada; United States