Classification of patent offices according to the Berners-Lee Open Data Plan
| Type | Data available in | Patent offices |
|---|---|---|
| ***** (and ****) | LOD (and RDF) | EPO; USPTOa; Korean Patent Officeb; IPO UKb; IP Australiac |
| *** | CSVd | French Patent Office; Norwegian Patent Office; German Patent Office |
| ** | XLS | Hungarian Patent Office; Austrian Patent Office; Polish Patent Office; Swedish Patent Office |
| * | PDFd | Italian Patent Office; Bulgarian Patent Office; Benelux Patent Office; Spanish Patent Office; Estonian Patent Office ; Finish Patent Office; Irish Patent Office; Czech Republic Patent Office; Lithuanian Patent Office; Slovak Patent Office; Portuguese Patent Office; HR Office; Slovenian IP Office; Swiss Patent Office; Hellenic Patent Office; Romanian Patent Office; Danish Patent Office |
| Type | Data available in | Patent offices |
|---|---|---|
| ***** (and ****) | LOD (and RDF) | EPO; USPTOa; Korean Patent Officeb; IPO UKb; IP Australiac |
| *** | CSVd | French Patent Office; Norwegian Patent Office; German Patent Office |
| ** | XLS | Hungarian Patent Office; Austrian Patent Office; Polish Patent Office; Swedish Patent Office |
| * | PDFd | Italian Patent Office; Bulgarian Patent Office; Benelux Patent Office; Spanish Patent Office; Estonian Patent Office ; Finish Patent Office; Irish Patent Office; Czech Republic Patent Office; Lithuanian Patent Office; Slovak Patent Office; Portuguese Patent Office; HR Office; Slovenian IP Office; Swiss Patent Office; Hellenic Patent Office; Romanian Patent Office; Danish Patent Office |
Notes: aTaking into account the AKSW database (different provider); bthe patent offices have done additional steps non-related to the format to make merging of data easier; cthe database can be described as providing linking data, yet it is not an LOD database in classical sense; dif taking into account the bibliographical export in .csv by Espacenet on its web-pages designed in cooperation with national patent offices (e.g. https://sk.espacenet.com/), there are such data provided for most, however, the end document exports remain .pdf
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