It is one of the most comprehensive databases on the Patent Bibliography. This database is known as EPIDOS( European Patent Information and Document Service). European Patent Office (EPO) publishes this database. EPO has been receiving the bibliography of all the patents filed and granted in approximately 71 countries since 1968. It contains over 33 millions references from 1968 onwards. Almost 3 millions references are added each year. Fields in INPADOC database are :-
| Description | Field | Description | Field | Description | Field | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applicant's Country | ac | Application Date | ad | Application Number** | an | ||
| Applicant's Name** | ap | Chemical Abstract | ca | Country of Priority** | cp | ||
| Designated Country | dc | Elected Country | ec | Edition Symbol | ed | ||
| Extended Kind of Document | ek | Inventors' Country | ic | Inventor's Name** | in | ||
| International Classification** | ip | Kind of Application | ka | Kind of Document | kd | ||
| Kind of Priority | kp | National Classification | nc | Application No. Priority** | pr | ||
| Publishing Date | pb | Publishing Country** | pc | Priority Date | pd | ||
| Language of Publication | pl | Patent Number** | pn | Status of Application | st | ||
| Title of Invention** | ti | Family/Equivalent Patent | FP |