Data Coverage

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Where our patent data comes from?

GetFocus does not collect raw patent filings directly from national or regional patent offices. Instead, we source it from IFI Claims that offers extensive and high quality coverage which includes:

105+ countries with bibliographic data

59 countries with full text patent coverage

180M+ patent records

100+ Data sources

Country	Kind	From	Full Text English Translation	Bib Data and Abstract (other than DOCDB)	Description	Claims	Full Document PDF
AP (ARIPO)	Granted	1985-2005	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
AT (Austria)	Applications	2005	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	1994	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1990	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
AU (Australia)	Applications	1900	✓	✓
		1990	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1967	✓	✓
		1990	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
BE (Belgium)	Applications	1980	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	2015	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
BG (Bulgaria)	Applications	1994	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1994	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	1994	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
BR (Brazil)	Applications	2010	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	2009	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	2014	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CA (Canada)	Applications	1978	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1978	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CH (Switzerland)	Applications	1980	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1980	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CN (China)	Applications	1985	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1985	✓	✓
		1990	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	1985	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CS (Czechoslovakia)	Granted	1980-1993	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CY (Cyprus)	Granted	1982-1998	✓		✓	✓	✓
CZ (Czech Republic)	Applications	1993	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1993	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	1993	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
DD (former East Germany)	Granted	1980-2003	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
DE (Germany)	Applications	1877-1944 1951-	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1877-1944 1951-	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	1934-1944 1951-	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
DK (Denmark)	Applications	1980	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1980	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
EA (EAPO)	Granted	2000	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
EP (EPO)	Applications	1978	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1980	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ES (Spain)	Patents	2004	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	2004	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
FI (Finland)	Applications	1980	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1980	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
FR (France)	Applications	1981	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
GB (United Kingdom)	Applications	1980	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
GR (Greece)	Applications	2017	✓		✓	✓	✓
	Granted	2016	✓		✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	2015	✓		✓	✓	✓
HK (Hong Kong S.A.R.)	Granted	1999	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
HR (Croatia)	Applications	1994	✓		✓	✓	✓
	Granted	2016	✓		✓	✓	✓
HU (Hungary)	Applications	1980	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1980	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
IE (Ireland)	Applications	1990	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1980	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
IL (Israel)	Granted	1976	✓	✓	✓	✓
IN (India)	Applications	2004	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1972	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
IT (Italy)	Applications	1981	✓		✓	✓	✓
	Granted	2009	✓		✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	1990	✓		✓	✓	✓
JP (Japan)	Applications	1976	✓	✓
		1983	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1983	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	1983	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
KR (Republic of Korea)	Applications	1983	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1979	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	1979	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
LT (Lithuania)	Granted	1994	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
LU (Luxembourg)	Applications	1980	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
LV (Latvia)	Granted	1994	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
MD (Moldova)	Granted	2009	✓		✓	✓	✓
ME (Montenegro)	Granted	2004-2021	✓		✓	✓
MX (Mexico)	Applications	1997-2015	✓	✓	✓	✓
NL (Netherlands)	Applications	1990	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1997	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
NO (Norway)	Applications	1991	✓		✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1966	✓		✓	✓	✓
NZ (New Zealand)	Applications	1978-2012 2018-	✓	✓	✓	✓
OA (OAPI)	Granted	1980-2007 2015-	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
PH (Philippines)	Applications	2014-2019	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	2014-2016	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
PL (Poland)	Granted	1924	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
PT (Portugal)	Applications	1986	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1986	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
RO (Romania)	Applications	2011	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1993	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
RU (Russian Federation)	Applications	1994	✓	✓		✓	✓
	Granted	1994	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	1994	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SA (Saudi Arabia)	Granted	1995	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SE (Sweden)	Applications	1973	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1900	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SG (Singapore)	Applications	2011-2013	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SI (Slovenia)	Granted	1992	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SK (Slovakia)	Applications	1993	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1993	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	2008	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SU (Soviet Union)	Author Certificates and Patents	1924-1993	✓	✓	✓	✓
TH (Thailand)	Applications	1980	✓	✓		✓
TR (Türkiye)	Applications	2015	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	2015	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
TW (Taiwan)	Applications	2003	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	2000	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	2004	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
UA (Ukraine)	Granted	2002	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Utility Models	2005	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
US (United States)	Applications	2001	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Granted	1920-1949	✓	✓			✓
		1950-1975	✓	✓		✓	✓
		1976	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
WO (WIPO)	Applications	1978	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ZA (South Africa)	Granted	2001-2011	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Why IFI Claims?

Aggregates patent publications from over 100 jurisdictions worldwide

Normalizes and cleanses the data to remove duplicates and inconsistencies

Maintains a consistent, structured format across different patent offices

Provides regular updates to keep coverage current and reliable

By partnering with IFI Claims, we ensure that you are working with comprehensive, accurate, and industry-standard patent data.

Why this matters to you?

Transparency: You know exactly where the data originates.

Consistency: Patent data is standardized across jurisdictions, so search and analytics behave reliably.

Trust: IFI Claims has been a trusted provider of patent data for decades, serving law firms, IP professionals, and analytics platforms.

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