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901.05(a) Citation Data [R-3] - 900 Prior Art, Classification, and Search

901.05(a) Citation Data [R-3]

Foreign patent publications that use Arabic and Roman numerals in lieu of names to indicate the date show in order the day, month, and year, or alternatively, the year, month, and day. Roman numerals always refer to the month.

Japanese patent application publications show the date in Arabic numerals by indicating in order the year of the reign of the Emperor, the month, and the day. To convert the Japanese year of the Emperor to the Western calendar year, for years prior to 1989, add 1925 to the JAPANESE YEAR. For example: 40.3.6 = March 6, 1965. For years after 1988, add 1988 to the JAPANESE YEAR.

Alphabetical lists of the foreign language names of the months and of the names and abbreviations for the United States of America follow. The lists set forth only selected commonly encountered foreign language names and do not include those which are similar to the English language names and thus easily translatable.

In using the lists, identification of the foreign language (except for Russian)* is not necessary. The translation into English is ascertained by alphabetically locating the foreign language name on the list.

The list of the foreign language names and abbreviations for the United States is useful in determining whether a foreign language patent publication indicates the filing of a similar application in the United States.

I.    < ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SELECTED FOREIGN LANGUAGE NAMES OF MONTHS

agosto August
août August
augusti August
avril April
brezen March
Cerven June
Cervenec July
czerwiec June
décembre December
dicembre December
duben April
elokuu August
febbraio February
Feber [Februar] February
februari February
février February
gennaio January
giugno June
grudzieN December
heinäkuu July
helmikuu February
huhtikuu April
Jänner [Januar] January
janvier January
joulukuu December
juillet July
juin June
kesäkuu June
kvÈten May
kwiecieN April
leden January
lipiec July
listopad November
lokakuu October
luglio July
luty February
maaliskuu March
maart March
maggio May
Mai May
maj May
maraskuu November
marzec March
mars March
marts March
März March
marzo March
mei May
ottobre October
paZdziernik October
prosinec December
ríjna October
settembre September
sierpieN August
srpen August
styczeN January
syyskuu September
tammikuu January
toukokuu May
ùnora February
wrzesieN September
zárí September

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II.    < LIST OF SELECTED FOREIGN LANGUAGE NAMES AND ABBREVIATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Amerikas Förenta Stater;

[Förenta Staterna av Amerika]

De forenete stater av Amerika

De vorenede Stater av Amerika

EE.UU.

E.U.

E.U.A.

E.U.d Am.

Etats-Unis d'Amérique

Sp. St. A.

Spoj. St. Am.

Spojene Staty Americke

Stany Zjednoczone Ameriki

Stati Uniti d'America

S.U.A.

S.Z.A.

V.St.A.

V.St.v.A.

Ver. St. v. Am(erika)

de Vereinigde Staten van Amerika

Vereinigde Staaten van Noord-Amerika

Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika

Vorenede Stater i Amerika

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