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What Do the Legal Events "Expires Soon", "Attacked", "Granted", and "Recently Published" Mean?
The filter element "Legal Event" comes with four different options you can select from.
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Expires soon | Patent families that become inactive within 12 months from the Reporting Date selected |
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Attacked | Patent families that have been attacked by third party (e.g., opposition, re-examination or revocation procedure) in any jurisdiction |
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Granted | Patent families that have been granted in any jurisdiction |
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Recently published | Patent families that have been published during the last 12 months prior to the Reporting Date selected |
For a related use case, see also: → How to Identify Prematurely Dropped Patent Families