MPEP Section 901.05(a), Citation Data

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901.05(a) Citation Data

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

list of Russian names of the months

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