INID is an

acronym An acronym is a word or name formed from the initial components of a longer name or phrase. Acronyms are usually formed from the initial letters of words, as in ''NATO'' (''North Atlantic Treaty Organization''), but sometimes use syllables, as ...

for Internationally agreed Numbers for the Identification of (bibliographic) Data. INID codes are used by patent offices worldwide for indicating specific bibliographic data items on the title pages of

patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...

s and patent application publications. INID codes use Arabic numerals, and so are language-independent. For example, number ''(30)'' indicates priority data, and ''(51)'' technical area according to the

International Patent Classification The International Patent Classification (IPC) is a hierarchical patent classification system used in over 100 countries to classify the content of patents in a uniform manner. It was created under the Strasbourg Agreement (1971), one of a number o ...

(IPC).Example for INID codes on th
front page
of INID codes are standardised by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in ST.9. Sample patent to illustrate

References

External links

ST.9 Standards section of the WIPO Handbook on Industrial Property and Information, which contains the INID codes
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