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The following are the allowable patent number formats that have been approved for use in the iEdison system:

  * Patent Number Format Legend:
#   Any digit
' '   A literal string; the quotemarks themselves should be omitted


#######
########
'PLT'####
'PLT'#####
'PP'####
'PP'#####
#,###,###
##,###,###
'D'#####
'PP'#,###
'PP'##,###
'RE'#####
'PV'#######
'PV'#########

Examples:
1234567
12345678
PLT1234
PLT12345
PP1234
PP12345
1,234,567
12,345,678
D12345
PP1,234
PP12,345
RE12345
PV1234567
PV123456789

 

 

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