Data elements in the ISO patents database

Each record of the database contains the following 11 data elements:

• ISO standard reference: The number of the International Standard to which the Patent Statement refers, eg: ISO/IEC 14496-10:2003.
• Domain: This indicates in certain cases e.g.: multimedia the technical area to which the International Standard belongs, eg: MPEG, JPEG etc.
• Id. Number: The identification number assigned to the Patent Statement communicated to ISO. If there were, for example, 10 Patent Statements communicated to ISO referring to ISO/IEC 8822:1994, then there would be identification numbers ranging from ISO/IEC 8822:1994-01 to ISO/IEC 8822:1994-10.
• Organization: The organization/company that holds the patent and its contact address.
• Tel. No., Fax No. and e-mail address : The contact telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of the organization/company
• URL: Web site of the organization/company.
• Patent Title: The title of a patent, if given, in an organization's communication to ISO.
• Patent Number: The number of the patent cited in the communication to ISO.
• Patent ITU reference: Used in case of common text with ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector).
• Patent Country: The country in which the patent has been obtained. If the patent is held in several countries, only the major country (if that can be determined) is given.