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Reexamination Certificates file layout

The first field is eight positions and contains the "Document Number".

The second field is eight positions and contains the "Publication Date" in a YYYYMMDD format.

The third field is two positions and contains the patent "Kind of Document Code".

Example:

B5093617 20001219 B1
B4490209 20001219 B2
C5775534 20010102 C1
CD350855 20020108 C1
CRE33507 20020528 F1
C4940488 20020618 C2
BRE33209 19960116 F2
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