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United States Patent and Trademark Office, the body which issues patents in the USA.

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Patent Number suffix A1 / B2 etc.

On some patent numbers I see an "A1" / "A2" / "B2" etc. suffix after the actual patent number e.g. "USxxxxxxxxx B2" or "WOxxxxxxxx A1" etc. What do these suffixes mean? Is there a key somewhere tha …
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