An abbreviation or code that names a country. This is information that can be used to identify a country that granted a patent or to provide a machine-comparable form of the name of a country as an addition to the content of the <country> element.
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Text, numbers, or special characters | An abbreviation for a country, typically using the ISO 3166-1 two-letter alphabetic
codes, for example, USfor the United States of America. |