Merged in [16022] from rcross@amsl.com:

    Modify IPR Patent number regex to allow Italian format, XX[15 digits]. Fixes ietf-tools#2694.
 - Legacy-Id: 16023
Note: SVN reference [16022] has been migrated to Git commit c368887

Author: levkowetz

ietf/ipr/forms.py

@@ -107,7 +107,12 @@ class Meta:
         help_texts = { 'sections': 'Sections' }
 
 validate_patent_number = RegexValidator(
-                                    regex="^(([A-Z][A-Z]\d\d/\d{6}|[A-Z][A-Z]\d{6,12}([A-Z]\d?)?|[A-Z][A-Z]\d{4}(\w{1,2}\d{5,7})?)[, ]*)+$",
+                                    regex=("^("
+                                             "([A-Z][A-Z]\d\d/\d{6}"
+                                             "|[A-Z][A-Z]\d{6,12}([A-Z]\d?)?"
+                                             "|[A-Z][A-Z]\d{4}(\w{1,2}\d{5,7})?"
+                                             "|[A-Z][A-Z]\d{15}"
+                                             ")[, ]*)+$"),
                                     message="Please enter one or more patent publication or application numbers as country code and serial number, e.g.: US62/123456 or WO2017123456." )
 
 def validate_string(s, letter_min, digit_min, space_min, message):