What this is
When Nintendo began naming TPCi as an authorised user on its US Customs records for Pokémon marks: between 4 March and 21 July 2021. No current record recorded before that window names TPCi; every one after it does.
How it’s built
- Each current Nintendo-owned Pokémon record was dated by when it was recorded or last renewed.
- Records were then split by whether their authorised-user list names TPCi and tallied by year: none of 20 in 2017–2020, 3 of 7 in 2021, and every record from 2022 to 2026.
What we assumed
- A record's expiry date minus ten years approximates its last renewal.Customs keeps the original effective date on renewal, so renewal dates have to be inferred; the split is clean whichever date is used.
Sanity check
Older versions of renewed records list only Nintendo companies, which fits lists being updated at renewal rather than all at once.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:
Where it’s used
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