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- bibliographic data, in ST.96 XML. The XML bibliographic data constitute the essence of the transaction from a technical perspective. It allows the transaction to be created in the Hague System in an automated manner. The more detailed the XML, the less work for the Hague examiners, therefore the faster the recording of the transaction.
- supporting PDF documents. Supporting documents are mandatory, legal requirements that constitute the essence of the transaction from a business point of view. They MUST be stamped with a <com:DocumentKindCategory> value as per the ST.96 standard in order to be categorized correctly in the Hague System. Failing to provide the document category will prevent automated recording of the transaction, and will fail the importation of said transaction into the Hague System.
- only one per decisions (statement of grant of protection, refusal, division, invalidation, etc.). The <com:DocumentKindCategory> choices are as follows:
- REFUSAL_DECISION
- GRANT_OF_PROTECTION_AFTER_REFUSAL
- GRANT_OF_PROTECTION_NO_PRIOR_REFUSAL
- DIVISION
- INVALIDATION
- as many as needed in case of indirect applications. The <com:DocumentKindCategory> choices are as follows:
- INTERNATIONAL_DESIGN_APPLICATION, for the DM/1 form
- POWER_OF_ATTORNEY, for US applicants designating a representative
- MISCELLANEOUS, for any other kind of document
- only one per decisions (statement of grant of protection, refusal, division, invalidation, etc.). The <com:DocumentKindCategory> choices are as follows:
- JPG designs, in the case of an indirect application. The <com:DocumentKindCategory> choice is REPRODUCTION_SHEETS.
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| Transaction type | ST.96 main tag |
|---|---|
| indirect application | <dgn:HagueApplication> |
| grant of protection | <dgn:HagueGrantProtectionRequest> |
| refusal | <dgn:HagueRefusalRequest> |
withdrawal of refusal | <dgn:HagueRefusalWithdrawalRequest> <dgn:HagueGrantProtectionRequest dgn:priorRefusalIndicator="true"> |
declaration that a change of ownership has no effect | <dgn:HagueGenericOfficeCommunication> |
withdrawal of a declaration that a change of ownership has no effect | <dgn:HagueGenericOfficeCommunication> |
division | <dgn:HagueDivision> |
refusal of correction | <dgn:HagueGenericOfficeCommunication> |
invalidation | <dgn:HagueInvalidationRequest> |
invitation to pay the second part of the fee | <dgn:HagueSecondPartFeePayable> |
notification that the second part of the fee was paid | <dgn:HagueSecondPartFeePaid> |
cancellation for non payment of the second part of the fee | <dgn:HagueCancellationNonPaymentRequest> |
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If, however, a grant of protection is pronounced, and transmitted, after a refusal and with the purpose of cancelling the latter, and if the <dgn:HagueGrantProtectionRequest> is chosen to convey the decision in question, then the dgn:priorRefusalIndicator attribute must be used and set to "true". (This attribute is optional and defaults to "false", and therefore can be omitted when transmitting grants of protection with no prior refusal.)
The choice of the <com:DocumentKindCategory> value is equally important and must be set to:
- GRANT_OF_PROTECTION_NO_PRIOR_REFUSAL if the grant of protection does not follow a refusal
- GRANT_OF_PROTECTION_AFTER_REFUSAL if the grant of protection follows a refusal
Payment information
Indirect applications. through the <dgn:HagueApplication> tag (see "Samples" below), replicate the latest version of the DM/1. That includes section "Payment of fees", page 12 of the DM/1 (which can be found at https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/hague/en/docs/form_dm_1-editable1.pdf):
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