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- Participation in WIPO Committees and Task Forces: INPI plays an active role in the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS), including its Task Forces, as well as in the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) and the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC).
- Cooperation with WIPO on OCR Technology: INPI collaborates with WIPO on the implementation of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) solutions to extract full-text information from legacy patent documents, thereby enhancing the accessibility and usability of historical data.
- Collaboration with the European Patent Office (EPO): INPI maintains a cooperation agreement with the EPO to enable access to structured patent data in XML format, facilitating improved data integration and analysis.
- Provision of ST.36 Patent Data in Bulk: INPI offers ST.36-compliant patent data in bulk format to any interested national or regional patent authority, supporting global efforts to harmonize and share patent information.
- Engagement in the Patent Analytics Community of Practice (CoP): INPI is an active member of the Patent Analytics CoP, an international forum coordinated by WIPO to exchange methodologies and best practices in patent data analysis. Notably, INPI will host the 2025 edition of the CoP Symposium in Brazil.
- Participation in the WIPO International Cooperation for Patent Examination Program (ICE)
VII. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WIPO STANDARDS CONCERNING PATENT INFORMATION
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