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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? CIPO already has a numbering system in place and this standard is for IPOs wishing to change or start their numbering system. CIPO has no plans to change their numbering system.
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WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? No. CIPO does not create "microforms" of patent documents anymore.
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WIPO Standard ST.
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9: Bibliographic data on and relating to patents and SPCs
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? No. CIPO does not create "microforms" of patent documents anymore.
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While CIPO does not have SPCs, they do use ST.9 for patent information in the Canadian Patent Office Record (CPOR, equivalent to the gazette) and on patent documents. |
WIPO Standard ST.10: Published patent documents
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: Only ST10B and ST10C. 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? No. CIPO does not create "microforms" of patent documents anymore.
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WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?No. CIPO does not create "microforms" of patent documents anymore CIPO utilizes imperial sizing and margins and there are no plans to change.
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WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: We do not provide a bar code as per items #11-13. 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?No. CIPO does not create "microforms" of patent documents anymore.
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WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?No. CIPO does not create "microforms" of patent documents anymore.
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WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? No. CIPO does not create "microforms" of patent documents anymorePatent branch does not follow standards per say, but all documents are produced on high quality white paper, and are clearly legible.
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WIPO Standard ST.
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11: Minimum of indexes to be inserted in patent gazettes
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? CIPO publishes an annual index of published documents in an outline search system which allows additional continuous indexing.
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WIPO Standard ST.
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12: Preparation of abstracts of patent documents
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? 4. Comments (optional) While CIPO does not have SPCs, they do use ST.9 for patent information in the Canadian Patent Office Record (CPOR, equivalent to the gazette) and on patent documents. |
WIPO Standard ST.10: Published patent documents
Section 79 of the Patent Rules sets forth the required form and content of the abstract and requires that the abstract: -contain a concise summary of the matter contained in the application and, where applicable, the chemical formula that, among all the formulae included in the application, best characterizes the invention; -specify the technical field to which the invention relates; -be drafted in a way that allows the clear understanding of the technical problem, the gist of the solution of that problem through the invention, and the principle use or uses of the invention; -be so drafted that it can efficiently serve as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art; and -not contain more than 150 words | ||
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: Only ST10B and ST10C. 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? 4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? CIPO utilizes imperial sizing and margins and there are no plans to change.
4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.10/B: Layout of bibliographic data components
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Section 79 of the Patent Rules sets forth the required form and content of the abstract and requires that the abstract: -contain a concise summary of the matter contained in the application and, where applicable, the chemical formula that, among all the formulae included in the application, best characterizes the invention; -specify the technical field to which the invention relates; -be drafted in a way that allows the clear understanding of the technical problems, the gist of the solution of that problem through the invention, and the principle use or uses of the invention; -be so drafted that it can efficiently serve as a scanning tool for the purposes of searching in the particular art; and -not contain more than 150 words |
1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
- Completely
- Partly
- Not Implemented
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:
We do not provide a bar code as per items #11-13.
3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?
4. Comments (optional)
WIPO Standard ST.10/C: Presentation of bibliographic data components
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? 4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?Patent branch does not follow standards per say, but all documents are produced on high quality white paper, and are clearly legible. No plans at this time to change our practise with regards to abstracts
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WIPO Standard ST.
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12/C: Physical characteristics of separately published abstracts
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? CIPO publishes an annual index of published documents in an outline search system which allows additional continuous indexingdoes not utilize a separate publication of abstracts in the form of card files.
4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: Section 79 of the Patent Rules sets forth the required form and content of the abstract and requires that the abstract: -contain a concise summary of the matter contained in the application and, where applicable, the chemical formula that, among all the formulae included in the application, best characterizes the invention; -specify the technical field to which the invention relates; -be drafted in a way that allows the clear understanding of the technical problem, the gist of the solution of that problem through the invention, and the principle use or uses of the invention; -be so drafted that it can efficiently serve as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art; and -not contain more than 150 words 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? 4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.12/A: Abstracts of patent documents
For domestic process CIPO only uses the Serial Number (paragraph 5(d)), however within the WIPO XML standards CIPO will format the number following ST.13. It is noted CIPO does not use a year designation (paragraph 5(c)) however follows the 5(c) recommendation and includes zeros in its place. 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? 4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.14: References cited in patent documents
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: Section 79 of the Patent Rules sets forth the required form and content of the abstract and requires that the abstract: -contain a concise summary of the matter contained in the application and, where applicable, the chemical formula that, among all the formulae included in the application, best characterizes the invention; -specify the technical field to which the invention relates; -be drafted in a way that allows the clear understanding of the technical problems, the gist of the solution of that problem through the invention, and the principle use or uses of the invention; -be so drafted that it can efficiently serve as a scanning tool for the purposes of searching in the particular art; and -not contain more than 150 words All citations are included in the examiners report which is available on the Canadian Patent Database (CPD). 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? 4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.15: Titles of inventions in patent documents
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: The petition, i.e. Form 3 of Schedule I of the Patent Rules, must include the title of the invention. That said, in accordance with paragraph 80(1)(a) of the Patent Rules, the description must also state the title of the invention, which shall be short and precise and shall not include a trade-mark, coined word, or personal name. In instances where the title of the invention in the description differs from the title in the Petition for Grant of a Patent, the Office will only have regard to the title as specified in the description. The application will grant to patent with the title as it appears on the first page of the description. 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? 4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? No plans at this time to change our practise with regards to abstracts
4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.12/C: Physical characteristics of separately published abstracts
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
- Completely
- Partly
- Not Implemented
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:
3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?
CIPO does not utilize a separate publication of abstracts in the form of card files.
4. Comments (optional)
WIPO Standard ST.13: Numbering of applications for IPRs
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
- Completely
- Partly
- Not Implemented
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:
For domestic process CIPO only uses the Serial Number (paragraph 5(d)), however within the WIPO XML standards CIPO will format the number following ST.13. It is noted CIPO does not use a year designation (paragraph 5(c)) however follows the 5(c) recommendation and includes zeros in its place.
3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?
4. Comments (optional)
WIPO Standard ST.14: References cited in patent documents
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
- Completely
- Partly
- Not Implemented
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:
All citations are included in the examiners report which is available on the Canadian Patent Database (CPD).
3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?
4. Comments (optional)
WIPO Standard ST.15: Titles of inventions in patent documents
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: The petition, i.e. Form 3 of Schedule I of the Patent Rules, must include the title of the invention. That said, in accordance with paragraph 80(1)(a) of the Patent Rules, the description must also state the title of the invention, which shall be short and precise and shall not include a trade-mark, coined word, or personal name. In instances where the title of the invention in the description differs from the title in the Petition for Grant of a Patent, the Office will only have regard to the title as specified in the description. The application will grant to patent with the title as it appears on the first page of the description.CIPO does not utilize all letter codes as per http://www.wipo.int/standards/en/pdf/07-03-02.pdf 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? 4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:CIPO does not utilize all letter codes as per http://www.wipo.int/standards/en/pdf/07-03-02.pdf: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? CIPO has no plans to utilize ST.17 for the Canadian Patent Office Record (gazette). 4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:: CIPO utilized imperial sizing (8 1/2 x 11) (para 7). CIPO does not include the first and last numbers on the cover (para 8(d), 8(e)). 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? CIPO has no plans to utilize ST.17 for the Canadian Patent Office Record (gazette). 4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: CIPO continues to publish an annual index of published documents however they have moved to an online search system which allows additional continuous indexingCIPO utilized imperial sizing (8 1/2 x 11) (para 7). CIPO does not include the first and last numbers on the cover (para 8(d), 8(e)). 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? 4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:CIPO continues to publish an annual index of published documents however they have moved to an online search system which allows additional continuous indexing.'s/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? CIPO has moved away from a manual name index and utilizes an online database for all indexing purposes.
4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? CIPO has moved away from a manual name index and utilizes an online database for all indexing purposesdoes not utilize Microfiche (one recommendation) nor do they do photo-reduction (second recommendation) on priority document copies.
4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: CIPO recommends a format for paper applications and specific electronic formats (PDF, TIFF, and ACSCII) at 300dpi. 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?CIPO does not utilize Microfiche (one recommendation) nor do they do photo-reduction (second recommendation) on priority document copies.
4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: CIPO recommends a format for paper applications and specific electronic formats (PDF, TIFF, and ACSCII) at 300dpi. 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? 4. Comments (optional) IPO currently examines biological sequence listings using the authoring tool CRF4 which was developed by the USPTO and is ST.25 compliant. |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? 4. Comments (optional) IPO currently examines biological sequence listings using the authoring tool CRF4 which was developed by the USPTO and is ST.25 compliant. |
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CIPO is preparing to accept Biological Sequences in XML in ST. 26 however we are currently awaiting the "authoring tool" from the task force which is not yet completed.
4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.27: Recommendation for the Exchange of Patent Legal Status Data
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? CIPO is preparing to accept Biological Sequences in XML in ST. 26 however we are currently awaiting the "authoring tool" from the task force which is not yet completed.
4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? CIPO no longer produces magnetic tape outpututilizes ISO-8859 (Latin 1) for its code set.
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WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? CIPO utilizes ISO-8859 (Latin 1) for its code sethas migrated to ST.36 for patent information and will be migrating to ST.96 in the future.
4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? CIPO has migrated to ST.36 for patent information and will be migrating to ST.96 in the futuredoes not exchange patent documents via Facsimilie. CIPO will accept patent documents from applicants via Fax and uses standard fax formats.
4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? As per the introduction paragraph of this standard, CIPO utilizes ST.13 and so does not exchange patent documents via Facsimilie. CIPO will accept patent documents from applicants via Fax and uses standard fax formatsutilize ST.34.
4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?As per the introduction paragraph of this standard, CIPO utilizes ST.13 and so does not utilize ST.34.CIPO no longer produces patent information in reel-to-reel and IBM 3480/90 cartridge tapes.
4. Comments (optional) |
WIPO Standard ST.
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? CIPO no longer produces patent information in reel-to-reel and IBM 3480/90 cartridge tapes.
4. Comments (optional) |
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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)
2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly: 3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard? 4. Comments (optional) |
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