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Main types of publications of the Office (patent applications, full text, first pages, abstracts, bibliographic data, granted patents, etc.), medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URLs)
-Digitization of ARIPO patent documents under the WIPOScan project continued
-Distributed to Member states on CDs
Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URL), etc.
-The ARIPO Journal is published monthly and is available in print and in electronic format
-the ARIPO Newsletter is published bi-monthly and is available online on the ARIPO Website, in print and can be sent in electronic format
Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external collections and databases
-Online - Patent Scope, ARDI, USPTO online databases, Espacenet, EPOLINE
-CD-ROMS/DVDs - ESPACE EP, ESPACE Bulletin, ESPACE UK, Patent Abstracts of Japan, Korean Patent Abstracts
-Print Formats-Industrial Property Magazines like; Research Disclosure, World Patent Information.
-Industrial Property Journals and Gazettes from the Member States and other external partners through the patent information exchange arrangements
Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to external users, conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
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Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office: general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements
-The POLITE Database
-Internal e-mail system
-Fascimile
Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
-PCs and Laptops, Network printers, Photocopiers, Scanners, Servers
Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
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