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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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WIPO Standard ST.3: Two-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and organizations-
Implemented
WIPO Standard ST.6: Numbering of published patent documents-
Implemented
WIPO Standard ST.9: Bibliographic data on and relating to patents and SPCs-
Implemented
WIPO Standard ST.10/C: Presentation Presentation of bibliographic data componentes–
Planning to Implement
WIPO Standard ST.13: Numbering of applications for IPRs-
Implemented
WIPO Standard ST.14: References cited in patent documents –
No plan to implement
WIPO Standard ST.16: Identification of different kinds of patent documents - documents
Implemented
WIPO Standard ST.18: Patent gazettes and other patent announcement journals–
Planning to Implement
WIPO Standard ST.26: Presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings using XML- Implemented
Implemented
WIPO Standard ST.27: Recommendation Recommendation for the Exchange of Patent Legal Status Data–
Planning to Implement
WIPO Standard ST.36: Processing of patent information using XML-
Implemented
WIPO Standard ST.37: Recommendation Recommendation for an Authority File of Published Patent Documents-
Implemented
WIPO Standard ST.50: Corrections, alterations and supplements relating to patent information–
Planning to Implement
WIPO Standard ST.90: Recommendation for processing and communicating Intellectual Property data using Web APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) –
Planning to Implement
WIPO Standard ST.91: Recommendations on digital three-dimensional (3D) models and 3D images-
No plan to implement
WIPO Standard ST.92: Recommendations on the Data Package Format for the Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents-
On implementation phase
WIPO Standard ST.96: Processing of Industrial Property information using XML–
Planning to Implement
Other WIPO Standards Related to Patents
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