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VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS
One of the priority objectives of SIPS is to ensure effective functioning of the quality management system (QMS) of the examination procedure for industrial property rights applications introduced in 2012 at Ukrpatent (International Certificate № 321012076 of 17.10.2012).
In September 2015, an independent certification organization carried the audit (re-certification audit) of the QMS compliance with the ISO 9001:2008 standard requirements at Ukrpatent. On the results of the audit the QMS corresponds with the ISO 9001:2008 standard requirements.