a.- Results of the Survey on the operation of IP Offices.

Participating countries:

Answers were received from:

Country	Scope
[Mexico]
[India]
[Estonia]
[France]
[Lithuania]
[Eurasian Patent Organization]
[Norway]
[Spain]
[Australia]
[Canada]
[Chile]
[Colombia]
[Belgic]
[Germany]

Q1.- Does your IP office have specific procedures in place for applicants to request the registration of priority documents via WIPO DAS?

All the participants indicated that the applicant has to send a request to the IP Office to ask for the registration of the priority document into WIPO DAS.

Q2.- If the registration process has to be initiated by an applicant request, please select bellow, how the applicant should send the request (Please select all the options that might apply).

Country	via letter to IP Office	via Online form	email	other
[Mexico]	YES
[India]	YES
[Estonia]	YES	YES	YES
[France]			YES	contact form on our website
[Lithuania]	YES		YES	via Front Office by attaching an electronic request
[Eurasian Patent Organization]	YES
[Norway]		YES
[Spain]	YES	YES
[Australia]	YES	YES
[Canada]	YES	YES	YES
[Chile]		YES	YES	[For international phase PCT applications, the priority document must be requested by email to INAPI as RO. FOR the rest of the applications, the applicant has 2 options: request the priority document online through our platform or submit a document in the respective application online requesting that INAPI generate the priority document through DAS and provide the respective code.]
[Colombia]		YES		The applicant who has filed a patent application and wishes to assert the right of priority in one of the countries that is part of the DAS, must request through the Virtual Industrial Property Office (SIPI), a certification indicating that he/she wishes to obtain an official copy to claim priority.
[Belgic]	YES			[net yet applicable, it will be added to the national patent application form or it can be requested later by sending a letter to the IP office.]
[Germany]	YES			[via letter to IP Office, Various methods: paper form, paper letter, modules in e-filing tool]

Q4.- Does your IP Office utilize the DAS Office Portal? If not, please explain when DAS access codes are issued to applicants and how they are communicated.

Please select your Country or Organization	Does your IP Office utilize the DAS Office Portal? If not, please explain when DAS access codes are issued to applicants and how they are communicated.
[Mexico]	[yes]
[India]	[yes]
[Estonia]	[yes]
[France]	[yes]
[Lithuania]	[yes]
[Eurasian Patent Organization]	[yes]
[Norway]	[WIPO automatically send an email to the applicant with the access code when our IP Office manually uploade the priority document to WIPO DAS.]
[Spain]	[OEPM sends the priority document to WIPO via Winscp (das_es@sftp.wipo.int) and WIPO sends the access code to the applicant.]
[Australia]	[yes]
[Canada]	[The answer is YES, however CIPO's Industrial Design Office communicates access codes to the applicant via a letter from the Office, not through the email service provided by the DAS Office Portal.]
[Canada]	[yes]
[Chile]	[yes]
[Colombia]	[yes]
[Belgica]	[DAS-codes as depositing office are not yet available to applicants. But upon implementation DAS-codes will be issued by WIPO and sent to the applicants by e-mail to the e-mail address provided by the applicant.]
[Germany]	[ Plan is to send access code (generated by us) together with Certificate of Availability to applicants once pdoc has been registered]

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Participating countries:

Q1.- Does your IP office have specific procedures in place for applicants to request the registration of priority documents via WIPO DAS?

Q2.- If the registration process has to be initiated by an applicant request, please select bellow, how the applicant should send the request (Please select all the options that might apply).

Q4.- Does your IP Office utilize the DAS Office Portal? If not, please explain when DAS access codes are issued to applicants and how they are communicated.