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.
[Belgium]
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]
Q3.- 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]
[Belgium]
[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]
Q4.- Are there any fees associated with issuing priority documents and registering them in WIPO DAS through your IP office?
Please select your Country or Organization
Are there any fees associated with issuing priority documents and registering them in WIPO DAS through your IP office?
[Mexico]
[Use of the WIPO DAS system is free of charge]
[India]
[Use of the WIPO DAS system is free of charge]
[Estonia]
[Use of the WIPO DAS system is free of charge]
[France]
[Use of the WIPO DAS system is free of charge]
[Lithuania]
[A fixed fee is applicable for the issuance of a certified copy of priority documents, regardless of the format in which it is issued. Currently the amount of such fee is 23 euros.]
[Eurasian Patent Organization]
[Same fee as for the preparation of certified copy on paper. No specific additional fee for the use of WIPO DAS.]
[Norway]
[There is a fee of NOK 300 per priority document]
[Spain]
[Use of the WIPO DAS system is free of charge]
[Australia]
[The cost of the service is $50]
[Canada]
[Use of the WIPO DAS system is free of charge]
[Chile]
[Use of the WIPO DAS system is free of charge]
[Colombia]
The issuance of priority certificates has a cost of $34,000 COP when paid online, and $41,500 COP when paid physically. This fee is charged for the preparation of the priority document and the certified signatures, regardless of whether the document is to be delivered physically or through the DAS application.
[Belgium]
[Use of the WIPO DAS system is free of charge]
[Germany]
[Use of the WIPO DAS system is free of charge]
Q5.- Number of priority documents issued by IPO
Country
Paper
Electronic form
Via WIPO DAS
Comments
Mexico
0
0
73
India
only through WIPODAS
Estonia
20%
80%
France
23.30%
25.70%
51%
Lithuania
3
13
Values since January 1, 2023
Eurasian Patent Organization
147
21
Values since 2017, the year of joining DAS
Norway
844
About 25-30 a year for patent, 150 a year for Trademark and design;only kopies of priority documents;844 since NIPO started using WIPO DAS
Spain
5520
29
4526
Australia
1200
941
90-130 per month;;about 80 per month (total of 941 in 2022)
Canada (Industrial Designs)
152
For industrial designs: April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2023: 404 / CY2020: 74 / CY2021: 99 / CY2022: 152
