Survey on the Use of WIPO Standards

WIPO Standard ST.1: Minimum data elements required to uniquely identify a patent document

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.2: Manner for designating calendar dates

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.3: Two-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and organizations

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.6: Numbering of published patent documents

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.8: IPC symbols on machine-readable records

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

Please insert your reply here

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.9: Bibliographic data on and relating to patents and SPCs

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.10: Published patent documents

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

Please see responses to 10 (A), (B), (C) and (D)

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)


WIPO Standard ST.10/A: Format of patent documents

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

We no longer publish in paper

4. Comments (optional)

We no longer publish in paper

WIPO Standard ST.10/B: Layout of bibliographic data components

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

We do not include bar codes on our published documents

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?


4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.10/C: Presentation of bibliographic data components

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.10/D: Physical characteristics of patent documents

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

We no longer publish in paper


4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.11:  Minimum of indexes to be inserted in patent gazettes

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

Please insert your reply here

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

We now have an on-line searchable patents journal (www.gov.uk/check-the-patents-journal) and our data back to 1900 can be searched on Esp@cenet

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.12: Preparation of abstracts of patent documents

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

Please see responses to 12 (A), (B) and (C)

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.12/A: Abstracts of patent documents

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.12/B: Categorized patent abstract

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

We no longer publish abridgements

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.12/C: Physical characteristics of separately published abstracts

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

This Standard is not applicable to the practices in our office

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.13: Numbering of applications for IPRs

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

We will consider this standard when/if we change our application and publication number formats.

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.14: References cited in patent documents

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

We do not include the publication date of the citation in our search reports.

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.15: Titles of inventions in patent documents

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.16: Identification of different kinds of patent documents 

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

Please insert your reply here

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.17: Coding of headings of announcements made in official gazettes

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

Please insert your reply here

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

We have no plans to implement this standard, we have an on-line patents journal (www.gov.uk/check-the-patents-journal) which you can search/filter by category

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.18: Patent gazettes and other patent announcement journals

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

We only publish electronically, we do offer our on-line patents journal in downloadable xml and pdf formats (www.ipo.gov.uk/p-pj-download.htm) 

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.19: Indexes issued by IPO

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.20: Name indexes to patent documents

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

Please insert your reply here

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.21: Reduction of volume of priority documents

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

Please insert your reply here

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.22: Authoring of patent applications for the purpose of OCR

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

Please insert your reply here

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.25: Presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

Please insert your reply here

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.26: Presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings using XML

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

Please insert your reply here

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.27: Recommendation for the Exchange of Patent Legal Status Data

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.31: Character sets for the exchange of patent documents

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.32: Markup of patent documents using SGML

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.33: Data exchange of facsimile information of patent documents

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.34: Recording of application numbers in electronic form

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.35: Data exchange of mixed-mode published patent information on MMMT

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

Please insert your reply here

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.36: Processing of patent information using XML

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.37: Recommendation for an Authority File of Published Patent Documents

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.40: Facsimile images of patent documents available on CD-ROM

1.  Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

Please insert your reply here

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.50: Corrections, alterations and supplements relating to patent information

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.60: Bibliographic data relating to marks

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.62: Standard abbreviation for “Vienna Classification”

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.63: Content and layout of trademark gazettes

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.64: Search files for trademark search

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.66: Processing of trademark information using XML

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.67: Electronic management of the figurative elements of trademarks

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.68: Electronic management of sound marks

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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 WIPO Standard ST.80: Bibliographic data relating to industrial designs

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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WIPO Standard ST.81: Content and layout of industrial designs gazettes

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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 WIPO Standard ST.86: Processing of industrial design information using XML

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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 WIPO Standard ST.96: Processing of Industrial Property information using XML

1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

  • Completely
  • Partly
  • Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Yes. If so, when?

No. If so, why not?

4. Comments (optional)

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