Participating countries
Answers were received from:
| Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | India | Estonia | Australia |
| Canada | Eurasian Patent Organization | France | |
| Chile | Lithuania | ||
| Colombia | Norway | ||
| Spain | |||
| Belgium | |||
| 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).
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.
Q4.- Are there any fees associated with issuing priority documents and registering them in WIPO DAS through your IP office?
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 | ||
| Canada (Patents) | 1000 | 568 | For patents | |
| Chile | 10 | 238 | 375 | Values for 2018-2022 |
| Colombia | 0 | 342 | 196 | |
| Belgium | 400 | WIPO DAS not yet applicable | ||
| Germany | 24000 | Values for 2022, WIPO DAS not yet applicable |
Q6.- Number of priority documents received by IPO
| Country | Paper | Electronic form | Via WIPO DAS | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2543 | |||
| India | ||||
| Estonia | 50% | 50% | ||
| France | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | Values since January 1, 2023 |
| Eurasian Patent Organization | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Norway | 1 | since NIPO started using WIPO DAS | ||
| Spain | 65099 | 228 | 37 | |
| Australia | since 2009, a total of 41 (increase observed since 2020, with a total of 18 | |||
| Canada | n/a | n/a | 597 | For industrial designs. For WIPO DAS: April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2023: 1155 / CY2020: 222 / CY2021: 71 / CY2022: 597 |
| Canada | 1168 | 35339 | 6488 | For patents 2022 |
| Chile | n/a | n/a | 305 | Values for 2018-2022 |
| Colombia | 0 | 0 | 383 | |
| Belgium | 30 | 170 | ||
| Germany | Unknown | 0 | 0 |
Q7.- Link to IPO's webpage where a description of the DAS system and its usage is made available to applicants?
Q8.- IPO plan to issue national priority documents using the ST26 XML format
| Country | Comments |
|---|---|
| Mexico | The IMPI is currently in a phase of analysis for the issuance of certified copies of priority containing a list file of sequences in XML under the ST26 standard. |
| India | not implemented |
| Estonia | It is currently under discussion |
| France | IT developments are underway to take this into account |
| Lithuania | Currently it is issued as a part of description in the format in which the copy is issued (paper or pdf in WIPO DAS). Still considering how to issue this part in xml format. |
| Eurasian Patent Organization | EAPO accepts ST26 XML format as a filing format of Eurasian application files. EAPO plans to use DAS to issue priority documents containing XML sequences. |
| Norway | NIPO is currently working on adopting the DAS API solution and this work includes adopting the ST26 XML format. |
| Spain | Nowadays, we only issue national priority documents in paper, except those ones via DAS. If a priority document in paper has sequence listings in ST26 format, we print the sequence listings and attach it to the description, as a part of it. In the future, we plan to issue electronic priority documents and we are considering the solution of providing a ZIP file that include an XML file with the ST.26 sequence listings and a PDF file with the description, the claims and the drawings. |
| Australia | We convert the ST.26 XML format sequence listings to PDF and merge this with the national priority pdf document. As of February 2023, a stylesheet is used to transform the ST.26 XML sequence listing into a more readable format. |
| Canada | For industrial designs: Not applicable given that ST26 appears to relate to sequence listing in patent applications. |
| Canada | We are still waiting on CWS (actively participating on CWS) on a standardized way to transmit the ST. 26 compliant sequence listings before we develop an implementation plan. |
| Chile | It´s not yet implemented, it's part of big project that is just getting started to rise in the long term that has to do with digitization and XML. INAPI receives sequence listings in PDF file in PCT national phase and as RO PCT in format ST.26. |
| Colombia | At the moment, the XML ST26 format has not been implemented in our Office, so it is not possible to answer this question. |
| Belgium | This is not yet implemented. |
| Germany | So far for paper, XML gets printed, not ideal, looking into alternative methods. For electronic via DAS; we are looking into providing electronic access, (i.e. sheet insert with details how to download/access SEQL), similar to what IB does. Alternative looking into CWS/SEQL Task Forces conversion style sheets to human readable form. Waiting what will be decided for new DAS API. |