The following fees (in Swiss francs) are payable in place of complementary fees when the Contracting Parties mentioned below are designated under the Protocol (see Schedule of Fees under the ...
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The PCT was concluded in 1970, amended in 1979, and modified in 1984 and 2001. It is open to States party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883). Instruments of ...
Applicants based in China filed around 1.8 million patent applications worldwide in 2024, followed by the US (503,271) and Japan (420,991). Patent applications filed worldwide by India-based ...
The WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS) is an electronic system allowing priority documents and similar documents to be securely exchanged between participating intellectual property (IP) offices. The ...
PCT Union: Meeting of International Authorities Under the PCT Thirty-Third Session PCT/MIA/33 October 28 to October 29, 2026 Virtual 12:00 - 15:00 Geneva time PCT Union: Meeting of International ...
Generative AI is booming. It is a cutting-edge technology that is poised to disrupt various economic, social, and cultural sectors, and it extends far beyond simple human-like text generation using ...
The Access to Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI) program, coordinated by WIPO together with its partners in the publishing industry, provides free online access to major scientific and ...
Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System: Seventh session LI/WG/DEV-SYS/7 February 17 to February 19, 2026 (Geneva, Switzerland) Hybrid 10:00 - 18:00 Geneva time Working Group on the ...
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WIPO Director General Daren Tang concluded a four-day visit to the Philippines, where he attended the 58th ASEAN Economic ...