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CWS Circulars

Subject Reference Date Documents Issued
WIPO Standard ST.91 Implementation Survey C.CWS 179 2024.03.05
WIPO Standards Related Meetings Calendar for 2024 C.CWS 178 Rev. 2024.03.05
Request for IPOs to provide their Authority Files C.CWS 177 2024.02.07
Participation in the Task Forces of the Committee on WIPO Standards C.CWS 175 2023.09.21
Revision of WIPO Standard ST.3 The Kingdom of the Netherlands and Iceland C.CWS 174 2023.09.15
Eleventh Session of the CWS (CWS/11) C.CWS 173 2023.08.29
WIPO API Day 2023 C.CWS 172 2023.04.06
Consultation on Revised Proposal for Copyright Orphan Work Metadata C.CWS 171 2023.04.04
Nomination of Experts to the Digital Transformation Task Force C.CWS 170 2023.03.31
Request for IPOs to provide their Authority Files C.CWS 169 2023.02.17
Annual Technical Reports on Patent Information Activities in 2022 C.CWS 168 2023.02.08
Annual Technical Reports on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2022 C.CWS 167 2023.02.08
Annual Technical Reports on Trademark Information Activities in 2022 C.CWS 166 2023.02.08
WIPO Standards Related Meetings Calendar for 2023 C.CWS 165 2023.02.07
Tenth Session of the CWS (CWS/10) C.CWS 163 2022.09.01
Survey on Representation of Calendar Dates C.CWS 162 2022.08.02
Revision of WIPO Standard ST.3 Türkiye C.CWS 161 2022.06.22
Annual Technical Reports on Patent Information Activities in 2021 C.CWS 160 2022.06.01
Annual Technical Reports on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2021 C.CWS 159 2022.06.01
Annual Technical Reports on Trademark Information Activities in 2021 C.CWS 158 2022.06.01
WIPO Sequence Suite 2.0.0 Launch C.CWS 157 2022.05.17
Consultation on Proposal for Copyright Orphan Work Metadata Management C.CWS 156 2022.04.26
Survey on Digital Transformation C.CWS 155 2022.03.16
Request for IPOs to provide their Authority Files C.CWS 154 2022.02.09
Ninth Session of the CWS (CWS/9) C.CWS 153 2021.08.23
Implementation plan of WIPO Standard ST.61 C.CWS 152 2021.07.07 Mapping table
Survey on the priority of 40 Recommendations for ICT Strategies C.CWS 151 2021.06.30
Postponement of the big-bang implementation date of WIPO Standard ST.26 C.CWS 150 2021.07.02
Annual Technical Reports on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2020 C.CWS 149 2021.05.28
Annual Technical Reports on Trademark Information Activities in 2020 C.CWS 148 2021.05.28
Annual Technical Reports on Patent Information Activities in 2020 C.CWS 147 2021.05.28
Survey on Public Access to Patent Information Part 2 C.CWS 146 2021.05.14
Update of Patent Authority Files of Offices C.CWS 145 2021.02.09
CWS/8 Modification of Session Dates C.CWS 144 2020.11.24
Release of WIPO Sequence Version 1.0.0 C.CWS 143 2020.11.13
Eighth Session of the CWS (CWS/8) C.CWS 135 and 136 2020.10.13
Annual Technical Reports on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2019 C.CWS 142 2020.07.21
Annual Technical Reports on Trademark Information Activities in 2019 C.CWS 141 2020.07.21
Annual Technical Reports on Patent Information Activities in 2019 C.CWS 140 2020.07.21
Application Program Interface (API) Day of the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) C.CWS 139 2020.06.02
Postponement of the 3D Task Force Meeting of the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) C.CWS 134 2020.03.23
Two Surveys on Public Access to Patent Information and Numbering Systems C.CWS 133 2020.02.17
Invitation to the Meeting of the 3D Task Force C.CWS 132 2020.02.07
WIPO Sequence 1.0 Beta Launch CWS.C.131 2019.11.29
Nomination of Trademark Legal Expert to the Legal Status Task Force C.CWS 130 2019.11.21
Survey on the Use of 3D Models and 3D Images C.CWS 129 2019.11.05
Implementation plan of WIPO Standard ST.26 C.CWS 128 2019.10.28
Establishment of the API Task Force C.CWS 127 2019.09.20
Annual Technical Reports 2018 (Industrial Designs) C.CWS 125 2019.06.14
Annual Technical Reports 2018 (Trademarks) C.CWS 124 2019.06.14
Annual Technical Reports 2018 (Patents) C.CWS 123 2019.06.14
Seventh Session of the CWS (CWS/7) C.CWS 116 / C.CWS 117 2019.04.17
WIPO Standards Workshop on Name Standardization C.CWS 115 2019.03.05
WIPO Standards Workshop on Blockchain for Intellectual Property (IP) C.CWS 114 2019.03.05
Implementation of WIPO Standard ST.87 C.CWS 113 2019.02.14
Invitation to 2019 Session of the XML4IP Task Force of the CWS C.CWS 112 2019.01.22
Request for IPOs to provide their Authority Files C.CWS 111 2018.12.18
CWS Surveys on Use of Identifiers, Electronic Representations of Designs, and Supplementary Protection Certificates / Patent Term Extensions C.CWS 110 2018.11.30
Revision of WIPO Standard ST.3 – EU C.CWS 109 2018.11.29
Establishment of CWS Task Forces: Blockchain, 3D and Digital Transformation Task Forces C.CWS 108 2018.11.28
Establishment of the ICT Strategy for Standards Task Force C.CWS 107 2018.11.28
Sixth Session of the CWS (CWS/6) C.CWS 99 / C.CWS 100 2018.07.24
Annual Technical Reports 2017 (Industrial Designs) C.CWS 98 2018.06.25
Annual Technical Reports 2017 (Trademarks) C.CWS 97 2018.06.25
Annual Technical Reports 2017 (Patents) C.CWS 96 2018.06.25
Invitation to 2018 Session of the XML4IP Task Force of the CWS C.CWS 94 2018.02.15
Nomination of Industrial Design Legal Expert to the Legal Status Task Force C.CWS 93 2018.01.25
Implementation of WIPO Standard ST.27 C.CWS 92 2018.01.25
Survey on the Use of WIPO Standards C.CWS 89 / C.CWS 90 2017.11.30
Update of the Survey on the Presentation of Priority Application Numbers C.CWS 88 2017.11.02 Annex - Questionnaire
Establishment of Public Access to Patent Information Task Force, Design Representation Task Force and Name Standardization Task Force and new nominations for XML4IP Task Force C.CWS 87 2017.08.16
Annual Technical Reports 2016 (Industrial Designs) C.CWS 86 2017.04.13
Annual Technical Reports 2016 (Trademarks) C.CWS 85 2017.04.13
Annual Technical Reports 2016 (Patents) C.CWS 84 2017.04.13
Fifth Session of the CWS (CWS/5) C.CWS 76 / C.CWS 77 2017.03.28 Meeting page
Transition from WIPO Standard ST.25 to WIPO Standard ST.26 for the presentation of Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequence Listings C.CWS 75 (C.PCT 1485 / C.CWS 75) 2016.11.18 Questionnaire
Survey on the use of WIPO Standards C.CWS 74 2016.08.09
Survey on Numbering of Applications and Priority Applications - former practices C.CWS 73 2016.06.15
Establishment of Part 7 Task Force and Authority File Task Force C.CWS 72 2016.06.14
WIPO Standards workshop and meetings of the Task Forces C.CWS 71 2016.06.08 Workshop page
Annual Technical Reports 2015 (Industrial Designs) C.CWS 70 2016.04.25
Annual Technical Reports 2015 (Trademarks) C.CWS 69 2016.04.25
Annual Technical Reports 2015 (Patents) C.CWS 68 2016.04.25
Reconvened Fourth Session of the CWS (CWS/4BIS) C.CWS 62 / C.CWS 63 2016.02.08 Meeting page
Revision of WIPO Standard ST.3 - XV C.CWS 61 2016.01.26
Revision of WIPO Standard ST.3 - ZZ C.CWS 60 2015.10.08
Annual Technical Reports 2014 (Industrial Designs) C.CWS 59 2015.07.31
Annual Technical Reports 2014 (Trademarks) C.CWS 58 2015.07.31
Annual Technical Reports 2014 (Patents) C.CWS 57 2015.07.31
Revision of WIPO Standard ST.3 - ZZ C.CWS 56 2015.04.30
Postponement of the reconvening of the fourth session of the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) C.CWS 52 2015.03.24
Revision of WIPO Standard ST.3 - UPOV C.CWS 51 2014.12.22
Update of Part 7.3 of the WIPO Handbook C.CWS 50 2014.12.09
Annual Technical Reports 2013 (Industrial Design) C.CWS 49 2014.05.19
Annual Technical Reports 2013 (Trademark) C.CWS 48 2014.05.19
Annual Technical Reports 2013 (Patent) C.CWS 47 2014.05.19
Fourth Session of the CWS (CWS/4) C.CWS 41 / C.CWS 42 2014.02.21 CWS/4/1 PROV.
CWS Legal Status Task Force C.CWS 40 2013.11.06
CWS Trademark Standardization Task Force C.CWS 39 2013.06.27
Annual Technical Reports 2012 (Industrial Design) C.CWS 38 2013.04.08
Annual Technical Reports 2012 (Trademark) C.CWS 37 2013.04.08
Annual Technical Reports 2012 (Patent) C.CWS 36 2013.04.08
CWS/3 C.CWS 30 / C.CWS 31 2013.02.11 CWS/3/1 PROV.
Survey on application numbering systems C.CWS 28 2012.08.24
Annual Technical Reports 2011 (Industrial Design) C.CWS 26 2012.04.23
Annual Technical Reports 2011 (Trademark) C.CWS 25 2012.04.23
Annual Technical Reports 2011 (Patent) C.CWS 24 2012.04.23
CWS Task Force on the revision of WIPO Standard ST.14 C.CWS 27 2012.04.16
CWS/2 C.CWS 18 / C.CWS 17 2012.02.29 CWS/2/1 PROV.
Postponement of the Second Session of the Committee on WIPO Standards C.CWS 16 2011.08.30
Survey on the Implementation and Promotion of WIPO Standard ST.22 C.CWS 15 2011.06.29
Modification of the Administrative Instructions under the PCT - WIPO Standard ST.25 C.CWS 14(C.PCT 1308 / C.CWS 14) 2011.06.27
Annual Technical Reports 2010 (Trademark) C.CWS 13 2011.04.20
Annual Technical Reports 2010 (Patent) C.CWS 12 2011.04.20
Annual Technical Reports 2010 (Industrial Design) C.CWS 11 2011.04.20
SEQL Task Force: CWS Task Force on the preparation of a recommendation on the presentation of sequence listings based on XML C.CWS 10 2010.12.10
Modification of the Administrative Instructions under the PCT - WIPO Standard ST.25 C.CWS 09(C.PCT 1283 / C.CWS 09) 2010.09.15
CWS/1 C.CWS 6 / C.CWS 5 2010.08.20 CWS/1/1 PROV.
Annual Technical Reports 2009 C.CWS 4 2010.05.03
Annual Technical Reports 2009 C.CWS 3 2010.05.03
Annual Technical Reports 2009 C.CWS 2 2010.05.03
WIPO Standard ST.22 – Recommendation for the Authoring of Patent Applications for the Purpose of Facilitating Optical Character Recognition (OCR) C.CWS 1 2010.03.15

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