| Title: | National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland | ||
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| Depositing Office since: | April 15, 2011 |
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| Accessing Office since: | April 15, 2011 |
Date: May 29, 2013
In accordance with paragraphs 10 and 12 of the modified Framework Provisions that came into effect on July 1, 2012, the Finnish Patent Office notified that it would start DAS 2.0 operation from June 1, 2013, date from which it will be possible for the Finnish Patent Office to deposit and retrieve priority documents according to the 'New Route'.
Technical and operational options adopted by the Finnish Patent Office as of June 1, 2013, are:
Date: April 11, 2011
The National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland notified in accordance with paragraphs 10 and 12 of the Framework Provisions that it would commence operation as both a depositing Office and an accessing Office with effect from 15 April 2011.
The legal basis for recognition of priority documents made available through the service, and the opportunity for applicants to comply with the requirements at a later date in the event that a priority document cannot be retrieved by the Office despite the applicant having taken all the necessary steps in due time are set out in The Finnish Act on Electronic Services and Communication in the Public Sector (13/2003) and in the amendments made to it in 2010 (HE 111/2010).
Where a certificate referred to in paragraph 13 states that a priority document became available via the service to an accessing Office on a date which is on or before the date (“the relevant date”) by which the priority document is required to be furnished under the applicable law, but the Office finds, whether before, on or after the relevant date, that the priority document is in fact not available to it, the Office so notifies the applicant, giving the opportunity to furnish the priority document to it, or to ensure that the priority document is made available to it via the service, within a time limit of not less than two months from the date of the notification.
Following consultation with the Consultative Group and designation by the International Bureau on 12 April 2011 the scope of the Office’s participating digital library which it makes available as a depositing Office is as follows:
All national patent applications filed at the Office on or after 15 April 2011 which the applicant specifically requests be made available to the service
All international applications received by the Office in its capacity as receiving Office under the PCT on or after 15 April 2011 which the applicant specifically requests be made available to the service
As an accessing Office, the Office will recognize priority documents available to it through the service for the purposes of any application for which the time for furnishing the priority document has not expired by 15 April 2011.
All documents and information will be exchanged over PCT-EDI in accordance with WIPO’s DAS Architecture: Document Exchange and Dataflow document, as well as the sending of over sized documents on CD or DVD
As a depositing Office, the Office has adopted Route A from the alternative entry routes set out in the system architecture described in Annex I of document WIPO/DAS/PD/WG/2/4.
A request to the Office to make an application available through the service may be made by sending a letter clearly stating the relevant application number and indicating that it should be made available to WIPO Priority Document Access Service.
To request the Office as accessing Office to retrieve the document from the service, the applicant should send a letter to the Office.