Participating Offices

Monaco

Title:

Monaco Industrial Property Office of the Business Development Agency

Depositing Office:

National industrial design applications
National patent applications
National trademark applications

Depositing Office since:

February 1, 2023

Accessing Office:

National industrial design applications
National patent applications
National trademark applications
National utility model applications

Accessing Office since:

February 1, 2023

Notifications

November 2, 2022

The Monaco Industrial Property Office of the Business Development Agency notified the International Bureau in accordance with paragraphs 10 and 12 of the Framework Provisions for the WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS) that it would commence operation as both a Depositing Office and an Accessing Office of WIPO DAS with effect from February 1, 2023.

Technical and operational options adopted by the Patent Office are:

As a Depositing Office, the Monaco Industrial Property Office of the Business Development Agency will deposit certified copies of patent, industrial design and trademark applications as priority documents filed at the Office on and after February 1, 2022, which the applicant specifically requests to be made available to the service.

As an Accessing Office, the Monaco Industrial Property Office of the Business Development Agency 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 February 1, 2023.

All documents and information will be exchanged in black and white or color and in PDF format through the DAS Office web portal and based on WIPO Digital Access Service Office Portal.

As an Accessing Office, the office will color, greyscale black and white documents in PDF format as deposited by the depositing Office.

The following practical information may be useful to applicants:

To request the Office to make an application available through the service may be made by using the intended Request Form, available from the Office website or by sending a letter clearly stating the relevant application number and indicating that is should be made available to the WIPO Digital Access Service, and paying a set fee;
To request the Office as an Accessing Office to retrieve the document from the service, the applicant should check the relevant box next to the priority claim on the electronic application form or send a request to the Office;
The national patent applications hosted in their digital library use the number format NNNN
The national industrial design applications hosted in their digital library use the number format NNNNN
The national trademark applications hosted in their digital library use the number format NNNNN
Further details on the IPO’s participation in the service will be made available at the Office’s website: http://mcipo.gouv.mc