Notifications
Date: September 12, 2023
The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property notified the International Bureau in accordance with paragraphs 10 and 12 of the Framework Provisions that it would commence operation as a depositing office of the WIPO Digital Access Service with effect from December 1, 2023.
Technical and operational options adopted by IPI are:
- IPI as a depositing Office will deposit certified copies of patent and industrial design applications as priority documents, filed at their Office on and after December 1, 2022, which the applicant specifically requests be made available to the service.
- All documents and information will be exchanged in black and white or color and in PDF format through the WIPO DAS Office web portal.
The following practical information may be useful to applicants:
- A request to the Office to make an application available through the service may be made by clearly stating the relevant application number and indicating that it should be made available to WIPO Digital Access Service in the request for a priority document.
- Applications hosted in IPI’s digital library use the following number formats:
- CH NNNNNN/YYYY for national patent applications
- NNNNNN for registered patents
- CH YYYY-NNNNN for national industrial design applications
- NNNNNN for registered industrial designs.