Participating Offices

The digital libraries of the following Offices are participating in the WIPO Digital Document Access Service, established under the Framework Provisions for the Digital Access Service.

Note that only Offices where a service date is given are currently offering the exchange of documents through the Service. A status of "designated" in the table means that a digital library held by the Office has been designated in accordance with paragraph 7 of the Framework Provisions, but that as yet no notification has been given by that Office as to when the digital library will be available for use through the Service. Several other Offices are working with the International Bureau to allow use of their digital libraries with the Service but have not yet had their libraries designated.

There are two different types of notification possible:

Depositing Office (paragraph 10 of the Framework Provisions): The Office, which is usually acting as the Office of first filing, allows applications to be made available to the Service;
Accessing Office (paragraph 12 of the Framework Provisions): The Office, acting as an Office of second filing, allows the applicant to request that a priority document be retrieved from the Service instead of having to file a certified copy.

At present, the service is operational for patent documents only. One office is ready to deposit and retrieve patent and utility model documents. Documents relating to other IP rights, such as Industrial Designs and Trademarks will be exchanged through the system once the participating offices have made the necessary operational and technical changes.

The main effects of the notifications, as well as information on digital libraries which have been designated, are summarized in the table below. For more information, please see the complete notifications.

New "Access Code" Procedure

As of July 1, 2012, a new procedure has been introduced for Accessing Offices to retrieve priority documents from the service by using access codes. Applicants can provide the access code directly to the Office of second filing, instead of giving that Office access authorization to retrieve a priority document via the applicant portal. The table below indicates Offices which have implemented the necessary operational and technical changes to offer this new procedure. The applicant portal can be used in parallel to authorize access to those DAS Accessing Offices that have not yet implemented the new procedure.

Office		Depositing Office - Operational	Depositing Office - Scope	Accessing Office		Further Information Relating To Using The System
Office		Depositing Office - Operational	Depositing Office - Scope		Offering the new ACCESS CODE pROCEDURE	Further Information Relating To Using The System
AU	IP Australia	from 12 December 2009	National patent applications	from 12 December 2009	from 28 November 2012	http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/get-the-right-ip/patents/patent-application-process/das/ Notification by IP Australia of 8 December 2009 Notification by IP Australia of May 8, 2013
DK	Danish Patent and Trademark Office	from 1 November 2011	National applications and International applications filed with RO/DK	Not applicable		http://www.dkpto.dk/ansoeg-online/internationale-patentansoegninger-(eppct).aspx.http://www.dkpto.dk/ Notification by the Danish Patent and Trademark Office of 13 October 2011 (amended on 4 January 2012)
CN	State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China	from 1 March 2012	National patent applications	from 1 March 2012	from 15 April 2013	http://www.sipo.gov.cn/pdoc/das Notification by the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China of 2 February 2012 Notification by the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China of 15 April 2013
ES	Spanish Patent and Trademark Office	from 1 October 2009	National patent applications	from 1 October 2009		https://sede.oepm.gob.es/eSede/es/invenciones/preguntasFrecuentesAccesoDigital.html (English version) Notification by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office of 29 September 2009
FI	National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland	from 15 April 2011	National applications and International applications filed with RO/FI	from 15 April 2011		http://www.prh.fi/en/patentit.html Notification by the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland of 11 April 2011
GB	United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office	from 4 October 2009	National patent applications	from 4 October 2009	from 19 November 2012	http://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-apply-online-pdas.htm Notification by the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office of 30 September 2009
IB	International Bureau	from 1 April 2009	International applications filed with RO/IB	from 1 January 2010	from 1 July 2012	http://www.wipo.int/das Notifications by the International Bureau (amended on 30 December 2009 and 29 June 2012)
JP	Japan Patent Office	from 1 April 2009	National patent and utility model applications	from 1 April 2009	from 17 March 2013	http://www.jpo.go.jp/cgi/link.cgi?url=/tetuzuki/t_tokkyo/shutsugan/yuusennkenn_syouryaku.htm Notifications by the Japan Patent Office of 6 March 2009 (amended on 25 June 2012) and of 4 March 2013
KR	Korean Intellectual Property Office	from 1 July 2009	National patent applications	from 1 July 2009		http://www.kiporo.go.kr Notification by the Korean Intellectual Property Office of 30 June 2009
SE	Swedish Patent and Registration Office	from 1 November 2011	National applications and International applications filed with RO/SE	Not applicable		http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Priority-Document-Access-Service-PDAS Notification by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office of 10 October 2011 (amended on 4 January 2012)
US	United States Patent and Trademark Office	from 20 April 2009	National patent applications	from 20 April 2009	from 18 March 2013	http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/pdx/pdx.html. Notification by the United States Patent and Trademark Office of 2 April 2009