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Participating Offices

Belgium

Title:Belgian Intellectual Property Office
Accessing Office:
  • National patent applications
  • National utility model applications (February 14, 2022)
Accessing Office since:November 1, 2020

Notifications

Date: February 14, 2022

The Belgian Intellectual Property Office (OPRI) notified the International Bureau, in accordance with paragraphs 10 and 12 of the Framework Provisions of the Digital Access Service, that it would extend the scope of its operations as an accessing Office in the WIPO DAS to utility model priority documents, with effect from February 14, 2022.

Date: November 1, 2020

The Belgian Intellectual Property Office (OPRI) notified the International Bureau in accordance with paragraphs 10 of the Framework Provisions that it would commence operation as an accessing office with effect from November 1, 2020.

-       OPRI as an accessing Office will recognize priority documents available to it through the digital access service for the purposes of national patent applications filed on or after the 1st of November 2020.

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

The following practical information may be useful to applicants:

To request OPRI as accessing Office to retrieve the document from the DAS service, the applicant should check the relevant box next to the priority claim on the application form or send a letter to OPRI.

Further details on the IPO's participation in the service will be made available at OPRI’s website:

Dutch version : https://economie.fgov.be/nl/themas/intellectuele-eigendom/innovatie-en-itellectuele/recht­ van-voorrang

French version: https://economie.fgov.be/fr/themes/propriete-intellectuelle/ innovation-et-propriete/le-droit­-de-priorite

Article Xl.20 §1, second paragraph and §2, second paragraph of the Belgian Code of Economic Law, as well as article 4 §5 of the Royal Decree 2nd December 1986 concerning the application, delivery and preservation of patents are the provisions of national law which give recognition to documents available through the DAS service and which give an opportunity to comply in accordance with paragraphs 14 and 15 of the Framework Provisions in case the document is in fact not available.

The Office's point of contact for general matters relating to WIPO DAS will be Mr. Vander Velpen and Mrs. Degreef, who may be contacted at the following e-mail address: OPRIDIE-tech@economie.fgov.be

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