PCT Newsletter
May 2026 | No. 05/2025
WIPO Digital Access Service for Priority Documents
Under the Digital Access Service for Priority Documents (DAS), a PCT applicant can ask the International Bureau to retrieve a copy of an earlier application from DAS for use as a priority document, instead of providing or arranging for the provision of a certified copy. For an applicant to be able to make use of the DAS service, the Office with which the earlier application was filed needs to be a DAS depositing Office – not necessarily the receiving Office with which the international application is filed.
CZ Czechia
The Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic will participate in DAS, both as a depositing and as an accessing Office, with effect from 1 July 2026.
IE Ireland
The Intellectual Property Office of Ireland has participated in DAS as an accessing Office since 17 February 2022. It has now also begun participating as a depositing Office, with effect since 11 May 2026.
LU Luxembourg
The Intellectual Property Office (Luxembourg) has notified the IB that it started participating in DAS, both as a depositing and as an accessing Office, with effect since 1 December 2025.
For more information, refer to the DAS news section of the WIPO website.
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