From July 1, this year, the Patent Office provides the exchange of patent-priority documents through the World Intellectual Property Organization's Digital Access Service (WIPO DAS).
The WIPO DAS system is intended for the secure electronic exchange of priority documents between the participating intellectual property offices, by simplifying and making the process of documents exchange more convenient.
When using the DAS, the patent applicant does not have to submit priority documents to other patent office, instead the applicant may ask to upload the priority document to the DAS system, while other offices may download these documents from the system. The DAS guarantees data security because only authorised offices have access to the system.
We hope that patent applicants and their representatives will welcome and gladly take advantage of the new opportunity.
More information on WIPO DAS is available here.