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Background
This project was initiated during the WIPO Symposium for IP Authorities in September 2009. The starting point for the project is a request from the IP Offices of Australia, Canada and UK (The Vancouver Group offices) for WIPO to provide a platform for the sharing of search and examination documents in order to facilitate work sharing between the offices. Note that the Vancouver Group offices intend to operate a work sharing programme, not a mutual recognition system.A new platform is required because no common platform exists that would meet the requirements. In particular, patent search facilities would be required, supported by a database of patent bibliographic data. The system must also be secure and, eventually, support features such as collaborative examination, workflow, etc.The platform will not be unique to the Vancouver Group. It will be extensible to other work-sharing programs, in particular:
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Data coverage (from 3 March 2011 to 16 September 2015)
The following statistics cover approximately applications filed since 2000.
Note: AU, CN, JP and WO application data and document are not stored in CASE and are made available through web services by the depositing Offices. SG and VN are accessing Offices only.
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Office
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No. of Applications
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SPEC(Specifications)
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CSEX(Claims Searched or Examined)
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SRST(Search Statement)
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EXRP(Examination report)
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SIST(Search Information Statement)
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A15R(Article 15(5) search report)
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SRSG(Search Strategy)
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AU
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448162
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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CA
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288479
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81
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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GB
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84219
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154620
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N/A
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N/A
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IL
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92812
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N/A
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32
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JP
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6850809
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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SG
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97653
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Total
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296086
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116480
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System Usage (from 3 March 2011 to 22 December 2014)
Registered users per Office
Office | No of Users |
| AU | 200 |
CA | 465 |
GB | 11 |
| ID | 90 |
IL | 87 |
MY | 80 |
| PH | 55 |
| SG | 2 |
| VN | 19 |
Total | 918 |
Document usage (from 3 March 2011 to 31 March 2016)
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