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Although the official ST.96 version in force in the Hague System is 7.0, the latter accepts the following ST.96 versions in Hague electronic payloads, for backward compatibility reasons:

• 7.0
• 4.0
• 3.2T1

Samples

The below examples are all ST.96 4.0 compliant.

Indirect Filing

• Indirect Filing with Light-Structured Data (updated on Mar. 8, 2022)
  • CN is live with this output.
• Indirect Filing with Light-Structured Data & Image References (updated on Mar. 15, 2022)
  • CN is live with this output.
• Indirect Filing with Full-Structured Data & principal/related design information for CN and KR: Example of XML
  • In this application, there are 3 designs. CN and KR are designated. Design 1 is the principal design. KR considers that only design 2 relates to design 1. CN enforces that all designs are "similar" (not related) to design 1. This last case is subject to amendments in a future version of ST.96.
• Indirect Filing with Full-Structured Data & payment to the office of indirect filing: Example of XML
  • This case is subject to amendments in a future version of ST.96.
• Indirect Filing with Full-Structured Data & payment to the IB: Example of XML
  • KR is live with this output.

Bulletin

• Bulletin (updated on Mar. 1, 2022)

Confidential Copy

• Confidential Copy (updated on Mar. 1, 2022)

Decisions

• Refusal of Protection which applies to all the designs (updated on Mar. 8, 2022)
• Refusal of Protection which applies to some of the designs (updated on Mar. 8, 2022)
• Grant of Protection following a refusal (updated on Mar. 8, 2022)
• Grant of Protection in the absence of a prior notification of refusal (updated on Mar. 8, 2022)
• Division - example 1 (updated on Mar. 18, 2022)
• Division - example 2 (updated on Mar. 8, 2022)
• Invalidation (updated on Mar. 22, 2022)
• Declaration that a change in ownership has no effect (updated on Mar. 22, 2022)