I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
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II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
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Industrial design office practices: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr00256.html
How your industrial design application is processed: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr00255.html
Filing or amending an application online: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr03953.html
Roadmap of the application process: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr04357.html
Industrial designs – Fact sheet: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr04316.html
Industrial designs – Learn the basics: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr04697.html
CIPO Calendar of events: https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/scr/crmsri/cipo/events/?lang=eng
2. Industrial design applications are not currently available electronically. An applicant or its agent may order a copy of the application through CIPO’s website: https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr02468.html
III. SOURCES OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
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https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/id/bscSrch.do?lang=eng&wt_src=cipo-id-main&wt_cxt=toptask
An industrial design guide is available online to learn what industrial designs are, why they are important for business, and what makes them a key element of a comprehensive intellectual property strategy. The guide allows the reader to find out why they would want to register an industrial design, and how to apply for registration in Canada and abroad.
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr02300.html
The Industrial Design Office Practice Manual provides information on the Industrial Design Office's operational procedures and examination practices; it is the primary source of information on how to prosecute an application for the registration of an industrial design in Canada.
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr00256.html
2. CIPO does not publish industrial design information via an official gazette. Announcements are made either on CIPO’s website or via email distribution lists:
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr02989.html
3. CIPO examiners have access to CIPO’s internal industrial database, which includes all designs registered in Canada and pending applications. Examiners also have access to “Orbit”, a web-based search tool for industrial design prior art.
4. Industrial Design News email subscription services.
Clients can register for our email subscription service to receive news and updates on the latest information regarding industrial design.
https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr02989.htm
CIPO’s website makes available information pertaining to industrial designs registered in Canada from 1861 to date from the Canadian Industrial Design Online Database.
http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/id/bscSrch.do?lang=eng&wt_src=cipo-id-main&wt_cxt=toptask
Subscription to Industrial Design bulk data is available at the following link.
Industrial Design Release Notes page
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr04752.html
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Once allowed the registration is confirmed and the registration certificates are printed and sent to the applicant or sent to the clients e-mailbox.
The maintenance fee is paid within the first 5 years from the registration date. A 6-month grace period is available with additional fees. Failure to pay maintenance fee within five years will cause the registration to become expired.
For all applications filed through our e-filing application, the information is checked for completeness by the front-end application, following this the transaction is transferred automatically into DesignPlus system.
The Industrial Design office has several online services permitting a variety of online transactions, such an electronic filing, submission of amendments, payment of maintenance of fees, a mailbox, a search database and a general correspondence. Only few transactions are still paper-based, although a new initiative is foreseen to offer the last paper-based transactions via the online services.
2. SERVER
IBM AIX
Operating System AIX
935 GB HardDisk, 8GB RAM
Oracle RDMS V 10.2.0.3
TCP/IP
Image Converter: Alchemy 1.13
CLIENT WORKSTATION
Pentium based (min 3.2 GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB disk)
2 SVGA monitors 22” LCD
MS-Windows
MS-Word
Samba NFS (Network File System)
Ascent Capture
Some workstations with Bar-code readers and/or scanners
PRINTERS
Lexmark T644 network printers
NETWORK
TCP/IP
1 GB between server and switches
100 MB between switches an SERVER IBM AIX
Operating System AIX
935 GB HardDisk, 8GB RAM
Oracle RDMS V 10.2.0.3
Microfocus server express 5.0
TCP/IP
Image Converter: Alchemy 1.13
Electronic Forms Generator: JF Central 5.4.1
1. In June 2002 the industrial design processes were automated with the implementation of DesignPlus. Today the system contains bibliographic design data dating back to 1861, including pending and registered designs. DesignPlus is used within the office to manage the overall industrial design process, including classification, search, examination, assignments and maintenance. The system supports such specific office processes as preparing correspondence and updating information.<
In July 2007, an electronic industrial design filing component was added to allow clients to file their applications electronically over the internet. For all client front-ends, the information is checked for completeness, the information is transferred to the Office via the Internet and the information is automatically loaded into DesignPlus.
In 2018, two new online services were implemented by Industrial Designs Branch in regard to issue electronic correspondence to clients. A first application, called E-Access, serves as authenticate the users so that they are able to manage their access and account in the E-Mailbox. This second application is a platform where users pull their electronic outgoing correspondence issued by the office.
In 2019 and 2020 came the introduction of E-Amend where authorised and authenticated users are able to amend previously filed applications electronically
In 2022 we introduced the AI search tool from Clarivate
CIPO industrial design searchers and examiners use a Web-based search system from Oracle called Orbit to conduct international searches
2. All bibliographic data and images contained in industrial design applications and registrations are maintained on the internal system DesignPlus, in an NFS-based structure. A common repository across CIPO, called IP Document File Management (IPDFM) serves a document management storage. A synchronization between the NFS-structure and IPDFM occurs overnight to ensure that both structures are synchronized at all time. IPDFM is also connected to Enterprise Scan, a scanning solution for all the paper files, including paper correspondences, figurative elements, evidences and other paper documents.
Registered application data and images is available to the public on the Canadian Industrial Design Database via CIPO’s website.
3. DesignPlus is integrated with an EIS (Executive Information System) through a Cognos application. This EIS system provides detailed and comprehensive reports used for tracking and monitoring industrial design processes. Information on the production volumes and turnaround-times can be obtained from the EIS system.
SQL (Toad) is also used to query the database and retrieve ad hoc statistics that are often not programed in Cognos
Information on the following topics is desired:
The Industrial Design Office Practice Manual provides information on the Industrial Design Office's operational procedures and examination practices; it is the primary source of information on how to prosecute an application for the registration of an industrial design in Canada.
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr00256.html
Other industrial design publications:
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr00026.html#IndustrialDesign
VI.INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION
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VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS
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