World Intellectual Property Organization

INPADOC (International Patent Documentation Center) is the most comprehensive tttbliographic database of scientific and technological patent documents in the world. The stock encompasses more than 26 miUion patent documents, more than 59 miUion legal status data, and about 10 million patent famihes (January, 2003). The database contains more than 35 milhon patent citations from 71 patent-issuing organizations (European Patent Office, World Intellectual Property Organization (WlPO)) and is updated weekly with about 40 000 new citations. 

PATOSWO Wda Vedag Wi1h1m Lampl GmH STN citations to patents pubfished by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WPIO)... 

Colloquim on the Patent Cooperation Treaty, World Intellectual Property Organization, 1993. 

International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Mepor Provisions of Trademark Tegislation in Selected Countries, Geneva, 1977. 

Most of the equivalent patents are incorporated in the discussion, to give a sense of the international coverage to the reader. A summary of the main claim is included as a definition of the property subject matter. As could be seen the property subject matter of a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) patent generally, is identical to one of the corresponding US patent (from the US Patent and Trademark Office, USPTO). However, in some instances a WIPO patent has more than one US equivalent patent. The equivalence between WIPO and US patents will be discussed for each particular case wherever relevant. 

M. Heil, G. Erdelen, U. Wachendorff-Neumann, A. Turberg, N. Mencke, H. Gerd, and S. Klaus, PC,TInt. Appl. WO (World Intellectual Property Organization Pat. Appl.) 9 726 651 (1997) (Chem. Abstr., 1997, 127, 149148). 

Sources World Intellectual Property Organization. The Patent Cooperation Treaty, http // www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/articles/atoc.htm [accessed September 20,2007],... 

Self, C. H., Antibodies manufacture and use. World Intellectual Property Organization International Publication Number WO85/04422 (1985). 

Huizenga, R., Mantingh, J., Pomp-De Wit, F., (1998). Amylopectin potato starch products as sizing agents for textile yarns. World Intellectual Property Organization, International Patent Applieation PCT/NL98/00063. 

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Undated. Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore. Geneva WIPO. Available at http //www.wipo. int/about-ip/en/studies/publications/genetic resources.htm [Accessed January 12, 2006]. 

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) http //www. wipo.int/about-wipo/en/what/... 

One important tool in the international patent world is the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). By filing an international patent application, one may seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in each of a large number of countries. Such an application may be filed by anyone who is a national or resident of a contracting state of the PCT. A list of the more than 120 contracting states can be found on the website of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [5]. The effect of the international application in each such state is the same as if a... 

Van Wijk, R.J. De Weijer, A.P. Klarenberg, D.A. De Jonge, R. 8c Jongerden, G.J. Technique for Measuring Properties of Polymeric fibres World Intellectual Property Organization Patent Cooperation Treaty International Application WO 99/12019 Assigned to Akzo Nobel N.V. Piled in 1998. Priority Number NL 1006895 (1997). 

Kittrell, C. 8c Feld, M.S. Catheter System for Imaging World Intellectual Property Organization Patent Cooperation Treaty International Application WO 89/02718 Assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology Filed in 1988. Priority Number US 100714 (1987). 

Compare the worldwide statistics on patents collected by the World Intellectual Property Organization (wipo) at http //www.wipo.int/ipstats/en. Also, see the United Nations Development Program s (undp) Human Development Report 1999—Globalization with a Human Face (UNDP, 1999 69). 

Gahler, R., Barton, R., Slama, J., Chang, C. 2001. Echinacea supplement and method of manufacture. World Intellectual Property Organization, International Publication Number WO 01/22977. 

Abbreviations AT, Austria CA, Canada CN, China CZ, Czech Republic DE, Germany ES, Spain EP, European Patent Office FR, France GB, Great Britain HU, Hungary JP, Japan KR, South Korea MD, Moldova NL, Netherlands RO, Romania RU, Russian Federation SE, Sweden UA, Ukraine US, United States WO, World Intellectual Property Organization YU, Yugoslavia. 

D. A. Eden, D. G. John, J. L. Dawson. Inti. Patent WO 87/07022, World Intellectual Property Organization, 1987. 

Barry, G. F., Kishore, G., Stark, D. M., and Zalewsky, J. C. 1994. Method of improving the quality of stored potatoes. (PCT/US94/05275). World Intellectual Property Organization, International Bureau,... 

In November 2000, the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) commented on the legal protection of traditional knowledge in a position paper.64 CEFIC began by acknowledging that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the appropriate body to deal with this issue and indicated that there are three separate issues to be dealt with ... 

As noted above, patent protection is obtained on a country-by-country basis, and therefore patent applications must be filed in each country where protection is desired. International treaties and regional conventions have been set up to coordinate and make obtaining worldwide protection convenient and efficient. Several important treaties have been developed and are administered by the international organization known as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), centered in Geneva, Switzerland. 

Naming the biotechnology-derived substances and products received increasing attention. Prevention of INNs from using trademarks has now been strengthened in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). A new point of collaboration was the protection of INNs against misuse of Internet domain names. " ... 

---