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Annex A List of Offices of Earlier Examination

Date Published
Offices of Earlier ExaminationInternational Authority
Austrian Patent Office (APO)Yes
Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI-BR) (as of 6 July 2024)Yes
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)Yes
Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO)No
Estonian Patent Office (EPA)No
Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH)Yes
German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA)No
Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO)No
Icelandic Patent Office (IPO)No
Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ)No
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)Yes
Israel Patent Office (ILPO)Yes
Japan Patent Office (JPO)Yes
Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)Yes
National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property of Peru (INDECOPI)No
Nordic Patent Institute (NPI)Yes
Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO)No
Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (PPO)No
Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)No
Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT)Yes
Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO)Yes
Superintendence of Industry and Commerce – Colombia (SIC)No
Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV)Yes
United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO)No
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)Yes
Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI)Yes

 

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