GPTO and WIPO DAS

Florian Meier — Wed, 14 May 2025 04:49:34 +0000

The participation of the German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO) as a depositing office in the WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS) offers significant advantages for patent applicants. While the GPTO requires that a dedicated request be filed for entering a document into WIPO DAS, the GPTO allows for the deposit of priority documents even when the priority term has (long) expired and for documents that pre-date the GPTO’s designation as a depositing office. This flexibility is particularly beneficial when applicants require access to priority documents after the expiration of the priority term, such as during the filing of a bypass continuation in the U.S.

Der Beitrag GPTO and WIPO DAS erschien zuerst auf meier ip.

Eletronic filings with the GPTO

Florian Meier — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 19:25:20 +0000

As widely communicated by the EPO, the EPO smart card will be faded out for the EPO’s online services.

Practitioners who use the EPO smart card for the GPTO’s online services (in accordance with §3(2) numeral 2 of the Regulation for Electronic Filing with the GPTO) should be aware that the EPO smart card can no longer be used for signing in DPMADirektPro after December 31, 2024 (see GPTO information on digital signatures). This applies irrespective of the expiry date indicated on the EPO smart card. The 2FA, which the EPO has successfully introduced as new authentication mechanism, will not be available for procedural acts in the GPTO’s filing software DPMADirektPro.

Der Beitrag Eletronic filings with the GPTO erschien zuerst auf meier ip.

GPTO-Archiv - meier ip

GPTO and WIPO DAS

Eletronic filings with the GPTO