PCT - IS

http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/

SFTP

WIPO – SDWG May 2006

Peter Waring

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PCT - IS

http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/

Definition

• PCT-EDI - the PCT Electronic Data Interchange Service providing a simple and secure document exchange mechanism using SFTP, over the Internet or over TRINET

• EDI COR - the COR service using EDI delivery

• IB FORMS – network delivery• SFTP - Secure Shell File Transfer Protocol

PCT - IS

http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/

PCT-EDI requirements

• Provide the facility to exchange documents electronically

• Enable the opportunity for usage of the COR system without human intervention outside of the Receiving Office (system)

• Provide a service with low start-up costs• Support the following content types

– COR orders and documents, RO WASPs, PDocs, fee data, other documents, scanned record copies + IB forms

PCT - IS

http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/

PCT-EDI implementation

PCT - IS

http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/

Implementation steps

• Contact us to agree a plan• Read and follow the user-guide and ‘Minimum

specification’ documents at http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/documents/

• Make implementation choices – User Application (e.g. WINscp, Putty, Tectia, SSH…)

or development tools (Perl, Java…)

• Implement procedures, test and move to production

PCT - IS

http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/

PCT–EDI usage

• 16 offices have PCT-EDI connections

• 8 offices send e-filings via PCT-EDI (Internet), 4 offices via PCT-EDI (CD)

• 3 offices sending scanned record copies

• > 45% of pages arriving at IB via PCT-EDI

• Outgoing documents growing (IB forms)

PCT - IS

http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/

PCT-EDI highlights

• February 2006 - documents totaling 270,000 (45%) pages were received by PCT EDI

• April 2006 - International Bureau forms start being delivered by PCT-EDI (China and Finland started in April)

• May 2006 – scanned record copies start arriving from EPO

• Many more office related activities

PCT - IS

http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/

PCT-EDI next steps

• USPTO Priority documents to transition from CD to EDI over TRINET

• Additional operational quality assurance procedures being initiated

• TDA implementation at WIPO

PCT - IS

http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/

PCT-EDI

Thanks for listening

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Contact us at:

PCT.EDI@wipo.int