1. http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/ PCT - IS SFTP WIPO – SDWG May 2006 Peter Waring S ome F ile T ransfer P rogramme ? PCT-EDI

2. http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/ PCT - IS 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

3. http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/ PCT - IS 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

4. http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/ PCT - IS PCT-EDI implementation

5. http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/ PCT - IS 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

6. http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/ PCT - IS 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)

7. http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/ PCT - IS 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

8. http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/ PCT - IS 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

9. http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/ PCT - IS PCT-EDI Thanks for listening http://www.wipo.int/pct/edi/en/ Contact us at: PCT.EDI@wipo.int