Progress Report
TF Sequence Listing in XML
R. Suarez y Gonzalez
15.04.2013
Report
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First Draft agreed in March 2012
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Public consultations by some offices till August 2012
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Processing of the comments till December 2012
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Adaptation of the First Draft to the public comments
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Since December 2012, JPO, USPTO and EPO engaged discussion
with the Database Providers DDBJ, NCBI and EBI respectively
Summary of the results from the Public Consultations (1/2)
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Held by JPO, USPTO and EPO
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High number of comments
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Similar results across the three consultations
Summary of the results from the Public Consultations (2/2)
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Comments related to:
– The text of the new proposal
• all comments have been considered in the revised texts of the
proposal - typically minor
– The implementation of the standard
• Transition issues, drafting of the new format, ...
• as such not under the responsibility of the Task Force, will be
taken into account when drafting an advice for the MIA and
PCT Working Group
Roadmap
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Due to delays in the contacts with the DB providers, revised roadmap
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Round 6
– extended till end of June 2013
– if required, closed with a Task Force Meeting to finalize the Draft
(date and venue to be confirmed)
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Final round of revisions, during summer 2013
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Submission of the documents to WIPO in September 2013
Thank you !
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