Mr. Luis Felipe Céspedes, Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism of Chile, addressed the Meeting in the afternoon of January 20, 2016. In his address, he in particular highlighted the importance of innovation as an engine for growth and increase in productivity for a country like Chile, and INAPI’s role and achievements in the just six years since its creation in 2009. 2: The session was chaired by Mr. Maximiliano Santa Cruz, National Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property of . 3: The Meeting adopted the agenda as set out in document PCT/MIA/23/1 Rev. 4: PCT The Meeting trial the presentation by the International Bureau on the most recent PCT Statistics. 5: There were no interventions under this agenda item. (B) AUTHORITIES There were no interventions under this agenda item. There were no interventions under this agenda item. The Meeting trial with approval the Summary by the Chair of the Meeting’s Quality Subgroup set out in Annex II to this document, agreed with the recommendations contained in that Summary by the Chair and approved the continuation of the Subgroup’s mandate, including the convening of a physical meeting of the Subgroup in 2017. 6: Discussions were on document PCT/MIA/23/9. One Authority indicated that it was essential for an Authority to show to the PCT Committee for Technical Cooperation (PCT/CTC) that it met the minimum requirements for appointment by providing details along the same lines as had been proposed in the application form discussed by the Quality Subgroup. One Authority suggested clarifying the wording of Article 4 of the model agreement covering subject matter not searched by the International Authority. One Authority suggested that there could be a peer review process under which the documentation submitted for reappointment by one Authority was reviewed by one or more other Authorities to verify compliance with the minimum documentation requirements under Rule 36.1(ii). One Authority suggested that the re-appointment process should be processed according to the requirements of the existing rules and avoid increasing the workload of existing International Authorities.
Mr. Luis Felipe Céspedes, Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism of Chile, addressed the Meeting in the afternoon of January 20, 2016. In his address, he in particular highlighted the importance of innovation as an engine for growth and increase in productivity for a country like Chile, and INAPI’s role and achievements in the just six years since its creation in 2009. 2: The session was chaired by Mr. Maximiliano Santa Cruz, National Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property of . 3: The Meeting adopted the agenda as set out in document PCT/MIA/23/1 Rev. 4: PCT The Meeting the presentation by the International Bureau on the most recent PCT Statistics. 5: There were no interventions under this agenda item. There were no interventions under this agenda item. There were no interventions under this agenda item. The Meeting with approval the Summary by the Chair of the Meeting’s Quality Subgroup set out in Annex II to this document, agreed with the recommendations contained in that Summary by the Chair and approved the continuation of the Subgroup’s mandate, including the convening of a physical meeting of the Subgroup in 2017. 6: Discussions were on document PCT/MIA/23/9. One Authority indicated that it was essential for an Authority to show to the PCT Committee for Technical Cooperation (PCT/CTC) that it met the minimum requirements for appointment by providing details along the same lines as had been proposed in the application form discussed by the Quality Subgroup. One Authority suggested clarifying the wording of Article 4 of the model agreement covering subject matter not searched by the International Authority. One Authority suggested that there could be a peer review process under which the documentation submitted for reappointment by one Authority was reviewed by one or more other Authorities to verify compliance with the minimum documentation requirements under Rule 36.1(ii). One Authority suggested that the re-appointment process should be processed according to the requirements of the existing rules and avoid increasing the workload of existing International Authorities. trial trial AUTHORITIES (B)
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