PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) Electronic Filing System

Organization:  World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva Switzerland

Project Contact:  Karl Kalejs, Director, Electronic Filing Project

Project Description:
Although long recognized as a standards-setting body, WIPO had only recently begun to address issues specific to electronic patent application filings. The core issues were security, access, and interoperability. The organization had limited experience creating large IT systems. Standards and processes developed for electronic filing had to be formally incorporated into the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

WIPO turned to Vcentra experts to create the standards and architecture for their new efiling system. Vcentra engineers relocated to Geneva to design the PCT Electronic Filing infrastructure and develop the international standard for electronic patent filing. Vcentra experts also designed the PKI and digital signature/encryption architecture for PCT Electronic Filing.