CIPO's Modernization Efforts Cause Patent Delays In Canada

This article is an update to "Failure to launch: CIPO's modernization efforts cause patent delays".

In July 2024, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) launched its new MyCIPO Patents online portal for filing, tracking, and managing patents files, as part of their modernization effort and alignment with the World Intellectual Property Office ST.27 Standard for the Exchange of Patent Legal Status Data. Significant problems began immediately. Although full access to the new platform became available on October 1, 2024, this was not without problems.

Initial issues that appear to have been resolved included:

• The Canadian Patents Database (CPD) being inaccessible for approximately six weeks,