The public can now access decisions issued by the Canadian Commissioner of Patents since 1970. Through the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
CIPO website, users can
search the online database for decisions by keyword, date or file particulars, or browse by topics. Practitioners, in particular, will find this a useful resource for current decisions on many areas of Canadian patent practice.
To visit the CIPO website:
http://www.cipo.gc.ca
To check out the searchable decision database:
http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/srch_comdec_login-e.html
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