Several things are happening at the IP office in Indonesia right now. First the IPO is moving from the satellite town
of Tanggerang to Central Jakarta. This will enable the IPO to recruit more high caliber
professionals, who wouldn't work in a distant town. The move is taking some time, and files have
to travel back and forth at present creating serious delays.
Secondly there is an automation project ongoing assisted by WIPO. The IPAS
software is being installed. They are
currently undergoing a massive data
migration. This has revealed numerous data errors and gaps which have to be
manually completed. It also left the system offline for periods when even
examiners could not access the database. Tens of thousands of trademarks
and patents currently await examination.
The net result of all this is likely to be short term delays, a climb in pendency
and periods when files may be inaccessible. Obviously the long term goal is to improve pendency
and data quality, once the new system is running well and all the functions
can take place online from Jakarta.
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