WIPO Standards provide a single, common framework for working with the information contained within industrial property (IP) documents. They cover patents, trademarks, and industrial designs and are used at all stages of the industrial property prosecution process (filing, examination, publication, grant, etc.), as well as for data dissemination.

By using WIPO Standards, intellectual property offices around the globe can work in a more efficient, harmonious, and timely fashion. Not only that, but WIPO Standards greatly simplify both international cooperation among offices as well as helping public users of IP information to better access and make use of  that information in their applications.