International Searching Authority

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PCT authority patent authority role

The International Searching Authority is a national or regional patent office designated to conduct prior art searches and issue international search reports for patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
International Searching Authority canonical	5
European Patent Office	1
International Searching Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty	1
Nordic Patent Institute	1
international searching authority	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T643029 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: International Searching Authority
Context triple: [Patent Cooperation Treaty, establishes, International Searching Authority]

A. World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization is a global intergovernmental body that develops and oversees international rules and services for the protection of intellectual property rights.
B. Patent Cooperation Treaty
The Patent Cooperation Treaty is an international agreement that streamlines the process for seeking patent protection in multiple countries through a single unified application system.
C. International Bureau
The International Bureau is the permanent secretariat and administrative center of the Universal Postal Union, responsible for coordinating international postal activities and supporting member countries.
D. Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
The Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights is the World Trade Organization body responsible for overseeing the implementation and operation of the TRIPS Agreement on intellectual property rules in international trade.
E. GCC Patent Office
The GCC Patent Office is a regional intellectual property authority that administers and grants patents on behalf of the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: International Searching Authority
Target entity description: The International Searching Authority is a national or regional patent office designated to conduct prior art searches and issue international search reports for patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

A. World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization is a global intergovernmental body that develops and oversees international rules and services for the protection of intellectual property rights.
B. Patent Cooperation Treaty
The Patent Cooperation Treaty is an international agreement that streamlines the process for seeking patent protection in multiple countries through a single unified application system.
C. International Bureau
The International Bureau is the permanent secretariat and administrative center of the Universal Postal Union, responsible for coordinating international postal activities and supporting member countries.
D. Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
The Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights is the World Trade Organization body responsible for overseeing the implementation and operation of the TRIPS Agreement on intellectual property rules in international trade.
E. GCC Patent Office
The GCC Patent Office is a regional intellectual property authority that administers and grants patents on behalf of the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	PCT authority ⓘ patent authority role ⓘ
abbreviation	ISA ⓘ
administeredBy	WIPO Secretariat ⓘ surface form: WIPO International Bureau World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
appliesTo	PCT applications ⓘ international patent applications ⓘ
associatedProcedure	international phase of PCT ⓘ
designatedBy	PCT ⓘ surface form: PCT Assembly
exampleOffice	Australian Patent Office ⓘ Austrian Patent Office ⓘ Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada ⓘ surface form: Canadian Intellectual Property Office China National Intellectual Property Administration ⓘ International Searching Authority self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: European Patent Office Japan Patent Office ⓘ Korean Intellectual Property Office ⓘ International Searching Authority self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nordic Patent Institute Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property ⓘ Spanish Patent and Trademark Office ⓘ Swedish Intellectual Property Office ⓘ United States Patent and Trademark Office ⓘ Visegrad Patent Institute ⓘ
function	conduct international searches for PCT applications ⓘ establish international search reports ⓘ establish written opinions on patentability ⓘ search prior art relevant to claimed inventions ⓘ
governingTreaty	Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ
languageRequirement	must be able to search in specified languages ⓘ
legalBasis	PCT ⓘ surface form: PCT Article 16 Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ surface form: PCT Article 17 PCT Rules 35–45 ⓘ
output	international search report ⓘ written opinion of the International Searching Authority ⓘ
performedBy	national patent office ⓘ regional patent office ⓘ
purpose	assist designated Offices in national phase examination ⓘ promote work sharing among patent offices ⓘ provide early indication of prior art ⓘ
qualityRequirement	must meet PCT minimum documentation standards ⓘ
relatedConcept	designated Office under PCT ⓘ elected Office under PCT ⓘ receiving Office under PCT ⓘ
relatedRole	International Preliminary Examining Authority ⓘ
requires	agreement with WIPO International Bureau ⓘ
scope	searches international patent documentation ⓘ searches national patent documentation ⓘ searches non‑patent literature ⓘ
selectableBy	PCT applicant ⓘ
selectionDependsOn	receiving Office ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Patent Cooperation Treaty → establishes → International Searching Authority ⓘ

International Searching Authority → exampleOffice → International Searching Authority self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Patent Office

International Searching Authority → exampleOffice → International Searching Authority self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nordic Patent Institute

International Preliminary Examining Authority → cooperatesWith → International Searching Authority ⓘ

ISA → standsFor → International Searching Authority ⓘ

Japan Patent Office → actsAs → International Searching Authority ⓘ

China National Intellectual Property Administration → role → International Searching Authority ⓘ

this entity surface form: international searching authority

Austrian Patent Office → servesAs → International Searching Authority ⓘ

Spanish Patent and Trademark Office → treatyRole → International Searching Authority ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Searching Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty

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