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patentfilingsperonemillionpopulationinAfricaandAsia,1.0to5.0in
LatinAmericaandaround5.0innorthernAfricaandtheMiddleEast,as
comparedtothehundreds,oreventhousands,ofresidentpatentfilings
peronemillionpopulationinmanydevelopedcountries.
Itiswidelyrecognizedinbothdevelopedanddevelopingcountries
thatthisinformationisakeyresourceforeconomicandsocialdevelop-
ment,withusesrangingfromenhancedresearchanddevelopmentto
businessandpolicyplanning.Mostmajorpatentofficesintheworldnow
offerdatabasesandservicestosearchtheirnationalorregionalpatent
collectionsontheinternetforfree,forexample,WIPO’sPATENTSCOPE
searchserviceprovidesfreeaccesstothetechnologycontainedinover
46millionpatentdocuments.
3.THEESTABLISHMENTOFTECHNOLOGYAND
INNOVATIONSUPPORTCENTERS(TISCS)
Therefore,withintheframeworkoftheDevelopmentAgenda,aproj-
ectwasinitiatedbyWIPOtofacilitateaccesstotechnologyinformation
andstrengthenthecapacityofturningthisinformationintopractical
knowledgethroughtheestablishmentanddevelopmentofTechnology
andInnovationSupportCenters(TISCs)andassociatednetworks.
Fromtheverybeginning,theprojectwasdesignedtobeasflexible
andefficientaspossibletakingintoconsiderationlocalresourcesand
requirements.Therefore,theminimumprerequisitestobecomeaTISC
withinasuitablehostinstitutionweresimplysettohaveatleastoneper-
son,whowaspreferablyalreadyworkingtherebutwhohadsomespare
capacitytobetrained,aswellasacomputerwithaninternetconnection.
ThatpersonwouldthenbetrainedbyWIPOtoprovideavarietyofin-
novationsupportservicestobeofferedtolocalusers,suchasinventors,
students,researchers,etc.
4.DEVELOPINGTISCS
TISCsinitiallyofferflbasic”servicessuchasaccesstopatentandnon-
-patentdatabases,aswellastheassistanceprovidedbythetrainedTISC
staffinusingthesedatabases.However,basedonuserdemandand
officecapacity,otheradditionalservices,includingmorespecialized
flvalue-added”services,suchasdraftingsearchandmonitoringreports
andotherservicessupportinginnovationandcommercialization,should
alsobeofferedinduecourse.
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