WIPO PCT Office Feedback Survey Invitation

WIPO PCT Circulars

Published February 10th, 2026

Detected March 21st, 2026

Summary

WIPO has issued a circular inviting PCT Offices to participate in the 'PCT Office Feedback Survey 2024-2025'. The survey aims to assess satisfaction with WIPO's International Bureau services and identify areas for improvement. Responses are requested by March 6, 2026.

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What changed

WIPO has issued PCT Circular PCT/2026/1702, dated February 10, 2026, inviting PCT Offices to provide feedback on services rendered by WIPO's International Bureau during 2024-2025. The survey seeks to gauge satisfaction levels and identify areas for service enhancement, with findings to inform the WIPO Program Performance Report. The circular is addressed to Offices acting as receiving Offices, ISAs, IPEAs, and/or designated or elected Offices under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

Participating PCT Offices are requested to complete an online questionnaire by March 6, 2026, via email to pcticd@wipo.int. An editable version of the questionnaire is available for internal review and preparation. This is a routine request for feedback with no direct compliance obligations or penalties for the offices, but timely participation is encouraged for service improvement initiatives.

What to do next

Complete the PCT Office Feedback Survey 2024-2025 online
Submit survey responses by March 6, 2026

Source document (simplified)

PCTFeb 10, 2026 Madam, Sir, PCT Office Feedback Survey 2024-2025 This Circular is addressed to your Office in its capacity as a receiving Office, International Searching Authority (ISA), International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) and/or designated or elected Office under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). It invites your Office to participate in the “PCT Office Feedback Survey 2024-2025” regarding services provided to your Office by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2024 and 2025. The aim of this survey is to assess your level of satisfaction with the PCT services provided by the International Bureau of WIPO over the last two years. The responses will be used to identify PCT services within the International Bureau in need of improvement as well as to develop performance indicators for the PCT Program Performance Report to be prepared for the WIPO’s Program and Budget Committee. You are kindly invited to complete the on-line questionnaire, which is available in ten publication languages of the PCT; instructions as well as a copy of an editable version of the questionnaire are located on the first page of the survey, available on this web page: https://surveys.wipo.int/s3/PCT-Office-Feedback-Survey-2024-2025 You may use the editable version of the questionnaire to familiarize yourself with the subjects and questions or to receive input from other colleagues within your Office before starting to fill in the on-line questionnaire in one of the available languages. /...
PCT 1702 2. Replies to this Circular, preferably by completing the questionnaire online or by returning an electronic copy, before March 6, 2026, by email to Ms. Christine Bonvallet, Director, PCT International Cooperation Division, Patents and Technology Sector at: pcticd@wipo.int. Please use the same email address for all questions related to this circular and the online questionnaire of the PCT Office Feedback Survey 2024-2025. Yours sincerely, Lisa Jorgenson Deputy Director General Patents and Technology Sector