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stakeholders in coordinating and developing global IP infrastructure through the following services, databases, standards, tools and fora:</p> <div class="col"> <h3>Services for offices</h3> <p>The <a href="/web/20180813165541/http://www.wipo.int/das/en/" target="_self"><strong>WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS)</strong></a> enables IP offices to exchange priority and other similar documents securely among themselves.</p> <p>The <a href="/web/20180813165541/http://www.wipo.int/case/en/" target="_self"><strong>WIPO Centralized Access to Search and Examination (CASE)</strong> </a>system enables patent offices to securely share search and examination documentation related to patent applications, for a more efficient international examination process.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <h3>Initiatives</h3> <p><strong><a href="/web/20180813165541/http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/" target="_blank">PATENTSCOPE</a> </strong>now has over <span id="patentscope"></span> million patent records - 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Past meeting documents: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813165541/http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2011/symp_ip_auth/program.html">2011</a> |    <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813165541/http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2010/symp_ip_auth/program.html">2010</a>  |  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813165541/http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=17643">2009</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="content content line"> <h2>Building capacity to participate in the knowledge economy</h2> <div class="main"> <p>WIPO assists developing countries in building their IP infrastructure to increase their capacity to participate in the knowledge economy.  Our work in this area, which also contributes to key <a href="/web/20180813165541/http://www.wipo.int/ip-development/en/agenda/" target="_self">WIPO Development Agenda</a> projects, includes:</p> <ul class="dividers"> <li><a 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