I am delighted to have learned that the Israel Patent office has joined the DAS system.
Alert reader Sharon Rosen tipped me off to this development which you can read about here on the DAS web site. Starting from May 1, 2019, the Israel Patent Office will serve as a Depositing Office for patent applications filed as national applications and for patent applications filed in RO/IL. In addition, starting from that date, the Israel Patent Office will serve as an Accessing Office for patent applications.
Carl, this is certainly a move in the right direction, although as I note on my own blog, for a variety of other reasons, it’s not as big a deal as it ought to be. https://www.iliplaw.com/americaisrael_patent_law/2019/03/israel-joins-wipos-digital-access-service-das.html It’s interesting to note that WIPO posted its notice on March 11 but the ILPTO only posted a notice about this today.