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AI-Assisted Trademark Examination for Examiners

Accountable
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Functional Modes
Deciding (Analytical AI)
Human decides
Purpose
Enforcement
Input Dataset
Operational data Anonymized data
Algorithm or Model
Computer Vision
Output Dataset
A recommendation or prediction Anonymized data

Onscope is an AI system used by trademark examiners at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada to compare newly-filed trademark applications against existing ones in the Canadian Trademarks Database. It uses natural language processing, optical character recognition, and image recognition to help examiners assess whether a new trademark can be registered. The system does not process personal information and has been in use since 2001, improving examination efficiency and reducing processing backlogs.

Sources for this disclosure

This disclosure was drafted with AI assistance.

Schema: ai@2026-05-06-beta

Government of Canada – DTPR AI Register