What is BiSSAP?

Biological Sequence Submission Application for Patents, or BiSSAP for short, is a desktop application developed by the European Patent Office with funding from the EU-project FELICS to create and verify sequence listings. It also allows you to convert between sequence listing formats.

BiSSAP is aimed primarily at applicants and patent attorneys, but patent offices may also find some of the BiSSAP features useful.

Features

  • Supports the following input formats:
  • Supports the following output formats:
    • ST.25
      • text file
      • PDF file, optional (requires the generation of a plain-text file)
    • XML
      • pure XML file
      • XML file with a stylesheet in one of the supported languages
  • Imports sequences
    • EMBL and FASTA formats
  • Exports sequences
    • EMBL and FASTA formats
  • The file size is limited to the system capabilities. Very large sequences can significantly hinder performance.
  • Verification
    • verification of newly created sequence listings
    • batch verification of sequence listings from the file system
    • support for organism names according to the latest taxonomy data from the NCBI, with the possibility of adding local-user custom names
    • verification of feature keys and qualifiers
  • Potentially extensible
  • Available free of charge