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1CooperativePatentClassification(CPC)IPCCEMeetingGeneva,27February2013PierreHeld,EPODirectorateClassificationChristopherKim,USPTOCPCCoordinator2OutlineCPCschemeCPCdefinitionsCPCprojecttimelineandmilestonesQualityassuranceCPCviewerinEspacenetCPCAllocationStandard,SchemeservicesCPCRevisionandMaintenance3H01L21/285.
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H01L2925/06508Origin:IPCECLA"mirrored"ICO"orthogonal"ICOClassification(INV/ADD)Indexing(ADD)3"furtherbreakdown"ICOMaintrunk2000-seriesCPCschemesectionsA-HCPCschemeYsectionGeneraltaggingofnewtechnologicaldevelopments;generaltaggingofcross-cuttingtechnologiesspanningoverseveralsectionsoftheIPC–Y02:Climatechangemitigationtechnologies(CCMTs)–Y04:SmartgridsTechnicalsubjectscoveredbyformerUSPCcross-referenceartcollections[XRACs]andDigests–Y10S5CPCschemelayoutSectionsAHSectionYMaintrunk~160000symbolsinventionoradditionalinformation{.
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}usedtodistinguishCPCtextfromIPCone~7300symbolsincludesformerUSPCXRACsanddigestsadditionalinformationonlyIndexingcodes2000series~82000symbolsformer"breakdown"and"orthogonal"ICOIPCindexingcodesadditionalinformationonly6CPCDefinitionsTheCPCschemewillbesupportedbyasetofinstructions(incomplementtothescheme)onhowtosearchandclassifyineachspecifictechnicalareaTheyhavebeendesignedalongthelinesoftheIPCDefinitionsSince1October2012,CPCDefinitionsarebeingpublishedonamonthlybasisastheygetbilaterallyagreedandwillfinallycover:–allsubclasses–allmaingroups,and–somesubgroupsTodatewecount164publishedCPCdefinitions221thisFriday1March201367Jan2011StartofprojectdiscussionsbetweenEPOandUSPTO1Jan2013Jan2012DeveloptrainingDocumentclassificationpractices(CPCDefinitions)ECLAhousekeepingDesignITDesigncollaborativeenvironmentCPCLaunchITimplementationatUSPTOandEPOCollaborativeenvironmentCPCSchemelaunchversionpubliclyavailableon1Oct2012DOCDBback-fileconvertedtoCPCon15Nov2012CPCinEspacenet-December2012PrepareforlaunchofCPCCPClaunchversionavailable1Oct2012CPCtimelineCPCusedbyEPOandUSPTOEpoque(Net)andUSPatandUSAppCPC-readyQualityAssuranceprocessinplaceHarmonizeclassificationpracticesJointCPCrevisionsCPCavailableforusebyotherIPoffices71Apr2013NomoreECLA-to-CPCmappinginrevisedareas1Oct20128CPC-USPTOImplementationTimelineImplementationTimeline99QualityAssurance(QA)1.
FeedbackbyClass-QNsthroughQA:samplingofdocumentsandprovisionofwrittenfeedback2.
Possibilityofon-the-flywrittenfeedbackbyallclassifiers3.
Creationofstatisticalreportspertechnicalareabyanalysingthedifferenceinsymbolsallocatedbythetwoofficestothesamefamilies10Traininge-LearningmodulesforUSPTOstaffField-specifictraining(FST)providedbyEPOexaminerstotheircounterpartsofthetechnicalfieldExtensiveuseofCPCDefinitionsFeedbackviatheQAprocessExchangevisitsande-contactsbetweenspecialistsinafield1011FieldSpecificTraining(FST)SessionsCreatealibraryofCBTsUSPTOQNswillbetrainedonoHowtoreadCPCscheme/definitionoHowtosearchinCPCoHowtoclassifyinCPCoHowtomonitorqualityoHowtoevaluateaddition/deletionofsymbolsoDeveloprevisionprojects……FSTOverview12Demohttp://worldwide.
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htm13Keyfeaturesschemebrowsersub-sectiontextRadiobuttons:toggleIPCvsCPCShownotes&warningsToggledot/treeviewexpandmaingroupswherepossiblesearchfunctionalityguidanceheadings14KeyfeaturesCPCsearchstatisticalresultsabilitytoexpandresults15LinkstoDefinitionsandSchemeIconstoopenPDFfilesDefinitionsandSchemeFutureversionofOPSwillhaveDefinitionsXML(andconcordancelistXML).
Howthesewillbeusedandincorporatedintothebrowserapplicationwillbedeterminedin201316USPTOClassificationTools17USPTOTools18USPTOTools19USPTOTools20USPTOToolsCPCallocationstandard-basedonWIPOST.
821YVersion1.
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CPCValidationservice2.
ClassificationMappingservicesECLAtoCPCconcordanceserviceCPCtoECLAconcordanceserviceCPCtoIPCconcordanceservice241.
CPCvalidationserviceTheclassificationvalidationservicecheckstheformatandexistenceoftheCPCandECLAclassificationsTheservicewillacceptonly'full'classificationsymbols,startingfrommaingroup,e.
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TheresponseforarequestedsymbolisindicatedbystandardHTTPresponsecodesIfthesymbolisvalid,astandardHTTP200OKresponseisreturned.
Inthecasethesymbolisnotbeingfoundinthescheme,astandardHTTP404NotFounderrorresponseisreturnedInthecaseofthesymbolformatbeinginvalid,astandardHTTP400BadRequesterrorresponseisreturned.
Inthecaseofanyothersystemerror,astandardHTTP500SystemErrorresponseisreturned.
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ClassificationmappingserviceTheclassificationmappingserviceprovidesaccesstointernalclassificationconversionroutineforexternalusers.
ThefollowingdirectionsofconversionsaresupportedbyOPS:-ECLA>CPC-CPC>ECLA-CPCAddonly>ICO-CPC>IPCTheserviceacceptsonly'full'classificationsymbols,startingfrommaingrouplevel,e.
g.
A01B1/00.
TheCPC>ECLAtransformationambiguous,thereforeoptionalrequestparameter_additional_tospecifythatadditionalclassificationsymbolisrequested.
Thedefaultrequestisinvention26ECLA-CPCResponseOPSRESTfuldocumentation28CPCRevisionandMaintenanceprocessAmendingtheCPCschemeand/ordefinition,andreclassifyingthecorrespondingdocumentation2829From1January2013onwardsCPCjointlyadministeredbytheEPOandUSPTO=>JointdecisionstoamendtheCPCschemeanddefinitionsChangesthroughmaintenanceandrevisionprojects30Sharereclassificationresourceswhenprojectsenterreclassificationphase:50%-50%overallinsomeprojectsflexibilitytodividetheworkonadifferentshareMonthlyupdatespossibleforCPCschemeanddefinitionsSupportwillbeprovided:–RevisionConcordanceList(RCL)–Publicationofchanges2monthsbeforetheyenterintoforce31Thankyouforyourattention!
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