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IPC FORUM Geneva, February 13, 2006
Information technology support for IPC users
Patrick FIÉVET World Intellectual Property
Organization
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IPC Reform and IT support
Agenda

• IT IPC Reform changes

• Focus on knowledge based Reformed IPC

• IT services and products for reformed IPC

• Demonstration of some IPC services

• Summary and conclusions

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IT IPC Reform
Reformed IPC (RIPC) changes

• Simplification, Customization Complexity
  (Levels, revision periods, E-layer,..)

• Automation and IT support

From a document based IPC to a knowledge
based IPC repository

• IPC knowledge quality

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IT RIPC production
Publication of edition N
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IPC knowledge expected use
Consistency checking software
MASTER FILES XML
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IPC upload in information systems
Maximum portability
Specific implementation
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IPC knowledge transformation
Maximum portability
Specific implementation

• Transformations-
• Split files xml, html
• Rollup table
• xsl,csv,xml

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IPC Based services at WIPO
IP Offices
Public
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IT Services and Products
IPC-TEF http//www.wipo.int/ipc-tef
IBIS http//www.wipo.int/ibis
IPC-IEF http//www.wipo.int/ipc-ief
RIPCIS WIPO Intranet
Advanced Level RIPC Translation into French
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IT Services and Products
IPC8 Internet publication IPCPUB
http//www.wipo.int/classifications/ipc/ipc8
IPCA6TRANS IPC8 Translation into national
language version (e.g. ES)
IPCVAL http//www.wipo.int/ipcval
IPC Tutorial http//www.wipo.int/ipc-training
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IT Services and Products
IPCCAT http//www.wipo.int/ipccat
TACSY http//www.wipo.int/tacsy/
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RIPCIS
Reformed IPC revision management system

• Different views of the RIPC during its revision

• Source for the XML master files of the RIPC

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RIPCIS screen shot
RIPCIS view (discussion)
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Translation into French of the Advanced level of
the Reformed IPC

• Assistance tool for translation work under the
  responsibility of WIPO
• Translation memories
• IPC documents
• Terminology used in PCT translation

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Reformed IPC Internet publication
IPCPUB For IPC Public version N already in
force http//www.wipo.int/classifications/ipc/ip
c8/
IPCPUB-early For IPC version N1 not yet in
force http//www.wipo.int/ipc8earlypub for IP
offices and patent information service providers
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IPCA6TRANS

Assistance for translation of the RIPC into
non-authentic languages

• Financed by the Spanish Patent Office (OEPM)
• Generic design and implementation by WIPO

• Input RIPC XML master files (EN FR)

• Output ready for preparation of internet
  publication in specific language (e.g. ES)

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IPCA6TRANS screen shot
IPCA6TRANS context internet publication
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IPCCLASS CD-ROM

Request for Proposal for IPCCLASS production to
be issued
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IPC CORE LEVEL CD-ROM prototype

Core Level only with 3 levels of installation
under Windows or Linux

• 100 from CD (neither installation nor internet
  access are required)

• 100 intranet software installation but no
  internet access required

• 100 intranet internet access for IPC bridge

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IPCVAL symbol VALIDATION service

Public IPCVAL Public service for validation of
symbols in IPC version N already in force
http//www.wipo.int/ipcval
IPCVAL for member states Restricted access
service for validation of symbols in IPC version
N1 not yet in force
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IPCCAT
Categorization assistance in the IPC Today

• IPC 7 only

• Document languages English, French, Spanish,
  Russian, German

• Categorization at Main-group level

• http//www.wipo.int/ipccat

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IPCCAT
Categorization assistance in the IPC Plans

• Retraining with IPC8 classified documents from
  the Master Classification Database (MCD)

• Study for extension to Chinese language

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TACSY
Natural Language search in the IPC

• public version fuzzy search in IPC version N
  already in force

• restricted access to test fuzzy search in IPC
  version N1 not yet in force

• Supported Languages English, French

• http//www.wipo.int/tacsy/

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Summary key words IT assistance in RIPC helps
users to

• Revise IPC E-Forums, RIPCIS, IBIS

• Import in IT Quality controlled XML Master
  files

• View IPC Internet publication, CD, paper...

• Translate Translation memories, IPCA6TRANS

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Summary key words IT assistance in RIPC helps
users to

• Learn IPC Tutorials

• Search TACSY (natural language search)

• Validate IPCVAL

• Classify IPCCAT (patent categorization)

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Conclusions about the IT support contribution to
the Reformed IPC
IT support for RIPC

• More customization and automation

• More assistance

Increased re-use of IPC information

• IPC knowledge quality improvement

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Information technology support for the IPC Reform
Questions / Answers IT IPC contact WIPO at
claims_at_wipo.int
IT MCD contact EPO at MCD_at_EPO.ORG
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Information technology support for the IPC
Thank you