New publication platform of the IPC on the internet Second IPC Workshop Geneva, February 2010 New publication platform of the IPC on the internet Patrick FIÉVET World Intellectual Property Organization
New IPC publication platform Agenda: Introduction: why a new platform? Modified features New Features- Search functionality Demonstration
Why a new platform? Essential features were missing (search) User requirements: Essential features were missing (search) User feedback based on current platform implementation of IPC CE 41 simplifications (discontinuation of levels)
Why a new platform? IT governance: The current platform is based on outdated technology and expensive to maintain More control for WIPO on one of its IPC business critical applications
Modified features top part: IPC notions (scheme, RCL,…) Contextual accessibility features/IPC notions top part: IPC notions (scheme, RCL,…) Left part: IPC-notion-dependent options, search features Definitions and illustrations are now independent windows (unlimited number)
New IPC publication platform
Modified features Versions indicators in the scheme (e.g. G05G 5/03) Display in the scheme: Versions indicators in the scheme (e.g. G05G 5/03) only the full IPC (i.e. discontinuation of Advanced level background) for all editions Display range: limit data transfer to what users want to view
New features Corrigendum (any concerned IPC notion) More information: Corrigendum (any concerned IPC notion) IPC warnings in the scheme Access to PDF subclasses
New features Update of display on option select Behavior: Update of display on option select transfer only data to be viewed URL parameters for all IPC notions displayed Improved accessibility
New features Term search: scheme, definition, catchword Search functionalities: Term search: scheme, definition, catchword Cross reference search Hyperlink to NLP search (TACSY) and to text categorization in the IPC (IPCCAT)
New feature: TERM SEARCH For scheme, definition and catchword Meta characters for queries “?”, “*”) “PATH” option for the scheme Include/exclude areas of the IPC Results: Hyperlinks to concerned IPC places with highlighted term matches
New features: CROSS REFERENCE SEARCH For scheme, definition and catchword: Return places of the IPC referencing a given symbol Option: inclusion of subgroups in the search
Demonstration URL: http://www.wipo.int/ipcpub Current status: Prototype for testing URL: http://www.wipo.int/ipcpub IPC 2010.01 uploaded and presented as IPC 2011.01 will be. Some IPC warnings updated Performance and tuning in progress Browsers version: IE7+, Firefox 2+ (better performance with Firefox 3)
New IPC publication platform Future plans: Will be used for IPC 2011.01 early publication: July 1, 2010 new IPCPUBPREP software package for download: Q2 2010 impact on SPLIT: Q2 2010 impact on IPCA6TRANS: Q3 2010
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