Head of IT Systems Section Report on Handover of the Working List management from the EPO to WIPO IPC Committee of Experts 50 Patrick Fiévet Head of IT Systems Section International Classifications and Standards Division Geneva February 08, 2018

Agenda Project Status review Main outcomes of the February 7, 2018 Task Force Impact on IPC Master Files Plans

IPC Working List Management (IPCWLM) project status Follow-up of IPC-CE47 “Handover of part of the MCD processing from the EPO to WIPO ” since 2014 Mostly out-sourced IT services to two companies i.e. for project management and implementation Bilateral cooperation between EPO and WIPO Partial involvement of Offices in definition and testing phases

IPCWLM IPCWLMS Project direction IPC CE Task Force on IPCWLM IPCWLMS1 EPO-WIPO bilateral cooperation Legacy reclassification IPCWLMS2 Transition scenarios DOCDB XML IPCWLMS Acceptance testing

IPCWLM project status review 2017 activities: Project resources planning and procurement process for IPCWLMS IPCWLM Task force : New WL distribution algorithm approved Preliminary technical investigations and clarifications to prepare IPCWLMS implementation Legacy stopped at IPC 2009.01 Residual Working Lists analysis

Evolution of the IPC reclassification backlog (according to IPCRECLAS)

IPC reclassification backlog status (according to IPCRECLAS)

IPCWLMS summary of planned timelines IPCWLMS procurement: Q4 2017 (done) IPCWLMS Implementation phase 1: Q1-Q3 2018 (for IPC 2019.01 WL) TF meeting back to back with CE/50 Q1 2018: Infrastructure Q2 2018: Implementation of New WL distribution algorithm + WL files simulation July-August 2018: Checking of test WL files by IP offices September 2018: Decision on Hand over of WL generation to WIPO for 2019.01 IPCWLMS Implementation phase 2: Q4 2018-2019 (RL and RWL management and further enhancements)

IPCWLM Task force February 2018 Main outcomes of the Task Force for CE endorsement: Proposed definition of the IPC reclassification lifecycle Transition from IPCRECLASS to IPCWLMS: How to address legacy reclassification i.e. IPC 2009.01 to 2018.01 Complementary and practical definition of Family for IPCWLMS implementation (based on DOCDB XML) IPCWLMS Suitable frequency for RWL: i.e. how often to refresh the picture of reclassification left to be done

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