P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 WIPO IT tools supporting the reformed IPC Implementation of IPC Reform Geneva, July 3, 2006 Patrick FIÉVET World Intellectual Property Organization

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IT contribution in the Reformed IPC IPC Reform and IT support Importance of the XML master files IT & RIPC production and transformations Agenda: Summary and conclusions

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 From a document based IPC to a knowledge based IPC repository IT & IPC Reform Reformed IPC (RIPC) changes: + Simplification, Customization & Complexity (Levels, revision periods, E-layer,..) + Automation and IT support + IPC knowledge quality

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IT & RIPC data production Revision of edition N+2 Publication of edition N Early access to edition N+1 RIPCIS MASTER FILES PDF E forum IPC prototyping, Trilateral E- forum, list servers validity Extraction Rendition + CDROM,... WIPO official IPC Web site Internet paper FR Translation

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IPC knowledge expected use MASTER FILES XML Information systems Master Classification Database IPC based Services Transformations: # renditions, # formats, # extracts,... Consistency checking software

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IPC upload in information systems WIPO- specific platform and rendition... Maximum portability Specific implementation MCD, IP-office-specific platforms and specific renditions... Translation other languages e.g. ES RIPC XML (e.g. ES) RIPC MASTER FILES EN + FR XML

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IPC upload in information systems Reformed IPC MASTER FILES: Documentation and DTDs published with XML master files + schemas for each XML master file schemas

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IPC knowledge transformation RIPC MASTER FILES EN + FR XML PDF, CD version (ES) (Core level only) Maximum portability Specific implementation Internet publication Transformations- Split files: xml, html Rollup table: xsl,csv,xml IPC:CLASS

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IPC Based services at WIPO TACSY : Natural Language search IPCCAT: Categorization EN FR ES DE RU IPCVAL: Validity service IPCA6TRANS: IPC translation capture (e.g. ES) IP Offices Public RIPC MASTER FILES EN + FR XML

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 RIPCIS: IBIS: IPC- IEF: IT Services and Products Advanced Level RIPC Translation into French IPC- TEF:

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IPCVAL: p p IPCA6TRANS: IPC8 Translation into national language version (e.g. ES) IPC8 Internet publication IPCPUB: IPC Tutorial: training training IT Services and Products

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 TACSY : IPCCAT: IT Services and Products

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 WIPO official web site:

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IT & RIPC Map Revision of edition N+2 Public edition N Early access to edition N+1 RIPCIS IBIS & Master files E forum IPCVAL_4MS IPC Web site Master files & transforms IPC_pub IPC_Early_pub IPCCATTACSY restricted IPCVAL

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 Different views of the RIPC during its revision Reformed IPC revision management system: Source for the XML master files of the RIPC RIPCIS Gradual access for IPC MS in preparation On-line user manual

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 RIPCIS screen shot RIPCIS IPC viewer (discussion view)

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 In section A only Both languages Modify text only (detailed mode) compared project RIPCIS annex viewer

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 RIPCIS & IPC Master files RIPCIS MASTER FILES XML Consistency checking reporting

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 Reformed IPC Master files IPC XML master files :more quality control: 175 QC rules: RIPCIS built-in rules E.g. Rule 66References must point to valid and non-deleted entries in the same level (core or advanced) of IPC 20 batch procedures, 15 XSLT

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IT & RIPC Map Revision of edition N+2 Public edition N Early access to edition N+1 RIPCIS IBIS & Master files E forum IPCVAL_4MS IPC Web site Master files & transforms IPC_pub IPC_Early_pub IPCCATTACSY restricted IPCVAL

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IPC symbol VALIDATION service: IPCVAL Public IPCVAL: Public service for validation of symbols in IPC version N already in force IPCVAL for member states: Restricted access service for validation of symbols in IPC version N+1 not yet in force

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IPC symbol VALIDATION service: IPCVAL Uses IPC Validity file content + time to return: Validity status Version indicator Batch submission : Several documents with several IPC symbols one XML file or several zipped together See example of XML format in the on-line help

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IPC symbol VALIDATION service: IPCVAL WARNING: The status changed requires investigation No check of ST.8 positions 29 to 50 (e.g. presence of at least one symbol with classification value = inventive

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IPC symbol VALIDATION service: IPCVAL Implementation as WEB service with SOAP interface ? IPCVAL Standalone version ? (proposed for IP offices where Internet access is difficult) Plans:

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IT & RIPC Map Revision of edition N+2 Public edition N Early access to edition N+1 RIPCIS IBIS & Master files E forum IPCVAL_4MS IPC Web site Master files & transforms IPC_pub IPC_Early_pub IPCCATTACSY restricted IPCVAL IPCPUBPREP

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 Reformed IPC Internet publication IPCPUB : For IPC Public version N already in force: IPCPUB -early: For IPC version N+1 not yet in force: for IP offices and patent information service providers

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 Reformed IPC Internet publication preparation: IPCPUBPREP toolkit AUTOMATION to reduce preparation delays IPC edition : preparation delay (Outsourcing): ~2 months Target for edition : Delay=2 weeks after Master files availability

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IT & RIPC Map Revision of edition N+2 Public edition N Early access to edition N+1 RIPCIS IBIS & Master files E forum IPCVAL_4MS IPC Web site Master files & transforms IPC_pub_EN_FR IPC_Early_pub IPCCATTACSY restricted IPCVAL IPCA6TRANS IPC_pub_XX

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 Assistance for translation of the RIPC into non-authentic languages : IPCA6TRANS toolkit Input: RIPC XML master files (EN & FR) Output: ready for preparation of internet publication in specific language (e.g. ES)ES See presentation IPCA6TRANS_ _PF.ppt IPCA6TRANS_ _PF.ppt

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IPC upload in information systems WIPO- specific platform and rendition... Maximum portability Specific implementation MCD, IP-office-specific platforms and specific renditions... Translation other languages e.g. ES RIPC XML (e.g. ES) RIPC MASTER FILES EN + FR XML IPCA6TRANSIPCPUBPREP IPCA6TRANS

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 Request for Proposal for IPC:CLASS production in progress IPC:CLASS CD-ROM Boolean text Search in the reformed IPC Advanced level update functionality Language versions: initially EN, FR, (later ES) Earliest possible availability: S2 2006

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 Core Level only with 3 levels of installation under Windows or Linux: IPC8-CL IPC CORE LEVEL CD-ROM (Spanish only) 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

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 IT & RIPC Map Revision of edition N+2 Public edition N Early access to edition N+1 RIPCIS IBIS & Master files E forum IPCVAL_4MS IPC Web site Master files & transforms IPC_pub IPC_Early_pub IPCCATTACSY restricted IPCVAL

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 Categorization assistance in the IPC: Today IPC 7 only Categorization at Main-group level IPCCAT Document languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, German

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 Categorization assistance in the IPC: Today Batch submission IPCCAT Standalone version (CDROM) One language between EN, FR, ES, DE, and RU Hyperbolic tree to browse IPC

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Categorization assistance in the IPC: Issues IPCCAT Retraining with IPC8 classified documents from MCD and IFD ( ) was not satisfactory : Lower precision than IPC7 Memorandum of understanding about WIPO/EPO cooperation on this matter is in progress

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 Categorization assistance in the IPC: Plans EN/FR Retraining with IPC8 classified documents from MCD and EPO full-text corpora Study for extension to Chinese (in progress) IPCCAT More secure submissions (I.e. HTTPs) Study IPC categorization at group level (ES) ES IPC8 retraining (300,000 docs)

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 Natural Language search in the IPC TACSY public version: fuzzy search in IPC version N already in force restricted access to test fuzzy search in IPC version N+1 not yet in force Supported Languages: English, French

P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 Conclusions about the IT support contribution to the Reformed IPC + More customization and automation = IPC knowledge quality improvement IT support for RIPC: + More assistance = Increased re-use of IPC information

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P.Fiévet July 3, 2006 Thank you WIPO IT tools supporting the reformed IPC