P.Fiévet February 13, 2006 Information technology support for IPC users IPC FORUM Geneva, February 13, 2006 Patrick FIÉVET World Intellectual Property Organization

P.Fiévet February 13, 2006 IT & IPC Reform changes IPC Reform and IT support Focus on knowledge based Reformed IPCIPC IT services and products for reformed IPC Agenda: Demonstration of some IPC services Summary and conclusions

P.Fiévet February 13, 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 February 13, 2006 IT & RIPC 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 February 13, 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 February 13, 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 February 13, 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 February 13, 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 February 13, 2006 RIPCIS: WIPO Intranet IBIS: IPC- IEF: IT Services and Products Advanced Level RIPC Translation into French IPC- TEF:

P.Fiévet February 13, 2006 IPCVAL: IPCA6TRANS: IPC8 Translation into national language version (e.g. ES) IPC8 Internet publication IPCPUB: IPC Tutorial: training training IT Services and Products

P.Fiévet February 13, 2006 TACSY : IPCCAT: IT Services and Products

P.Fiévet February 13, 2006 Different views of the RIPC during its revision Reformed IPC revision management system: Source for the XML master files of the RIPC RIPCIS

P.Fiévet February 13, 2006 RIPCIS screen shot RIPCIS view (discussion)

P.Fiévet February 13, 2006 Assistance tool for translation work under the responsibility of WIPO Translation memories: IPC documents Terminology used in PCT translation Translation into French of the Advanced level of the Reformed IPC

P.Fiévet February 13, 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 February 13, 2006 Assistance for translation of the RIPC into non-authentic languages : IPCA6TRANS 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)ES

P.Fiévet February 13, 2006 IPCA6TRANS screen shot IPCA6TRANS context ~ internet publication

P.Fiévet February 13, 2006 Request for Proposal for IPC:CLASS production to be issued IPC:CLASS CD-ROM Search in the reformed IPC Advanced level update functionality Language versions: EN, FR, ES Earliest possible availability: Q2 2006

P.Fiévet February 13, 2006 Core Level only with 3 levels of installation under Windows or Linux: IPC CORE LEVEL CD-ROM prototype 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 February 13, 2006 IPCVAL symbol VALIDATION service 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 February 13, 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 February 13, 2006 Categorization assistance in the IPC: Plans Retraining with IPC8 classified documents from the Master Classification Database (MCD) Study for extension to Chinese language IPCCAT

P.Fiévet February 13, 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 February 13, 2006 Summary & key words IT assistance in RIPC helps users to: View IPC: Internet publication, CD, paper... Import in IT : Quality controlled XML Master files Revise IPC: E-Forums, RIPCIS, IBIS Translate : Translation memories, IPCA6TRANS

P.Fiévet February 13, 2006 Learn : IPC Tutorials Search : TACSY (natural language search) Validate : IPCVAL Classify : IPCCAT (patent categorization) Summary & key words IT assistance in RIPC helps users to:

P.Fiévet February 13, 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

P.Fiévet February 13, 2006 Questions / Answers IT & IPC: contact WIPO at Information technology support for the IPC Reform IT & MCD: contact EPO at

P.Fiévet February 13, 2006 Thank you Information technology support for the IPC