1. 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

2. New IPC publication platform
Agenda:
Introduction: why a new platform?
Modified features
New Features- Search functionality
Demonstration

3. 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)

4. 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The current platform is based on outdated technology and expensive to maintain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

5. 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)

6. New IPC publication platform

7. 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

8. New features Corrigendum (any concerned IPC notion)
More information:
Corrigendum (any concerned IPC notion)
IPC warnings in the scheme
Access to PDF subclasses

9. 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

10. 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)

11. 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

12. 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

13. Demonstration URL: http://www.wipo.int/ipcpub
Current status: Prototype for testing
URL:
IPC uploaded and presented as IPC will be.
Some IPC warnings updated
Performance and tuning in progress
Browsers version: IE7+, Firefox 2+ (better performance with Firefox 3)

14. New IPC publication platform
Future plans:
Will be used for IPC early publication: July 1, 2010
new IPCPUBPREP software package for download: Q2 2010
impact on SPLIT: Q2 2010
impact on IPCA6TRANS: Q3 2010

15. New IPC publication platform contact WIPO at claims@wipo.int
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16. New IPC publication platform
Thank you