1. Recent Developments in IPCRMS
IPC Section, WIPO
IPC/CE/50
February 2018

2. IPC Data in Authentic Languages
Edition
Stage
Scheme*
Definitions
Catchword
Warnings
EarlyPub
Jun 2016
n/a
FinalPub
Dec 2016
April 2017
Jun 2017
Jun 2017**
Nov 2017
Nov 2017***
* Including the compilation, statistics and other by-products
** Sep 2017 – electronic approval of definitions in some projects
*** including the areas with non-limiting references in the scheme
the first IPC version prepared by IPCRMS
- legacy data quality issues, particularly EN/FR alignment

3. Office Users
BR,CA,CH,CN,DE,EP,JP,KR,SE,US as Rapporteurs or Translators of IPC revision or maintenance projects
BR,ES,PL,SK,SR for translations of the IPC in national language
Trainings (EP,US,PL,SK)
Assistance for Rapporteurs or Translators
IPCRMS Heldesk

4. IPC National Language Translations
Edition* ES PL
PT** SK SR
Jan/Jun 2017
Jun 2017
Jan/May 2017
Mar/Jun 2017
Dec 2017
Jan 2018
* all the offices translate only the scheme
** BR office
the first IPC national versions prepared by IPCRMS
- legacy data quality issues, particularly alignment
National language translations of definitions and catchwords possible.
Interested offices may start translation from scratch.

5. Recent (Major) IPCRMS Developments
Scheme import/export - from/to tables in Open Document format DOCX
CPC/FI import
- systematical updates of source files
Renumbering - for manually created or imported new groups
New amendment type codes T and L - automated allocation in IPCRMS projects and in IPC compilations
New definitions template support (synonyms in tables)
Indication of discrepancies in translations of definitions
TAPTA for translations