1. PATENTSCOPE Users Forum IT tools and illustrating materials in the IPC
Geneva
June 18, 2013
Patrick Fiévet
Head of IT Systems Section

2. Agenda Updates on IPC-related IT support
IPC revision support systems and IPC Master Files
IPC publication platform (IPCPUB)
New Web services for Internet publication and IPCCAT
IPC Download and IT support area

3. Map of IT resources for IPC
E-forum
IPC revision suggestions
list servers
Templates
Map of IT resources for IPC
RIPCIS
Revision of edition N+2
MASTER FILES
IPCPUB
Early
access to
edition N+1
transformations
PDF
Static IPC
statistics
IPCA6TRANS
IPC bridge
IPCRECLASS
IPCCAT
Publication of edition N

4. IPC revision support systems and IPC master files
Where are we?
IPC-Eforum was reworked and upgraded during 2012
IPCRM project to replace the IPC revision management system (RIPCIS)
Possible impact on IPC master files

5. IPC revision support systems and IPC master files
IPCRMS project
Project to replace the IPC revision management system (RIPCIS)
Target production date: June 2015
Possible impact on IPC master files

6. IPC publication platform (IPCPUB)
Stabilized version
Version 3.2 : Evolution towards service oriented architecture

7. Target model: IPCA6TRANS IPCA6TRANSDEF Defviewer… IPCPUB IPC render
IPC XML split/un-split
IPC common lib

8. Perspectives: FIPCPC viewer
Project will start in second half of 2013
Functional extension of the stabilized version of IPCPUB
IPC driven display of CPC and Fi subdivision

9. IPC Internet publication Web services
URL and web services of the IPC internet publication
URL based access e.g
Return a symbol selected in the IPC internet publication
IPC validation service,…
Documentation in the on-line help of IPCPUB

10. IPC Internet publication Web services
Current STATUS: Several are available
Described under the IPCPUBPREP on-line help
To get what is the latest published version of the IPC
To check IPC Symbol Validity,
To get an IPC Symbol version indicator,
To transform one xml definition into HTML

11. Web service for text categorization in the IPC
STATUS:available since end of 2012
Extension of the IPCCAT system
Information about precision, coverage in the on-line help of IPCCAT
Information under IPC-IT download and IT support :
Documentation (including WSDL file)
JAVA prototype to illustrate calls to Web services

12. Web services for IPCCAT
Example of potential application:
Automatic routing of text documents according to the technical field from the predicted IPC symbol
Ease Retrieval of a group patent documents potentially related to a technical text (IPCCAT + bridge of the IPC internet publication)

13. Download and IT support for the IPC:
For each IPC revision:
IPC Master files and documentation
by products e.g. (PDF , statistics, valid symbol list, spreadsheet, list of affected symbols,…
Software packages and toolkits
IPC hub:

14. IT support for the IPC
QUESTIONS?
contact WIPO at