1. IPC Reform- Database Implementation Brian Barrington PCT Information Services World Intellectual Property Organization

2. Outline Databases and Systems CASPIA Changes ORACLE Changes Validity File Processing MCD Backfile Reclassification Frontfile Reclassification Issues with ISRs Publication issues Future work

3. Databases and Systems IBM MVS - ADABAS CASPIA - Computer Aided System for Processing International Applications. HP/UX - ORACLE (2 databases: Published and All) eDossier. Systematic COR. (e.g. forms IB301) Patentscope (electronic publication and search) Specific COR (e.g. IASF).

4. CASPIA Changes New IPC validity file (Advanced; Common but not CORE only). New fields for IA_IPC table Inventive; Version Date; Classification Status; Source. Dual screen validation (7 and 8) Data synchronization ADABAS to ORACLE adapted

5. ORACLE system changes New IPC validity file. New IA_IPCR table Error Report for ISAs Internal (All) to External (Published) database synchronization adapted.

6. Validity File Processing Validate validity file. Ensure ADABAS and ORACLE files in synch. Upload to ADABAS and ORACLE Mark in error newly obsolete IPC codes for any unpublished IAs

7. MCD Backfile Reclassification Received 2,739,446 IPC codes for 1,041,841 IAsProcessed 2,729,161 IPC codes for 1,037,137 IAs

8. MCD Backfile Reclassification Exceptions 68 unknown IAs 3 unknown WO Numbers 2 Invalid IPC codes 15,559 Missing - published pre-2006 with ISR

9. Frontfile Reclassification Reclassifying Version 7 to 8 Scope A2s published in 2005 (Initial Pub. Without ISR) published in 2006 Unpublished IAs

10. Frontfile Reclassification Results Processed 84,047 IPC codes for 37,949 IAs Outstanding (pub. With ISR after 1 Jan 2006) 8,490 IPC codes for 3,015 IAs

11. Ongoing Issues with ISRs Absence of inventive indicator Duplicate codes Invalid codes (though valid in IPC 7)

12. Publication Patentscope - WIPO internet resource for publication Original publication differs from current bibliographic data Merged IPC searching facility new IPC codes old IPC codes where not yet reclassified Position indicator dropped - not in MCD file Search Types IC - IPC codes ICI - IPC code as Inventive ICN - IPC code as non-inventive http://www.wipo.int/patentscope

13. Future Work Next MCD Backfile expected July. Check on exception cases. Communicate Frontfile Reclassification list to EPO and others (ST.50) ISAs to reclassify 7 to 8 IAs published 2006

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