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Patent Classification A system to identify which field(s) of technology the patent or patent application relates to. • Every patent application and patent, published anywhere in the world is classified: • • • International Patent Classification (IPC) Classification system specific to the patent office (e. g. Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) in Europe and US). Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation Finding Happiness In… 16/10/2017

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Why is this useful ? Guide to the International Patent Classification Version 2017 WIPO “…a means for obtaining an internationally uniform classification of patent documents…” “…its primary purpose the establishment of an effective search tool for the retrieval of patent documents by intellectual property offices and other users, in order to establish the novelty and evaluate the inventive step or non-obviousness of technical disclosures in patent applications” Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation Finding Happiness In… 16/10/2017

Why is this useful ? Guide to the International Patent Classification Version 2017 WIPO Additional uses: • (a) an instrument for the orderly arrangement of patent documents in order to facilitate access to the technological and legal information; • (b) a basis for selective dissemination of information to all users of patent information; • (c) a basis for investigating the state of the art in given fields of technology; • (d) a basis for the preparation of industrial property statistics which in turn permit the assessment of technological development in various areas. Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation Finding Happiness In… 16/10/2017

Exercise https: //worldwide. espacenet. com/ Use the Smart Search (use no spaces): How many results do you get? Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation Finding Happiness In… 16/10/2017

Exercise https: //worldwide. espacenet. com/ How many results do you get? Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation Finding Happiness In… 16/10/2017

Why use three classifications? H 05 H 9/04 (536 results) H 05 H 7/04 (2, 486 results) H 05 H 7/18 (1, 060 results) Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation Finding Happiness In… 16/10/2017

Why use three classifications? Widest possible scope of subject matter: Ø Important to facilitate the patent search in order to determine novelty and inventiveness. • H 05 H 9/00 - Linear accelerators: • • 9/04 - Standing-wave linear accelerators H 05 H 7/00 - Details of devices of the types covered by groups H 05 H 9/00, H 05 H 11/00, H 05 H 13/00 • • 7/04 - Magnet systems , e. g. undulators, wigglers, Energisation thereof 7/18 - Cavities; Resonators Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation Finding Happiness In… 16/10/2017 9

IPC - Principle Tree-like hierarchy Sections Subclass Groups Class Subclass Groups Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation Groups Subclass Groups Finding Happiness In… 16/10/2017

IPC - Symbols and Titles ü • • Each IPC place/entry (section, class, subclass, group) is characterized by Symbol and Title. Symbol = succession of upper case letters and numbers Title = phrase describing the technical content (scope) Example: Section A Class A 47 Subclass A 47 H Group A 47 H 1/00 Human Necessities Furniture; Domestic articles … Furnishings for windows or doors Curtain suspension devices Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation Finding Happiness In… 16/10/2017 11

IPC - Symbols and Titles ü Hierarchical top level: 8 Sections http: //www. wipo. int/classifications/ipc/en/ Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation Finding Happiness In… 16/10/2017 12

Main groups and Subgroups ü The IPC contains about 70, 000 groups. ü Two types of groups: Main groups Subgroups of main groups ü Around 10% of the groups are main groups. A 23 G 9/00 . . . Main group xxx/00 xxx= 1 to 999 A 23 G 9/02 . . . Subgroup xxx/yy (yy ≠ 00) xxx/yyyyyy Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation Finding Happiness In… 16/10/2017 13

Hierarchical Structure of Groups Back to our RFQ… http: //bit. ly/2 k. LQw. MF Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation Finding Happiness In… 16/10/2017

1 5 Hierarchical Structure of Groups The hierarchy among subgroups is determined solely by the number of dots preceding their titles, i. e. their level of indentation, and not by the numbering of the subgroups! 1/00 T 1/02 1/04 1/06 1/08 1/10 1/12 • T 1 • • T 2 • • • T 3 • T 4 • T 5 • • T 6 ü Group 1/12 (2 -dot group) should be a subset of group 1/10 (1 -dot group) which is a subset of group 1/00 (main group). ü Group 1/12 is not a subset of group 1/02 nor of group 1/08. Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation Finding Happiness In… 16/10/2017

1 6 Hierarchical Structure of Groups Guide to the International Patent Classification Version 2017 WIPO The dots preceding a group title are also used in place of the titles of its hierarchically superior (less indented) groups, in order to avoid repetition Example: H 01 S 3/00 Lasers 3/09 • Processes or apparatus for excitation, e. g. pumping 3/091 • • by optical pumping 3/094 • • • by coherent light Without the use of hierarchical levels, subgroup H 01 S 3/094 would require a title such as: “Processes or apparatus for excitation of lasers using optical pumping by coherent light”. Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation Finding Happiness In… 16/10/2017

Cooperative Patent Classification • Initiated as a joint partnership between the USPTO and the EPO where the Offices agreed to harmonize their existing classification systems (ECLA and USPC, respectively). Based on the IPC, but much more detailed. • Subdivisions of CPC serve as a source for the revision of the IPC. • But… CPC codes can only be used to carry out searches on the Espacenet and the USPTO Classification databases. • Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation Finding Happiness In… 16/10/2017

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