1. Third IPC Workshop- Common publication viewer of the IPC, CPC and FI Geneva February 25-26, 2013 Patrick Fiévet Head of IT Systems Section

2. Agenda The FIPCPC viewer project Introduction Project status and assumptions WIPO’s intentions Targeted timelines

3. Introduction The FIPCPC viewer project Parallel viewer for FI / IPC / CPC IPC centric i.e. displays FI or CPC from IPC where possible Functionnality extension to the IPC publication platform

4. FIPCPC viewer project Status: Delayed until Q2/2013 Project preparation in progress Preliminary investigations through EPO/WIPO and JPO/WIPO bilateral meetings

5. FIPCPC viewer project Current assumptions IPC to CPC and IPC to FI is 100% defined WIPO can get CPC and FI in fully specified XML CPC + FI specific texts are 100% marked-up Extension of IPCPUB functionnality where possible

6. FIPCPC viewer project WIPO’s intentions (excerpt from a 2010 WIPO presentation) fi-groups cpc-groups

7. FIPCPC viewer project With further consideration… IPC: CPC:

8. FIPCPC viewer project With further consideration… Synchronization rules between IPC/CPC/FI concordance table or algorithm? Synchronized scrolling / independent scrollings? Impact on the software package for patent offices e.g. IPC in SK with CPC and FI in EN ? Disable FIPCPC options from the package? …

9. Impact of FIPCPC on IT resources for IPC Revision of edition N+2 Publication of edition N Early access to edition N+1 RIPCIS IPC MASTER FILES E-forumforum IPC revision suggestions list servers PDF transformations MCD @EPO IPCPUB Templates Static IPC IPCCATIPCA6TRANS IPCRECLASS IPC bridge statistics + CPC&FI XML files

10. FIPCPC viewer project Planned impact on IPCPUB user interface Parallel viewer only for the English version Preserve « path », « full » and « hierarchic » views IPC definitions only Exclusions: Other language options (FR, EN/FR) Irrelevant tabs (e.g. RCL, Compilation Catchwords) PDF format Possibly some options of the search

11. FIPCPC viewer project specific bridge for parallel view Specific bridge for FIPCPC view to esp@cenet / JPO-IPDL No more links to other classifications (ECLA, CPC, USPC)

12. FIPCPC viewer project Targeted timelines Presentation to the 46th IPC committee of Expert (2014)

13. Common publication viewer of the IPC, CPC and FI QUESTIONS? E.g. How would you like to see FIPCPC? contact WIPO at claims@wipo.int