IPC Reform Implementation PCT systems and products Kader Taibi - PCT-IS kader.taibi@wipo.int June 20, 2005
Summary Objectives IPC reform requirements Affected Applications/systems Affected Products/Services Implementation main steps
Objectives Be able to receive and publish IPC rev. 8 international applications Be able to process the MCD reclassification data as it arrives (backfile and updates)
IPC reform requirements Published documents (ST 36, ST8, ST10/C) IPC reform impact Analysis PCT users input Patent information classification and IP standards division input MCD specifications
Affected Applications/Systems CASPIA (bib. Data, data exchange) SPIDI (Pamphlet FP, wo-pub-app) IB (Art. 20, Rule 87) COR (Pamphlet, Pdocs, IPERS, IASF) IPDL
Affected Products/Services Art 20 DVDs and Rules 87 DVD XML files/revised wo-published-application.dtd search quality OCR data added) SPIDIXML (will be discontinued) SPIDI FTP : wo-published-application.dtd files Electronic Gazette (wo-gazette.dtd format files) Other (Forms IB/399, IB373, data exchange with some offices)
Implementation Main steps (foreseen at this stage) Step 1 : specifications, development based on published standards (up to the end of July) Step 2 : further development based on receipt of test data from EPO (July-September) Step 3 : user testing (September- December) Step 4 : initial data upload (September- December) Step 5 : internal user deployment (October-December) Step 6 : External deployment (January 5, 2006)
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