P.Fiévet February, IT Support for the Reformed IPC Status report by the International Bureau Committee of Experts Thirty-Ninth session Geneva, February 26 to March 1, 2006 World Intellectual Property Organization

P.Fiévet February, IPC Publication preparation 1. What is new in IPC ? 2. IPC8-Core Level CD-ROM AGENDA 5. IPCCAT and the reformed IPC 6. New tools: Split viewer 3. RIPCIS opened to IPC Member States 7. IT operations and support for IPC today

P.Fiévet February, What is new in IPC ? Transformation of the IPC master file available on-line: ndex.html ndex.html Advanced level of the reformed IPC Delays in procurement of software for the production the IPC-AL in PDF Automation to reduce time to business

P.Fiévet February, IPC-8 Core level CDROM: Functionality based on IPC8 Internet Publication 3 levels of installation under Windows or Linux: 100% from CD: (neither installation nor internet access are required) 100% intranet: software installation but no internet access required 100% intranet + internet access for IPC bridge

P.Fiévet February, IPC-8 Core level CDROM From ES-IPC8-CL...

P.Fiévet February, IPC-8 Core level CDROM to ENGLISH version

P.Fiévet February, IPC-8 Core level CDROM and to FRENCH version

P.Fiévet February, 2007 Reformed IPC revision management system: 3. RIPCIS software status RIPCIS use and operations consolidation Opening of read-only access for IPC Member States: COMPLETED RIPCIS First use by the IB to prepare IPC : IPC data capture + IT operationsRIPCIS

P.Fiévet February, 2007 Revision of edition N+2 Public edition N Early access to edition N+1 RIPCIS IBIS & Master files E forum IPCVAL_4MS IPC Web site Master files & transforms IPC_pub IPC_Early_pub IPCCATTACSY restricted IPCVAL IPCPUBPREP 4. IPC publication preparation

P.Fiévet February, 2007 Reformed IPC Internet publication preparation: IPCPUBPREP toolkit AUTOMATION to reduce preparation delays Master files preparation : Delay= 1 week after data capture completion Early internet publication for edition : Delay= 1 week after Master files availability

P.Fiévet February, 2007 Other Reformed IPC transformations Experience of the edition: Nearly Completed: (PDF and Statistics missing) one month after entry into force User feedback needed: What are the useful transformations?

P.Fiévet February, IPCCAT : What is new ? IPC8 Retraining of IPCCAT in EN, FR: DOCDB XML data just received Secure access through HTTPS: On hold IPC8 compliant version: Ready in Spanish Dedicated server for batch processing: Ready in Spanish

P.Fiévet February, IPCCAT : What is new ? Core level Valid classification symbols only Internet IPCCAT refers to the IPC8 internet publication Standalone IPCCAT refers to IPC8-CL installation IPC8 classified documents available for Spanish IPCCAT Spanish On-line version IPCCAT and the Reformed IPC:

P.Fiévet February, New Tools: under IT support of WIPO IPC official Web siteIT support SPLIT VIEWER Easier & quicker access to HTML SPLIT files (e.g. Advanced Level in French, Core level in English, Core level PDF,...)Advanced Level in French

P.Fiévet February, ITOS 90% dependency on outside partners and other IB business priorities + IT team: (Project Manager & 50% consultant) + No specific IT budget for further development Limited flexibility for future actions to IT support IPC in authentic languages: + Procurement: New rules, transparency but longer delays 7. IT Operations & Support for IPC (CE38)

P.Fiévet February, 2007 Need for stability & long term strategies Longer notice for changes Care in planing Priorities Reduction in preparation delays Price: Benefits: AUTOMATION of IT support operations for IPC How IT Operations & Support for IPC intended to address the situation:

P.Fiévet February, 2007 AL revision operations detailed planing

P.Fiévet February, Limits of IT automation already reached + 1 IT expert required full time for IPC IT operations (excluding software development, integration and testing) IT support IPC in authentic languages: Experience from AL revision 7. IT Operations & Support for IPC

P.Fiévet February, ITOS 100% dependency on outside partners and other IB business priorities + IT team: (Project Manager & 0% consultant) Departure of Ms. MOLÉS: 7. IT Operations & Support for IPC + IT operations in EN, FR and ES: ?

P.Fiévet February, 2007 Questions / Answers Information Technology matters Specific: General interest: IT Operations & Support for IPC

P.Fiévet February, 2007 Thank you IT Operations & Support for IPC