1. IPC Reform Implementation PCT systems and products
Kader Taibi - PCT-IS
June 20, 2005

2. Summary Objectives IPC reform requirements
Affected Applications/systems
Affected Products/Services
Implementation main steps

3. 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)

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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)

7. 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)

9. Q/A