1. IPC Working Group 29 - Updates on IT support for the IPC
Geneva
14 May, 2013
Patrick Fiévet
Head of IT Systems Section

2. Agenda Updates on IPC-related IT support IPCRECLASS
IPCPUB Internet publication
IPCCAT
IPC-Eforum
IPCRM project

3. Previous statistics (Project QC013)
IPCRECLASS
Monitoring IPC reclassification based on:
Previous statistics (Project QC013)
Archived Working Lists (before IPCRECLASS)
IPCRECLASS database content

4. 2008-2013 IPC reclassification : backlog evolution

5. IPC reclassification status: IPC 2012.01

6. IPC reclassification status: IPC 2013.01

7. IPC reclassification since CE 45:

8. IPC reclassification since CE 45:
Observations:
Backlog of reclassification today: 1,2 Million families
Focus on the part of the backlog (100,000 families reclassified per month)
Little activity on IPC 2013
IPC reclassification data submission improvement in progress in big offices

9. IPC Reclassification completion:%?
100%
Automatic:
Family
propagation
Automatic:
Default
Transfer
Manual:
Stage 2
Manual:
Stage 1
Reclassification
completed
WL creation

10. Monitoring of IPC Reclassification Statistics:
Following CE 45 decisions, IB needs for each project:
Total number of families before automatic reclassification
Results Lists from EPO for all IPC editions
IPC , IPC …

11. IPC reclassification since CE 45:
Information
IPC reclassification data submission improvement still in progress
Decrease of number of data resubmission for offices who attended IPCRECLASS training session

12. IPC reclassification Quality Assurance
Check that your reclassification are actually published under
This indicates that your submissions passed all IPCRECLASS controls
This is the only place from where MCD uploads them
Do not ignore error notifications

13. IPCRECLASS perspectives:
New development for:
Automation for stage 3 default transfer
Reclassification status monitoring
Export of statistics for IPC warnings in IPCPUB

14. IPC publication platform (IPCPUB)
Upgrade to version 3.0
Now in production
Simplified software package installation (available on demand)

15. IPC publication platform (IPCPUB)
More search feature under consideration:
wildcard, fuzzy or proximity searches,
range queries,
term boosting,
boolean operators and grouping,
escaping special characters

16. IPC publication platform (IPCPUB)
Perspectives
IPC warnings: Automated production for incomplete reclassification
Patentscope statitistic based search
FIPCPC project: Parallel viewer for IPC, FI, CPC

17. IPCCAT
Status:
Retraining based on IPC reclassified documents (DOCDB XML): DONE

18. IPC E-forum Evolutions ready for deployment:
Headers in PDF version of annexes (project number+ annex number)
Active bookmarks in the PDF CONCAT
Stop undesirable notifications (changes of action plan)

19. IPC E-forum Evolution ready for deployment
Removal of undesired notifications (changes of action plan)

20. IPCRM project status Future solution for IPC Revision Management
Project kick-off: May 6, 2013
High level plan:
Entirely out-sourced, more than just re-do of RIPCIS
Requirement analysis, RFP, contracts setup: Q Q1-2014
Procurement of the solution : Q Q1 2015
Transition from RIPCIS + support setup: Q1-Q2 2015
Targeted production use: early publication of IPC

21. Feedback for improvements
Projects dedicated to this purpose:
IPCRECLASS: CE446
IPCPUB Internet publication: CE447
IPCCAT
IPC-Eforum: CE445
IPCRM project

22. Update on IT support for the IPC
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