1. Recent developments in the IPC IPC Workshop February 2013 Koichi Matsushita IPC Section, WIPO

2. 2 IPC-2012.01

3. 3 IPC-2013.01

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5. 5 Revision project A041 (IPC-2013.01) G04R:Radio-controlled time-pieces New subclass G04R had been created 3 main groups had been introduced G04R RADIO-CONTROLLED TIME-PIECES 20/00 Setting the time according to the time information carried or implied by the radio signal 40/00 Correcting the clock frequency 60/00 Constructional details

6. 6 G04R:Radio-controlled time-pieces (cont.) G04R RADIO-CONTROLLED TIME-PIECES 20/00 Setting the time according to the time information carried or implied by the radio signal 40/00 Correcting the clock frequency 60/00 Constructional details G04R 20/02 the radio signal being sent by a satellite, e.g. GPS G04R 20/04 Tuning or receiving; Circuits therefor G04R 20/06 Decoding time data; Circuits therefor G04R 20/08 the radio signal being broadcast from a long-wave call sign G04R 20/10 Tuning or receiving; Circuits therefor G04R 20/12 Decoding time data; Circuits therefor G04R 20/14 the radio signal being a telecommunication standard signal G04R 20/16 Tuning or receiving; Circuits therefor G04R 20/18 Decoding time data; Circuits therefor G04R 20/20 the radio signal being an AM/FM standard signal, e.g. RDS G04R 20/22 Tuning or receiving; Circuits therefor G04R 20/24 Decoding time data; Circuits therefor G04R 20/26 the radio signal being a near-field communication signal G04R 20/28 Tuning or receiving; Circuits therefor G04R 20/30 Decoding time data; Circuits therefor G04R 40/02 by phase locking G04R 40/04 by detecting the radio signal frequency G04R 40/06 by computing the time value implied by the radio signal G04R 60/02 Antennas also serving as components of clocks or watches G04R 60/04 Antennas attached to or integrated in watch bracelets G04R 60/06 Antennas attached to or integrated in clock or watch bodies G04R 60/08 inside bezels G04R 60/10 inside cases G04R 60/12 inside metal cases G04R 60/14 specific to electromechanical timepieces About 30 new subgroups had been introduced

7. 7 Revision project A044 (IPC-2013.01) G06F 21/00: Security arrangements Under the main group G06F 21/00, 5 one dot groups had been created G06F 21/00Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material 21/30 Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals 21/50 Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems 21/60 Protecting data 21/70 Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer

8. 8 G06F 21/00: Security arrangements (cont.) 21/00Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material 21/30 Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals 21/50 Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems 21/60 Protecting data 21/70 Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer G06F 21/12 Protecting executable software G06F 21/14 against software analysis or reverse engineering G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability G06F 21/31 User authentication G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints G06F 21/33 using certificates G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation G06F 21/40 by quorum, i.e. whereby two or more security principals are required G06F 21/41 where a single sign-on provides access to a plurality of computers G06F 21/42 using separate channels for security data G06F 21/43 wireless channels G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication G06F 21/45 Structures or tools for the administration of authentication G06F 21/46 by designing passwords or checking the strength of passwords G06F 21/51 at application loading time G06F 21/52 during program execution G06F 21/53 by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machine G06F 21/54 by adding security routines or objects to programs G06F 21/55 Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures G06F 21/56 Computer malware detection or handling, e.g. anti-virus arrangements G06F 21/57 Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform G06F 21/64 Protecting data integrity G06F 21/71 to assure secure computing or processing of information … G06F 21/78 to assure secure storage of data … G06F 21/81 by operating on the power supply G06F 21/82 Protecting input, output or interconnection devices … G06F 21/86 Secure or tamper-resistant housings … G06F 21/88 Detecting or preventing theft or loss About 50 new subgroups had been introduced

9. 9 Revision project F004 (IPC-2013.01) G10L: Speech analysis or synthesis, Speech recognition G10L SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems 15/00 Speech recognition (G10L 17/00 takes precedence) 17/00 Speaker identification or verification 19/00 Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis (in musical instruments G10H ) 21/00 Processing of the speech or voice signal to produce another audible or non- audible signal (G10L 19/00 takes precedence) 25/00 Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups G10L 15/00-G10L 21/00 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

10. 10 G10L SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems 15/00 Speech recognition (G10L 17/00 takes precedence) 17/00 Speaker identification or verification 19/00 Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis (in musical instruments G10H ) 21/00 Processing of the speech or voice signal to produce another audible or non- audible signal (G10L 19/00 takes precedence) 25/00 Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups G10L 15/00-G10L 21/00 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass G10L: Speech analysis or synthesis (cont.) G10L 13/02 Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisers G10L 13/027 Concept to speech synthesisers; Generation of natural phrases from machine-based concepts G10L 13/033 Voice editing G10L 13/04 Details of speech synthesis systems G10L 13/047 Architecture of speech synthesisers G10L 13/06 Elementary speech units used in speech synthesisers; Concatenation rules G10L 13/07 Concatenation rules G10L 13/08 Text analysis or generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text G10L 13/10 Prosody rules derived from text; Stress or intonation G10L 15/01 Assessment or evaluation of speech recognition systems G10L 15/02 Feature extraction for speech recognition; Selection of recognition unit G10L 15/04 Segmentation; Word boundary detection … G10L 15/06 Creation of reference templates; Training of speech recognition systems … G10L 15/08 Speech classification or search … G10L 15/20 Speech recognition techniques specially adapted for robustness in adverse environments G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process G10L 15/24 Speech recognition using non-acoustical features … G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L 15/28 Constructional details of speech recognition systems... G10L 17/02 Preprocessing operations, Pattern representation or modelling G10L 17/04 Training, enrolment or model building G10L 17/06 Decision making techniques; Pattern matching strategies G10L 17/08 Use of distortion metrics or a particular distance between probe pattern and reference templates G10L 17/10 Multimodal systems G10L 17/12 Score normalisation G10L 17/14 Use of phonemic categorisation or speech recognition prior to speaker recognition or verification G10L 17/16 Hidden Markov models [HMMs] G10L 17/18 Artificial neural networks; Connectionist approaches G10L 17/20 Pattern transformations or operations aimed at increasing system robustness G10L 17/22 Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces … G10L 19/002 Dynamic bit allocation G10L 19/005 Correction of errors induced by the transmission channel, if related to the coding algorithm G10L 19/008 Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding; stereophonic systems G10L 19/012 Comfort noise or silence coding G10L 19/018 Audio watermarking, i.e. embedding inaudible data in the audio signal G10L 19/02 using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders … G10L 19/04 using predictive techniques … G10L 21/003 Changing voice quality, e.g. pitch or formants … G10L 21/02 Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation … G10L 21/04 Time compression or expansion … G10L 21/06 Transformation of speech into a non-audible representation … G10L 25/03 characterised by the type of extracted parameters … G10L 25/27 characterised by the analysis technique … G10L 25/45 characterised by the type of analysis window G10L 25/48 specially adapted for particular use … G10L 25/75 for modelling vocal tract parameters G10L 25/78 Detection of presence or absence of voice signals … G10L 25/90 Pitch determination of speech signals G10L 25/93 Discriminating between voiced and unvoiced parts of speech signals About 120 new groups had been introduced

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12. 12 IPC-2014.01

13. 13 Revision project A048 (IPC-2014.01) E05B 77/00-85/00: Locks for vehicles Under the subclass E05B (locks), 5 new main groups will be created 77/00Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes (locks specially adapted for bicycles E05B 71/00; locking arrangements for non-fixed vehicle roofs B60J 7/185) 79/00Mounting or connecting vehicle locks or parts thereof 81/00Power-actuated vehicle locks 83/00Vehicle locks specially adapted for particular types of wing or vehicle (locks specially adapted for bicycles E05B 71/00; locking arrangements for non-fixed vehicle roofs B60J 7/185; latching means for sideboards or tailgates of open load compartments B62D 33/037) 85/00Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B 77/00-E05B 83/00

14. 14 E05B 77/00-85/00: Locks for vehicles (cont.) 77/00Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes (locks specially adapted for bicycles E05B 71/00; locking arrangements for non-fixed vehicle roofs B60J 7/185) 79/00Mounting or connecting vehicle locks or parts thereof 81/00Power-actuated vehicle locks 83/00Vehicle locks specially adapted for particular types of wing or vehicle (locks specially adapted for bicycles E05B 71/00; locking arrangements for non-fixed vehicle roofs B60J 7/185; latching means for sideboards or tailgates of open load compartments B62D 33/037) 85/00Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B 77/00-E05B 83/00 77/02 for accident situations … 77/14 Specially controlled locking actions in case of open doors or in case of doors moved from an open to a closed position … 77/22 Functions related to actuation of locks from the passenger compartment of the vehicle … 77/32 allowing simultaneous actuation of locking or unlocking elements and a handle, 77/34 Protection against weather or dirt 77/36 Noise prevention; Anti-rattling means … 77/42 Means for damping the movement of lock parts 77/44 Burglar prevention 77/46 Locking several wings simultaneously … 77/52 Locking one wing by shutting another 77/54 Automatic securing or unlocking of bolts triggered by certain vehicle parameters 79/02 Mounting of vehicle locks or parts thereof … 79/10 Connections between movable lock parts … 81/02 characterised by the type of actuators used … 81/12 characterised by the function or purpose of the powered actuators … 81/24 characterised by constructional features of the actuator or the power transmission … 81/52 Pneumatic or hydraulic circuits 81/54 Electrical circuits … 81/90 Manual override in case of power failure 83/02 Locks for railway freight-cars, freight containers or the like; Locks for the cargo compartments of commercial lorries, trucks or vans … 83/16 Locks for luggage compartments, car boot lids or car bonnets … 83/28 Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like … 83/36 Locks for passenger or like doors … 85/02 Lock casings 85/04 Strikers 85/06 Lock cylinder arrangements 85/08 Sill-buttons, garnish buttons or inner door lock knobs 85/10 Handles … 85/20 Bolts or detents … About 120 new subgroups will be introduced

15. 15 Revision project F007 (IPC-2014.01) H02S: Generation of electric power by using PV modules New subclass H02S will be created H02S Generation of electric power by conversion of infra-red radiation, visible light or ultraviolet light, e.g. using photovoltaic [PV] modules (solar heat collectors F24J 2/00; obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H 1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H01L 31/00; thermoelectric devices H01L 35/00; pyroelectric devices H01L 37/00; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H01L 51/42) 6 main groups will be introduced 10/00PV power plants; Combinations of PV energy systems with other systems for the generation of electric power 20/00Supporting structures for PV modules 30/00Structural details of PV modules other than those related to light conversion (semiconductor device aspects of modules of electrolytic light sensitive devices H01G 9/20, of inorganic PV modules H01L 31/00, of organic PV modules H01L 51/42) 40/00Components or accessories in combination with PV modules, not provided for in groups H02S 10/00-H02S 30/00 50/00Monitoring or testing of PV systems, e.g. load balancing or fault identification 99/00Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

16. 16 H02S: Generation of electric power by using PV modules (cont.) H02S Generation of electric power by conversion of infra-red radiation, visible light or ultraviolet light, e.g. using photovoltaic [PV] modules (solar heat collectors F24J 2/00; obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H 1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H01L 31/00; thermoelectric devices H01L 35/00; pyroelectric devices H01L 37/00; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H01L 51/42) 10/00PV power plants; Combinations of PV energy systems with other systems for the generation of electric power 20/00Supporting structures for PV modules 30/00Structural details of PV modules other than those related to light conversion (semiconductor device aspects of modules of electrolytic light sensitive devices H01G 9/20, of inorganic PV modules H01L 31/00, of organic PV modules H01L 51/42) 40/00Components or accessories in combination with PV modules, not provided for in groups H02S 10/00-H02S 30/00 50/00Monitoring or testing of PV systems, e.g. load balancing or fault identification 99/00Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass 10/10 including a supplementary source of electric power 10/12 Hybrid wind-PV energy systems 10/20 Systems characterised by their energy storage means 10/30 Thermophotovoltaic systems 10/40 Mobile PV generator systems 20/10 Supporting structures directly fixed to the ground 20/20 Supporting structures directly fixed to an immovable object 20/21 specially adapted for motorways 20/22 specially adapted for buildings 20/23 specially adapted for roof structures 20/24 specially adapted for flat roofs 20/25 Roof tile elements 20/26 Building materials integrated with PV modules 20/30 Supporting structures being movable or adjustable 20/32 specially adapted for solar tracking 30/10 Frame structures 30/20 Collapsible or foldable PV modules 40/10 Cleaning arrangements 40/12 Means for removing snow 40/20 Optical components 40/22 Light-reflecting or light-concentrating means 40/30 Electrical components 40/32 comprising DC/AC inverter means associated with the PV module itself 40/34 comprising specially adapted electrical connection means to be structurally associated with the PV module 40/36 characterised by special electrical interconnection means between two or more PV modules 40/38 Energy storage means, e.g. batteries, structurally associated with PV modules 40/40 Thermal components 40/42 Cooling means 40/44 Means to utilise heat energy 50/10 Testing of PV devices 50/15 using optical means, e.g. using electroluminescence About 40 new subgroups will be introduced

17. 17 Trend in IPC revision (2010-2014) New groups IPC version Section

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