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Trilateral Classification Harmon y Project

Trilateral Classification Harmon y Project. IPC Forum Geneva , 13 February 2006. Yoshihiro FUJI. Director Examination Policy Planning Office Japan Patent Office (JPO) . Reasons for H armonization. Increase in documents to be classified > 5 00,000 (EPO: ECLA) > 5 00,000 (JPO: FI)

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Trilateral Classification Harmon y Project

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  1. Trilateral ClassificationHarmony Project IPC Forum Geneva, 13February2006 Yoshihiro FUJI Director Examination Policy Planning Office Japan Patent Office (JPO)

  2. Reasons for Harmonization • Increase in documents to be classified • > 500,000 (EPO: ECLA) > 500,000 (JPO: FI) > 300,000 (USPTO: USPC) docs / year - Further increase expected • Establish a well-structured documentation • Harmonize internal schemes • Facilitate access to TOs’ documents with common schemes • Enhance the availability of TOs’ documents • Further expand (to be IPC Advanced Level) • Share reclassification work • Reduce classification effort (for EP) Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status

  3. Reasons for Harmonization • Three different classification systems (IPC-AL: 69,000 Classifications) Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status

  4. History of Harmony Project Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status 2000.11 18th Trilateral Conference - TOs agreed on creating pilot projects 2001.2 Committee of Experts of IPC Union 30th session - 19 fields selected for TOs’ harmony projects (T001-T019) - 7 of the 19 fields are from IPC revision projects

  5. History of Harmony Project Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status Trilateral Working Group on Classification 2002.9 7th session - new project (T020) 2003.1 8th session - new projects (T021-T023) 2003.9 9th session - new projects (T024-T030) 2004.2 10th session - new projects (T031-T032) 2004.10 11th session - new projects (T035-T037) 2005.3 12th session - new projects (T038-T047) 2005.9 13th session - new projects (T048-T056) 2006.3 14th session (at Berlin, EPO)

  6. Actions • Select technical fields for harmonization e.g. Wireless Communication Networks, Business methods (Phase A) Initial Determination of Scope (Phase B) Project Plan (Phase C) Provisional Scheme Development (Phase D) Test of Provisional Scheme (Phase E) Final Scheme Agreement (Phase F) Documents Reclassification Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status

  7. Procedural steps – exchange & compare schemes Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status • Exchange & Compare current schemes ECLAFIUSPC . EPtext1 . JPtext1. UStext1 . . EPtext2 . . JPtext2. UStext2 . . EPtext3 . . JPtext3. UStext3 . . . JPtext4

  8. Procedural steps – discuss solutions Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status • Discuss solutions E-forum E-mail Meeting /Exchange (Trilateral) Harmony Visit (2005.6~)

  9. Procedural steps – discuss solutions Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status • Harmony visit (2005.6~) • EP/JP Harmony visit (at EPO) • 19 fields Trilateral Harmony visit (at USPTO) - 10 fields

  10. Procedural steps – discuss solutions Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status • Effect of Harmony visit Existing projects - Acceleration of discussion on classification harmonization Potential projects - Creation of new projects(T052&T053)

  11. Procedural steps – agree on common scheme Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status • Agree on common scheme e.g. Business Methods ECLAFIUSPC . G06Q30/00C . G06F17/60,300. . 3044D . . G06Q30/00C2 . . G06F17/60,342. . 3043N . . G06Q30/00C4. . 3050Y

  12. Procedural steps – agree on common scheme Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status • Agree on common scheme (Phase C) HARMONY(ECLA/FI/USPC) . G06Q30/00C . Data processing in buying/selling orleasing transactions . . 3044D .. for matching . . 3043N .. for auction . . G06Q30/00C2 .. for electronic shopping, e.g. electronic catalogue,remote browsing or ordering . . 3050Y .. electronic catalogue . . G06F17/60,342 .. for leasing transaction

  13. Procedural steps – finalization of project Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status Classification test (Phase D) Final agreement (Phase E) Shared reclassification (Phase F)

  14. Actions for ALS* *Advanced Level Special Subcommittee • Select technical fields for harmonization e.g. Wireless Communication Networks, Business methods (Phase A) Initial Determination of Scope (Phase B) Project Plan (Phase C) Provisional Scheme Development (Phase D) Test of Provisional Scheme (Phase E) Final Scheme Agreement (Phase F) Documents Reclassification Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status Phase C Completed - IPC Revision Proposal to ALS

  15. Actions for ALS Phase C Completed - IPC revision proposal to ALS (SC-project) Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status ALS Approval - Creation of A-project - Invitation for comments & discussion ALS Approval - Documents reclassification Completed - Entering into force of IPC-AL

  16. Harmony to IPC No.of divisions Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status Harmonized FI 200K USPC 150K ECLA Advanced Level 68711groups 100K Reformed IPC Core Level (30% of AL Classes) 50K Int.Cl4 Int.Cl5 Int.Cl6 Int.Cl7 1985 1990 1995 2000 2006 2012 2009

  17. Effects of Harmony project & reformed IPC Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status e.g. Combating harmful chemical substances by chemical means Different search in each classification system USPTO EPO JPO Others A62D3/00A A62D3/00,301 588/300 A62D3/00 ECLA Search FI Search USPC Search IPC Search

  18. Effects of Harmony project & reformed IPC Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status The same search strategy applied among TOsaccording to harmonized classification scheme USPTO EPO JPO Others A62D3/00E A62D3/00,400 588/302 A62D3/00 ECLA ＝ FI ＝ USPC Search IPC Search

  19. Effects of Harmony project & reformed IPC Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status The same search strategy applied among all the documents classified according to the IPC-AL USPTO EPO JPO Others A62D3/1010 A62D3/1010 A62D3/1010 A62D3/1010 IPC Advanced level search

  20. Current status Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status • 45 Active Harmony projects • 6 Harmony projectsalready forwarded to ALS

  21. Current projects 1/3 Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status

  22. Current projects 2/3 Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status

  23. Current projects 3/3 Reasons History Actions Procedure Actions for ALS Harmony to IPC Status

  24. Thank you for your attention ! IPC Forum Geneva, 13February2006

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