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Plans to Accelerate Revision and Publication Procedure of the IPC

Plans to Accelerate Revision and Publication Procedure of the IPC. IPC Workshop February 2013 Geneva. Ning XU IPC Section - WIPO. Outline. Current IPC Revision Procedure Current IPC Publication Procedure Impact of the Five-Year Plan Proposed Future IPC Revision Procedure

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Plans to Accelerate Revision and Publication Procedure of the IPC

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  1. Plans to Accelerate Revision and Publication Procedure of the IPC IPC Workshop February 2013 Geneva Ning XU IPC Section - WIPO

  2. Outline • Current IPC Revision Procedure • Current IPC Publication Procedure • Impact of the Five-Year Plan • Proposed Future IPC Revision Procedure • Proposed Future IPC Publication Procedure

  3. Current IPC Revision Procedure • The responsibility of the IPC revision was given to one unique body (IPC Revision WG) • The WG meets twice yearly • May / June • November / December

  4. Current IPC Revision Procedure (cont.) • Revision requests from IP5 CHC (F projects) or Trilateral projects (A projects) - automatically included in the IPC revision program with priority. • Revision requests from other Offices – included with conditions (C projects): • Numerical criteria – size & growth rate • Commitment to reclassification (PCT Min.) • Approval by the CE

  5. Current Situation • Very few revision requests have been submitted directly to the CE: • Only those without need for reclassification - accepted • Whereas those creating new subdivisions – rejected • Currently, no more C revision projects

  6. Current Situation • The total number of new subdivisions during 2007 to 2013 decreased • Cost of Reclassification • Reduced expense in Classification by Offices • ……

  7. Distribution of Revision Projects

  8. Current IPC Publication Procedure • IPC yearly publication (January 1) • Scheme • Compilation of amendments • Revision Concordance List (RCL) • Catchword Index (CI) • IPC Definitions

  9. Current IPC Publication Procedure (cont.) • Early publication (July 1) • Scheme • Compilation of amendments • Revision Concordance List (RCL) • Validity File • Possibility to publish twice a year • Never requested • Users satisfaction - annual publication

  10. Current IPC Publication Procedure (cont.) Final Adoption by the CE (February) One more year between the completion of the work by the WG and the publication WG/May 2013 WG/Nov. 2013 CE /Feb. 2014 EarlyPub Jul.1,2014 Pub./Jan 2015

  11. Impact of the Five-Year Plan • Increased number of revision projects • Increased workload of the WG • Need to shorten the revision period • Needs to involve more Offices in the substantial revision work

  12. Proposed Future IPC Revision Procedure • The IPC revision procedure will remain unchanged at initial stage • The CE will decide next year whether changes are needed to, e.g.: • increase the number of working days of the WG • create special Task Forces

  13. Proposed Future IPC Revision Procedure (cont.) • The responsibility of the IPC revision is given to the WG • Revision projects – with priority • Areas to be revised – prioritized – to be adopted by the CE • Revision requests in these areas – directly to the IPC/WG – treated with priority • Revision requests in other areas – to the IPC/CE with evidence • Definitions within the revision projects – to be created with conditions

  14. Proposed Future IPC Revision Procedure (cont.) • The formal adoption of the amendments by the IPC/CE • Electronically • Immediately after the IPC/WG – to be scheduled in early May

  15. Proposed Future IPC Publication Procedure • Current procedure: • Proposed future procedure: • reduced by 6 months WG/May 2013 WG/Nov. 2013 CE /Feb. 2014 EarlyPub Jul.1,2014 Pub./Jan 2015 WG/Nov. 2013 WG/May 2014 CE adopt. May 2014 EarlyPub Jul.1,2014 Pub./Jan 2015

  16. Thank you ! IPC Workshop February 2013 Geneva

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