CPC
The Cooperative Patent Classification expands!
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on August 5, 2013
The Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC), which has now been in active use for half a year, has now begun the very interesting procedure of expanding geographically speaking. Particularly, both the SIPO (China) and the KIPO (Korea) have signed a so-called memorandum of understanding to initiate the adoption of the CPC. For starters, both offices have...
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The Cooperative Patent Classification has been launched!
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on February 22, 2013
As many will already have noticed the Corporate Patent Classification (CPC), which the AWAPATENT IP Blog has covered previously, has now been launched and taken into use by the EPO and the USPTO. To recapture in brief, the CPC is based on the latest version of the International Patent Classification (IPC) system. The CPC is...
Cooperative Patent Classification – Time to prepare for the launch
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on October 18, 2012
Almost a year ago I wrote on the Awapatent IP Blog about the efforts of the EPO and USPTO to harmonize their patent classification systems to form the Cooperative Patent Classification (in short CPC). The work is progressing, and it has now become time for an update. The CPC is now taking shape, and it has...
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