International Patent Classification (IPC)

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  • The International Patent Classification (IPC), established by the Strasbourg Agreement 1971, provides for a hierarchical system of language independent symbols for the classification of patents and utility models according to the different areas of technology to which they pertain.
     
  • WIPO launched on September 16, 2010, an on-line tool associated with the International Patent Classification (IPC) that will facilitate searches for patent information relating to so-called Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) to help in identifying existing and emerging green technologies and potential partners for further R&D and commercial exploitation.
     
GENERAL INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR IPC COMMUNITY  IPC TOOLS
  • IPCCAT:  automated classification - text categorization in the IPC
  • TACSY:  natural language search of IPC
  • RIPCIS: IPC revision support (restricted access)

 

International Patent Classification (IPC)

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