International Patent Classification (IPC) Workshop

Geneva, February 4 and 5, 2008

Introduction

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) organized a Workshop to discuss the experience using the reformed IPC.

Two years after the introduction of the reformed IPC, there was a need to assess the status of its implementation, consider the efficiency of various features that were introduced and make some adjustments.

Presentations at the IPC Workshop were made by leading experts in patent information and patent classification.

The event was open to the general public.

Documentation

The following documents from the Workshop are now available:

• the final program [DOC] [PDF]
• the list of participants [DOC] [PDF]  
• the presentations and 
• the conclusions of the Workshop [PDF]

Summary

A short summary of the conclusions of the different presentations and subsequent discussions is available.