IPC Internet Publication Help

Version

Select the Version of the IPC to be browsed.

Current symbol

Enter the symbol to be viewed.
Accepted formats: A, A01, A01B, A01B 1/00, A01B1/00, A 01 B 1/00, A01B1/00, A01B0001000000, H04 W00281 600 00

Clicking will display the given symbol and its context according to the selected view mode and options.

This function also provides access to information (e.g. about its transfer) on a specific symbol which was deleted in the relevant IPC version.

Language

Select the language version to be used; Select  English/French, to display  the two language versions side by side.

View mode

Select the context of the symbol to be displayed.

path:             Displays the selected entry, its hierarchically higher entries, and all entries in the next lower hierarchical level.

full:               For groups and subclasses, this view mode displays all groups of the corresponding subclass, the selected symbol being located on the top line of the display window; for class and section symbols this view mode is equivalent to the path mode.

hierarchic:  Displays the selected entry, its hierarchically higher entries, and all entries in the same hierarchical level as the selected entry.

Standard sequence

If selected, main groups are presented in the order of the standardized sequence;
if not selected, main groups are presented in the numerical order of their symbols.

Deleted entries

If selected, individual entries or intervals of deleted entries are displayed.

A deleted entry is displayed in numerical order at the same hierarchical level as the preceding entry except:

· if the deleted entry is a sub-group and “view mode” is either “path” or “hierarchic”, then this entry is displayed at the same hierarchical level as the closest entry (the next or the preceding symbol in numerical order)

· if the deleted entry is a main group and “standard sequence” display option is selected, then this entry is displayed at the end of the parent sub-class.

Subclass index

Check to display subclass indexes.

Guidance headings

Check to display subclass guidance headings. When a plurality of successive main groups within a scheme relate to common subject matter, a “guidance heading” before the first of such main groups may be provided. In such case, a line is displayed at the end of the concerned range e.g. in “full view” mode, after the last group under the last concerned main group or in “hierarchic view” mode, after the last concerned main group.

Notes

Check if you want to present notes in IPC scheme.

Search:

Term search in the IPC is possible for simple terms (sequence of alphanumerical characters) and multi-term (combination of simple terms separated by space characters) in the textual parts of the Scheme of the full IPC, of the Catchword Index, and of all Definitions of the IPC.

Search:

Allows for search of places referencing a specific IPC symbol and (as an option) its subgroups in the IPC scheme, definition and/or catchword..

Number of displayed entries:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x 100 symbols

Selects the maximum number of symbols to be displayed.

Symbols outside the selected range will appear with red background, grouped by the selected range.

Clicking in the red groups will display the symbols belonging to the range.

IPCPUB version X.Y

Version X.Y of the IPCPUB software.

Last modified on:

Date of the last change in the IPCPUB software (not in IPC data). Please note that the date of the last IPC data modification is visible through the date of the corresponding IPC Master File under the “Download” area of the IPC website (e.g. http://www.wipo.int/ipc/itos4ipc/ITSupport_and_download_area/20110101/MasterFiles/) for IPC 2011.01.)

Bridge function

Provides access to other language versions of the IPC (as established by some national authorities) and to patent databases; clicking this symbol will open a pop-up window; clicking on one of the offered choices in the pop-up window either displays the closest corresponding symbol in the selected language version or initiates a search in the selected database with the respective IPC symbol as parameter.

Definitions

Clicking this icon will display the corresponding Definition entirely unfolded in a separate window.

Folding / unfolding chapters            1. Pressing the  icon unfolds  the corresponding chapter of the Definition.

2. Pressing the  icon  folds the corresponding chapter of the Definition.

3. Pressing the  icon in the right top corner unfolds all chapters of the Definition.

4. Pressing the  icon in the right top corner folds all chapters of the Definition.

1. Linked symbols and terms              All symbols in Definitions are Hyperlinked and clicking on them will display the corresponding entry in the IPC Viewer.

2. Terms contained in the Glossary and terms defined in the Glossary of the Guide are hyperlinked; When activated, they open a pop-up window with the terminology of the particular term.

Illustrations

Click on this icon to display the corresponding illustration or to download the file in specific formats. In case of several Illustrations for the same symbol, they are listed one-by-one.

The Illustrations window remain open even if the illustration of another symbol is requested.

For illustration of chemical formulae, in addition to image(s) display, some other formats are also offered to specialists for download/opening through specific and proprietary software extensions: MDL's ISIS Sketch (SKC) or ChemDraw (CDX) format.

PDF view

Clicking on a PDF icons placed next to a subclass symbol opens the corresponding subclass PDF document in a new browser tab/window.  

Indexing symbol

Indexing symbols are marked with .

Warnings

This icon is present next to symbols where a specific situation needs to be mentioned. E.g., errors were found after the technical preparation of this publication, incomplete reclassification...

Click on this icon to display the explanatory text associated with this warning.

Background color

The following color coding is applied to backgrounds of IPC entries:

1. Classes are presented on a dark pale orange background, black characters.

2. Subclasses are presented on a pale orange background.

3. Main groups are presented on a light pale orange background.

4. Guidance headings are presented on a white background, orange characters.

5. Groups, indexes and notes are presented on a white background:

6. All other entries, e.g. subgroups, are displayed with a white background;

7. Symbols out of the displaying range are displayed with red background.

8. Occurrences of searched  terms and cross-references in the displayed view are highlighted with a green background.

Format of the version indicator

The version indicator is either [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7] or [YYYY.MM] for IPC reform 2006.01.

If only one version is available, the version indicator is rendered as black and bold text.
If more than one version is available, the version indicator is rendered as a link and only the last version indicator is displayed. When clicking on it, the current and all previous version indicators is displayed as pull down window.

Linked symbols and terms

All symbols are Hyperlinked and clicking on them will display the corresponding entry in the IPC Scheme Viewer.
In case of term appearing in the IPC Guide Glossary or in subclasses where the Definition of this subclass contains a Glossary, all terms of these Glossaries appear in the scheme as hyperlinked to their explanation with the following precedence by decreasing order:

· group definition Glossary

· subclass Definition Glossary

· IPC guide Glossary.
 

Direction

Select the direction as:

1. Old-to-new: the left column then contains symbols valid in the previous version and the right column contains for each such symbol at least one symbol valid in the current version (see case (a) above);

2. New-to-old: the left column then contains symbols valid in the current version and the right column contains for each such symbol at least one symbol of the previous version (see case (b) above).

The Index of the RCL displays the classes and subclasses concerned by the revision of this IPC version.

All subclass symbols are hyperlinked, click on them to open the above mentioned table for the concerned subclass.

Presentation

Current word

insert into the this box a word to be searched for in IPC catchword index.

Click to display the "alphabetically closest" catchword entry. The search is effectuated only among the main entries of the Catchword Index, i.e. the terms displayed in bold.

This box is updated with the last catchword index entry used during navigation in the catchword index.

Navigation

In a list of Catchwords entries:

· Click Previous to display the previous page.

· Click Next to display the next page

Press the Index button to return to the Index in the selected language. Click on any of the entries to open the alphabetically closest list of catchword entries.

Word(s)

For search, characters in terms are considered as case and accent insensitive.

The order in which terms are indicated in the query is not significant for the order in which terms are looked for (e.g. returned results are the same if user looks for “plant biocides” or for “biocides plant”).

In the term search query string, “?” stands for no or any single character (e.g. “plant?” stands for “plant” or “plants”).   One or more occurrence of the “?” wildcard character can be used.

In the term search query string, “*” stands for no or any number of any characters (e.g. “plant*” stands for “plant”, “plants”, “plantation”,  “planting”...) One or more occurrence of the “*” wildcard character can be used.

Limit to:

The content of the “Limit to” box specifies the places of the IPC and their subgroups to be searched.   The content is a comma-separated list of IPC symbols.

If “Limit to” is empty, the full contents of what is defined by “IPC notions” (i.e. Any combination of the following: “scheme”, “definitions”, “catchword”) is considered.

Exclude:

The content of the “Exclude” box specifies the places of the IPC and their subgroups to be excluded from the search: a comma-separated list of IPC symbols.

Path:

The use of this option doesn't have any effect for single term search. In case of multi term search, Paths are considered in the IPC tree structure and defined as follows:

All paths starting from the symbol in which the first occurrence of one of the specified terms is found, all hierarchically lower symbols where any other specified term occurs, and ending at the hierarchically lowest symbols where one of the specified terms occurs.

· If “PATH” is selected, Terms Search returns the list of symbols where any of the specified terms occurs within the list of above defined path.

· If “PATH” is not selected, the Terms Search returns a list of symbols where at least one of the specified terms occurs.

Scope options:

These tick boxes are used to select the list of IPC notions in which the search should be performed. i.e., within scheme, definitions and/or catchwords.

Display Results:

The list of search results is displayed as a list of hyperlinks to the relevant view.   If the “path” option is ticked, the view mode is automatically updated to “Path”. Otherwise the view mode is set to “Full”.   Each occurrence of a searched term is highlighted in the corresponding view.

Symbol:

The content of the "Symbol" allows the user to specify an IPC symbol referred in other places of the IPC.

Include subgroups:

If selected, the cross reference search returns all places of the IPC referencing this symbol (e.g. A01N) or referencing its subgroups (A01N 1/00, A01N 1/02). This option is not suitable for IPC referenced symbol above subclass (i.e. section, subsection, class). If not selected, the cross reference search returns the places of the IPC referencing only this symbol.

Scope options:

These tick boxes are used to select the list of IPC notions in which the search should be performed. i.e., within scheme, definitions and/or catchwords.

Display Results:

The list of search results is displayed as a list of hyperlinks to the relevant view.   The view mode is automatically set to “Full”.   Each occurrence of a searched term is highlighted in the corresponding view.