IPC YYYY.MM - IT support: Master files and their by-products
This is the page for IPC files. Version control and integrity checking is possible for some of these files through their associated MD5 Key:
Validity File
File providing history and validity period of all IPC symbols that have ever existed since IPC 1.
Compilation File
File containing a list of differences between two consecutive versions of the IPC scheme Master File.
IPC at section level in PDF format
IPC at subclass level in DOC format
Important note:
To open a particular .doc file, unzip the entire .zip file to extract all the necessary files (i.e., figures and style sheets).
IPC Scheme Split files at Subclass level
IPC Definitions viewer
Access to a grouping of all IPC definitions.
List of IPC symbols referred to by IPC Definitions
List of IPC symbols referred to by each Definition of this IPC version. Each of the Definitions is indicated by the symbol of the IPC Scheme where this Definition appears.
Rollup Table
This table shows the concordance between the advanced level symbols and the core level symbols.
This rollup table is available in XML
and CSV
(i.e. to import it in Excel) formats.
Valid Symbol List
List of valid IPC symbols while the concerned version is in force.
Inventory of ever used IPC symbols
List of symbols that were ever used in any version of the IPC. The second column shows the date of creation of the symbols indicated in the first column. The third column shows the of expiration date of the symbol. If the symbol is still alive, the date of expiration is displayed as “-”.
List of IPC scheme titles in authentic languages (e.g. for upload into a spreadsheet)
(*) For IPC versions before 2011.01, this list cannot be certified to exactly match the list of titles in the official publication of the IPC.
Other files
CPC XML Scheme Files in IPC-like XML format
Files containing the IPC official scheme of this version, expanded with CPC subdivisions provided under the CPC official website on the first of the dates indicated in their filenames.
FI XML Scheme Files in IPC-like XML format
Files containing the IPC official scheme of this version, expanded with FI subdivisions as provided by the Japanese Patent Office on the first of the dates indicated in their filenames.