More comprehensive records will be available to international patent searchers with the unveiling this year of a major overhaul to the International Patent Classification (IPC) system, which more than 100 countries use as their major or sole method in organizing patent information. The new classification features two mutually compatible levels, core and advanced, meant to cater to the diverse needs of global intellectual property offices with varying sizes and resources.
Advertisement
Survey Series
Institutions
For Advertisers
International patent searching gets overhaul
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||
|
