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\nThe 10th<\/sup> anniversary of \nIn a message to more than 30 participants representing large \nTo mark the milestone, the President unveiled developments in the EPO’s work \nHaving started out as a bilateral exercise, the CPC system now comprises 38 Today it supports the daily work of some 25 000 patent examiners. \nThe President concluded his address by praising the CPC network for its „Through the CPC, we have […] a system which provides order and stability in a \nDuring the all-day meeting, presentations covered the system’s current \nLaunched in 2013, the\u00a0CPC is an extension of the The 10th anniversary of the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) system was today celebrated at an annual meeting with industry, at which the EPO President delivered an opening address.\u00a0 In a message to more than …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"nachrichtenkategorien":[130],"class_list":["post-34913","nachricht","type-nachricht","status-publish","hentry","nachrichtenkategorie-epa"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nthe Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) system was today celebrated at an
\nannual meeting with industry, at which the EPO President delivered an opening
\naddress.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\ncompanies, patent information user groups and commercial providers,
\nPresident Ant\u00f3nio Campinos hailed the CPC as „the most refined, complete, and powerful
\nclassification system in the world“. He also underscored the importance of CPC
\nto patent quality owing to the improved accuracy and search speed it enables.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nrelating to AI-assisted classification, the full details of which will be made
\navailable in a public launch later this year.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nparticipating offices – with Latvia as its latest member – representing a
\ncombined population of 2.15 bn people. <\/p>\n
On average, for every
\nsecond day in the past decade, a collaborative CPC project has been completed,
\nand around 850 patent families are reclassified daily.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nachievements: <\/p>\n
\nworld that is increasingly complex and fragmented. It is more than just a
\nclassification system. It’s a symbol of international collaboration and
\nprogress.“<\/i>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nsituation, upcoming changes and future developments, as well as a Q&A at
\nthe end.\n<\/p>\n
\nWIPO-administered International Patent Classification (IPC) and is jointly
\nmanaged by the EPO and the USPTO. It is divided into nine sections, A-H and Y,
\nwhich in turn are subdivided into classes, sub-classes, groups and sub-groups.
\nThere are approximately 260 000 classification entries.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"