implementation of the reformed ipc: slovenia janez kukec mezek head of information and promotion...
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Implementation of the reformed IPC:
Slovenia
Janez Kukec MezekHead of Information and Promotion Department
Slovenian Intellectual Property Office
Established in 1991 (only 5 patent examiners) No “classical” substantive examination Patent is granted by publication of patent application Results of granting procedures at EPO or other IPEA are used for final
decision on patent validity 1994: membership in PCT; Extension Agreement with EPO 2002: full member of EPC; PCT national route closed
Janez Kukec [email protected]
Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)
Running on Alpha computer with OpenVMS Designed and build by SIPO 11300 published documents in patent database IPC codes used to be consisting part of patent database From 1997, validity file used as controller for entering IPC codes into
system
Janez Kukec [email protected]
IT supporting system
SIPO will use core level SIPO is ready to reclassify Slovenian patent documents without family
members
Checking of IT supporting system:• database cannot accomodate reformed IPC codes• need to build two parallel databases, one with old and one with
IPC8 codes• need for controlling file for IPC8
Determination of extent of reclassification
Janez Kukec [email protected]
IPC reform: starting points
First try at beginning of 2005: all IPC codes checked with IPC7 validity file
Only 146 codes not matching IPC7 Reclassification to IPC7 (February – March 2005)
• Step 1: using concordance lists• Step 2: “manual” reclassification (abt. 50 codes)
New decisions: • SIPO will reclassify all Slovenian patent documents• All documents, including granted European patents in national
phase, will be published and entered into database with core level codes
Janez Kukec [email protected]
Reclassification to IPC7
April – September 2005 Two new “related” databases were build Two controlling files were created, using XML validity file
• one for controlling input of core level codes into database• one for converting codes from advance to core level• problem: late availability of XML validity file
New interfaces were created
Janez Kukec [email protected]
Preparation of new IT support
September 2005: all IPC7 codes were checked by conversion from advance to core level
Codes falling out of this conversion had to be reclassified 291 codes not matching IPC8 core level Reclassification to IPC8 (October 2005)
• step 1: indexing codes were deleted• step 2: using IPC7 and IPC8 on internet• step 3: “manual” reclassification – initially 37 codes
Decision: • During November - December 2005: classification according to
IPC8 core level, except when new entries of IPC8 are needed; in such case, IPC7 and IPC8 codes are alloted and entered into separate databases
Janez Kukec [email protected]
Reclassification to IPC8
ST.36 test XML files sent to EPO beginning of January, 2006:• backfile – complete SIPO database• test frontfile with data of publication on 31/12/2005
First real ST.36 XML file will be sent after first publication in 2006 (February 28, 2006)
Open issue: frequency of future XML validity files on which depend timely creation of controlling file for converting codes from advance to core level (granted European patents entering national phase)
Janez Kukec [email protected]
Closing remarks
