Recent developments in the IPC

IPC WorkshopFebruary 2013

Koichi Matsushita

IPC Section, WIPO

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Revision project A041 (IPC-2013.01)

G04R:Radio-controlled time-pieces

New subclass G04R had been created

3 main groups had been introduced

G04R RADIO-CONTROLLED TIME-PIECES

20/00 Setting the time according to the time information carried or implied by the radio signal

40/00 Correcting the clock frequency

60/00 Constructional details

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G04R:Radio-controlled time-pieces (cont.)

G04R RADIO-CONTROLLED TIME-PIECES

20/00 Setting the time according to the time information carried or implied by the radio signal

40/00 Correcting the clock frequency

60/00 Constructional details

G04R 20/02 • the radio signal being sent by a satellite, e.g. GPSG04R 20/04 • • Tuning or receiving; Circuits thereforG04R 20/06 • • Decoding time data; Circuits thereforG04R 20/08 • the radio signal being broadcast from a long-wave call signG04R 20/10 • • Tuning or receiving; Circuits thereforG04R 20/12 • • Decoding time data; Circuits thereforG04R 20/14 • the radio signal being a telecommunication standard signalG04R 20/16 • • Tuning or receiving; Circuits thereforG04R 20/18 • • Decoding time data; Circuits thereforG04R 20/20 • the radio signal being an AM/FM standard signal, e.g. RDSG04R 20/22 • • Tuning or receiving; Circuits thereforG04R 20/24 • • Decoding time data; Circuits thereforG04R 20/26 • the radio signal being a near-field communication signalG04R 20/28 • • Tuning or receiving; Circuits thereforG04R 20/30 • • Decoding time data; Circuits therefor

G04R 40/02 • by phase lockingG04R 40/04 • by detecting the radio signal frequencyG04R 40/06 • by computing the time value implied by the radio signal

G04R 60/02 • Antennas also serving as components of clocks or watchesG04R 60/04 • Antennas attached to or integrated in watch braceletsG04R 60/06 • Antennas attached to or integrated in clock or watch bodiesG04R 60/08 • • inside bezelsG04R 60/10 • • inside casesG04R 60/12 • • • inside metal casesG04R 60/14 • specific to electromechanical timepieces

About 30 new subgroups had been introduced

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Revision project A044 (IPC-2013.01)

G06F 21/00: Security arrangements

Under the main group G06F 21/00, 5 one dot groups had been created

G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity

21/10 • Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material

21/30 • Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals

21/50 • Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems

21/60 • Protecting data

21/70 • Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer

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G06F 21/00: Security arrangements (cont.)

21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity

21/10 • Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material

21/30 • Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals

21/50 • Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems

21/60 • Protecting data

21/70 • Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer

G06F 21/12 • • Protecting executable softwareG06F 21/14 • • • against software analysis or reverse engineeringG06F 21/16 • • Program or content traceability

G06F 21/31 • • User authenticationG06F 21/32 • • • using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprintsG06F 21/33 • • • using certificatesG06F 21/34 • • • involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cardsG06F 21/35 • • • • communicating wirelesslyG06F 21/36 • • • by graphic or iconic representationG06F 21/40 • • • by quorum, i.e. whereby two or more security principals are requiredG06F 21/41 • • • where a single sign-on provides access to a plurality of computersG06F 21/42 • • • using separate channels for security dataG06F 21/43 • • • • wireless channelsG06F 21/44 • • Program or device authenticationG06F 21/45 • • Structures or tools for the administration of authenticationG06F 21/46 • • • by designing passwords or checking the strength of passwords

G06F 21/51 • • at application loading timeG06F 21/52 • • during program executionG06F 21/53 • • • by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machineG06F 21/54 • • • by adding security routines or objects to programsG06F 21/55 • • Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measuresG06F 21/56 • • • Computer malware detection or handling, e.g. anti-virus arrangementsG06F 21/57 • • Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms

G06F 21/62 • • Protecting access to data via a platformG06F 21/64 • • Protecting data integrity

G06F 21/71 • • to assure secure computing or processing of information…G06F 21/78 • • to assure secure storage of data…G06F 21/81 • • by operating on the power supplyG06F 21/82 • • Protecting input, output or interconnection devices…G06F 21/86 • • Secure or tamper-resistant housings…G06F 21/88 • • Detecting or preventing theft or loss

About 50 new subgroups had been introduced

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Revision project F004 (IPC-2013.01)

G10L: Speech analysis or synthesis, Speech recognition

G10L SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING

13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems

15/00 Speech recognition (G10L 17/00 takes precedence)

17/00 Speaker identification or verification

19/00 Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis (in musical instruments G10H )

21/00 Processing of the speech or voice signal to produce another audible or non-audible signal (G10L 19/00 takes precedence)

25/00 Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups G10L 15/00-G10L 21/00

99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

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G10L SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING

13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems

15/00 Speech recognition (G10L 17/00 takes precedence)

17/00 Speaker identification or verification

19/00 Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis (in musical instruments G10H )

21/00 Processing of the speech or voice signal to produce another audible or non-audible signal (G10L 19/00 takes precedence)

25/00 Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups G10L 15/00-G10L 21/00

99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

G10L: Speech analysis or synthesis (cont.)

G10L 13/02 • Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisersG10L 13/027 • • Concept to speech synthesisers; Generation of natural phrases from machine-based concepts G10L 13/033 • • Voice editingG10L 13/04 • • Details of speech synthesis systemsG10L 13/047 • • • Architecture of speech synthesisersG10L 13/06 • Elementary speech units used in speech synthesisers; Concatenation rulesG10L 13/07 • • Concatenation rulesG10L 13/08 • Text analysis or generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of textG10L 13/10 • • Prosody rules derived from text; Stress or intonation

G10L 15/01 • Assessment or evaluation of speech recognition systemsG10L 15/02 • Feature extraction for speech recognition; Selection of recognition unitG10L 15/04 • Segmentation; Word boundary detection

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G10L 15/06 • Creation of reference templates; Training of speech recognition systems…

G10L 15/08 • Speech classification or search…

G10L 15/20 • Speech recognition techniques specially adapted for robustness in adverse environmentsG10L 15/22 • Procedures used during a speech recognition processG10L 15/24 • Speech recognition using non-acoustical features

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G10L 15/26 • Speech to text systemsG10L 15/28 • Constructional details of speech recognition systems

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G10L 17/02 • Preprocessing operations, Pattern representation or modellingG10L 17/04 • Training, enrolment or model buildingG10L 17/06 • Decision making techniques; Pattern matching strategiesG10L 17/08 • • Use of distortion metrics or a particular distance between probe pattern and reference templatesG10L 17/10 • • Multimodal systemsG10L 17/12 • • Score normalisationG10L 17/14 • • Use of phonemic categorisation or speech recognition prior to speaker recognition or verificationG10L 17/16 • Hidden Markov models [HMMs]G10L 17/18 • Artificial neural networks; Connectionist approachesG10L 17/20 • Pattern transformations or operations aimed at increasing system robustnessG10L 17/22 • Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces

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G10L 19/002 • Dynamic bit allocationG10L 19/005 • Correction of errors induced by the transmission channel, if related to the coding algorithmG10L 19/008 • Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding; stereophonic systemsG10L 19/012 • Comfort noise or silence codingG10L 19/018 • Audio watermarking, i.e. embedding inaudible data in the audio signalG10L 19/02 • using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders…G10L 19/04 • using predictive techniques…

G10L 21/003 • Changing voice quality, e.g. pitch or formants…G10L 21/02 • Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation…G10L 21/04 • Time compression or expansion…G10L 21/06 • Transformation of speech into a non-audible representation…G10L 25/03 • characterised by the type of extracted parameters

…G10L 25/27 • characterised by the analysis technique…G10L 25/45 • characterised by the type of analysis windowG10L 25/48 • specially adapted for particular use…G10L 25/75 • for modelling vocal tract parametersG10L 25/78 • Detection of presence or absence of voice signals…G10L 25/90 • Pitch determination of speech signalsG10L 25/93 • Discriminating between voiced and unvoiced parts of speech signals

About 120 new groups had been introduced

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Revision project A048 (IPC-2014.01)

E05B 77/00-85/00: Locks for vehicles

Under the subclass E05B (locks), 5 new main groups will be created

77/00 Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes (locks specially adapted for bicycles E05B 71/00; locking arrangements for non-fixed vehicle roofs B60J 7/185)

79/00 Mounting or connecting vehicle locks or parts thereof

81/00 Power-actuated vehicle locks

83/00 Vehicle locks specially adapted for particular types of wing or vehicle (locks specially adapted for bicycles E05B 71/00; locking arrangements for non-fixed vehicle roofs B60J 7/185; latching means for sideboards or tailgates of open load compartments B62D 33/037)

85/00 Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B 77/00-E05B 83/00

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E05B 77/00-85/00: Locks for vehicles (cont.)

77/00 Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes (locks specially adapted for bicycles E05B 71/00; locking arrangements for non-fixed vehicle roofs B60J 7/185)

79/00 Mounting or connecting vehicle locks or parts thereof

81/00 Power-actuated vehicle locks

83/00 Vehicle locks specially adapted for particular types of wing or vehicle (locks specially adapted for bicycles E05B 71/00; locking arrangements for non-fixed vehicle roofs B60J 7/185; latching means for sideboards or tailgates of open load compartments B62D 33/037)

85/00 Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B 77/00-E05B 83/00

77/02 • for accident situations…77/14 • Specially controlled locking actions in case of open doors or in case of doors moved from an open to a closed position…77/22 • Functions related to actuation of locks from the passenger compartment of the vehicle…77/32 • allowing simultaneous actuation of locking or unlocking elements and a handle, 77/34 • Protection against weather or dirt 77/36 • Noise prevention; Anti-rattling means…77/42 • Means for damping the movement of lock parts77/44 • Burglar prevention 77/46 • Locking several wings simultaneously…77/52 • Locking one wing by shutting another77/54 • Automatic securing or unlocking of bolts triggered by certain vehicle parameters

79/02 • Mounting of vehicle locks or parts thereof…79/10 • Connections between movable lock parts…

81/02 • characterised by the type of actuators used…81/12 • characterised by the function or purpose of the powered actuators…81/24 • characterised by constructional features of the actuator or the power transmission……81/52 • Pneumatic or hydraulic circuits 81/54 • Electrical circuits…81/90 • Manual override in case of power failure

83/02 • Locks for railway freight-cars, freight containers or the like; Locks for the cargo compartments of commercial lorries, trucks or vans…83/16 • Locks for luggage compartments, car boot lids or car bonnets…83/28 • Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like…83/36 • Locks for passenger or like doors…

85/02 • Lock casings 85/04 • Strikers85/06 • Lock cylinder arrangements85/08 • Sill-buttons, garnish buttons or inner door lock knobs85/10 • Handles…85/20 • Bolts or detents…

About 120 new subgroups will be introduced

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Revision project F007 (IPC-2014.01)

H02S: Generation of electric power by using PV modulesNew subclass H02S will be created

H02S Generation of electric power by conversion of infra-red radiation, visible light or ultraviolet light, e.g. using photovoltaic [PV] modules (solar heat collectors F24J 2/00; obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H 1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H01L 31/00; thermoelectric devices H01L 35/00; pyroelectric devices H01L 37/00; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H01L 51/42)

6 main groups will be introduced

10/00 PV power plants; Combinations of PV energy systems with other systems for the generation of electric power

20/00 Supporting structures for PV modules

30/00 Structural details of PV modules other than those related to light conversion (semiconductor device aspects of modules of electrolytic light sensitive devices H01G 9/20, of inorganic PV modules H01L 31/00, of organic PV modules H01L 51/42)

40/00 Components or accessories in combination with PV modules, not provided for in groups H02S 10/00-H02S 30/00

50/00 Monitoring or testing of PV systems, e.g. load balancing or fault identification

99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

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H02S: Generation of electric power by using PV modules (cont.)

H02S Generation of electric power by conversion of infra-red radiation, visible light or ultraviolet light, e.g. using photovoltaic [PV] modules (solar heat collectors F24J 2/00; obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H 1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H01L 31/00; thermoelectric devices H01L 35/00; pyroelectric devices H01L 37/00; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H01L 51/42)

10/00 PV power plants; Combinations of PV energy systems with other systems for the generation of electric power

20/00 Supporting structures for PV modules

30/00 Structural details of PV modules other than those related to light conversion (semiconductor device aspects of modules of electrolytic light sensitive devices H01G 9/20, of inorganic PV modules H01L 31/00, of organic PV modules H01L 51/42)

40/00 Components or accessories in combination with PV modules, not provided for in groups H02S 10/00-H02S 30/00

50/00 Monitoring or testing of PV systems, e.g. load balancing or fault identification

99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

10/10 • including a supplementary source of electric power10/12 • • Hybrid wind-PV energy systems10/20 • Systems characterised by their energy storage means10/30 • Thermophotovoltaic systems10/40 • Mobile PV generator systems20/10 • Supporting structures directly fixed to the ground

20/20 • Supporting structures directly fixed to an immovable object20/21 • • specially adapted for motorways20/22 • • specially adapted for buildings20/23 • • • specially adapted for roof structures20/24 • • • • specially adapted for flat roofs20/25 • • • • Roof tile elements20/26 • • • Building materials integrated with PV modules20/30 • Supporting structures being movable or adjustable20/32 • • specially adapted for solar tracking

30/10 • Frame structures30/20 • Collapsible or foldable PV modules40/10 • Cleaning arrangements

40/12 • • Means for removing snow40/20 • Optical components40/22 • • Light-reflecting or light-concentrating means 40/30 • Electrical components40/32 • • comprising DC/AC inverter means associated with the PV module itself40/34 • • comprising specially adapted electrical connection means to be structurally associated with the PV module40/36 • • characterised by special electrical interconnection means between two or more PV modules40/38 • • Energy storage means, e.g. batteries, structurally associated with PV modules40/40 • Thermal components 40/42 • • Cooling means40/44 • • Means to utilise heat energy

50/10 • Testing of PV devices 50/15 • • using optical means, e.g. using electroluminescence

About 40 new subgroups will be introduced

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