EPO and USPTO launched the Cooperative Patent Classification System

The CPC is the result of a partnership between the EPO and the USPTO in their joint effort to develop a common, internationally compatible classification system for technical documents, in particular patent publications, which will be used by both offices in the patent granting process.

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10 April 2015

Reminder: The 2nd CPC Annual meeting with industry users will be taking place on 14 April 2015 in Geneva. More information.

7 April 2015

The 2015.05 products are now available in the "Pre-release" area of www.cpcinfo.org