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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1 February 2016

The 2016.02 version of the CPC scheme is now in force.

As announced, the 2016.02 version of the CPC Scheme which was pre-released on 7 January 2016 is now in force.

 The 2016.05 version of the CPC scheme is now available in the pre-release area.