Patent Classification

Course: Patent Classification

• General

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• Introduction to the CPC

  This course is an introduction to the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC). Designed for the needs of the general user, it contains an overview of the CPC's structure and naming conventions, along with information about the transition periods from existing systems and the main differences when searching with the CPC.

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    Introduction to the CPC URL
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    Here you find the recording of a webinar presented by Antony Fonderson, EPO, on 18 November 2015.
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    Introduction to Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Streaming
• Y02 - climate change mitigation technologies

  • Growing awareness of the possible consequences of greenhouse gas emissions has led to increased investment in the search for technologies with the potential to reduce such emissions. The significant increase in patenting in related fields and the need to be able to retrieve this information easily has resulted in the development of Y02, the new classification scheme for climate change mitigation technologies.
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    Y02 | e-learning module URL
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    Clean energy brochure File