TY - GEN N2 - Provides for a common classification for patents for invention including published patent applications, inventors' certificates, utility models and utility certificates. This edition (the eighth) enters into the force on January 1, 2006. AB - Provides for a common classification for patents for invention including published patent applications, inventors' certificates, utility models and utility certificates. This edition (the eighth) enters into the force on January 1, 2006. T1 - International patent classification. ET - Eighth edition. VL - No. 560e 5/8 CN - K1516.A41971 CN - T255.F4 LA - fre N1 - ToC Volume 1 Sections A & B Section A: Human Necessities Section B: Performing Operations; Transporting Volume 2 Sections C & D Section C: Chemistry; Metallurgy Section D: Textiles; Papers Volume 3 Sections E & F Section E: Fixed constructions Section F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting Volume 4 Sections G and H Section G: Physics Section H: Electricity Volume 5 Guide to the IPC. N1 - "Constitutes the core level of the authentic English version of the Classification provided for in the Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (of 1971). The version of the Classification contained in this edition represents the result of the revision of the previous seventh edition and the reform of the Classification which was carried out, from 1999 to 2005, by the Committee of Experts set up under said Agreement. The eighth edition (2006) entered into force on January 1, 2006"--Title page verso. ID - 13776 KW - Patents KW - Intellectual property KW - Patent literature. KW - Patents. KW - INTERNATIONAL PATENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM KW - INTERNATIONAL PATENT CLASSIFICATION (IPC) TI - International patent classification. ER -