International patent classification.

International patent classification.

Eighth edition.

168 pages ; [28] cm.

9789280514384 v. 1
9789280514391 v. 2
9789280514407 v. 3
9789280514414 v. 4
9789280514421 v. 5

E 348G1329 WIPO.IPC(8)

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.

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.
"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.

WIPO Publication ; No. 560e 5/8.

Geneva, Switzerland : World Intellectual Property Organization, 2005.

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