@article{24506, note = {Introduction Structure of the IPC The Strasbourg Agreement of 1971 IPC Reform IPC Publications and Electronic Products Use of the IPC for Classifying the Patent Documents of various countries Use of the IPC for the Retrieval of Patent documents Training in the use of IPC Annex.}, url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/24506}, title = {International Patent Classification}, abstract = {This publication of the eighth edition (2006) 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 the said Agreement. The eighth edition (2006) entered into force on January 1, 2006.}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.34667/tind.24506}, recid = {24506}, pages = {1 volume (various paging) ;}, }