IPC/CE/37/6

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WIPO / / E
IPC/CE/37/6
ORIGINAL: English
DATE: January 16, 2006
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
GENEVA

special union for the international patent classification
(ipc union)

COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS

Thirty-Seventh Session

Geneva, February 14 to 17, 2006

AMENDMENTS TO THE IPC

Document prepared by the Secretariat

1.The amendments to the IPC contained in the Technical Annexes to this document have been approved by the IPC Revision Working Group at its thirteenth and fourteenth sessions and are herewith submitted to the Committee of Experts for adoption. These amendments concern the following IPC classes and subclasses:

Area

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Annex

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Project

C10L / 1 / WG012
C12 / 2 / WG012
C12S / 3 / WG012
G02C / 4 / WG013

2.The amendments referred to in the preceding paragraph have been compiled by the International Bureau from the following Annexes to, or paragraphs of, the reports of the IPCRevision Working Group (in the order of the revision projects):

Project/
Projet / Class or subclass affected/
Classe ou sous-classe touchée / Approved amendments contained in Annex .. to (or paragraph .. of) document IPC/WG/-/
Modifications approuvées contenues dans l’annexe .. (ou le paragraphe ..) du document IPC/WG/-
14/3 / 13/5
E / F / E / F
WG012 / C10L / 2E / 2F
C12 / 3F / para. 10
C12S / 4F / para. 10
WG013 / G02C / para. 10 / para. 10

3.The Committee of Experts is invited to adopt the amendments to the IPC proposed in Technical Annexes 1 to 4 to this document.

[Technical Annexes follow]

IPC/CE/37/6

Technical Annexes

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ANNEX1EC10L[ProjectRapporteur : WG012/IB]

Title / – – – BY SUBCLASSES C10G OR C10K; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; Use of additives to fuels or fires; FIRE-LIGHTERS

ANNEX2EC12[ProjectRapporteur : WG012/IB]

Note(s) after title / (1)Between subclasses C12M to C12Q, and within each of these subclasses, in the absence of an indication to the contrary, classification is made in the last appropriate place. For example, a fermentation or enzyme-using process involving condition-responsive control is classified in subclass C12Q.
(2)– – –
(3)In this class, unless ---

ANNEX3EC12S[ProjectRapporteur : WG012/IB]

Note(s) after title / (2)Attention is drawn to Notes (2) and (3) following the title ---
N / (3)In this subclass, in the absence of an indication to the contrary, classification is made in the last appropriate place.
(4)<Former Note (3)>

ANNEX4EG02C[ProjectRapporteur : WG013/IB]

Title / --- AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES (trial frames for ---
Note(s) after title / This subclass also covers monocles, pince-nez or lorgnettes.
7/04 / <Unchanged>

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