IPC Statistics Results

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WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION

SPECIAL UNION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PATENT CLASSIFICATION

(IPC UNION)

IPC statistics Results

Date / By / Version / Status / Modification
March 13, 2007 / Moles / 0.1 / Draft / Creation
July 8, 2008 / Conde / 1.0
July 30, 2010 / Conde / 2.0 / Final / CE41 modifications

Contact: WIPO: Patrick FIÉVET ()

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2

2 References 2

3 Summary of statistics 2

4 Specific statistic description 2

4.1 Number of Sections. 2

4.2 Number of Classes 2

4.3 Number of subclasses 2

4.4 Number of Main-groups 2

4.5 Number of Sub-groups 2

5 Totals by Section for the IPC 2

5.1 Total number of Subclasses 2

5.2 Total number of main-groups 2

5.3 Total number of subgroups 2

5.4 Total number of IPC groups 2

Reformed IPC statistics Results 2/3

1  Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to link to the results for the statistics obtained for the IPC. The content of these statistics is precisely defined in the document “IPC_statistics-specification_V2.0”.

The statistics have been obtained from the validity file querying it through an Access database. The results are presented in an Excel worksheet linked directly to the Access query, so when the result of the query changes, the worksheet is updated automatically.

2  References

·  “IPC_statistics-specification_V2.0” -- Requirements specification

3  Summary of statistics

The following table summarizes the statistics obtained for the edition of 20150101. Next sections display the statistics described in the specification document in detail.

Summary

4  Specific statistic description

4.1  Number of Sections.

4.2  Number of Classes

4.3  Number of subclasses

4.4  Number of Main-groups

4.5  Number of Sub-groups

5  Totals by Section for the IPC

5.1  Total number of Subclasses

5.2  Total number of main-groups

5.3  Total number of subgroups

5.4  Total number of IPC groups

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