IPC/WG/7/7

Annex I, page 1

TREATMENT OF SEPARATE INDEXING SCHEMES IN THE IPC

The ad hoc IPC Reform Working Group made decisions on whether to abolish or to retain an indexing scheme taking into account, in particular, the statistics of the use of indexing schemes. In some cases, it also recommended additional actions such as conversion to a classification scheme. It should be recalled that all indexing schemes, to be abolished or to be retained, should be considered from the viewpoint as to whether it would be appropriate to convert them to classification schemes (see Guidelines for the Conversion of Existing IPC Indexing Schemes into Classification Schemes).

The following table shows all separate indexing schemes in the IPC, decisions made by the ad hoc IPC Reform Working Group, offices-rapporteurs responsible for the preparation of the proposals relating to each indexing scheme and decisions made by the IPC Revision WorkingGroup.

Indexing Scheme / Decision
by IPC/REF / Rapporteur / Decision
by IPC/WG
A 01 D 101:00, 103:00 / Abolish / SE
A 01 D 151:00 / Retain / SE
A 61 B 101:00 / Retain
A 61 F 101:00 – 105:00 / Retain
A 61 F 111:00, 113:00 / Retain
A 61 K 101:00, 103:00 / Abolish / SE
A 61 K 121:00, 123:00 / Abolish/Convert / SE / Abolish
A 61 L 101:00 / Retain
A 63 B 101:00, 103:00 / Abolish / GB
B 01 D 101:00 / Abolish
B 01 D 111:00 – 119:00 / Abolish
B 01 D 131:00 – 141:00 / Abolish
B 01 D 151:00 – 161:00 / Abolish
B 01 D 171:00 – 187:00 / Abolish
B 01 J 101:00 – 105:00 / Abolish
B 03 D 101:00, 103:00 / Abolish
B 08 B 101:00 / Abolish
B 09 C 101:00 / Retain/Clarify
B 21 B 108:00 / Retain
B 23 K 101:00, 103:00 / Abolish
B 29 K / Retain
B 29 L / Retain
B 42 D 101:00 – 121:00 / Retain/Convert
B 42 D 201:00 – 227:00 / Abolish
B 60 C 101:00 – 125:00 / Abolish
B 60 T 101:00 – 105:00 / Abolish
B 62 D 101:00 – 137:00 / Retain / DE
B 62 D 151:00 – 155:00 / Retain / DE
B 65 D 101:00 / Abolish / SE
B 65 D 111:00, 113:00 / Abolish / SE
C 02 F 101:00 / Retain / GB / Retain
C 02 F 103:00 / Retain / GB / Retain
C 04 B 101:00 / Abolish / EP / Abolish
C 04 B 103:00 / Retain / EP / Retain
C 04 B 111:00 / Retain / EP / Retain
C 07 K 101:00 – 123:00 / Abolish
C 07 M / Abolish / IE
C 08 G 101:00 / Retain/Convert, transfer to C08J / EP
C 09 K 101:00 – 109:00 / Retain
C 10 N / Retain
C 12 R / Abolish / IE
C 22 C 101:00 – 121:00 / Retain / EP
C 22 K / Abolish
D 06 M 101:00 / Retain
E 01 D 101:00 / Retain
E 04 B 101:00 / Abolish / DE
E 04 B 103:00 / Abolish / DE
F 16 D 101:00 – 113:00 / Abolish
F 16 F 101:00, 103:00 / Abolish
F 16 H 101:00 – 109:00 / Retain / EP
F 16 L 101:00 / Retain
F 21 W / Retain
F 21 Y / Retain
F 23 C 101:00 / Retain / SE
G 01B 101:00 – 121:00 / Abolish / DE
G 06 F 101:00 / Abolish / EP
G 06 F 151:00 – 171:00 / Abolish / EP
G 10 L 101:00 / Retain / IB
H 01 L 101:00 / Abolish / RU
H 01 R 101:00 – 107:00 / Retain / NO
H 04 N 101:00 / Retain / EP

TREATMENT OF DOUBLE-PURPOSE SCHEMES

According to the decision of the ad hoc IPC Reform Working Group, double-purpose use of classification groups (as classification symbols and indexing codes) should be abolished. These groups should be considered for use for multiple classification, more precisely, for classification of additional information. Notes explaining this use should be elaborated for each scheme from the list below.

SCHEMES / RAPPORTEUR
A 01 N 25/00 – 65/00 / SE
A 61 K 31/00 – 47/00 / SE
B 01 J 21/00 – 31/00 / GB
B 63 B 35/79 / SE
C 02 F 1/00 – 7/00 / EP
C 03 C 25/24 – 25/44 / DE
C 04 B 7/00 – 28/00 / EP
C 05 / EP
C 07 D 203/00 – 347/00 / DE
C 07 D 451/00 – 517/00 / DE
C 08 F 210/00 – 238/00 / GB
C 08 K / GB
C 08 L / GB
C 09 D 101/00 – 201/00 / EP
C 09 J 101/00 – 201/00 / EP
C 10 M 101/00 – 167/00 / SE
C 11 D 1/00 – 9/00 / GB
C 21 D 1/02 – 1/84 / DE
C 22 B 11/00 – 61/00 / DE
C 22 C 38/02 – 38/60 / DE
D 21 H 11/00 – 25/00 / SE
F 16 H 48/06 – 48/30 / EP
F 16 H 59/00, 63/00 / EP
G 10L 15/02 – 15/22 / IB

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