EPO and USPTO Work Toward Joint Classification System

The EPO and the USPTO have agreed together to work toward the formation of a partnership to explore the development of a joint classification system based on the European Classification system (ECLA) that will incorporate the best classification practices of the two offices.

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30 March 2012: The material presented at the CPC workshop on 23 March 2012 in Vienna, Austria, is now available in the "Publications" section