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4 February 2015

29 January 2015 A new e-learning course "Using CPC in classification" is now available. This course is sub-divided into four progressive levels:

15 January 2015 As announced, the 2015.01 version of the CPC scheme which was pre-released on 8 December 2014 is now in force.

12 January 2015 The EPO and USPTO have agreed to introduce improvements to the schema's of the CPC scheme and definitions. The changes will enter into force with the April 2015 scheme revisions.

2 December 2014 As of today the material concerning the January 2015 CPC scheme version (2015.01) is available via the "Pre-release" area of the website.

1 December 2014 As announced, the 2014.12 version of the CPC scheme which was pre-released on 4 November 2014 is now in force.

4 November 2014 As of today the material concerning the December 2014 CPC scheme version (2014-12) is available via the "Pre-release" area of the website.

1 November 2014 As announced, the 2014.11 version of the CPC scheme which was pre-released on 7 October 2014 is now in force.

7 October 2014 As of today the material concerning the October 2014 CPC scheme version (2014-10) is available via the "Pre-release" area of the website.

1 October 2014 As announced, the 2014.10 version of the CPC scheme which was pre-released on 24 September 2014 is now in force.