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oselection of IPC? For convenience, as most ECLA and IPC marks will be equivalent you can set the Classtool to select IPC marks automatically upon ECLA mark selection.? This is available by selecting the Options button on the main toolbar.For InnovationSelected Marks? When all marks have been chosen the Selected ECLA and IPC windows should look something like this.For InnovationExporting marks? Once all relevant marks have been selected, you can export these to PROSE (and thence to OPTICS) by selecting the Export button.For Innovation5. Conclusion For InnovationOverall implementationprocess? IT solutions were a typically British promise? We used and adapted our own (elderly) systems by bolting on new ponents inspired by other people’s practice? Didn’t cost much and it works!? Training programme well received? Implementation has gone very smoothlyFor Innovation Thanks for your attention!John EarleyThe Patent OfficeConcept House, Cardiff RoadNewport, South WalesNP10 8, UKTel +44 1633 814350For Innovation? 靜夜四無 鄰 ,荒居舊 業(yè)貧 。 we decided to leave them out? We later found out that they are falling out of favour at EPOFor InnovationReliability of official data? EPO’s ECLA XML files problematical, even now? Errors: typos, bits missing (. whole of G11), bits duplicated, ICO classes hard to access by normal hierarchical progression。 new has 50 characters? “Old” OPTICS could not take that? Solution: new database created for ECLA and IPC8 data, bolted on to OPTICS? Some existing functionality needed to be removed。 this was weled by many!? Extra year eased our preparationsFor InnovationEPO ask UK to “participate in ECLA classification”? Herwig Pauwels (EPO) asked us in 2023? Reasons: to widen coverage of EPOQUE to include documents not previously classified to ECLA in the case of GB documents, to save EPO classification effort? UK agreed at a “high level” in 2023For InnovationDecisions on ECLA/IPC8? Feb 2023 – paper on IT aspects of new IPC ? Senior management ment “I want us to walk so close to the EPO that we could win a 3legged race”? Dec 2023 – decision to classify UK patent applications on ECLA。 automatic conversion of ECLA terms to generate AL IPC8 termsFor InnovationPreparatory consultationsMany avenues of consultation including:? EPO Member States meetings in The Hague? Many mee