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at the UK Patent OfficeJohn Earley Project Manager, UKPO Geneva, July 2023 For InnovationContents1. Implementation of the Reformed IPC and ECLA2. IT aspects of implementation3. Examiner training and guidance4. Generating IPC8 terms using Classtool5. ConclusionFor Innovation 1. Implementation of the Reformed IPC and ECLAFor InnovationIntroduction? 20232023: UKPO classify on UKC and IPC7 and search on UKC and ECLA? We knew that IPC8 was due for introduction on 1 January 2023? … but it was postponed for one year at the request of the EPO。 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。 sends data weekly to EPO? Search engine for searching IPC7 and UKC data (but not keywords)For InnovationPROSE? PROSE (Patents Reporting of Searches and Examinations) interface used by examiners to record search/examination reports, classification data etc, sends data to OPTICS ? Used to record UKC and IPC7 only but can now record ECLA and IPC8。 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。 some parts of IPC schemes “not used in ECLA internal classification scheme” . parts of B65D。 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。 underlined part above may be wrongFor InnovationFOS solution? Alternatives: The “7” could be replaced by “8”, by a blank or varied depending on edition actually searched ? Does WIPO Standard prescribe a certain form for data item 58? No.? Decision: simple vari