classification-ipcr 

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* IPC DATA - NEW IPC8
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International Patent Classification (IPC) data;
    - to be implemented in 2006
    - use B510 for until week 52, 2005
    - see: http://www.wipo.int/scit/en/standards/pdf/03-08-01.pdf:
    
    Industrial property offices are asked to implement this new version of Standard ST.8 for all patent documents with a publication date from January 1, 2006, onwards. For patent documents published prior to that date, the previous version of the Standard should continue to be used.
    . . .
    This recording convention provides that symbols of the International Patent Classification (IPC) should be
    presented on machine-readable records for the exchange of information in machine-readable form in a fixed-length field in 50 positions, each part of the Int. Cl. symbol being recorded in specific positions and in the manner prescribed. 
    - this can be recorded within the <text> tag.
    
    Position(s)     Content                     Values
    
    1        Section                        A-H
    23        Class                         01-99
    4        Subclass                    A-Z
    5 to 8        Main Group (right aligned)            1-9999,  blank
    9        Separating character                / ("Slash")
    10 to 15    Subgroup (left aligned)                00-999999 blank
    16 to 19    For future use                    4 blanks
    20 to 27    Version indicator                YYYYMMDD date format
    28        Classification level                C, A, S
    29        First or later position of symbol        F, L
    30        Classification value (inventive or non-inventive)    I, N
    31 to 38    Action date                    YYYYMMDD date format
    39        Original or reclassified data            BRVD
    40        Source of classification data            H M G
    41-42        Generating office                AA ZZ (ST.3)
    43-50        For future use                    8 blanks

Element Information

Model

(ipc-version-indicator , classification-level{0,1} , section , class , subclass , main-group{0,1} , subgroup{0,1} , symbol-position{0,1} , classification-value{0,1} , action-date{0,1} , generating-office{0,1} , classification-status{0,1} , classification-data-source{0,1}) | text
Children: action-date, class, classification-data-source, classification-level, classification-status, classification-value, generating-office, ipc-version-indicator, main-group, section, subclass, subgroup, symbol-position, text

Attributes

QName Type Fixed Default Use Inheritable Annotation
id xs:ID optional
sequence xs:string optional

Source 

<xs:element name="classification-ipcr" type="classification-ipcrType">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>******************************* * IPC DATA - NEW IPC8 ******************************* International Patent Classification (IPC) data; - to be implemented in 2006 - use B510 for until week 52, 2005 - see: http://www.wipo.int/scit/en/standards/pdf/03-08-01.pdf: Industrial property offices are asked to implement this new version of Standard ST.8 for all patent documents with a publication date from January 1, 2006, onwards. For patent documents published prior to that date, the previous version of the Standard should continue to be used. . . . This recording convention provides that symbols of the International Patent Classification (IPC) should be presented on machine-readable records for the exchange of information in machine-readable form in a fixed-length field in 50 positions, each part of the Int. Cl. symbol being recorded in specific positions and in the manner prescribed. - this can be recorded within the <text> tag. Position(s) Content Values 1 Section A-H 23 Class 01-99 4 Subclass A-Z 5 to 8 Main Group (right aligned) 1-9999, blank 9 Separating character / ("Slash") 10 to 15 Subgroup (left aligned) 00-999999 blank 16 to 19 For future use 4 blanks 20 to 27 Version indicator YYYYMMDD date format 28 Classification level C, A, S 29 First or later position of symbol F, L 30 Classification value (inventive or non-inventive) I, N 31 to 38 Action date YYYYMMDD date format 39 Original or reclassified data BRVD 40 Source of classification data H M G 41-42 Generating office AA ZZ (ST.3) 43-50 For future use 8 blanks</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
</xs:element>

Sample