USPTO and EPO reach agreement on principles of Cooperative Patent Classification system

Feb 14, 2011

The EPO and the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) are pleased to report that agreement was reached on the principles of the new Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) at a meeting at the USPTO held on 29 November - 1 December 2010, and further developed at a meeting at the EPO in The Hague held on 24-26 January, 2011. (Source: European Patent Office)

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