Difference between revisions of "Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification"

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The Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (or IPC), also known as the IPC Agreement, was signed in Strasbourg, France, on March 24, 1971 and entered into force on October 7, 1975. It establishes a common classification for patents for invention, inventors’ certificates, utility models and utility certificates, known as the “International Patent Classification” (IPC).<ref>Article 1 of the Agreement</ref> The Agreement was amended on September 28, 1979.

States party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883) may become party to the Strasbourg Agreement.<ref>Article 12(1) of the Agreement</ref> As of May 2013, there are 62 contracting parties to the Strasbourg Agreement.<ref name="wipo contracting parties">WIPO web site, Contracting Parties > Strasbourg Agreement (Total Contracting Parties : 62). Consulted on 16 May 2013.</ref> The Holy See, the Iran and Liechtenstein signed the Agreement in 1971<ref>Article 16(1)(b) of the Agreement: "This Agreement shall remain open for signature at Strasbourg until September 30, 1971."</ref> but have not ratified it.<ref name="wipo contracting parties"/>

See also

• European Convention on the International Classification of Patents for Invention (1954)

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External links

• Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification in the WIPO Lex database — official website of WIPO.
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