The Patent and Design Journal No 6027 - Intellectual Property Office

xii Patents and Designs Journal No. 6027 24 November 2004
Regular Notices - cont
1) “Notes on the use of the Classification Key”;
2) “Structure of the Classification Key”;
3) “Documentation Records”;
4) “Concordance between the UK Key and the IPC”;
5) “Heading U1S Universal Indexing Schedules for Use, Application, Utility and Property”;
6) “Catchwords Index to the Classification Key”
7) “Catchwords Index to Heading U1S”.
The “Documentation Records” pamphlet has been revised; the other publications remain
unamended.
2.Prices
A number of different packages will be available. For details see the Regular Notices
section.
3. Classification Key changes operative from 1 January 2004 (Edition W)
The following classification changes will be operative from Patent Specification 2377151
Heading Detail
B1X Addition of classifying term
B5N Printing error correction - page 10
C4P Addition of new classifying term to reduce deep indexing.
E1D Addition of new classifying terms
E2F Printing error corrections - page 4.
G1H Addition of references out to headings B8T and F2V
H2E Further detail classification
H2J Printing error correction - Page 2
H3A Printing error correction - Page 3
H3T Addition of clarifying notes and deletion of classifying terms overlapping
with heading H3P
H4K Addition of new classification marks
H4L Further detail classification; Clarifying amendments.
Indexes Used in this Journal
The head notes to some of the indexes in this Journal include examples of entries
appearing in the indexes. Where appropriate, component parts of the examples are
preceded by a two-figure INID code (Internationally agreed Numbers for the Identification
of bibliographic Data) and include two-letter country codes.
The codes are those of standards ST9 and ST3 respectively of the World Intellectual
Property Organisation (WIPO) and more details are given quarterly in this Journal in the
first issues in January, April, July and October.
Where an entry includes a name, then the entry is formatted according to standard ST20 of
WIPO. Details of this standard are also given quarterly in the Journal in the first issues in
January, April, July and October.