Understanding FI and F-term Systems in Japan Patent Office
Explore the FI/F-term systems at the Japan Patent Office, including details on patent classification, characteristics, and F-terms. Learn about the indexing systems, multiple viewpoints, and themes associated with F-terms in the technical field.
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FI/F-term February 2020 JAPAN PATENT OFFICE 1
Index Outline of FI/F-term English Information on classification PMGS and IPC-FI-CPC scheme parallel viewer Revision and Reclassification Current status of FI system 2
Index Outline of FI/F-term English Information on classification PMGS and IPC-FI-CPC scheme parallel viewer Revision and Reclassification Current status of FI system 3
Patent Classification Systems in IPC and FI/F-term System Governance Number of Entries 70K Documentation coverage - almost all patent docs published worldwide IPC IPC/CE (Committee of Experts); supervised by WIPO FI/F-term JPO 190K/360K - JP docs 4
What is FI? Characteristics of FI FI IPC (File Index) [Features] Subdivision of IPC (around 190,000 items) Covers all technical fields Covers all JP patent documents Backlog reclassification Biannual revise to keep pace with technology development 190,000 entries 70,000 entries 5
FI - symbol IPC symbol ex) A61B 5/00 IPC symbol + extension symbol ex) A61B 5/00, 101 IPC symbol + extension symbol + file discrimination symbol ex) A61B 5/00, 101 A IPC symbol + file discrimination symbol ex) A61B 5/00 A A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes (radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00); Identification of persons A Measurement and recording device for diagnosis B Detection unit Z Others 101 Measuring colour, pressure or vibration of human body or parts thereof 101 A Colour measurement example of FI subdivisions for G06F9/00 6
What is F-term ? The entire technical field of FI, which has section A to section H, is divided into about 2600 areas and the areas are called theme About 1700 themes out of 2600 themes have F-terms , which are search keys and we analyze patent documents in each theme . The F-term indexing system is based on multiple viewpoints differing from those in FI. multiple viewpoints theme theme FI F-term 7
What is F-term ? Sample of F-term List Subject of theme Theme Code FI Coverage View point 8
What is Broad Facet? JPO has a national classification Facet in addition to FI and F-term Facet covers all the fields of FI (A section to H section) or the part of the fields of FI, e.g. subclasses or groups. The coverage of Facet can be set more broadly than that of F- term. Facet enables prior art search of viewpoints different from viewpoints in FI and F-term Symbol of Broad Facet Three Alphabet symbols Leftmost symbol is Z JPO has 22 Broad Facets including IoT related Facet, ZIT 9
File Index (FI) JP 2007-000000 A 2007.1.1 (JP) (12) (A) (A) (11) (19) (JP) 2007 2007- -000000 (P2007 (P2007- -000000 000000 000000A) A) (43) 19 19 1 1 1 1 (2007. (2007.1 1. .1 1) ) (51)Int.Cl. 12/345 12/345 12/34 67/89 (2006.04 4) ) 67/89 (2006.01) (2006.01) 9/87 (2006.01) 9/87 (2006.01) 9/87 67/89 (2006.0 12/345 (2006.07) 12/345 theme 34/56 (2007.01) 34:56 2 7 A front page of publication 10
Index Outline of FI/F-term English Information on classification PMGS and IPC-FI-CPC scheme parallel viewer Revision and Reclassification Current status of FI/F-term system 11
JPO website on Classification https://www.jpo.go.jp/e/system/patent/gaiyo/seido-bunrui/index.html 12
PMGS (Patent Map Guidance) https://www.jpo.go.jp/e/system/patent/gaiyo/seido-bunrui/index.html 13
PMGS (Patent Map Guidance) https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/p1101 14
IPC-FI-CPC scheme parallel viewer https://www.jpo.go.jp/e/system/patent/gaiyo/seido-bunrui/index.html 15
IPC-FI-CPC scheme parallel viewer CPC FI IPC http://www.jpo.go.jp/cgi/cgi-bin/search-portal/narabe_tool_e/narabe_e.cgi
IPC-FI-CPC parallel viewer Keyword searchable Link to the scheme http://www.jpo.go.jp/cgi/cgi-bin/search-portal/narabe_tool_e/narabe_e.cgi
Index Outline of FI/F-term English Information on classification PMGS and IPC-FI-CPC scheme parallel viewer Revision and Reclassification Current status of FI/F-term revision FI system reform Updating FI scheme according to the latest version of IPC 18
JPO website on classification https://www.jpo.go.jp/e/system/patent/gaiyo/seido-bunrui/index.html 19
Index Outline of FI/F-term English Information on classification PMGS and IPC-FI-CPC scheme parallel viewer Revision and Reclassification Current status of FI system 20
FI system FI system FI revision corresponding to new IPC publication twice a year FI revision in Nov 2019 before new IPC entering into force in Jan 2020 Advantage Backlog and deliver reclassification data into the MCD can be reduced quickly. FI revision schedule 1strevision 1strevision 2ndrevision 2ndrevision Jun. 2020 2020 Jun. 2019 2019 Jan. Jan. Jan. IPC schedule New IPC publication (IPC2020) New IPC publication (IPC2019) New IPC publication (IPC2021) Jun. Jun. Jan. Jan. Jan. IPC/RWG IPC/RWG IPC/RWG IPC/RWG IPC/RWG 21
Rate for FI corresponding to the latest IPC Upon completion of FI revision in Nov. 2019, rate of FI adopting the latest IPC reached approximately 99.6 %. 100% 4500 4000 99% 3500 98% 3000 97% 2500 96% 2000 95% 1500 94% 1000 93% 500 92% 0 2015.11 2016.4 2016.11 2017.4 2017.11 2018.4 2018.11 2019.04 2019.11 Rate of FI adopting the latest version of IPC (based on Main group) Number of new entries on FI scheme 22
