tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post5573770075318917523..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: If all EPO patent applications were laid end-to-end ...Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-69333030035929649402007-11-16T15:09:00.000+00:002007-11-16T15:09:00.000+00:00I'm not sure electronic processing is a cure for t...I'm not sure electronic processing is a cure for the need for pre-classification. Already there are tests of electronic means for automatic pre-classification (you only have to OCR documents which are, from the big applicants, normally of a good quality and this work doesn't need examiners). The manual or human pre-classification exists for the problem cases - and remember most applications at the EPO are PCT so the incoming format isn't controlled by the EPO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-66595240495892812372007-11-16T15:06:00.000+00:002007-11-16T15:06:00.000+00:00Actually, the UPP was hoping for 1500 files in the...Actually, the UPP was hoping for 1500 files in the first 12 months, not the 1000 they now say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com