A new EPO classification scheme for climate change mitigation technologies

World Patent Information

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-111

  Veefkind, V ^a   Hurtado Albir, J ^a   Angelucci, S ^a   Karachalios, K ^a   Thumm, N ^a  

^a EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CCMT; Clean energy; Climate change; EPO examiners; Patent classification; Patent trends; Tagging; Y02

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859835827     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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12. The Y02 class can be displayed and is searchable via: http://worldwide.espacenet.com/eclasrch%3Fclassification%3Decla%26locale%3Den_EP%26ECLA%3Dy02.