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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the South Korean Intellectual Property Office are expanding cooperation in patent classification activities, they said in a news release Thursday (http://1.usa.gov/1kGlqxy). South Korean regulators will increase the number of technical areas in which…

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they classify patent documents using the joint U.S.-EU Cooperative Patent Classification system, they said. PTO said the change will make it easier to find existing South Korean patents and apply for new patents in South Korea.