The Strasbourg Agreement on the International Classification of Patents, dated March 4, aims to establish a global unified system for the classification of patents and inventor certificates. The agreement promotes international cooperation in industrial property and is based on the European Agreement of 1954. It includes the establishment of a special union for the signatory countries and specifies the use of a common classification in both English and French. Each country has the right to use t...
Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification