New WIPO designations for document kind

Stuart M Kaback (smkabac@erenj.com)
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 09:03:26 -0400

An open letter to all, but most especially to the people at WIPO. Over the
past several weeks I have come across three new designations of PCT
publications: B1, C1, and now C2. A check of my copy of the WIPO handbook
fails to show them, and I'm not aware of any announcement of the
commencement of such designations, but that may well be my own fault.

My investigation of the three types I've found turned up the following:
Two B1 documents had amended claims. The C1 document had a corrected
front page in which a figure that had nothing to do with the document was
removed from the abstract. The C2 now turns out to be a new listing of
designated states and designated countries for regional patents.

Are there any more of these new beasts out there? Has there been any
announcement of their inception? In short, what's up?

Stu Kaback