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State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China IP5 Working Group 1 – Working Group on Classification The 5th Meeting March 21 - 24, 2011 State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China Beijing, China Report Introduction The fifth meeting of the IP5 WG1 - Working Group on Classification was held at the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing, China on March 21-25, 2011. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) participated as observer. The list of participants appears in Annex 1. The meeting was chaired by Mr. ZENG Zhihua, Director General of the Patent Documentation Department, SIPO.?Mr. ZENG welcomed the participants on behalf of SIPO. All participants expressed deep sympathy to Japanese people suffering from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted with one modification (Annex 2). REVIEW OF ACTION POINTS The Working Group discussed the Action Points (Annex 3). Action Points 41-43 and 47-51 were completed. Concerning Action Point 44, the USPTO will no longer pursue the inclusion of the USPC in the WIPO proposal, therefore the Action Point was closed. Action Points 45-46 were taken as agenda items. WIPO will provide information on the IPC reclassification tender by mid of April (new Action Point 52), and on further progress at the sixth session of the Working Group (new Action Point 53). Review of Pilot Projects The Working Group reviewed the six CHC pilot projects. F001 (G11B7/24): F001 was promoted to the IPC phase on 23 Aug 2010, and is very close to being approved by the IPC/WG. Work on the definitions is moving forward and approval is expected at the next meeting of the IPC/WG. F002 (G11B 7/12): F002 was promoted to the IPC phase on 15 Sep 2010. The proposed scheme was adopted at the IPC/CE 43. Work on the definitions is on-going. F003 (D04H): F003 was promoted to the IPC phase on 26 May 2010, and was adopted at the IPC/CE