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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.