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Digest of United States Practice in International Law 2003
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The Office of the Legal Adviser publishes the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law to provide the public with a historical record of the views and practice of the Government of the United States in public and private international law. In his introduction to the 2003 volume, then Legal Adviser William H. Taft IV stated in part: "The year 2003 witnessed a number of significant developments in the field of international law. The military campaign to oust Saddam Hussein and his regime in Iraq and the continuing effort to locate Osama bin Laden and his supporters gave rise to many important legal issues, including those related to the lawful use of force, the response to international terrorism, and compliance with international humanitarian law. Beyond Iraq and Afghanistan, of course, many other situations affecting international security and stability generated complicated and sensitive issues for the world community and its lawyers. . . ." "The year was also marked by a series of significant cases and decisions in domestic courts and international tribunals related to international law and practice. The International Court of Justice in The Hague handed down its decision on preliminary measures in the Avena case brought by Mexico under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, as well as its judgment in the Oil Platforms case (Iran v. United States). By agreement the Lockerbie case (Libya v. United States) before the ICJ was discontinued. Ongoing litigation in our domestic courts concerned fundamental issues arising under two important U.S. statutes, the Alien Tort Statute of 1789 and the 1976 Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Other cases began to address issues related to the status and rights of detainees in Guantanamo and the United States. Significant decisions were rendered in several cases by NAFTA tribunals. And the United States made several major submissions in government-to-government and interpretative cases pending before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal. We were also active in bringing and defending claims under the dispute resolution mechanisms of the WTO. . . ."
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DoD Vclips - Bloggers Roundtable
National Security and Veterans Affairs
bloggers, military, journalist, soldier, news, ...
An RSS feed documenting the weekly discussion between senior military & civilian leaders and bloggers about operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
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Digest of United States Practice in International Law 2005
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The Office of the Legal Adviser publishes the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law to provide the public with a historical record of the views and practice of the Government of the United States in public and private international law. In his introduction to the 2005 volume, Legal Adviser John B. Bellinger, III, stated in part: "The year included, for example, extensive U.S. engagement in further developing the international framework for protecting against terrorist acts. The United States signed the UN International Convention for the Suppression of Nuclear Terrorism the day it was opened for signature and joined in adoption of the text of amendments to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and to the UN Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and the related Fixed Platforms Protocol. In this hemisphere, the Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism entered into force for the United States . . . . "On another front, the United States became party to the Transnational Organized Crime Convention and its important protocols on trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants. The United States submitted extensive periodic reports on its implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to the UN Human Rights Committee and of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment to the Committee Against Torture. "U.S. state and federal courts were another focus of continued attention. . . . "Transnational issues played key roles in an increasingly broader spectrum encompassing challenges such as marine pollution and preservation, communications, law enforcement, and trade disputes. Legal issues related to armed conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq remained prominent . . . Elsewhere in the world, the United States engaged with the international community in efforts to contain nuclear proliferation and to preserve and restore peaceful settlements to disputes within and between countries. . . ."
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Librarian Research Widget
Science and Technology
Information Bridge, news, WorldWideScience.org, ...
This site contains a widget accessing a variety of scientific and technical information sources from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). The widget allows you to search Science.gov, WorldWideScience.org, ScienceAccelerator, and DOE Information Bridge.
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Population Estimates
Population
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The Population Estimates Program publishes estimates of the population by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin for the nation, states, and counties. It also provides estimates of the total population for functioning governmental units.
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Digest of United States Practice in International Law 2004
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The Office of the Legal Adviser publishes the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law to provide the public with a historical record of the views and practice of the Government of the United States in public and private international law. "In his introduction to the 2004 volume, then Legal Adviser John B. Bellinger, III, stated in part: "Significant legal issues arose throughout 2004 related to the response to international terrorism, compliance with international human rights and humanitarian law, and arms control and nonproliferation throughout the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan, Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, North Korea, Iran, Libya and Sudan. To provide but a few examples, the United States entered into the first agreements under the Proliferation Security Initiative, Secretary Powell testified to the commission of genocide in Darfur, and the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions relating to detention of enemy combatants. "The United States also continued to be actively engaged, through negotiation of treaties, arbitrations, diplomatic initiatives, and domestic litigation, in legal issues related to global challenges including international criminal law, the law of the sea, environment, trade and investment, consular functions, privileges and immunities, international claims and state responsibility, commercial and family law, treaty practice, cultural property, and sanctions. In 2004, among other things, the United States undertook to implement a judgment of the International Court of Justice in Avena and other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States) concerning U.S. violations of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, and the U.S. Supreme Court issued opinions concerning retroactivity of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and international law violations providing a cause of action under the Alien Tort Statute. . . ."
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Digest of United States Practice in International Law 2000
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The Office of the Legal Adviser publishes the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law to provide the public with a historical record of the views and practice of the Government of the United States in public and private international law. The 2000 volume covers significant legal developments that occurred during 2000. The edition provides documentary excerpts and other information concerning developments in the areas of nationality, citizenship, and immigration (chapter 1); consular and judicial assistance and related issues (chapter 2), international criminal law (chapter 3); treaties and other international agreements (chapter 4); federal foreign affairs authority (chapter 5); human rights and humanitarian law (chapter 6); international organizations and multilateral institutions (chapter 7); international claims and state responsibility (chapter 8); diplomatic relations, continuity and succession of states (chapter 9); immunities and related issues (chapter 10); trade, commercial relations, investment and transportation (chapter 11); territorial regimes and related issues (chapter 12); environment and other transnational scientific issues (chapter 13); private international law (chapter 14); sanctions (chapter 15); and use of force and arms control (chapter 16). In his introduction to the 2000 Digest, then Legal Adviser William H. Taft IV provided an overview of the methodology used in preparing the volume and the history of the Digest.
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Digest of United States Practice in International Law 1989-1990
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The Office of the Legal Adviser publishes the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law to provide the public with a historical record of the views and practice of the Government of the United States in public and private international law. In his April 2003 introduction to the 1989-1990 Digest, then Legal Adviser William H. Taft IV stated in part: "The year 1989-90 was a transitional period in international relations, as the world community continued to deal with implications of the end of the Cold War and the unsteady emergence of a new era. Many of the tensions and ambiguities of the time are reflected in the documents excerpted in this volume. For example, the Immigration Act of 1990 was adopted against the background of domestic U.S. concerns about terrorism, admission of refugees and exclusion of aliens-issues that continue to be important today. Other significant domestic law issues involved reservations to treaties (in this case, the 1948 Genocide Convention), the application of doctrines of foreign sovereign immunity (the Wallenberg Case), the interplay between sanctions and foreign assistance (e.g., Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia and the German Democratic Republic), and the allocation of foreign affairs authority in our federal system. "At the same time, the volume records U.S. efforts to deal effectively with the legal dimensions of very diverse issues on the international plane, including the Iraqi attack on the U.S.S. Stark, the downing of Iran Air Flight 655, the deployment of U.S. armed forces in Panama, maritime interdiction incidents, irregular rendition of criminal suspects, and the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe. Concerns about human rights, terrorism, and the war on drugs are indicated by the adoption of domestic legislation implementing, or relating to the implementation of, the UN Convention on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the UN Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, the Montreal Protocol on Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports, and the IMO Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (negotiated in the aftermath of the Achille Lauro incident) and its related Protocol on Fixed Platforms. . . ."
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Digest of United States Practice in International Law 2002
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The Office of the Legal Adviser publishes the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law to provide the public with a historical record of the views and practice of the Government of the United States in public and private international law. "In his introduction to the 2002 volume, then Legal Adviser William H. Taft IV stated in part: "Calendar year 2002 gave rise to a broad range of significant and sometimes novel issues of international law. Many developments again highlighted the need to protect our national security against a different kind of enemy through the use of force in self-defense, non-proliferation and arms control efforts, the detention of unlawful enemy combatants and establishment of military commissions, continued counter-terrorism efforts, the imposition of sanctions, and the freezing of governmental assets, sometimes made available for payment of claims by individuals against terrorist states. At the same time, there were notable developments in non-confrontational contexts, including the fields of human rights, trade and investment, law of the sea, international claims and state responsibility, treaty practice, and international crime. . . ."
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WorldWideScience.org
Science and Technology
multilingual, China, Russian, INIS, Ireland, ...
A global science gateway connecting to scientific databases and portals from over seventy-five countries and international organizations . WorldWideScience.org was developed on behalf of the WorldWideScience Alliance and is maintained by the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). The WorldWideScience Alliance, a multilateral partnership, consists of participating member countries and provides the governance structure for WorldWideScience.org. WorldWideScience Alliance Members: Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) - Canada Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) - China VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) - Finland Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST) - France International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) International Nuclear Information System (INIS) Health Service Executive (HSE) - Ireland German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) - Germany Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) - Japan Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) - Korea Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Venezuela Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - South Africa British Library - United Kingdom Science.gov Alliance - United States African Journals Online (AJOL) - Representing 24 African Countries International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)
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WorldWideScience.org Widget
Science and Technology
multilingual, China, INIS, Ireland, ...
This widget searches a global science gateway connecting to scientific databases and portals from over seventy-five countries and international organizations . WorldWideScience.org was developed on behalf of the WorldWideScience Alliance and is maintained by the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information. The WorldWideScience Alliance, a multilateral partnership, consists of participating member countries and provides the governance structure for WorldWideScience.org. WorldWideScience Alliance Members: Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) - Canada Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) - China VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) - Finland Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST) - France International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) International Nuclear Information System (INIS) Health Service Executive (HSE) - Ireland German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) - Germany Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) - Japan Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) - Korea Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Venezuela Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - South Africa British Library - United Kingdom Science.gov Alliance - United States African Journals Online (AJOL) - Representing 24 African Countries International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)
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Digest of United States Practice in International Law 2006
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The Office of the Legal Adviser publishes the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law to provide the public with a historical record of the views and practice of the Government of the United States in public and private international law. In his introduction to the 2006 Digest, Legal Adviser John B. Bellinger, III, stated in part: "During 2006 my colleagues and I continued to engage our international partners in intensive discussions about the appropriate legal framework for the detention and treatment of international terrorists. . . . Armed conflicts during the year including those involving Israel, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, and Iraq raised other issues related to the law of war. "The United States welcomed the International Committee of the Red Cross' study on the customary international law of the law of war and provided what we believe are constructive initial comments on certain aspects of methodology that raise questions about the study's conclusions. "But these issues were, of course, only one facet of the office's practice during the year. The United States dispatched to Geneva two separate large, senior-level interagency delegations to present and discuss with the UN Committee Against Torture and the Human Rights Committee U.S. implementation of its obligations under the Convention Against Torture and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. . . . "The office continued to play a leading role in the development of U.S. treaty law and practice. . . . "In U.S. courts, the year saw further developments related to the applicability of the Alien Tort Statute, U.S. consular notification obligations under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, and the scope of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, including several Supreme Court decisions on consular notification and immunities. . . ."
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Digest of United States Practice in International Law 2007
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The Office of the Legal Adviser publishes the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law to provide the public with a historical record of the views and practice of the Government of the United States in public and private international law. In his introduction to the 2007 Digest, then Legal Adviser John B. Bellinger, III, stated in part: "During 2006 my colleagues and I continued to engage our international partners in intensive discussions about the appropriate legal framework for the detention and treatment of international terrorists. . . . Armed conflicts during the year including those involving Israel, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, and Iraq raised other issues related to the law of war. "The United States welcomed the International Committee of the Red Cross' study on the customary international law of the law of war and provided what we believe are constructive initial comments on certain aspects of methodology that raise questions about the study's conclusions. "But these issues were, of course, only one facet of the office's practice during the year. The United States dispatched to Geneva two separate large, senior-level interagency delegations to present and discuss with the UN Committee Against Torture and the Human Rights Committee U.S. implementation of its obligations under the Convention Against Torture and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. . . . "The office continued to play a leading role in the development of U.S. treaty law and practice. . . . "In U.S. courts, the year saw further developments related to the applicability of the Alien Tort Statute, U.S. consular notification obligations under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, and the scope of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, including several Supreme Court decisions on consular notification and immunities. . . ."
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Digest of United States Practice in International Law 2001
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The Office of the Legal Adviser publishes the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law to provide the public with a historical record of the views and practice of the Government of the United States in public and private international law. "In his introduction to the 2001 volume, then Legal Adviser William H. Taft IV stated in part: "2001 will likely prove to have been a watershed in the development of international law. In this field, as in so many other ways, the tragic, traumatic events of September 11 altered the landscape of U.S. practice. Issues of use of force, self-defense, and counter-terrorism, which have always been important, have posed unforeseen challenges in unanticipated contexts. Policy makers have been confronted by new questions related to humanitarian law, the law of war, and international criminal law. The various domestic and international responses to terrorism, including economic and trade sanctions, the freezing and seizing of assets, claims for compensation, and civil litigation, have each generated new and unique problems, to which the legal responses continue to develop. "At the same time, 2001 witnessed many other significant developments not directly related to the events of September 11, both through United States participation in international fora and developments in the application of international law in the United States. These cover the full range of topics in international legal practice, from treaties to consular affairs, the environment, and private international law. . . ."
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Digest of Education Statistics: 2009
Education
teachers, kingerdarten, graduate, graduation, ...
This annual report provides a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of education from prekindergarten through graduate school. Topics in the Digest include: the number of schools and colleges; teachers; enrollments; graduates; educational attainment; finances; federal funds for education; employment and income of graduates; libraries; technology; and international comparisons. The 2009 edition of the Digest of Education Statistics is the 45th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The Digest has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). To qualify for inclusion in the Digest, material must be nationwide in scope and of current interest and value. The publication contains information on a variety of subjects in the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to data on educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons. Supplemental information on population trends, attitudes on education, education characteristics of the labor force, government finances, and economic trends provides background for evaluating education data. Although the Digest contains important information on federal education funding, more detailed information on federal activities is available from federal education program offices.
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Index to U.S. Patent Classification (a.k.a., Classification Index File) (02/2010 - 12/2010 (bimonthly))
Business Enterprise
inventor, innovation, intellectual property, IP, ...
Alphabetical list of subject headings which refer to specific classifications and subclassifications (classes/subclasses) of the U.S. Patent Classification System (i.e., technology categories). Also known as, the Classification or Class Index File. There are approximately 67,000 terms contained in this index. The format is ASCII text. Available on or before the 15th of each odd month and contains data through the end of the previous even month. Each new bimonthly file totally replaces the previous file. Approximately 1.1 MB (compressed) per bimonthly file. Available 6 times a year from https://eipweb.uspto.gov/2010/IndextoUSPatentClass/clasindx.zip No order/order form is required. For more information about USPTO classification information: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/opc/index.html
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The Condition of Education
Education
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An integrated collection of the indicators and analyses published in The Condition of Education 2000-2010. Some indicators may have been updated since they appeared in print. Tables presented in each special analysis are available for download. This Congressionally mandated annual report summarizes developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents indicators on the status and condition of education. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on significant national measures of the condition and progress of education. The report includes indicators in five main areas: (1) participation in education; (2) learner outcomes; (3) student effort and educational progress; (4) the contexts of elementary and secondary education; and (5) the contexts of postsecondary education.
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International Energy Statistics
Energy and Utilities
OECD oil supply, OPEC oil supply, coal, ...
Country specific data by year, month and quarter. Most data are available back to 1980. Fuel production, consumption, imports, exports, capacity, stocks, emissions, heat contents, and conversion factors; as well as population, as available for all fuels and countries.
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DoD Vclips - Top Stories
National Security and Veterans Affairs
military, features, soldier, news, military news, ...
An RSS video feed documenting top news stories featuring Defense Department officials and the services.
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Master Classification File (MCF) / Patent Grant (Classification Sequence) (02/2010 - 12/2010 (bimonthly))
Business Enterprise
inventor, innovation, intellectual property, IP, ...
Current U.S. classification information for all patent grants issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from 1790 to Present. Approximately 450 main divisions of technology, called classifications/classes, broken into approximately 150,000 subdivisions, called subclassifications/subclasses. Provided in classification sequence, by U.S. classification/subclassification (original and cross reference) followed by patent grant number. The format is ASCII text. Available on or before the 15th of each odd month and contains data through the end of the previous even month. Each new bimonthly file totally replaces the previous file. Approximately 119 MB (compressed) per bimonthly file. Available 6 times a year from https://eipweb.uspto.gov/2010/MasterClassPatentGrant/mcfcls.zip No order/order form is required. For more information about USPTO classification information: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/opc/index.html
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DoD Vclips - Defense Safety
National Security and Veterans Affairs
military, soldier, news, pentagon, investigation, ...
An RSS feed docuemnting the day's top news stories from throughout the DoD on crashes, investigation, and cleanup around the world.
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Patent Classification Bimonthly Files (1790 - Present)
Business Enterprise
inventor, innovation, intellectual property, IP, ...
Master Classification File (MCF) / Patent Application (Patent Application Sequence) - Current U.S. classification information for all patent application publications (non-provisional utility and plant) published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from March 15, 2001 to Present. Approximately 450 main divisions of technology, called classifications/classes, broken into approximately 150,000 subdivisions, called subclassifications/subclasses. Provided in published patent application number sequence (ascending) with the current U.S. original classification/subclassification and any cross-reference classification/subclassifications. The format is ASCII text. Available on or before the 15th of each odd month and contains data through the end of the previous even month. Each new bimonthly file totally replaces the previous file. Approximately 23 MB (compressed) per bimonthly file. Master Classification File (MCF) / Patent Grant (Patent Grant Sequence or Classification Sequence) - Current U.S. classification information for all patent grants issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from 1790 to Present. Approximately 450 main divisions of technology, called classifications/classes, broken into approximately 150,000 subdivisions, called subclassifications/subclasses. Provided in patent grant sequence (ascending) by patent grant number with the current U.S. original classification/subclassification and any cross-reference classification/subclassifications or by classification sequence (ascending) by U.S. classification/subclassification (original and cross reference) followed by patent grant number. The format is ASCII text. Available on or before the 15th of each odd month and contains data through the end of the previous even month. Each new bimonthly file totally replaces the previous file. Approximately 121 MB (compressed) per bimonthly file. Manual of Classification (a.k.a., Classification Text Attribute File (CTAF)) - Numbers and descriptive titles of the patent classifications and subclassifications (classes/subclasses) for approximately 450 classes and approximately 150,000 subclasses of the U.S. Patent Classification (USPC) System. This file is the electronic version of the paper version of the Manual of Classification. The format is ASCII text. Available on or before the 15th of each odd month and contains data through the end of the previous even month. Each new bimonthly file totally replaces the previous file. Approximately 2.9 MB (compressed) per bimonthly file. Index to U.S. Patent Classification (a.k.a., Classification Index File) - Alphabetical list of subject headings which refer to specific classifications and subclassifications (classes/subclasses) of the U.S. Patent Classification System - (i.e., technology categories). Also known as, the Classification or Class Index File. There are approximately 67,000 terms contained in this index. The format is ASCII text. Available on or before the 15th of each odd month and contains data through the end of the previous even month. Each new bimonthly file totally replaces the previous file. Approximately 1.1 MB (compressed) per bimonthly file.
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