Beschreibung:
To begin with I should explain my relatively short acquaintance with documentation matters. Until three and a half years ago my experience was entirely on the examining side of the Patent Office and my acquaintance with the documentation side (or classification section as it is more familiarly known in the Patent Office) was limited to reorganizing several of my search files. Due to a series of retirements at the office I suddenly found myself translated to the Classification Section with the need to catch up very rapidly on classification theory and practice as it applied to patent documents, and in particular to become acquainted with the international organizations operative in this field.