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1 November 2015 As announced, the 2015.11 version of the CPC scheme which was pre-released on 6 October 2015 is now in force.  

21 October 2015 For the year 2016, the EPO and the USPTO have agreed on the following publication schedule for the 2016 CPC Scheme and corresponding products updates: - 2016.01 - 2016.02 - 2016.05

8 October 2015

6 October 2015 As of today the material concerning the November 2015 CPC scheme version (2015.11) is available via the "Pre-release" area of the website.

1 October 2015 As announced, the 2015.10 version of the CPC scheme which was pre-released on 1 September 2015 is now in force.  

1 September 2015 As of today the material concerning the October 2015 CPC scheme version (2015.10) is available via the "Pre-release" area of the website.

1 September 2015 As announced, the 2015.09 version of the CPC scheme which was pre-released on 4 August 2015 is now in force.  

4 August 2015 As of today the material concerning the September 2015 CPC scheme version (2015.09) is available via the "Pre-release" area of the website.

1 July 2015 As announced, the 2015.07 version of the CPC scheme which was pre-released on 2 June 2015 is now in force.  

2 June 2015 As of today the material concerning the July 2015 CPC scheme version (2015.07) is available via the "Pre-release" area of the website.