tools

wipo_ipc.tools.convert_to_human(ipc_code: str) → str

Parameters:ipc_code – string representation of a IPC code in official form Returns:string representation of the input IPC code in human-friendly form Return type:str

Example

>>> convert_to_human("A61F0005580000")
"A61F 5/58"

wipo_ipc.tools.convert_to_official(ipc: str) → str

Parameters:ipc_code – string representation of a IPC code in human-friendly form Returns:string representation of the input IPC code in official form Return type:str

Example

>>> convert_to_official("A61F 5/58")
"A61F0005580000"

wipo_ipc.tools.get_pure_group(ipc_code: str) → str

Parameters:ipc_code – string representation of a full IPC code Returns:string representation of the group of the input ipc code Return type:str

Example

>>> get_pure_group("A61F0005580000")
A61F0005000000