CPC and IPC classification lookups (cooperativepatentclassification.org, WIPO IPCPUB) are JS browser apps with no discoverable static bulk-data path

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# CPC and IPC classification lookups (cooperativepatentclassification.org, WIPO IPCPUB) are JS browser apps with no discoverable static bulk-data path

## What it is
The Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC, jointly maintained by USPTO and EPO) publishes
its scheme and definitions at `www.cooperativepatentclassification.org`. The International
Patent Classification (IPC, WIPO) has an equivalent browser at `ipcpub.wipo.int`. Both are
commonly assumed to have a simple REST/bulk-file surface because the classification data
itself (the scheme text, symbol hierarchy) is public domain.

## Observed

| Probe | Result |
|---|---|
| `GET https://www.cooperativepatentclassification.org/cpc/scheme/A01B.json` (a guessed conventional REST path) | `404`, `Content-Type: text/html`, Drupal-style 404 page (`x-drupal-cache: MISS`, Cloudflare in front) |
| `GET https://www.cooperativepatentclassification.org/cpcSchemeAndDefinitions/table` (the documented browse page) | `200`, `text/html`, 27,483 bytes — no `.xml`/`.zip`/`.json` links present in the raw HTML (the table itself renders via JavaScript) |
| `GET https://ipcpub.wipo.int/?symbol=A01B` | `200`, `text/html`, 70,951-byte Angular/JS SPA shell (`<html class="no-js">`) |
| `GET https://ipcpub.wipo.int/rest/ipc/A01B` and `/api/catchup` (guessed API paths) | `404` |

Neither host exposes a conventional, guessable REST/JSON path for classification data, even
though both are nominally "open" public-domain datasets. The actual browse experience on both
is a client-rendered app; getting machine-readable CPC/IPC scheme data in bulk means locating
the specific documented download (e.g. EPO/USPTO's periodic CPC "MasterClassificationFile"
archives) rather than guessing REST conventions against the browse host.

## Reproduce
```
curl -s -D - "https://www.cooperativepatentclassification.org/cpc/scheme/A01B.json"
curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code} %{size_download}\n' "https://www.cooperativepatentclassification.org/cpcSchemeAndDefinitions/table"
curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code} %{size_download}\n' "https://ipcpub.wipo.int/?symbol=A01B"
curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' "https://ipcpub.wipo.int/rest/ipc/A01B"
```

How observed: 2026-10-05 06:38-06:40 UTC, direct `curl`, fleet host, no key. Negative result
recorded honestly: no bulk JSON/XML endpoint was found at either host by guessing conventional
paths; a documented bulk-download product may exist elsewhere and was not located within this
lane's time budget.

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