Trademark Assignments Documentation v0.4

DTD ELEMENT NAME

DESCRIPTION

trademark-assignment

Parent element for text file

version

Group element comprised of version-no and version-date

version-no

Indicates release number for DTD

version-date

Indicates release date of DTD

transaction-date

Indicates date data was extracted on

action-key-code

Indicates content of file relates to either a daily, weekly or annual release

assignment-information

Group element comprised of data-available-code or assignment-entry. Contains all data extracted for time period shown in action-key-code

data-available-code

When present indicates no data available for date shown in transaction-date element

assignment-entry

Group element comprised of assignment, assignors, assignees, properties.  Indicates start of next assignment record

assignment

Group element comprised of the following child elements reel-no, frame-no, last-update-date, purge-indicator, date-recorded, page-count, correspondent, conveyance-text.

Reel-no

1-6 digit number identifies the reel number to be used to locate assignment  on microfilm

frame-no

1-4 digit number that identifies the frame number to used to locate the first image(page) in the assignment

last-update-date

An 8 digit date (YYYYMMDD format) identifies when the assignment record was last modified

purge-indicator

Indicates when an assignment record has been deleted from the Historical database

date-recorded

An 8 digit date (YYYYMMDD format) identifies when the assignment was recorded in the USPTO

page-count

Identifies the total page count of which the assignment contains (number of pages captured on microfilm)

conveyance-text

Contains textual description of the interest conveyed or transaction recorded

correspondent

A group element comprised of person-or-organization-name, address-1, address-2, address-3, address-4. 

person-or-organization-name

Identifies the name of a person or organization to where correspondence related to the assignment is to be directed to when the element appears in the correspondent group element. 

address-1

Typically identifies 1st line of delivery address provided for the person-or-organization-name (may also be a person-or-organization-name such as firm name, etc.).  Data values provided are those that are supplied by the submitter of the assignment document

address-2

Typically identifies 2nd line of delivery address provided for the person-or-organization-name.   Data values provided are those that are supplied by the submitter of the assignment document.

address-3

Typically identifies 3rd line of delivery address provided for the person-or-organization-name.  Data values provided are those that are supplied by the submitter of the assignment document.

address-4

Typically identifies 4th line of delivery address provided for the person-or-organization-name (if present will probably identify city, state/country, postal code information).   Data values provided are those that are supplied by the submitter of the assignment document.

assignors

A root element that contains one or more element(s) assignor

assignor

Group element that contains person-or-organization-name, formerly-statement, dba-aka-ta-statement, composed-of-statement,  address-1, address-2, city, state, country-name, postcode, execution-date, date-acknowledged, legal-entity-text, nationality

person-or-organization-name

Identifies the party (person or organization name) conveying an interest or transaction in a registered mark or a mark for which an application to register has been filed

formerly-statement

A statement that identifies the party name under which the assignor party previously operated

dba-aka-ta-statement

A statement that identifies the party name under which the assignor party is operating.  The appropriate acronym (dba, aka, ta) is precedes the text statement

composed-of statement

A statement that identifies all parties comprising the assignor party name.

address-1

Typically identifies 1^st line of delivery address provided for the person-or-organization-name (may also be a person-or-organization-name such as firm name, etc.).  Data values provided are those that are supplied by the submitter of the assignment document

address-2

Typically identifies 2^nd line of delivery address provided for the person-or-organization-name.   Data values provided are those that are supplied by the submitter of the assignment document.

Execution-date

Contains an 8 digit date (YYYYMMDD format) indicating date on which the supporting legal documentation was executed

date-acknowledged

Contains an 8 digit date (YYYYMMDD format) indicating date on which the supporting legal documentation was acknowlegded

legal-entity-text

 A textual description describing the party’s legal entity status

nationality

A textual description defining the party’s state of incorporation or nationality

assignees

A root element that contains one or more element(s) assignor

assignee

Group element that contains person-or-organization-name, formerly-statement, dba-aka-ta-statement, composed-of-statement,  address-1, address-2, city, state, country-name, postcode, execution-date, date-acknowledged, legal-entity-text, nationality

person-or-organization-name

Identifies the party (person or organization name) receiving an interest or transaction in a registered mark or a mark for which an application to register has been filed

address-1

The person or organization name 1st line of address (typically the street address component of a mailing address)

address-2

The person or organization name 2nd line of address (typically the internal address component of a mailing address)

city

The person or organization name city component of a mailing address

state

The person or organization name state name (for US states) component of a mailing address

country-name

The person or organization name country name (for non US states) component of a mailing address

postcode

The person or organization name postal code component of a mailing address

properties

A group element comprised of serial-no, registration-no, trademark-law-treaty-property and international registration-number

property

Repeating group element comprised of serial-no, registration-no, trademark-law-treaty-property, international registration number

serial-no

An eight digit number assigned to a trademark application

registration-no

A four-to-seven digit number assigned to a registered trademark application

trademark-law-treaty-property

A Group element for tlt-mark-name, tlt-mark-description

tlt-mark-name

A textual description provided by the submitter (generally used when the submitter has not received a filing receipt for a recently filed TM application

tlt-mark-description

A textual description provided by the submitter describing the mark (may be used instead of mark-name for filing an assignment)

international-registration-number

A 10 digit alphanumeric number assigned by the International Bureau