paragraph

Element Title: Paragraph

Element Description: Element paragraph is a grammatical unit used to encode a linguistic feature. It is a group element containing a mixture of text, identification numbers, citations, complex work units (chemistry, math, and table), cross references, custom characters, highlighting, images, formulas, lists, program listings, and footnotes.

Paragraphs are used within the background of the invention, brief description of the drawings, brief description of the sequences, copyright statement, cross references to related applications, detailed description, sections, abstract, and the summary of the invention.

Element Content:

(#PCDATA|number|biological-deposit-citation|citation|chemistry-cwu|
 cross-reference|custom-character|highlight|image|in-line-formula|
 lists|math-cwu|program-listing|table-cwu|footnote)*

Element is Located in:

background-of-invention, brief-description-of-drawings, brief-description-of-sequences, copyright-statement, cross-reference-to-related-applications, detailed-description, section, subdoc-abstract, summary-of-invention

Element Attributes:

Name	Type	Default Value	Example	Description
st32-name	CDATA	"PARA" (fixed)	In DTD for reference only	Data mapping to Grant Red Book/ST32
id	ID		id="A-00001" (abstract) & id="P-00003"	Sequence number within the document Paragraphs are numbered separately from other numbered series within the document.
lvl	Enumeration:		lvl="0"	Paragraph level

Element Markup Instructions: None

Element Example:

<paragraph id="A-00001" lvl="0">The invention provides a solvent mixture ... article of interest in an environmentally safe manner. </paragraph>