application-number-series-code

Element Title: Application Number Series Code

Element Description: Patent applications in the U.S. are numbered consecutively from 1 through 999,999, after which the numbering restarts from 1. To distinguish between the different applications that would otherwise have the same number, a series code is used. Series codes can also be used to distinguish various application types. They contain parsable character data.

Element Content:

(#PCDATA)

Element is Located in:

domestic-filing-data

Element Attributes:

Name	Type	Default Value	Example	Description
st32-name	CDATA	" B211US" (fixed)	In DTD for reference only	Data mapping to Grant Red Book/ST32
inid-code	CDATA			INID code displayed on the photocomposed page

Element Markup Instructions: A series code consists of a two-digit number, left padded with zero where necessary, representing either time period or document type. The following are valid time period types:

    02 through 1947-12-31
    03 1948-01-01 through 1959-12-31
    04 1960-01-01 through 1969-12-31
    05 1970-01-01 through 1978-12-31
    06 1979-01-01 through 1986-12-31
    07 1987-01-01 through 1992-12-31
    08 1993-01-01 through 1997-12-29
    09 1997-12-30 and after


The following are valid time document types:

    02 through 28 Utility application
    29 Design application
    60 Provisional application
    90 Reexamination request

Element Example:

<application-number-series-code>09</application-number-series-code>