authority-applicant

Element Title: Authority Applicant

Element Description: Identifies the authority for the applicant. In certain circumstances an inventor is unable to file his/her own patent application and an authorized individual must do so.

Element Content:

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Element is Located in:

first-named-inventor, inventor

Element Attributes: None

Element Markup Instructions: Authority Applicant will contain either INV indicating an inventor (either living or deceased), or LR indicates the legal representative of a deceased or incapacitated inventor.

Element Example:

<authority-applicant>INV</authority-applicant>