USPTO Patent Application V1.5 2001-01-31: User Element View [DTD Element View]
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background-of-invention

Element Title: Background of the Invention

Element Description: This is a group element containing a mixture of headings, paragraphs, and sections that detail the background of the invention.

Element Content:

(heading|paragraph|section)+

Element is Located in:

subdoc-description

Element Attributes: None

Element Markup Instructions: none

Element Example:

<background-of-invention>
    <heading lvl="0">Field OF Invention</heading>
        <paragraph id="P-00001" lvl="0"><number>1.</number> The present invention ... and sellers.</paragraph>
    <section>
        <heading lvl="0">Background Of Invention</heading>
        <paragraph id="P-00002" lvl="0"><number>2.</number> Many businesses ... music and videos. </paragraph>
        <paragraph id="P-00003" lvl="0"><number>3.</number> Various other ... their products. </paragraph>
        <paragraph id="P-00004" lvl="0"><number>4.</number> These various ... activity.</paragraph>
        <paragraph id="P-00005" lvl="0"><number>5.</number> Off-line sweepstakes ... terms.</paragraph>
        <paragraph id="P-00006" lvl="0"><number>6.</number> Systems and ... conducting e-commerce.</paragraph>
    </section>
</background-of-invention>


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