doc-number

Element Title: Document Number

Element Description: Identifies the number of the document, whether it be a patent application or a published patent grant. Contains parsable character data.

Element Content:

(#PCDATA)

Element is Located in:

application-number, document-id, priority-application-number, s-2-x-h, s310

Element Attributes:

Name	Type	Default Value	Example	Description
st32-name	CDATA	"DNUM" (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: For PCT patent applications, the document number is 14 alphanumeric positions including slashes.

For U.S. patent applications, the document number is a fixed length of eight digits. The first two digits are the series code and the following six digits are the serial number, left-padded with zeros.

For U.S. patent grants, the document number is a fixed length of eight characters which has the following format:

    - Design (column 1 Constant "D", columns 2 - 8 7-digit numeric, right justified, with leading zeros)
    - Design SIR (columns 1 - 2 Constant "HD", columns 3 - 8 6-digit numeric, right justified, with leading zeros)
    - Plant SIR (columns 1 - 2 Constant "HP", columns 3 - 8 6-digit numeric, right justified, with leading zeros)
    - Utility SIR (column 1 Constant "H", columns 2 - 8 7-digit numeric, right justified, with leading zeros)
    - Plant (columns 1 - 2 Constant "PP", columns 3 - 8 6-digit numeric, right justified, with leading zeros)
    - Reissue (columns 1 - 2 Constant "RE", columns 3 - 8 6-digit numeric, right justified, with leading zeros)
    - Utility invention (columns 1 - 8 8-digit numeric, right justified, with leading zeros)
    - Reexamination certificate (Reexamination certificates retain the document number of the original patent upon which they are based.

Element Example:

<doc-number>09126808</doc-number>
<doc-number>PCT/US97/05183</doc-number>
<doc-number>20010000002</doc-number>