inventor

Element Title: Inventor

Element Description: Contains the individual inventor information for an additional inventor (not the first named inventor).

It is a group element containing a required name, optional address, required residence, and optional authority applicant information.

Element Content:

(name,address?,residence?,authority-applicant?)

Element is Located in:

inventors

Element Attributes:

Name	Type	Default Value	Example	Description
st32-name	CDATA	"B721" (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: none

Element Example:

<inventor>
    <name>
        <given-name>James</given-name>
        <middle-name>L.</middle-name>
        <family-name>Priest</family-name>
    </name>
    <residence>
        <residence-us>
            <city>Chicago</city>
            <state>IL</state>
            <country-code>US</country-code>
        </residence-us>
    </residence>
    <authority-applicant>INV</authority-applicant>
</inventor>