inventors

Element Title: Inventors

Element Description: Identification of the inventor(s) associated with the application in hand. It is a group element identifying the first named inventor and optional additional inventors.

Element Content:

(first-named-inventor,inventor*)

Element is Located in:

subdoc-bibliographic-information

Element Attributes:

Name	Type	Default Value	Example	Description
st32-name	CDATA	"B720" (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:

<inventors>
    <first-named-inventor>
        <name>
            <given-name>Lawrence</given-name>
            <middle-name>A.</middle-name>
            <family-name>Clark</family-name>
        </name>
        <residence>
            <residence-us>
                <city>Alameda</city>
                <state>CA</state>
                <country-code>US</country-code>
            </residence-us>
        </residence>
        <authority-applicant>INV</authority-applicant>
    </first-named-inventor>
    <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>
</inventors>