Red Book ICE (Grants and Applications) Weekly Status Report

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Red Book ICE (Grants and Applications)
Weekly Status Report - July 1, 2005
Item Number Date Reported Description and Status

1
December 14,
2004
Private use area Unicode characters cannot be rendered in Red Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications)
July 1, 2005 - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 29, 2005.

ICE private use characters are coming from the wipo.ent declarations and the mathml content. For the US specific private use characters defined within wipo.ent, the USPTO's Red Book will convert the entities to custom characters using the same imagery as in Yellow Book. Mathml content private use characters (and a few other problematic characters) will retain their original ISO entity format and not be converted to hexadecimal Unicode. This supports the importing of the mathml content model into products like Mathematica and retains the original notebook composition.

The implementation impact is being assessed with an anticipated implementation date of mid-July.

2 March 3,
2005
MathML contains invalid line end characters in Red Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications)

July 1, 2005 - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 29, 2005.

"Line end" characters are some of the private use and "problematic" characters to be corrected in Item 1 above. Please reference Item 1 for additional information.

3 March 4,
2005
Some num attribute values include the word “header-“ as a prefix in Red Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications)

July 1, 2005 - Closed - This has been resolved as of April 22, 2005. Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 22, 2005.

4 March 8,
2005
Num attribute values not consistent between Patent Application Red Book and Patent Grant Red Book

July 1, 2005 - Closed - This has been resolved as of April 22, 2005. Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 22, 2005.

5 March 14,
2005
Table “footnotes” no longer tagged as such in Red Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications)

July 1, 2005 - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 22, 2005

6 March 16,
2005
References to non-US patent documents missing “/” in some positions in Red Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications)

July 1, 2005 - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 29, 2005. This issue only applies to Red Book (Patent Grants) and was corrected effective with Red Book issue May 31, 2005. Inconsistencies are still being investigated in both Patent Grants and Patent Applications.

7 March 18,
2005
The appearance of the International Patent Classification (IPC) in the Patent Grant Data/XML v4.0 (ICE) beginning February 8, 2005 and in the Patent Application Data/XML v4.0 (ICE) beginning February 10, 2005 changed

July 1, 2005 - Closed - This has been resolved as of April 15, 2005. Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 15, 2005.

8 April 4,
2005
Legacy descriptive text markup(e.g., <city>Schw{hacek over (a)}bisch Gmünd</city>) in Red Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications)

July 1, 2005 - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 29, 2005.

There are numerous legacy descriptive text markup characters that require conversion. All fraction markup will be converted to individual characters (e.g., 1/2). All remaining legacy descriptive text usage will be tracked and reviewed by the USPTO. As more robust Unicode fonts become available, they will be utilized.

The implementation impact is being assessed with an anticipated implementation date of mid-July.

9 April 5,
2005
Synchronizing num attribute values between Yellow Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications) and Red Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications)

July 1, 2005 - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 29, 2005.

The USPTO is currently evaluating sample data that consists of Application Yellow Book that utilizes Application ICE Red Book as the source to ensure consistency in Yellow Book/Red Book and paragraph numbers.

10
April 19,
2005

There were no prior publication data for 20050000097 in Red Book ICE although there are 3 documents present in the Yellow Book 2 image file.

July 1, 2005 - Closed - This has been resolved as of May 13, 2005. Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 29, 2005.

11 April 19,
2005
There is an inconsistency between Red Book ICE and Yellow Book 2 in indentification of References Cited by Examiner and References Cited by Others.

July 1, 2005 - Closed - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 22, 2005 and the Red Book ICE Status Report dated June 3, 2005.

12 April 19, 2005

The 371C-124-date is not included in the ICE version of Red Book. This date had been included in the previous ST.32 version of Red Book.

July 1, 2005 - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated May 27, 2005.

13 June 3,
2005
The Classification Locarno element for all Design documents will contain an “8”.

July 1, 2005 – Closed - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated June 3, 2005.

14
June 10,
2005

The appearance of IPC Reform that will be present in Red Book ICE for published applications and patent grants beginning January 2006.

July 1, 2005 - Please reference FAQ 74 for a detailed description of this change. Test data will be available in the very near future.

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Red Book ICE (Grants and Applications)
Weekly Status Report - July 1, 2005
Item Number	Date Reported	Description and Status
1	December 14, 2004	Private use area Unicode characters cannot be rendered in Red Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications) July 1, 2005 - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 29, 2005. ICE private use characters are coming from the wipo.ent declarations and the mathml content. For the US specific private use characters defined within wipo.ent, the USPTO's Red Book will convert the entities to custom characters using the same imagery as in Yellow Book. Mathml content private use characters (and a few other problematic characters) will retain their original ISO entity format and not be converted to hexadecimal Unicode. This supports the importing of the mathml content model into products like Mathematica and retains the original notebook composition. The implementation impact is being assessed with an anticipated implementation date of mid-July.
2	March 3, 2005	MathML contains invalid line end characters in Red Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications) July 1, 2005 - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 29, 2005. "Line end" characters are some of the private use and "problematic" characters to be corrected in Item 1 above. Please reference Item 1 for additional information.
3	March 4, 2005	Some num attribute values include the word “header-“ as a prefix in Red Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications) July 1, 2005 - Closed - This has been resolved as of April 22, 2005. Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 22, 2005.
4	March 8, 2005	Num attribute values not consistent between Patent Application Red Book and Patent Grant Red Book July 1, 2005 - Closed - This has been resolved as of April 22, 2005. Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 22, 2005.
5	March 14, 2005	Table “footnotes” no longer tagged as such in Red Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications) July 1, 2005 - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 22, 2005
6	March 16, 2005	References to non-US patent documents missing “/” in some positions in Red Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications) July 1, 2005 - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 29, 2005. This issue only applies to Red Book (Patent Grants) and was corrected effective with Red Book issue May 31, 2005. Inconsistencies are still being investigated in both Patent Grants and Patent Applications.
7	March 18, 2005	The appearance of the International Patent Classification (IPC) in the Patent Grant Data/XML v4.0 (ICE) beginning February 8, 2005 and in the Patent Application Data/XML v4.0 (ICE) beginning February 10, 2005 changed July 1, 2005 - Closed - This has been resolved as of April 15, 2005. Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 15, 2005.
8	April 4, 2005	Legacy descriptive text markup(e.g., <city>Schw{hacek over (a)}bisch Gmünd</city>) in Red Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications) July 1, 2005 - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 29, 2005. There are numerous legacy descriptive text markup characters that require conversion. All fraction markup will be converted to individual characters (e.g., 1/2). All remaining legacy descriptive text usage will be tracked and reviewed by the USPTO. As more robust Unicode fonts become available, they will be utilized. The implementation impact is being assessed with an anticipated implementation date of mid-July.
9	April 5, 2005	Synchronizing num attribute values between Yellow Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications) and Red Book (Patent Grants and Patent Applications) July 1, 2005 - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 29, 2005. The USPTO is currently evaluating sample data that consists of Application Yellow Book that utilizes Application ICE Red Book as the source to ensure consistency in Yellow Book/Red Book and paragraph numbers.
10	April 19, 2005	There were no prior publication data for 20050000097 in Red Book ICE although there are 3 documents present in the Yellow Book 2 image file. July 1, 2005 - Closed - This has been resolved as of May 13, 2005. Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 29, 2005.
11	April 19, 2005	There is an inconsistency between Red Book ICE and Yellow Book 2 in indentification of References Cited by Examiner and References Cited by Others. July 1, 2005 - Closed - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated April 22, 2005 and the Red Book ICE Status Report dated June 3, 2005.
12	April 19, 2005	The 371C-124-date is not included in the ICE version of Red Book. This date had been included in the previous ST.32 version of Red Book. July 1, 2005 - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated May 27, 2005.
13	June 3, 2005	The Classification Locarno element for all Design documents will contain an “8”. July 1, 2005 – Closed - Please reference the Red Book ICE Status Report dated June 3, 2005.
14	June 10, 2005	The appearance of IPC Reform that will be present in Red Book ICE for published applications and patent grants beginning January 2006. July 1, 2005 - Please reference FAQ 74 for a detailed description of this change. Test data will be available in the very near future.

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