Element B140

Identification

Brief Description/Derivation: Document date

Detailed Description: Document date is either the date of publication for an application or date of grant for a patent. For Red Book documents, this is always the date of grant which is also the day that the specification is published and that the grant is announced in the Official Gazette.

Synopsis

Content Model:

(DATE)

Parent(s):

B100, CIT

Attributes: None

Tag Minimization: Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.

Usage

Markup Instructions: Not available

Example Text:

<B140><DATE><PDAT>19970916</PDAT></DATE></B140>

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