XML DTD : us-patent-application-v20-2004-03-04.dtd -
DTD Comments: 
Document Type Definition for United States Patent
     Application Publications.
   USPTO-modified version of WIPO Standard ST.36 DTD
    xx-patent-document
   Reference this DTD as
   PUBLIC "-//USPTO//DTD us-patent-application v2.0 2004-03-04//EN"
   Alias: Application Red Book (ARB)
   Contact: Bruce B. Cox
   U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
   Crystal Park 3, Suite 451
   Washington, DC 20231
   +1-703-306-2600
   bruce.cox@uspto.gov

   ***** Revision History *****
   2004-03-04 B. Cox
   . Renamed element us-continued-prosecution-application to
   .. us-publication-of-continued-prosecution-application
   .. and kept the attribute and value.

   2004-02-12
   . Renamed element references-cited to us-references-cited
   . Renamed element cited-patents to us-cited-patents
  . Added element us-classification to us-cited-patents

   2003-11-23
   . Changed us-math element attribute idref (IDREF) to idrefs (IDREFS).
   . Added subname-type to element subname.
   . Element othercit modified to support highlighting.

   2003-10-31
   . Modified element us-rights to contain legal-representative information.
   . Changed element related-publication content model from
     (#PCDATA) to (#PCDATA | document-id)*.
   . Added new optional element parent-PCT-document to the content
     model of parent-doc.
   . Added attributes pgwide, orient, and tabstyle to the cals table
     attributes to support required composition features (see entity
     tbl.table.att).
   . Element crossref modified to support highlighting.

   2003-10-09
   . removed inid-code attribute from us-appendix-data element.
   . added (img?) content model to us-math element.
   . add more uspto specific character entities to the wipo.ent.
   . added switching method within dtd to easily include/exclude
     mathml2, tables, etc..
   2003-08-14 Bruce B. Cox
   . changed comments on elements and attributes from PCT to USPTO
     practice.
   . moved us-continued-prosecution-application text from comment
     to cpa-text attribute.
   2003-08-07
   . change following id attribute type from CDATA to ID: abstract,
     claims, description, drawings.
   . change following idref attribute type from CDATA to IDREF:
     us-chemistry, us-math.
   . please note we leave crossref idref attribute type as CDATA.
   2003-06-27 Bruce B. Cox
   . changed us-assignees to assignees
   2003-06-10
   . add assignees element
   . add id attr for author element
   . depository changed to (text|address)*
   . imprint reverse address? and name
   . add lang to deceased-inventor
   . table-external from empty to #PCDATA, change external-type attr
   . add sup2 and sub2
   . add pre to p
   . add lang attr to nplcit
   . add class-type attr to class element
   . add figure-labels attr to figure element
   2002-04-16 Bruce B. Cox
     Final draft.
     . External content element moved from p(aragraph) to
     us-patent-grant. Elements not used removed.
     . Change quantifier of us-ocr-text from + to ?
  ***** End Revision History *****
DTD has: 263 element definitions and 149 element attribute definitions.
Document Legend: Legend
root elements: us-patent-application

Element list

Element absno
diagram View Diagram
US Comments (US: not used in publication.)
Description Abstract number.
attributes
uses Does not use other elements.
used by article, book
content character data
occurrence
source
<!ELEMENT absno (#PCDATA)>

Element abst-problem
diagram View Diagram
US Comments (US: not used in publication.)
Description the alleged problem that the invention purports to solve Recommended id = 'absp'
attributes id
uses p
used by abstract
content a sequence of elements
occurrence required (default)
Attribute Detail Datatype Required Values Default Comments
id ID no (default)   not populated in US
source
<!ELEMENT abst-problem (p+)>
<!ATTLIST abst-problem id ID #IMPLIED >

Element abstract
diagram View Diagram
US Comments A concise summary of the disclosure.
ST.32 equivalency SDOAB
Description ABSTRACT: PCT Rule 8 A concise summary of the disclosure, 50-150 words. Recommended id = 'abst'
US-PGPUB subdoc-abstract
attributes id, lang, status
uses abst-problem, abst-solution, doc-page, p
used by us-patent-application
content choice
occurrence required (default)
Attribute Detail Datatype Required Values Default Comments
id ID no (default)   abstract
lang string (default) no (default)   "en"
status string (default) no (default)  
source
<!ELEMENT abstract (doc-page+ | (abst-problem , abst-solution) | p+)>
<!ATTLIST abstract id ID #IMPLIED lang CDATA #IMPLIED status CDATA #IMPLIED >

Element abst-solution
diagram View Diagram
US Comments (US: not used in publishing.)
Description the solution to the alleged problem that the invention purports to solve. Recommended id = 'abss'
attributes id
uses p
used by abstract
content a sequence of elements
occurrence required (default)
Attribute Detail Datatype Required Values Default Comments
id ID no (default)   not populated in US
source
<!ELEMENT abst-solution (p+)>
<!ATTLIST abst-solution id ID #IMPLIED >

Element accepted
diagram View Diagram
US Comments (US: not used in publication.)
Description date article was accepted.
attributes
uses date
used by history
content a sequence of elements
occurrence required (default)
source
<!ELEMENT accepted (date)>

Element addition
diagram View Diagram
US Comments Earlier document to which this Is an addition.
ST.32 equivalency B610
INID 61
Description Earlier document to which this Is an addition.
attributes
uses relation
used by us-related-documents
content a sequence of elements
occurrence required (default)
source
<!ELEMENT addition (relation)>

Element additional-info
diagram View Diagram
US Comments Additional information.
Description Additional information.
attributes
uses Does not use other elements.
used by classification-ipc, classification-national
content character data
occurrence
source
<!ELEMENT additional-info (#PCDATA)>

Element address
diagram View Diagram
US Comments
ST.32 equivalency ADR
US-PGPUB address
attributes
uses address-1, address-2, address-3, address-floor, building, city, country, county, mailcode, pobox, postcode, room, state, street, text
used by addressbook, confplace, depositary, imprint
content choice
occurrence required (default)
source
<!ELEMENT address (%address_group;)>

Element address-1
diagram View Diagram
US Comments Address, first line.
Description Address, first line
US-PGPUB address-1
attributes
uses Does not use other elements.
used by address
content character data
occurrence
source
<!ELEMENT address-1 (#PCDATA)>

Element address-2
diagram View Diagram
US Comments Address, second line.
Description Address, second line
US-PGPUB address-2
attributes
uses Does not use other elements.
used by address
content character data
occurrence
source
<!ELEMENT address-2 (#PCDATA)>

Element address-3
diagram View Diagram
US Comments Address, third line.
Description Address, third line
attributes
uses Does not use other elements.
used by address
content character data
occurrence
source
<!ELEMENT address-3 (#PCDATA)>

Element addressbook
diagram View Diagram
US Comments ADDRESSBOOK GROUP: Holds name and contact information for individuals/organizations. The LANG attribute is REQUIRED for certain document types, e.g. the JPO PCT Request where names and addresses may be repeated in two different languages. If no structure possible use text.
Description ADDRESSBOOK GROUP: Holds name and contact information for individuals/organizations The LANG attribute is REQUIRED for certain document types, e.g. the JPO PCT Request where names and addresses may be repeated in two different languages. If no structure possible use text.
attributes lang
uses address, department, dtext, ead, email, fax, first-name, iid, last-name, middle-name, name, orgname, phone, prefix, registered-number, role, suffix, synonym, text, url
used by agent, applicant, assignee, author, confsponsor, correspondence-address, inventor, searcher, subname
content choice
occurrence required (default)
Attribute Detail Datatype Required Values Default Comments
lang string (default) Yes   "en"
source
<!ELEMENT addressbook ((%name_group; , address , phone* , fax* , email* , url* , ead* , dtext?) | text)>
<!ATTLIST addressbook lang CDATA #REQUIRED >

Element address-floor
diagram View Diagram
US Comments Address floor, e.g., 10th.
Description address floor, e.g., 10th
attributes
uses Does not use other elements.
used by address
content character data
occurrence
source
<!ELEMENT address-floor (#PCDATA)>

Element advantageous-effects
diagram View Diagram
US Comments (US: not used in publication.)
Description advantageous effects of the invention (PCT Rule 5.1(a)(iii) Recommended id = 'adve'
attributes id
uses heading, p
used by disclosure
content a sequence of elements
occurrence OneOrMore
Attribute Detail Datatype Required Values Default Comments
id ID no (default)  
source
<!ELEMENT advantageous-effects (heading* , p+)+>
<!ATTLIST advantageous-effects id ID #IMPLIED >

Element agent
diagram View Diagram
US Comments
ST.32 equivalency B741
attributes sequence, rep-type
uses addressbook
used by agents
content a sequence of elements
occurrence required (default)
Attribute Detail Datatype Required Values Default Comments
sequence string (default) Yes  
rep-type Enumeration Yes   agent attorney common-representative "attorney"
source
<!ELEMENT agent (addressbook+)>
<!ATTLIST agent sequence CDATA #REQUIRED rep-type (agent | attorney | common-representative ) #REQUIRED >

Element agents
diagram View Diagram
US Comments Information regarding Agents or common representatives.
ST.32 equivalency B740
Description information regarding Agents or common representatives.
attributes
uses agent, customer-number
used by parties
content choice
occurrence required (default)
source
<!ELEMENT agents (customer-number | agent+)>

Element alttitle
diagram View Diagram
US Comments (US: not used in publication.)
Description Alternate title for serial eg. BMJ = British Medical Journal.
attributes
uses Does not use other elements.
used by serial
content character data
occurrence
source
<!ELEMENT alttitle (#PCDATA)>

Element applicant
diagram View Diagram
US Comments (US: applicant is always the inventor. Use "applicant" with applicant type attribute of "applicant-inventor.")
Description US: applicant is inventor. Use "applicant" with applicant type attribute of "applicant-inventor."
attributes sequence, app-type, designation
uses addressbook, designated-states, designated-states-as-inventor, nationality, residence, us-rights
used by applicants
content a sequence of elements
occurrence required (default)
Attribute Detail Datatype Required Values Default Comments
sequence string (default) Yes  
app-type Enumeration Yes   applicant applicant-inventor "applicant-inventor"
designation Enumeration Yes   all all-except-us us-only as-indicated "us-only"
source
<!ELEMENT applicant (addressbook+ , nationality , residence , us-rights* , designated-states? , designated-states-as-inventor?)>
<!ATTLIST applicant sequence CDATA #REQUIRED app-type (applicant | applicant-inventor ) #REQUIRED designation (all | all-except-us | us-only | as-indicated ) #REQUIRED >

Element applicants
diagram View Diagram
US Comments Applicants information.
ST.32 equivalency B720
Description Applicants information: At least one of the applicants named must be a resident or national of a PCT Contracting State for which the receiving Office acts.
attributes
uses applicant
used by parties
content a sequence of elements
occurrence required (default)
source
<!ELEMENT applicants (applicant+)>

Element application-reference
diagram View Diagram
US Comments Identification of a patent application.
ST.32 equivalency B200
Description application reference information: application number, country.
attributes appl-type
uses document-id
used by us-bibliographic-data-application
content a sequence of elements
occurrence required (default)
Attribute Detail Datatype Required Values Default Comments
appl-type string (default) Yes   determined from B130
source
<!ELEMENT application-reference (document-id)>
<!ATTLIST application-reference appl-type CDATA #REQUIRED >

Element article
diagram View Diagram
US Comments (US: not used in publication.)
Description article citations within a 'host' document After patent citations the most common citations are articles within serials (periodicals, magazines), books and electronic (eg. internet) sources. This is a very complex and varied area to standardise. The tag set below is drawn from a number of sources as is the order of the tags (which in any case can be changed depending on the stylesheet used).; The order of tags is that of WIPO ST.14 / ISO 690 layout DROP, J.G. Integrated Circuit Personalization at the Module Level. IBM Tech. Dis. Bull. October 1974, Vol. 17, No. 5, p. 1344 and 1345. [XPnnnnnnnnnnn]. <nplcit id="ncit1" num="0012" type="S" file="XP1234456"> <article> <author> <name>DROP, J.G.</name></author> <atl>Integrated Circuit Personalization at the Module Level</atl> <serial> <sertitle>IBM Tech. Dis. Bull.</sertitle> <pubdate>19741000</pubdate> <vid>17</vid> <ino>5</ino> </serial> <location><pp>1344 and 1345</pp></location> <refno id="XP1">XP1234456</refno> </article> </nplcit> Note: it is NOT expected that the applicant will create the tagged data - it can be generated from a 'pull down' data entry form (eg. in Word) or generated from internal SR databases
attributes
uses absno, artid, atl, author, book, class, cpyrt, keyword, location, refno, serial, subname, text
used by nplcit
content choice
occurrence required (default)
source
<!ELEMENT article (text | (author* , atl? , subname? , (serial | book) , absno? , location? , class* , keyword* , cpyrt? , artid? , refno*))>

Element artid
diagram View Diagram
US Comments (US: not used in publication.)
Description Article unique ID - assigned by a publisher to an article
attributes
uses Does not use other elements.
used by article
content character data
occurrence
source
<!ELEMENT artid (#PCDATA)>

Element assignee
diagram View Diagram
US Comments (US: for assignee type, one of the following codes is placed in the role element. Assignee types for U.S. patents are taken from the following table: 01 Unassigned; 02 United States company or corporation; 03 Foreign company or corporation; 04 United States individual; 05 Foreign individual; 06 U.S. Federal government; 07 Foreign government; 08 U.S. county government; 09 U.S. state government.)
ST.32 equivalency B730
INID 73
Description US: for assignee type, one of the following codes is placed in the role element. Assignee types for U.S. patents are taken from the following table: 01 Unassigned; 02 United States company or corporation; 03 Foreign company or corporation; 04 United States individual; 05 Foreign individual; 06 U.S. Federal government; 07 Foreign government; 08 U.S. county government; 09 U.S. state government.
US-PGPUB assignee
attributes