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August 2022: Identification of Individuals in IFI Standardized Names

To better identify records in which the applicant or assignee is the inventor or any other person rather than an entity, we have begun flagging the IFI Standardized Name as “Individual”. For example:

Code Block
<ifi-parties>
  <ifi-standardized-name>
    <addressbook>
      <name>Individual</name>
    </addressbook>
  </ifi-standardized-name>
</ifi-parties>

July 2022: Japanese PCT Publications

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