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Applicant refers to an entity that applies for a patent. Before September 16, 2012, only inventors could apply for patents in the US. This was changed on September 16, 2012 , so that an assignee (or patent owner) may now be the applicant, as has been customary in other countries for many years.
Applicant data will include includes the inventor-applicants for WO records when US is a designated state.
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Element | INID | Description |
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name | 71 | Name of applicant(s), as described in the |
address | - | When available, the address occurs in the |
country | - | When available, the country may be present in "epo" or "original" formats. Country is represented by a standard 2-character code based on WIPO ST.3. |
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Element | INID | Description | Example(s) |
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name | 73 | Name of assignee(s). As received from publishing authority where | LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORP. |
address | - | The address is found within | Taipei |
country | - | Where Available where possible. | TW |
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Element | INID | Description | Example(s) |
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name | - | Where possible, the name is parsed out of the full address info. Names may be parsed into | Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP |
address | - | Where possible, all address elements are parsed within the | 2040 MAIN STREET |
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