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Citations are reported with the document to which they are related.

Element

Description

source name

Indicates when or by whom the citation was made. See Citation Sources for a list of sources.

source category

Indicates the relevance of the citation. See Citation Source Categories for a list of categories.

 

patent-citations/patcit

AttributeDescription
dnumDocument number
dnum-typeDocument number type. Populated with "application" if the citation refers to an application. If no dnum-type is present, then the citation is referencing a publication.

Element

INID

Description

country

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Country of the publication being cited. Country is represented by a standard 2-character code based on WIPO ST.3.

doc-number

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Document number of the publication being cited. doc-number is generally provided in DocDB-normalized format. An exception to this is made for WO documents, where the doc-number is normalized to YYYYnnnnnn. 

Patent document numbering is a complex subject, as the examples below illustrate:

 

Patent Authority

Patent Number

US

3732068

 

RE31783

US (Plant)

5382

US (Design)

D436240

EP

0129539

WO

1985000002

JP

60000013

 

2006000022

DE

3244404


For a complete discussion of document numbers over time and over multiple authorities, see: Number format concordance - publication numbers at 
https://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/helpful-resources/data/tables/regular.html.

kind

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Kind code of the publication being cited. The kind code is used to designate the publication stage of the document, including whether it is a published application or a granted patent. See ST.16.

rel-passage56Relevant passage within the cited document

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patent-citations/patcit/sources

Element

Description

source name

Indicates when or by whom the citation was made. See Citation Sources for a list of sources.

source category

Indicates the relevance of the citation. See Citation Source Categories for a list of categories.

non-patent-citations/nplcit

Element

INID

Description

Example

text

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Unstructured: the text may be a bibliographic reference to a book, journal, thesis, etc.; a reference to a database record; or a "See also" reference to a related publication.

RADLER et al., "Structure of DNA-Cationic Liposome Complexes: DNA Intercalation in Multilamellar Membranes in Distinct Interhelical Packing Regimes", SCIENCE, 07 February 1997, Vol. 275, pages 810-814, XP002924042.

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titleFurther Reading

For information about the SOLR search fields associated with this container, see Citations.