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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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Since the EPO Register data updates the applicant information when reassignment of an application occurs and DocDB DOCDB does not update this information, the "original" applicant may differ from the epo and intermediate formats.
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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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Attribute | Description |
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| format | See Common XML Attributes |
| sequence | Sequence number, present when there has been more than one assignee |
us-assignee-type | US only. Values include: 01=Unassigned |
| enabled | CA only. Date of assignment. |
| disabled | CA only. Date of reassignment. |
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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For information about the SOLR Solr search fields associated with this container, see Associated Parties. |