parties/applicants

<applicant mxw-id="PPAR495536593" load-source="docdb" sequence="1" format="epo">
   <addressbook>
      <last-name>IBM</last-name><address>
      <country>US</country>
      </address>
   </addressbook>
</applicant>
<applicant mxw-id="PPAR495567572" load-source="docdb" sequence="1" format="intermediate">
   <addressbook>
      <last-name>INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION IBM</last-name>
   </addressbook>
</applicant>
<applicant mxw-id="PPAR495203212" load-source="patent-office" sequence="1" format="original">
   <addressbook>
      <last-name>International Business Machines Corporation IBM</last-name>
      <address>
         <street>One New Orchard Road</street>
         <city>Armonk NY 10504</city>
         <country>US</country>
      </address>
   </addressbook>
</applicant>

Attribute (format)	Description	Examples
epo	standardized name according to the DOCDB file, all caps, no punctuation, limited to 30 characters	1. IBM 2. FINLAND TELECOM OY 3. THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
intermediate	pre-standardized name, converted to all caps	1. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES 2. TELECOM FINLAND OY 3. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
original	name as filed (can be in non-Latin characters)	1. International Business Machines Corporation 2. Sonera Oyj 3. The United States Government as represented by the Department of the Navy

Element	INID	Description
name	71	See the description in the above "Attribute" section.
address	-	When available, the address occurs in the format="original" element.
country	-	When available, the country may be present in the epo or the original format.

Applicant data will include the inventor-applicants for WO records when US is a designated state.

US pre-grants will list inventors as applicants when no assignee info is present.

Note: Since the EPO Register data updates the applicant information when reassignment of an application occurs and Docdb does not update this information, the "original" applicant may differ from the epo and intermediate formats.

parties/inventors

Attribute	Description	Example(s)
epo	LAST_NAME FIRST_NAME MIDDLE_NAME/INITIAL	TUPPER ALAN WILLIAM
intermediate	LAST_NAME, FIRST_NAME MIDDLE_NAME/INITIAL	TUPPER, ALAN WILLIAM
original	Last_name, first_name Middle_name/initial (may include company name of inventor as well)	TUPPER, ALAN WILLIAM

Element	INID	Description	Example(s)
name	72, 75, 76	See description in above "Attribute table.	See the examples in above "Attribute" table.
address		When available, the address occurs in the format="original" element. If possible, the address is parsed into 3 elements: <street>, <city>, <country>.	Leigh Delamere House, Leigh Delamere Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6JZ
country		When available, the country may be present in "epo" or "original" formats. The country is represented by a standard 2-character code. See ST.3	GB

parties/assignees

Element	INID	Description	Example(s)
name	73	(Attribute = original.) As received from publishing authority	LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORP.
address	-	where possible	Taipei
assignee-type	-	US only--01 Unassigned; 02 US company or corporation; 03 non-US company or corporation; 04 US individual; 05 non-US individual; 06 US Federal government; 07 non-US government; 08 US county government; 09 US state government.	-
country	-	Where possible. Country is represented by a standard 2-character code. (See ST.3)	TW

parties/assignee-history

US only: Provides all assignments reported to USPTO since August 1980.

Attribute	Description	Example(s)
reel-frame	A unique identifier for a given assignment recordation. (A reel-frame record may include multiple patents.) Format: NNNNNN/NNNN	011333/0953
recorded-date	The date the assignment was recorded; this is a single date per reel/frame.	2000-11-28

Element	INID	Description	Example(s)
assignors	-	In the first US assignment recorded, the assignors are the inventors. Thereafter, the assignee will be the current owner. Execution dates are recorded for each assignee as an attribute.	3COM CORPORATION
assignees	-	Entity to whom the property is being transferred according to the specific conveyance information. The address is often included with this element.	PALM, INC.
correspondence-address	-	The name and address of the correspondent (parsed if possible).	WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI650 PAGE MILL ROAD PALO ALTO CA 94304-1050 US
conveyance	-	A description of the type of assignment. Often, this data simply refers to the original document.	ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST , SECURITY , RELEASE OF SECURITY , CHANGE OF NAME , etc.

parties/agents (US and EP)

Element	INID	Description	Example(s)
name	74	May be firm or individual name; parsed when possible	Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley
address	-	May be present	-

parties/correspondent (US Apps only)

Element	INID	Description	Example(s)
name	-	Where possible, the name is parsed out of full address info.	Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
address	-	Where possible, all address elements are parsed.	2040 MAIN STREET FOURTEENTH FLOOR Irvine CA 92614 US

parties/examiners (US and KR)

Element

INID

Description

Example(s)

name

-

May have a primary or an assistant attribute (US). The name is parsed, if possible, into last-name and first-name.

Mah Chuck Y.

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