parties
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>
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 includes 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.
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.
Attribute | Description |
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format | See Common XML Attributes. |
sequence | Sequence number, present when there has been more than one applicant. |
applicant-category | Defines the type of applicant, e.g., assignee. |
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. |
parties/inventors
<inventors> <inventor mxw-id="PPAR1182647381" load-source="docdb" sequence="1" format="epo"> <addressbook> <last-name>NOWAK EDWARD J</last-name> <address> <country>US</country> </address> </addressbook> </inventor> <inventor mxw-id="PPAR1182652882" load-source="docdb" sequence="1" format="intermediate"> <addressbook> <last-name>NOWAK, EDWARD, J.</last-name> </addressbook> </inventor> <inventor mxw-id="PPAR1182201091" load-source="patent-office" sequence="1" format="original"> <addressbook> <last-name>NOWAK, EDWARD, J.</last-name> <address> <street>8 Windridge Road</street> <city>Essex, VT 05452</city> <country>US</country> </address> </addressbook> </inventor> </inventors>
Attribute | Description |
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format | |
sequence | Sequence number, present when there has been more than one inventor. |
Element | INID | Description | Example(s) |
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name | 72, 75, 76 | Name of inventor(s), as described in the | |
address | - | When available, the address occurs in the | Leigh Delamere House, Leigh Delamere |
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. | GB |
parties/assignees
<assignees> <assignee mxw-id="PPAR1105861888" load-source="patent-office" sequence="1" format="original" us-assignee-type="03"> <addressbook> <name>BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, HALLSTADT</name> <address> <city>Hallstadt</city> <country>DE</country> </address> </addressbook> </assignee> </assignees>
Assignee refers to the patent owner or buyer, i.e., the person or legal entity to which the entire right, title, and interest in the application has been assigned (sold or transferred) regardless of whether the assignee filed the application for the patent or has taken over prosecution of the application to the exclusion of the inventor. Note that this field contains the assignee information provided by the publishing authority and in most cases doesn’t reflect reassignments.
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 | - | Available where possible. | TW |
parties/assignee-history/reassignments/reassignment (AU and US)
<assignee-history> <reassignments> <reassignment mxw-id="RID14895693" load-source="us-assign" reel-frame="030807-0936" recorded-date="20130716"> <assignees> <assignee mxw-id="RPAR66819416" format="original"> <addressbook> <last-name>BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, HALLSTADT</last-name> <address> <address-1>MAX-BROSE-STRASSE 2</address-1> <city>HALLSTADT</city> <postcode>D-96103</postcode> <country>DE</country> </address> </addressbook> </assignee> </assignees> <assignors> <assignor mxw-id="RPAR66822104" load-source="us-assign" format="original" execution-date="20130627"> <addressbook> <last-name>BAUERSACHS, STEFFEN</last-name> </addressbook> </assignor> <assignor mxw-id="RPAR66823442" load-source="us-assign" format="original" execution-date="20130507"> <addressbook> <last-name>STRAUB, CHRISTOPH</last-name> </addressbook> </assignor> </assignors> </reassignment> </reassignments> </assignee-history>
This element is available for AU and US. For the US, all assignments reported to the USPTO since August 1980 are available.
Attribute | Description | Example(s) |
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reel-frame | A unique identifier for a given US assignment recordation. A | 011333-0953 |
recorded-date | Date the assignment was recorded. For the US, this is a single date per reel/frame. | 20001128 |
Element | INID | Description | Example(s) |
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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. Names may be parsed into | 3COM CORPORATION |
assignees | - | Entity to whom the property is being transferred according to the specific conveyance information. Names may be parsed into | PALM, INC. |
correspondence-address | - | Name and address of correspondent. If possible, the address is parsed into 3 elements: | WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI |
conveyance | - | A description of the type of assignment. Often, this data simply refers to the original document. | ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST, |
parties/agents
<agents> <agent mxw-id="PPAR1231847767" load-source="patent-office" sequence="1" format="original"> <addressbook> <name>Crowell & Moring LLP</name> </addressbook> </agent> </agents>
This element is available for AU, CA, CN, EP, JP, KR, US, and WO, and partially for BE, BR, DE, ES, IN, RU, and TW. The agent name may appear in the name
or last-name
elements or in sub-elements of the addressbook
.
Attribute | Description |
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format | See Common XML Attributes. |
sequence | Sequence number, present when there has been more than one agent. |
Element | INID | Description | Example(s) |
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name | 74 | Name of agent(s). May be firm or individual name; parsed when possible. Names may be parsed into | Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley |
address | - | May be present within the | - |
parties/correspondence-address (US Apps)
<correspondence-address mxw-id="PPAR575461970" load-source="patent-office" sequence="1" format="original"> <addressbook> <last-name>St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC</last-name> <address> <address-1>986 BEDFORD STREET</address-1> <city>STAMFORD</city> <state>CT</state> <postcode>06905-5619</postcode> <country>US</country> </address> </addressbook> </correspondence-address>
This element is available only for US applications prior to 2012.
Element | INID | Description | Example(s) |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
parties/examiners
<examiners> <examiner examiner-level="primary" mxw-id="PPAR1231815658" load-source="patent-office" sequence="1" format="original"> <addressbook> <last-name>Bryant</last-name> <first-name>Casey</first-name> <department>2884</department> </addressbook> </examiner> </examiners>
This element is available for CN, ES, JP, KR, and US.
Attribute | Description |
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examiner-level | Values include primary or assistant. |
format | See Common XML Attributes. |
sequence | Sequence number, present when there has been more than one examiner. Primary and assistant examiners may be listed separately, for example: <examiners> <examiner examiner-level="primary" mxw-id="PPAR353513482" load-source="patent-office" sequence="1" format="original"> <addressbook> <last-name>Wu</last-name> <first-name>Jingge</first-name> </addressbook> </examiner> <examiner examiner-level="assistant" mxw-id="PPAR353513483" load-source="patent-office" sequence="1" format="original"> <addressbook> <last-name>Hung</last-name> <first-name>Yubin</first-name> </addressbook> </examiner> </examiners> |
Element | INID | Description | Example(s) |
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name | - | Name of examiner(s). The name is parsed, if possible, into | Mah Chuck Y. 김범직 |
Further Reading
For information about the Solr search fields associated with this container, see Associated Parties.