<patentowner-ref-text> (
Patent Owner Reference Text-based)
Description
Description
This element holds the name of one of the owners of a referenced patent, or "et al" to represent all seconday authors. Despite its loose structure, it should contain a single set of name elements, or a single
<etal> element only.
Note that this element can be replaced by the
<patentowner-ref> element if it
is not necessary to retain the original layout and punctuation of the name.
Parent Elements
The elements listed below may directly contain this element.
They are "parent" elements. Elements in referenced groups are included, up to two levels of group nesting.
Model Diagram
The DTD model for this element:
--+(choice of TEXT with elements repeated)
|
|-- etal
|
|-- surname -- (TEXT and elements)
|
|-- givenname -- (TEXT and elements)
|
|-- middlename -- (TEXT and elements)
|
|-- suffix -- (TEXT and elements)
|
|-- query -- TEXT
DTD Definition
The DTD contains the following element and attribute definitions
(note that embedded links are to definitions within the DTD page of this guide):
<!ELEMENT patentowner-ref-text (#PCDATA | etal | surname | givenname | middlename | suffix | query)*>
<!ATTLIST patentowner-ref-text
%a-group-CommonIDAttrs;>
.
Defined in DTD section
Back Matter : References : Patent References
General Attributes (shared with other elements)