citation

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CITATIONS
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Grouping tag for patent literature (patcit)
or non-patent literature (nplcit) plus data related to those citations.

In DOCDB exchange :
"patcit" will contain a document-id
"nplcit" will contain freetext, embedding the document-id for a cited patent or the refno for cited literature

In "corresponding-docs" : 
document-id will contain the cited patent-nr embedded in the NPL freetext
"refno" will contain the cited literature embedded in the NPL freetext

In "category" the categories will be listed in one continuous text string, ie. 
XPDO
YET
EL

Attribute cited-phase will contain the phase during which the citation occured: 
description    Cited during the Description (application) phase
search           General Search phase; used when no further information available. Otherwise, use one of the concrete phases below: 
- international-search-report
Originates from International Search Report
- supplementary-international-search-report
Originates from the international Supplementary Search Report 
- national-search-report
Originates from the national Search Report
- supplementary-national-search-report
Originates from the national Supplementary Search Report
- international-type-search-report
Originates from the international Type Search Report
examination  General Examination phase; use EXA when there is no further information available or one of the below if there is: 
- international-examination
Cited during PCT chapter II (preliminary examination); international examination 
- national-examination
Revealed during the national examination phase 
opposition      Revealed during the Opposition phase 
limitation        Revealed during the Limitation phase 
other             Other documents of interest (cited in compte rendu but not in search report) 
undefined        No information available (only used if there's neither information for cited-phase, nor for cited-by available)


Attribute cited-by will contain the originator of the citation: 
applicant 
examiner    
opponent  
third-party  Article 115 (Observation by third parties)
other          Other party, not in the list
undefined     no information available (only used if there's neither information for cited-phase, nor for cited-by available)

Element Information

Model

Attributes

QName Type Fixed Default Use Inheritable Annotation
cited-by xs:string optional
cited-phase xs:string optional
id xs:ID optional
office countryType optional
sequence xs:string optional

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Complex Type references-citedType

Source

<xs:element name="citation" type="citationType">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>******************************* CITATIONS ******************************* Grouping tag for patent literature (patcit) or non-patent literature (nplcit) plus data related to those citations. In DOCDB exchange : "patcit" will contain a document-id "nplcit" will contain freetext, embedding the document-id for a cited patent or the refno for cited literature In "corresponding-docs" : document-id will contain the cited patent-nr embedded in the NPL freetext "refno" will contain the cited literature embedded in the NPL freetext In "category" the categories will be listed in one continuous text string, ie. XPDO YET EL Attribute cited-phase will contain the phase during which the citation occured: description Cited during the Description (application) phase search General Search phase; used when no further information available. Otherwise, use one of the concrete phases below: - international-search-report Originates from International Search Report - supplementary-international-search-report Originates from the international Supplementary Search Report - national-search-report Originates from the national Search Report - supplementary-national-search-report Originates from the national Supplementary Search Report - international-type-search-report Originates from the international Type Search Report examination General Examination phase; use EXA when there is no further information available or one of the below if there is: - international-examination Cited during PCT chapter II (preliminary examination); international examination - national-examination Revealed during the national examination phase opposition Revealed during the Opposition phase limitation Revealed during the Limitation phase other Other documents of interest (cited in compte rendu but not in search report) undefined No information available (only used if there's neither information for cited-phase, nor for cited-by available) Attribute cited-by will contain the originator of the citation: applicant examiner opponent third-party Article 115 (Observation by third parties) other Other party, not in the list undefined no information available (only used if there's neither information for cited-phase, nor for cited-by available)</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
</xs:element>

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