priority-claims 

DOCDB may have added one additional priority to the set as printed on the published document. 
For internal EPO business purposes a so-called "self-claim" may have been generated. 
In a "self-claim" the priority-reference = the application-reference

Element Information

Model

priority-claim+ , incorporation-by-reference{0,1}
Children: incorporation-by-reference, priority-claim

Used By

Complex Type bibliographic-dataType

Source 

<xs:element name="priority-claims" type="priority-claimsType">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>DOCDB may have added one additional priority to the set as printed on the published document. For internal EPO business purposes a so-called "self-claim" may have been generated. In a "self-claim" the priority-reference = the application-reference</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
</xs:element>

Sample