Patent¶

Description: A set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention. Source: Wikipedia
Examples: openaire_cerif_xml_example_patents.xml
Representation: XML element Patent; the rest of this section documents children of this element
CERIF: the ResultPatent entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent)

Internal Identifier¶

Use: mandatory (1)
Representation: XML attribute id
CERIF: the ResultPatentIdentifier attribute (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent.ResultPatentIdentifier)

Type¶

Description

The type of the patent (currently just one option)

Use

mandatory (1)

Representation

XML element Type from namespace https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Patent_Types

CERIF

the ResultPatent_Classification (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent_Classification)

Vocabulary

Patent types extracted from the COAR Resource Types concept scheme: Types of patents as extracted from the COAR Resource Types concept scheme (http://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/documentation/resource_types/, the term ‘patent’ only).

patent (http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_15cd): A patent or patent application.

Title¶

Use: optional, possibly multiple (0..*)
Representation: XML element Title as a multilingual string
CERIF: the ResultPatent.Title attribute (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent.Title)

VersionInfo¶

Use: optional, possibly multiple (0..*)
Representation: XML element VersionInfo as a multilingual string
CERIF: the ResultPatent.VersionInfo attribute (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent.VersionInfo)

RegistrationDate¶

Use: optional (0..1)
Representation: XML element RegistrationDate
CERIF: the ResultPatent.RegistrationDate attribute (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent.RegistrationDate)
Format: full date (YYYY-MM-DD) with optional time zone indication

ApprovalDate¶

Use: optional (0..1)
Representation: XML element ApprovalDate
CERIF: the ResultPatent.ApprovalDate attribute (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent.ApprovalDate)
Format: full date (YYYY-MM-DD) with optional time zone indication

CountryCode¶

Use: optional (0..1)
Representation: XML element CountryCode
CERIF: the ResultPatent.CountryCode attribute (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent.CountryCode)

Issuer¶

Description: The issuer of the patent: the patent office
Use: optional, possibly multiple (0..*)
Representation: XML element Issuer with embedded XML element OrgUnit. A DisplayName may be specified, too.
CERIF: the OrganisationUnit_ResultPatent linking entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#OrganisationUnit_ResultPatent) with the https://w3id.org/cerif/vocab/OrganisationOutputContributions#PatentIssuer semantics

PatentNumber¶

Use: optional (0..1)
Representation: XML element PatentNumber
CERIF: the ResultPatent.PatentNumber attribute (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent.PatentNumber)

Inventors¶

Description: The inventors of this patent
Use: optional (0..1)
Representation: XML element Inventors with ordered embedded XML elements Inventor

Inventor¶

Description: The inventor: The actual devisor of an invention that is the subject of a patent.
Use: optional, possibly multiple (0..*)
Representation: XML element Inventor with embedded XML element Person optionally followed by one or several Affiliation elements. A DisplayName may be specified, too.
CERIF: the Person_ResultPatent linking entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#Person_ResultPatent) with the https://w3id.org/cerif/vocab/PersonOutputContributions#Inventor semantics

Holders¶

Description: The holders of this patent
Use: optional (0..1)
Representation: XML element Holders with ordered embedded XML elements Holder that can contain an embedded organisation unit or person

Holder¶

Description: The patent rights holder, also known as the patentee or assignee
Use: optional, possibly multiple (0..*)
Representation: XML element Holder with embedded XML element OrgUnit or Person. A DisplayName may be specified, too.
CERIF: the Person_ResultPatent linking entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#Person_ResultPatent) with the https://w3id.org/cerif/vocab/PersonOutputContributions#PatentHolder semantics; the OrganisationUnit_ResultPatent linking entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#OrganisationUnit_ResultPatent) with the https://w3id.org/cerif/vocab/OrganisationOutputContributions#PatentHolder semantics

Abstract¶

Use: optional, possibly multiple (0..*)
Representation: XML element Abstract as a multilingual string
CERIF: the ResultPatent.Abstract attribute (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent.Abstract)

Subject¶

Description: The subject of the patent from a classification
Use: optional, possibly multiple (0..*)
Representation: XML element Subject containing the classification identifier and having a scheme attribute to specify the classification scheme identifier
CERIF: the ResultPatent_Classification (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent_Classification)

Keyword¶

Description: A single keyword or key expression. Please repeat to serialize separate keywords or key expressions.
Use: optional, possibly multiple (0..*)
Representation: XML element Keyword as a multilingual string
CERIF: the ResultPatent.Keywords attribute (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent.Keywords)

OriginatesFrom¶

Use: optional, possibly multiple (0..*)
Representation: XML element OriginatesFrom with embedded XML element Project or Funding
CERIF: the Project_ResultPatent linking entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#Project_ResultPatent) with the https://w3id.org/cerif/vocab/Project_Output_Roles#Originator semantics; the ResultPatent_Funding linking entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent_Funding) with the https://w3id.org/cerif/vocab/Funding_Output_Roles#Originator semantics

Predecessor¶

Description: Patents that precede (i.e., have priority over) this patent
Use: optional, possibly multiple (0..*)
Representation: XML element Predecessor with embedded XML element Patent
CERIF: the ResultPatent_ResultPatent linking entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent_ResultPatent) with the https://w3id.org/cerif/vocab/Inter-OutputRelations#Predecessor semantics (direction :1)

References¶

Description: Result outputs that are referenced by this patent
Use: optional, possibly multiple (0..*)
Representation: XML element References with embedded XML element Publication or Patent or Product
CERIF: the ResultPatent_ResultPublication linking entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent_ResultPublication) with the https://w3id.org/cerif/vocab/Inter-OutputRelations#Reference semantics (direction :1); the ResultPatent_ResultProduct linking entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent_ResultProduct) with the https://w3id.org/cerif/vocab/Inter-OutputRelations#Reference semantics (direction :1); the ResultPatent_ResultPatent linking entity (https://w3id.org/cerif/model#ResultPatent_ResultPatent) with the https://w3id.org/cerif/vocab/Inter-OutputRelations#Reference semantics (direction :1)