Note:The
"specification" usually refers to the whole document including the claims
Cover Page
Disclosure/Description
Claims
Beside each item on a patent cover sheet there is a number inside a square bracket. These numbers, the INID codes, are international standards that identify the type of element in a patent document for most countries in the world. Below are a select list of categories, for the complete list of the codes refer to Appendix 1 in WIPO Standard ST.9.
[11] Patent Number
[12] Document Type
[21] Application Number
[22] Date of Patent Filing
[45] Date of Patent Publication/Issue
[51] International Patent Classification
[52] Domestic or National Classification
[54] Invention Title
[57] Abstract or Claim
[56] List of Prior Art Documents (aka References Cited)
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