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Proposal for change (PFC) from the Trilateral Offices (EPO, JPO, USPTO)

Submitted by / EPO/JPO/USPTO / Date: 2008-02-21
Requested modification / Addition of tags to description
Suggested handling of this proposal / expedited consideration
PFC TO-07/01 / Change:
<!ELEMENT description (doc-page+ | (invention-title? , (technical-field | background-art | disclosure | description-of-drawings | best-mode | mode-for-invention | industrial-applicability | sequence-list-text | (heading* , p+)+)+))>
To:
<!ELEMENT description (doc-page+ | (invention-title? , (technical-field | background-art | disclosure | summary-of-invention | description-of-drawings | description-of-embodiments |best-mode | mode-for-invention | industrial-applicability | reference-signs-list |reference-to-deposited-biological-material | sequence-list-text | citation-list | (heading* , p+)+)+))>
Items impacted / application-body(Annex F)
amendment-request(Annex F)
wo-published-application(Annex F)
xx-patent-document（ST.36）and ICE
Reason / Correspondence to CAF (Common Application Format).
Submitted by / EPO/JPO/USPTO / Date: 2008-02-21
Requested modification / Add new tag
Suggested handling of this proposal / expedited consideration
PFC TO-07/02 / Add:
<!ELEMENT summary-of-invention (tech-problem | tech-solution | advantageous-effects | (heading* , p*)+)+>
<!ATTLIST summary-of-invention id ID #IMPLIED >
Items impacted / application-body(Annex F)
amendment-request(Annex F)
wo-published-application(Annex F)
xx-patent-document（ST.36）and ICE
Reason / Correspondence to CAF (Common Application Format).
Submitted by / EPO/JPO/USPTO / Date: 2008-02-06
Requested modification / Add new tag
Suggested handling of this proposal / expedited consideration
PFC TO-07/03 / Add:
<!ELEMENT description-of-embodiments (embodiments-example | (heading* , p*)+)+>
<!ATTLIST description-of-embodiments id ID #IMPLIED >
<!ELEMENT embodiments-example (heading* , p+)+>
<!ATTLIST embodiments-example id ID #IMPLIED
ex-num CDATA #IMPLIED >
Items impacted / application-body(Annex F)
amendment-request(Annex F)
wo-published-application(Annex F)
xx-patent-document（ST.36）and ICE
Reason / Correspondence to CAF (Common Application Format).
Submitted by / EPO/JPO/USPTO / Date: 2008-02-21
Requested modification / Add new tag
Suggested handling of this proposal / expedited consideration
PFC TO-07/04 / Add:
<!ELEMENT reference-signs-list (heading* , p+)+>
<!ATTLIST reference-signs-list id ID #IMPLIED >
Items impacted / application-body(Annex F)
amendment-request(Annex F)
wo-published-application(Annex F)
xx-patent-document（ST.36）and ICE
Reason / Correspondence to CAF (Common Application Format).
Submitted by / EPO/JPO/USPTO / Date: 2008-02-06
Requested modification / Add new tag
Suggested handling of this proposal / expedited consideration
PFC TO-07/05 / Add:
<!ELEMENT reference-to-deposited-biological-material (heading* , p+)+>
<!ATTLIST reference-to-deposited-biological-material id ID #IMPLIED >
Items impacted / application-body(Annex F)
amendment-request(Annex F)
wo-published-application(Annex F)
xx-patent-document（ST.36）and ICE
Reason / Correspondence to CAF (Common Application Format).
Submitted by / EPO/JPO/USPTO / Date: 2008-02-21
Requested modification / Add new tag
Suggested handling of this proposal / expedited consideration
PFC TO-07/06 / Add:
<!ELEMENT citation-list (patent-literature | non-patent-literature | (heading* , p*)+)+>
<!ATTLIST citation-list id ID #IMPLIED >
<!ELEMENT patent-literature (heading* , p+)+>
<!ATTLIST patent-literature id ID #IMPLIED >
<!ELEMENT non-patent-literature (heading* , p+)+>
<!ATTLIST non-patent-literature id ID #IMPLIED >
Items impacted / application-body(Annex F)
amendment-request(Annex F)
wo-published-application(Annex F)
xx-patent-document（ST.36）and ICE
Reason / Correspondence to CAF (Common Application Format).

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