OJ EPO SE 4/2014, p56 - Appendix to Annex B

DTD[ 1 ] for creating the XML[ 2 ] file for batch payments

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
*************************************************************************
* EPO-batch-payment v1.0 DECEMBER 2004                            *
*************************************************************************
* http://www.epoline.org                                                                *
*************************************************************************
* Contacts:                                                                                    *
*  Leo Sarasua; lsarasua@epo.org                                              *
*  Arie van Bart: avanbart@epo.org                                             *
*************************************************************************

-->

<!DOCTYPE EPO-batch-payment [

<!ELEMENT EPO-batch-payment  (header,detail,trailer) >

<!ATTLIST EPO-batch-payment
               dtd-version  CDATA    #REQUIRED
               date-produced  CDATA    #REQUIRED
               ro  CDATA    #REQUIRED  >

<!ELEMENT header  (sender,send-date,mode-of-payment,payment-reference-id?,
               receipt-request*) >

<!--User Name-->
<!ELEMENT sender  (name,registered-number?) >

<!ELEMENT name  (#PCDATA) >
<!ATTLIST name
               name-type (legal | natural)   #IMPLIED  >

<!--registered, customer number,
Use for APPR and FREP-->
<!ELEMENT registered-number  (#PCDATA) >

<!--Date on which payment request is sent. Format YYYYMMDD.-->
<!ELEMENT send-date  (#PCDATA) >

<!ELEMENT mode-of-payment  (account-no?) >

<!ATTLIST mode-of-payment
               payment-type (charge | deposit)   #REQUIRED
               currency  CDATA    #IMPLIED  >

<!--deposit account number-->
<!ELEMENT account-no  (#PCDATA) >

<!--Applicant's or agent's payment reference. 12 characters maximum.-->
<!ELEMENT payment-reference-id  (#PCDATA) >


<!--Receipt of the payment requested by user.
  Possible attribute values:
  E: electronic receipt; (default)
  P: paper receipt, specifying debited fees;
  O: other possible form of receipt;-->
<!ELEMENT receipt-request  (#PCDATA) >


<!ATTLIST receipt-request
               receipt-code (E | P | O)   #IMPLIED  >

<!--One record for each of the payments being made.-->
<!ELEMENT detail  (fees+) >

<!ELEMENT fees  (document-id,file-reference-id?,owner*,fee+) >

<!--Document identification refers to patents and patent
applications only. See WIPO ST.14.
In the case of EPO-batch-payment this must always be the application number.-->
<!ELEMENT document-id  (country,doc-number,kind?,name?,date?) >

<!ATTLIST document-id
               lang  CDATA    #IMPLIED  >

<!--Country: use ST.3 country code, e.g. DE, FR, GB, NL, etc.
Also includes EP, WO-->
<!ELEMENT country  (#PCDATA) >


<!ELEMENT doc-number  (#PCDATA) >

<!ELEMENT kind  (#PCDATA) >

<!--Document Date. Format YYYYMMDD -->
<!ELEMENT date  (#PCDATA) >

<!--Applicant's or agent's file reference. 12 characters maximum.-->
<!ELEMENT file-reference-id  (#PCDATA) >

<!--Owner or applicant (reference number).-->
<!ELEMENT owner  (#PCDATA) >
<!--A fee (or payment) record.-->
<!ELEMENT fee  (type-of-fee,fee-sub-amount,fee-factor,fee-reduction*,
               fee-total-amount,country*) >


<!ATTLIST fee
               currency  CDATA    #IMPLIED  >

<!--A code that describes the payment being made.-->
<!ELEMENT type-of-fee  (#PCDATA) >

<!--Unitary value of the fee.-->
<!ELEMENT fee-sub-amount  (#PCDATA) >

<!--How many times is the fee applied. Default value = 1-->
<!ELEMENT fee-factor  (#PCDATA) >

<!--Any possible reductions applicable to this fee.-->
<!ELEMENT fee-reduction  (#PCDATA) >

<!ATTLIST fee-reduction
               reduction-code  CDATA    #IMPLIED  >



<!--The total amount to be paid for this fee.
fee-total-amount = fee-sub-amount * fee-factor - sum(reductions)-->
<!ELEMENT fee-total-amount  (#PCDATA) >

<!ELEMENT trailer  (mode-of-payment?,batch-pay-total-amount+,total-records) >

<!--The sum of all fees for this transaction-->
<!ELEMENT batch-pay-total-amount  (#PCDATA) >

<!ATTLIST batch-pay-total-amount
               currency  CDATA    #REQUIRED  >

<!--Total number of records (=applications) to be debited in the batch.-->
<!ELEMENT total-records  (#PCDATA) >

]>


 

 

[ 1 ] Document Type Definition.

[ 2 ] EXtensible Markup Language.