Parse-USPTO-XML.py

publication_title = bs.find('invention-title').text
publication_num = bs['file'].split("-")[0]
publication_date = bs.find('publication-reference').find('date').text
application_type = bs.find('application-reference')['appl-type']

classifications = []
for classes in bs.find_all('classifications-ipcr'):
    for el in classes.find_all('classification-ipcr'):
        cclassifications.append(el.find('section').text 
                                + el.find('class').text
                                + el.find('subclass').text)

inventors = []
for parties in bs.find_all('parties'):
    for applicants in parties.find_all('applicants'):
        for el in applicants.find_all('addressbook'):
            inventors.append(el.find('first-name').text 
                             + " " + el.find('last-name').text)
            
abstracts = []
for el in bs.find_all('abstract'):
    abstracts.append(el.text)

descriptions = []
for el in bs.find_all('description'):
    descriptions.append(el.text)

claims = []
for el in bs.find_all('claim'):
    claims.append(el.text)