To apply for a patent for invention, the application documents shall include: the request for a patent for invention, the specification (with attached drawings when necessary), the patent claim, the abstract and the attached drawings in duplicate.
For an application for a patent for invention involving amino acids or nucleotide sequences, the specification shall include a sequence list, which shall be submitted as a separate part of the specification, and at the same time, a CD or floppy disk containing the sequence list that meets the requirements of China National Intellectual Property Administration shall be submitted.
Software document definition:
A document is a written description of a software system.
Documentation should accurately describe the software system.
Software documentation is a way of communication between software engineers.
There are many kinds of documents, including software requirements documents, design documents, test documents, user manuals and so on.
There are many ways to present documents, which can be traditional written form or chart form, or dynamic web page form.