The following table describes attributes that can be found in most of the data containers.
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ucid | Unique document identifier based on country, doc-number, and kind, i.e. US-96142365-A Note: the | |||||||||||||||||||||
mxw-id | Internal record-level identifier | |||||||||||||||||||||
created-load-id | Identifies the batch of records in which the document was added to the database | |||||||||||||||||||||
modified-load-id | Identifies the most recent batch of records in which the document was modified | |||||||||||||||||||||
load_source | Identifies the source of the data loaded into Alexandria. Values include: patent-office: Identifies documents published by PTOs and documents from third-party providers who receive data from PTOs | |||||||||||||||||||||
status | Internal attribute used in update procedures. Values include:
The "corrected" status means that there has been some update to the document from the initial load. This could be a change in assignment, new classifications, or other updates. These changes can come from curation work IFI does to standardize assignees and track current assignments, changes in legal status, or other updates from the patent office. The "deleted" status can mean one of two things:
In both of these cases, CLAIMS Direct sets the status=deleted, deleted_load_id=<load-id> and removes all data in all satellite tables, although deleted records are indexed. Documents marked @status=deleted should never be extracted from your CLAIMS Direct instance or, if they are marked at a later date, should be removed from downstream processing. | |||||||||||||||||||||
ref-ucid | ucid of related document used for reference data, such as a PCT application | |||||||||||||||||||||
format | Designates the normalized or not-normalized format of the following document-id:
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