The text service is used to retrieve XML data from the CLAIMS Direct Data Warehouse. There is a limit of 100 documents per batch.
/text/fetch
| Method(s) | GET | POST | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Path | /text/fetch | ||
| Parameter | Values | Description | |
| @ucid | String: ex. US-20100077592-A1[,US-5551212-A,...] | Document identifier | |
Note on POST method
Input Format | Example |
|---|---|
| single ucid | US-5551212-A |
| comma-delimited | US-5551212-A,EP-0700000-A2 |
| space-delimited | US-5551212-A EP-0700000-A2 |
| new-line-delimited | US-5551212-A |
Example:
wget -O- \ --header 'x-user:x' \ --header 'x-password:y' \ 'https://cdws21.ificlaims.com/text/fetch?ucid=US-20100077592-A1'
Response
The request content-type is irrelevant with regard to response format. CLAIMS Direct XML is returned. The text service does not support JSON because it cannot support the rich document structure available via the XML. If you want to retrieve JSON, we recommend using the search service.
<patent-documents>
<patent-document />
<patent-document />
</patent-documents>
For a detailed treatment of the content of a patent-document, please refer to the CLAIMS Direct DTD, Data Warehouse Design, and XML Content Description.