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Welcome to the Documentation Portal for CLAIMS Direct

CLAIMS Direct 2.1 is the most current production release of our servers and services.

Useful Links

• CLAIMS Direct Video Introductions: instructional videos
• CDWI User's Guide: general user's guide to the CLAIMS Direct Web Interface
• System Administrator's Guide: guide to on-site installation, content updates, and installed tools
• Developer's Guide: developer's guide to CLAIMS Direct Web Services
• SOLR Search Fields: list of searchable fields and field names
• SOLR Searching Guide: information about how to conduct searches within CDWI
• XML Content Description: list of XML attributes with content description
• Content Updates: data update schedule

Please send your questions, comments, and suggestions to support@ificlaims.com.

What's New?

• We now have a place where you can find out about known content issues and their status. The Latest Content Updates and Known Issues page also provides the date of the most recent full text loads, listed by country.
• New blog: SOLR Indexing Process Explained
• Step-by-step installation guides are now available for PostgreSQL, client tools, SOLR, and CLAIMS Direct Web Services.
• CDWS v3.5 has been released. See the Release Notes for details.
• Our new Content Notifications page provides the latest information about upcoming content changes all in one place.
• Have a question? See our new FAQs for answers.
• We have recently added AU data, including pharmaceutical data, IFI enhanced content, and office-specific data. See ifi-annotated-data, ifi-integrated-content, and office-specific-data for more details.
• A new web service providing Legal Status from the USPTO is now available in BETA.
• We have made several enhancements to our data coverage including KR back file records, English translations for ES records, and the addition of some IFI enhanced content for JP records. See our Release Notes for more information.
• New trial guide now available: Exploring CLAIMS Direct.