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IFI curates the current assignee only for those countries for which Snapshots are available. To calculate current assignee, we use legal event data along with other sources of information. For the US and AU, we receive additional data from the patent offices, which can be found in the assignment history section of the XML. We also do some of our own rules-based work: to identify "individual" (e.g., inventor matches assignee), to standardize the names (e.g., “co” vs “company”), and to create the probable assignee on an application where one isn't present. Our editorial team also creates relationships between names, which are then used in the calculation of the ifi-name-current. For example, when Facebook became Meta Platforms, the change was quickly identified by our editors and the ifi-name-current field was updated to reflect the new name.
Do you make any changes to the data provided in the documents?
No, we do not correct or alter the data we receive from our providers. We do report known errors to patent authorities but we do not make changes to the data unless we receive corrected records from our providers. The one exception is the IFI Snapshot data, which we calculate. IFI’s patent status and expiration indicatorsshould not be considered authoritative. An attorney or the relevant patent office should be consulted for an authoritative expiration and status determination.
Installation
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What options are available for installing CLAIMS Direct on-site?
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