This custom text web service returns an application-number centric, merged representation of one or more CLAIMS Direct documents. It This service:
- offers
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- a condensed view of multiple stages of an invention
- establishes relationships between PCT and nationally filed documents
- establishes relationships between nationally filed documents and translations filed with the EPO
- introduces the concept of
effectivedate (earliest applicable filing date) - algorithmically matches national application and document number formats to CLAIMS Direct ucids
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| Member | Description |
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| ucid | The CLAIMS Direct application unique character identifier (ucid) |
| country | The country of filing. |
| doc_number | The CLAIMS Direct formatted application filing number |
| doc_number_original | The original formatted, national application filing number |
| date | The filing date |
| kind | The application kind code |
| lang | Language of application |
| format | fixed: ifi. The format of document numbers and ucids. For exceptions, see doc_number_original |
| fam | The simple family identifier |
| origin | |
| effective | |
| entity_status | US only; Description of filing entity based on number of employees, possible values are micro, small, large, or unknown |
| claims_total | Total number of claims (if available) |
| patent_status | A simplified enumeration of the CLAIMS Direct patent status |
| relation | Enumeration of relationship ( continuation or division) |
| parent | If a continuation or divisional relationship (see relation), this will hold the parent application ucid |
| assignee | The current assignee |
| pta | Patent term adjustment (extension) in days |
abstract_en† | An English-language abstract, where available, and the original-language abstract (as determined by language of publication) |
| description_en† description_original† | Description (as described under abstract_en/abstract_original) |
| claims_en† claims_original† | Claims (as described under abstract_en/abstract_original) |
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| Member | Sub-members | Description | ||||||||||||||
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| inventors† | inventor | An array of all inventors | ||||||||||||||
| priority |
| The earliest priority excluding provision applications. | ||||||||||||||
| publications |
| An array of all publications tied to the root application number. | ||||||||||||||
| grant |
| The published granted patent. | ||||||||||||||
| national_grant |
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| titles |
| The titles array condenses the title(s) of all stages into a language-distinct array. | ||||||||||||||
| simple_family† | ucid | An array of ucids which make up a simple family. | ||||||||||||||
| extended_family† | ucid | An array of ucids which make the extended inpadoc family. | ||||||||||||||
| classifications† |
| The classifications array contains all classifications condensed into a unique set per classification type. | ||||||||||||||
| claims_hierarchy† |
| The claims_hierarchy member outlines the claim dependencies. | ||||||||||||||
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| Method | GET | ||
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| Path | |||
| Parameter | Values | Description | |
| @id | String: ex. US-5551212[,EP 0700000] | One of more application or document numbers to retrieve. Multiple @ids are separate by the comma. | |
| @include-optional | Integer: ex. 1 | The default response contains a subset of available content. To include all available content (as denoted above under Content), set this parameter to 1. | |
| @include | String: ex. inventors | Include only a subset of optional content. | |
| @exclude | String: ex . publications | Exclude particular content. | |
| @include-only | String: ex. effective | Includes only the content specified. The top-level ucid member is always included by default, always. | |
| @origin | String: ex EP or WO | When the origin of an application input is either EP or WO, this parameter should be specified. If there are multiple @ids, input of origin-per-id is accomplished through subscripts. For example, assume two input ids /custom/tws/an?id=US13/123456,FR12345678 You could specify
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| @date | Integer: ex. 19960101 | If given, this parameter increases performance and confidence in the input-matching process. The same method of explicitly targeting a specific input with
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| Member | Description |
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| iid | The exact input given (input-id) |
| lookup_status | Enumeration of found, not-found or found-duplicate |
| confidence | A confidence level (0-100) of the input <=> output match. This is currently fixed at 100. |
tws_applications container
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