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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.

Earlier versions of this documentation can be found here.

Useful Links

CLAIMS Direct Video Introductions - instructional videos

User's Guide - general user's guide to the CLAIMS Direct Web Interface (CDWI)

Here you will find information about our data coverage, how to install and use our services, and more. Please send your questions, comments, and suggestions to support@ificlaims.com.

What's New?

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Five Countries Added

Five new countries have been added to our full text coverage

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IP Profiles

Get succinct summaries of the intellectual property assets held by corporate entities

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Unitary Patents

Read about how CLAIMS Direct is dealing with Unitary Patent data in our new blog

Quick Links

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Video Introductions

Instructional videos

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System Administrator's Guide

Guide

- guide

to on-site installation, content updates, and installed tools

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Developer's Guide

- developer's guide

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

(CDWS)

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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.

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What's New?

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.
CLAIMS Direct XML DTD v2.3 is now available. For details, see XML DTD and Schemas.
New trial guide now available: Exploring CLAIMS Direct.