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June 2020: New PostgreSQL schema and tools package
In an effort to further streamline CLAIMS Direct PostgreSQL schema versioning, we are introducing a schema and tools package into the CLAIMS Direct yum repository. The new package will offer the main CLAIMS Direct database schema as well as the supporting users
database to support deployment of on-site web services. The package contains the SQL to create the database(s) supporting PostgreSQL versions 9.2 - 10.x, as well as tools to check installation, populate the tables, perform extracts, and more. See PostgreSQL Schema and Tools for more information about the package, including instructions on how to install it.
April 2020: CDWS/CDWI report expirations
Going forward, reports created using the CDWS endpoint /reports
and CDWI reporting interface will expire after 6 months and will be automatically removed. We intend to begin the pruning on June 6, 2020. Please download any reports older than 6 months that you wish to keep.
April 2020: Client Tools 2.5.3 release notes
Changes
This release contains changes pertaining to how the software is deployed on the system. At the end of 2017, we moved to an RPM-based software distribution by introducing the IFI CLAIMS Direct repository. This release further aligns the installation with distribution standards. The following enhancements are included in v.2.5.3:
- An unprivileged service account is created and controls processes and configuration files.
The new useralexandria
will be created on installation or upgrade whosehome
directory will be/var/lib/alexandria.
- Configuration files are located in the standard system configuration directory.
All tools included in the Client::Tools package require a validalexandria.xml
file for database and index settings. This file is now located in the standard system configuration directory/etc.
In addition, configuration files pertaining tosystemd
andinit.d
control are located in the directory/etc/alexandria.
- Log files are located in standard system logging directory
( /var/log/alexandria ).
By default, this will be/var/log/alexandria/alexandria.log.
- Data warehouse updating and SOLR indexing daemons are controlled through
systemd
andinit.d.
For CentOS 8 and RHEL 7, the service filesapgupd.service
andaidxd.service
will be installed in thesystemd
service file directory toenable
,disable
,start
andstop
the services. For Amazon (amz1), the service filesapgupd.init
andaidxd.init
will be installed in/etc/rc.d/init.d
to enable standardchkconfig
andservice
start, stop, restart and status commands.
Upgrade Paths
- Upgrading Alexandria-Client-Tools from versions earlier than 2.1.1 (non-repository versions):
Please contact support@ificlaims.com. Upgrading Alexandria-Client-Tools from version 2.1.1 and above (repository-controlled versions):
Code Block language text yum update perl-Alexandria-Library yum update perl-Alexandria-Client-Tools
Note Please note there are two new configuration files
/etc/alexandria/apgupd.conf
and/etc/alexandria/aidxd.conf
which require editing for appropriate user name and password to interact with the CLAIMS Direct primary update server. See Client Tools documentation for details.
January 2020: On-site citation and family functionality
With the deployment of the cumulative patch alexandria-sql-patch-alpa-3636-20191101
, on-site CLAIMS Direct installations gained the ability to utilize family and citation functionality in-house. We are now offering a supplemental patch which will allow bulk loading of the tables needed to support these new functions. The new patch also expands the available functionality to make citation and family data easier to access. The supplemental patch is available through the following link: http://alexandria.fairviewresearch.com/software/patches/alexandria-sql-patch-alpa-3636-x-20191215.tar.gz. For a full discussion of how to use these new functions, see Leveraging On-Site Citation and Family Functionality.
November 2019: Cumulative data warehouse update for on-site installations
We have prepared a new PostgreSQL configuration to ensure that on-site CLAIMS Direct installations are up-to-date and providing optimal performance and reliability. This is a critical update that needs to be applied to all CLAIMS Direct PostgreSQL servers. Features include:
- on-site lookups for forward and backward patent citations
- on-site lookups for simple and extended families
- support for data source attribution notices in order to comply with new data license requirements from some publishing authorities
- changes to
ifi-annotated-content
container - additional
ifi-keywords
/ifi-statistical-information
containers - critical enhancements and fixes supporting improved data loading
The patch is available through the link below:
Inside the package, there is a README file (README.alpa-3636-20191101) describing patch application as well as notes as to what has been changed. On-site installations must apply this patch before December 1, 2019 to prevent errors in the update process.
September 2019: DTD v2.5 released, CPCI added, and bulk attachments service released
1) We have released v2.5 of the DTD. This release includes the following changes (see the XML DTD and Schemas for more details):
- added CPCI value to schema attribute on
classification-cpc
- made
classification-cpc
unbounded (*) as child ofclassifications-cpc
2) The EPO has announced that CPC-International will be rolled out starting with the next DocDB data delivery. From week 2019/36 onward all CPC classifications will have classification-scheme=“CPCI”. Classification-schemes “CPC” and “CPCNO” will be discontinued from that week onward. More information about this change can be found in Content Notifications.
3) We are releasing a new bulk attachments web service on September 1. This service is an interface to download attachments in bulk format. It is modeled on the existing XML update service which is used by on-site customers to manage updates to their CLAIMS Direct instance. Please see Bulk Attachments for full details.
July 2019: Soviet Union data added
In July we processed full text data from the former Soviet Union. IFI's collection now includes Author Certificates and Patents from 1924 to 1993.
June 2019: Six new full text countries added
Over the past few weeks we have added full text and PDF files for ARIPO, Bulgaria, Eurasia, OAPI and Romania to our Premium+ collection. Subscribers to either Premium or Premium+ also now have access to full text for Slovakia. Details can be seen in our data coverage table.
May 2019: Full text added for Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia
Full text and PDF files for Czech Republic (CZ) and the former Czechoslovakia (CS) are now available for Premium and Premium+ subscribers, respectively.
May 2019: Kind code changes in Norway and the Netherlands
Following EPO recommendations, we have changed the kind codes of some NL and NO records as follows:
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May 2019: Change in CS and CZ document numbers
As announced in April, CS and CZ records changed the format of their patent numbers following DocDB recommendations. Some of the changes included moving the year to the end for CZ publication numbers dating prior to 2000 and suppressing embedded zeroes for CZ publication numbers, applications, and priority numbers dating from 2000 onward. The following table illustrates the changes.
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The rekey, as initially described by the EPO, would have resulted in collisions. For example:
- CZ-9102003-A3 (published 19930113) would have been rekeyed as CZ-200391-A3
- CZ-20030091-A3 (published 20030618) would have been rekeyed as CZ-200391-A3
To avoid these collisions, the rekeyed ucids of 104 CS records delivered by the EPO match the application number and don't follow the rules above.
April 2019: Referenced images now available in Spanish front file
Beginning in January 2019, image files in our attachment server will include referenced images in TIFF format for ES patents and utility models.
April 2019: Five new full text countries added
Over the past week we have added full text and PDF files for Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Portugal, and Slovenia to our Premium+ collection. Details can be seen in our data coverage table.
April 2019: East German patents added
We have added description, claims and full document PDFs of DD granted patents published by the former East German patent office between 1980 and 2003. This content is available to Premium and Premium+ subscription levels.
March 2019: Canadian PDF backfile extended
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April 2024: Solr installations
Following a recent Solr upgrade, we have found that essentially every Solr implementation is unique. Therefore, pre-written installation instructions are likely to be misleading and we have removed them from our documentation. If you need assistance with a Solr installation, please contact your sales representative to discuss a consulting arrangement.
December 2023: DTD v2.7 released, adding attribute for Unitary Patents
We have released v2.7 of the DTD, which includes a new attribute to indicate whether Unitary Patent (UP) protection has been requested for EP-B records. The attribute, ep-up-requested
, has been added to the ifi-patent-status
element in the IFI Snapshot. It is marked "Yes" when the legal status code U01 has been delivered in the legal event codes. Once the UP is registered, a C0 record is created where annuity payments, appeals, and other post-grant procedures are tracked. This attribute provides an easy way to identify which applicants are seeking protection in all countries participating in the UP. We plan to begin loading the new attribute on March 23, 2024. The new DTD is available here.
August 2023: IP Profiles API released
IFI Corporate Intellectual Property Profiles are now available through an API service. This service provides a high-level summary of the intellectual property assets held by corporate entities, including metrics such as the number of patents and patent families owned, status information, and the number of citations associated with a company’s patents. See IP Profiles for more details about this service.
April 2023: Schema tools 2.0-2 released
This minor update adds additional stream functionality to all tools. As of this release, cdws
, litigation
, and entities
are fully supported in extracting, counting and analyzing.
April 2023: Updated Solr to version 8.11.1
On April 1, we updated our search API and CDWI search to Solr version 8.11.1.
March 2023: Entities stream released
The Entities stream provides company hierarchies and summary statistics. It is the foundation of our IP Profiles. It is available as a separate data subscription. See the Entities Schema and User-Defined Functions, Working with the Entities Stream and Installing Additional Streams for more information.
February 2023: CLAIMS Direct Client Tools 2.6-5 released
This latest minor release of the client tools adds a diagnostics utility. This new utility will gather important information in a CLAIMS Direct instance to better aid support in diagnosing issues.
October 2022: Support for Rocky Linux 8
CLAIMS Direct now supports Rocky Linux 8. Instructions for new instances have been incorporated into the PostgreSQL Installation Instructions and the repository information is provided in the Software Requirements on our PostgreSQL page.
September 2022: New CLAIMS Direct Client Tools support transition to HTTPS
We are transitioning the Shared Services API and on-site update client communication from the HTTP protocol to HTTPS exclusively. To support this transition, the new release of perl-Alexandria-Client-Tools
defaults to HTTPS for both API communications and update package downloads. On-site customers should install the new client tools by November 1, 2022.
May 2022: CLAIMS Direct CDWI 2.9.1 released
The following fixes and enhancements are included:
- A new reporting option
csv.datefmt
was added to the New Report screen. - A bug wherein attachments with identical names were suppressed from grid listing output has been fixed.
- Updated Privacy and Terms of Use
May 2022: CLAIMS Direct CDWS 3.9.1 released
The following fixes and enhancements are included:
- A bug that made the endpoint
/attachment/update
take minutes when no @limit parameter was given has been resolved. system/dwh/loading
endpoint is now streams aware. This resolved an issue when a @load_id parameter was from a non-xml stream, the endpoint returned HTTP 204.- In an effort to harmonize date output formats in the Reporting API, a new
csv.datefmt
option is available. Please see Reporting for more details.
May 2022: CLAIMS Direct Client Tools 2.6-3 released
The latest release of the client tools adds further enhancements to streams
processing. In addition, package download integrity is maintained by the addition of an MD5 checksum.
April 2021: CLAIMS Direct Client Tools 2.6-1 released
This latest release introduces streams
capability. This new feature allows the seamless integration of custom XML content, non-patent data sources and custom data filtering for on-site customers. Additionally, aidxd
has a new argument --tolerate
which directs aidxd
to tolerate all errors and retry. This brings aidxd
in line with the current behavior of apgupd
. Due to the change of behavior, this argument is optional but future releases may make this the default behavior. If you wish to use it, simply add it to the CD_OTHER_OPTIONS
option in /etc/alexandria/aidxd.conf
( CD_OTHER_OPTIONS='--tolerate'
) and restart the daemon via systemctl
.
March 2021: Attachment service enhancements
On March 20, 2021 we are releasing the following enhancements to the Shared Services /attachment
endpoint:
-
@exclude
has been added as a parameter to the/attachment/fetchall
endpoint. This allows you to exclude specified extensions from the package. See /attachment/fetchall for full details. - The
attachment/abimage
endpoint, which allows you to fetch a front page drawing or figure, has been enhanced to handle image manipulation. See /attachment/abimage for more details.
March 2021: Litigation API released
Global litigation data from MaxVal is now available on the CLAIMS Direct platform as an optional data subscription. Case details, outcomes, party data and more are available from multiple courts. The data is provided in a similar XML style to other CLAIMS Direct content, making it easy to integrate with other patent content. See Litigation to read more about how to access this service.
March 2021: Chinese Snapshots
From March through August, approximately 30 million IFI Snapshots will be added to our Chinese full text documents. This will allow Premium Plus subscribers to access IFI’s standardized names, patent status, expiration dates, and claims summaries for Chinese records. To read more about the IFI Snapshots and how they can help you, see IFI Snapshots Explained.
February 2021: IFI Snapshots
For over 70 years, IFI CLAIMS has created value-added data which provides an overview of a patent document at a particular moment. Our patent status, expiry dates, standardized names, and claims summaries have been relied upon by professionals for decades to provide the key information necessary to evaluate patents quickly and efficiently. We have now come up with a term which we feel captures the essence of this vital information: the IFI Snapshot. To read more about what IFI Snapshots are and how they can help you, see IFI Snapshots Explained.
Earlier Release Notes
Release notes prior to 2019 2020 can be seen in the Archived Release Notes section.