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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
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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
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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.
November 2020: Names API released
The Names API is now available to Premium Plus subscribers. This service allows users to retrieve CLAIMS Direct IFI names and name variations as well as ultimate corporate owners and subsidiaries. More information about how to use this service is available here.
July 2020: Source attribution added
As required by the French Patent and Trademark office (INPI), we have released a patch which adds a source attribution. The patch is available through the following link:
Installation instructions and further details are included in the README file. On-site installations must apply this patch before August 1, 2020.
June 2020: Support for RHEL/CentOS 8
CLAIMS Direct now supports RHEL/CentOS 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.
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.
Earlier Release Notes
Release notes prior to 2020 can be seen in the Archived Release Notes section.