Citation services provide methods for retrieving backward or forward citations for an individual ucid or group of ucids.
/citations/backward
| Method(s) | GET | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Path | /citations/backward | ||
| Parameter | Values | Description | |
| @ucid | String: ex. US-5551212-A | One or more space or comma-separated ucids | |
| @extended | Boolean: 0 | 1 | Returns publication date, first CPC, first applicant, and inventor | |
| @source | Boolean: 0 | 1 | Returns the citation source (see Citation Sources for a list of sources) | |
Example I
Standard Request
wget -O- -q \ --header 'x-user:x' \ --header 'x-password:y' \ 'http://cdws21.ificlaims.com/citations/backward?ucid=US-5551212-A'
Standard Response
{
"status" : "success",
"time" : "0.297",
"citations" : [
{
"root" : "US-5551212-A",
"ucids" : [
"DE-3606826-A1",
"US-4546875-A",
"EP-0313721-A2",
"US-3187480-A",
"EP-0061805-A1",
"US-2043419-A",
"DE-8002686-U1",
"DE-3138439-A1",
"US-4905451-A",
"US-4631900-A",
"EP-0225665-A1",
"US-4828110-A",
"US-4534151-A"
]
}
]
}
Example II
Citation Source Request
wget -O- -q \ --header 'x-user:x' \ --header 'x-password:y' \ 'http://cdws21.ificlaims.com/citations/backward?ucid=US-5551212-A&source=1'
Citation Source Response
{
"time" : "0.594",
"status" : "success",
"citations" : [
{
"root" : "US-5551212-A",
"ucids" : [
{
"source" : "SEA",
"ucid" : "DE-3138439-A1"
},
{
"source" : "SEA",
"ucid" : "DE-3606826-A1"
},
# etc ...
Example III
Citation Extended Information Request
wget -O- -q \ --header 'x-user:x' \ --header 'x-password:y' \ 'http://cdws21.ificlaims.com/citations/backward?ucid=US-5551212-A&extended=1'
Citation Extended Information Response
{
"status" : "success",
"time" : "0.467",
"citations" : [
{
"ucids" : {
"EP-0313721-A2" : {
"published" : "19890503",
"inventor" : "ODENTHAL HEINZ F",
"applicant" : "OSTMA MASCHINENBAU GMBH",
"cpc" : "B65D 61/00 20130101 LI20130101BHEP "
},
"US-4534151-A" : {
"inventor" : "SCHNECK HANS",
"published" : "19850813",
"assignee" : "A. AHLSTROM OSAKEYHTIO",
"applicant" : "AHLSTROEM OY",
"cpc" : "Y10T 83/394 20150401 LA20150409BCEP "
},
# etc.
/citations/forward
| Method(s) | GET | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Path | /citations/forward | ||
| Parameter | Values | Description | |
| @ucid | String: ex. US-5551212-A | One or more space or comma-separated ucids | |
| @extended | Boolean: 0 | 1 | Returns publication date, first CPC, first applicant, and inventor | |
| @source | Boolean: 0 | 1 | Returns the citation source (see Citation Sources for a list of sources) | |
Example
Standard Request
wget -O- -q \ --header 'x-user:x' \ --header 'x-password:y' \ 'http://cdws21.ificlaims.com/citations/forward?ucid=US-5551212-A,EP-0700000-A2'
Standard Response
{
"status" : "success",
"time" : "0.143",
"citations" : [
{
"root" : "US-5551212-A",
"ucids" : [
"US-5735104-A",
"US-8516780-B2",
"US-6223499-B1",
"US-20110016831-A1",
"US-20120186197-A1",
"US-6338410-B1",
"US-8448411-B2",
"US-8216509-B2"
]
},
{
"root" : "EP-0700000-A2",
"ucids" : [
"WO-2000048077-A1",
"WO-2004107167-A1",
"CN-102314514-A",
"EP-1482406-A1",
"US-6457019-B1",
"US-6434685-B1",
"WO-2013083935-A1",
"US-6499095-B1",
"US-6877161-B1"
]
}
]
}
Response format for /citation/forward using @source or @extended is identical to /citation/backward