The Legal Status service exposes legal events from the USPTO PAIR data. The EPO INPADOC endpoint is in development.
This service is currently BETA. Request parameters and response formats may change.
/legalstatus/uspto
This service provides transaction histories from the USPTO PAIR data.
| Method | GET | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Path | /legalstatus/uspto | ||
| Parameter | Values | Description | |
| @ucid | String, e.g., US-5551212-A | The unique character identifier of the publication | |
| @anucid | String, e.g., US-2582893-A | Unique filing identifier | |
| @anorig | String, e.g., US-08025828 | Original filing number | |
Example
wget -O- -q \ --header 'x-user:x' --header 'x-password:y' \ 'http://cdws21.ificlaims.com/legalstatus/uspto?ucid=US-5551212-A' wget -O- -q \ --header 'x-user:x' --header 'x-password:y' \ 'http://cdws21.ificlaims.com/legalstatus/uspto?anucid=US-2582893-A' wget -O- -q \ --header 'x-user:x' --header 'x-password:y' \ 'http://cdws21.ificlaims.com/legalstatus/uspto?anorig=US-08025828'
Response (abbreviated)
{
"time" : "0.240",
"status" : "success",
"content" : {
"uspto" : {
"ucids" : [
"US-5551212-A"
],
"anorig" : "US-08025828",
"anucid" : "US-2582893-A",
"events" : [
{
"country" : "US",
"title" : "Patented Case",
"code" : "FOND",
"description" : "Case Found",
"date" : 20000710
},
{
"code" : "LOST",
"country" : "US",
"title" : "Patented Case",
"description" : "Case Reported Lost",
"date" : 20000710
},
...
{
"code" : "DOCK",
"country" : "US",
"title" : "Patented Case",
"description" : "Case Docketed to Examiner in GAU",
"date" : 19930707
},
{
"description" : "Application Captured on Microfilm",
"date" : 19930511,
"code" : "FILM",
"country" : "US",
"title" : "Patented Case"
}
],
"anorig" : "US-08025828",
"ucids" : [
"US-5551212-A"
]
}
}
}