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.
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.
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.
On April 1, we updated our search API and CDWI search to Solr version 8.11.1.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The following fixes and enhancements are included:
csv.datefmt
was added to the New Report screen.The following fixes and enhancements are included:
/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.csv.datefmt
option is available. Please see Reporting for more details.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.
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
.
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.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.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.
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.
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.
Release notes prior to 2020 can be seen in the Archived Release Notes section.