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Custom Service Providing Application-Centric Integrated View TWS

Custom Service Providing Application-Centric Integrated View TWS

This custom Text Web Service (TWS) returns an application number-centric, merged representation of one or more CLAIMS Direct documents. This service:

  • offers a condensed view of multiple stages of an invention

  • establishes relationships between PCT and nationally filed documents

  • establishes relationships between nationally filed documents and translations filed with the EPO

  • introduces the concept of effective date (earliest applicable filing date)

  • algorithmically matches national application and document number formats to CLAIMS Direct ucids

Content

The content is represented by a 2-level tws_application structure. The first level contains all application-specific member information.

Note

Members denoted with † are not included in default output. See request and response below for parameters needed to include these members in the output.

Member

Description

Member

Description

ucid

The CLAIMS Direct application unique character identifier (ucid)

country

The country of filing

doc_number

The CLAIMS Direct formatted application filing number

doc_number_original

The original formatted, national application filing number

date

The filing date

kind

The application kind code

lang

Language of application

format

fixed: ifi. The format of document numbers and ucids. For exceptions, see doc_number_original

fam

The simple family identifier

origin

 

effective

The earliest filing date, which may be the date of the corresponding PCT filing, of an earlier non-provisional parent filing, or may be the same as the filing date listed in the application-reference when no earlier filing exists

entity_status

US only; Description of filing entity based on number of employees, possible values are micro, small, large, or unknown

claims_total†

Total number of claims (if available)

patent_status

A simplified enumeration of the CLAIMS Direct patent status

relation

Enumeration of relationship (continuation or division)

parent

If a continuation or divisional relationship (see relation), this will hold the parent application ucid

assignee

The current assignee

pta

Patent term adjustment (extension) in days

abstract_en†
abstract_original†

An English-language abstract, where available, and the original-language abstract (as determined by language of publication)

description_en†
description_original†

Description (as described under abstract_en/abstract_original)

claims_en†
claims_original†

Claims (as described under abstract_en/abstract_original)

Additional members of the tws_application which contain substructures follows.

Note

 Members denoted with † are not included in default output. See request and response below for parameters needed to include these members in the output.

Member

Sub-members

Description

Member

Sub-members

Description

inventors†

inventor

An array of all inventors

priority

Member

Description

ucid

CLAIMS Direct application ucid

country

Priority filing country

doc_number

Priority application number

kind

Priority kind code

date

Priority filing date

The earliest priority excluding provisional applications

publications

Member

Description

ucid

CLAIMS Direct publication ucid

country

Country code

doc_number

Publication number

kind

Publication kind code

date

Publication date

lang

Publication language

An array of all publications tied to the root application number

grant

Member

Description

ucid

CLAIMS Direct publication ucid

country

Country code

doc_number

Granted document number

kind

Grant kind code

date

Granted publication date

lang

Granted language of publication

The published granted patent

national_grant

Member

Description

ucid

CLAIMS Direct publication ucid

country

Country code

doc_number

National granted document number

kind

National grant kind code

date

National grant publication date

lang

Nation grant language of publication

The published national granted patent

titles

Member

Description

lang

Language of title

title

Text content of title

The titles array condenses the title(s) of all stages into a language-distinct array

simple_family†

ucid

An array of ucids which make up a simple family

extended_family†

ucid

An array of ucids which make up the extended INPADOC family

classifications†

Member

Description

cpc

An array of all CPC

ecla

An array of all ECLA

ipcr

An array of all IPCR

ipc

An array of all IPC

The classifications array contains all classifications condensed into a unique set per classification type

claims_hierarchy†

Member

Description

num

Claim number

type

Type of claim (dependent or independent)

refs

If a dependent claim, a list of claim numbers on which this claim depends

The claims_hierarchy member outlines the claim dependencies