Reporting provides a set of services to create, process, and retrieve either CSV extracts or XML extracts from CLAIMS Direct. Reports are available for six months after they are created. Please download any reports older than six months that you wish to keep. Reports can be downloaded through the API using https://cdws21.ificlaims.com/reports/<report-id>/<report-name>.

In brief, you can use the interface to do the following:

/report/create: create a report – defining the data selection criteria
/report/queue: queue the report – defining the processing and packaging requirements for the report delivery
/report/status: check the status of the report progress – from queued to complete
/report/list: get a list of current reports
/report/detail: get a list of the details related to a particular report
/report/delete: delete a report
/report/columns: get a list of the columns supported by CSV reporting

Note that whereas CSV reporting does allow you to select the columns or fields that you want included in the report, the XML output assumes you want the complete XML record. Also note that while the XML output allows for batching of the output into multiple files in order to keep file sizes manageable, the CSV report assumes you want everything in one file.

The details of the service calls are below.

/report/create

Method(s)	GET \| POST

Method(s)

GET | POST

Path

/report/create

Parameter

Values

Description

@name

String: ex. test-report-01

Report name. Special Unix/Linux characters may not be used in report names. Valid characters include alphas, numerics, dashes, and underscores.

@type

String: ex. csv

Report type, one of 'csv' or 'xml' (default=xml)

@source

String: ex. search

Report source, one of 'search', 'list' or 'table' (default=list)

@criteria

String: ex. pnctry:us AND solar

Report criteria. Depending on @source, this will be either a valid Solr query, a space, comma or new-line-separated list of ucids or an existing schema-qualified DWH table name containing the required column ucid.

For long ucid lists and complicated queries, the POST method should be used.

@solrparams

unused, set internally

@solrurl

unused, set internally

The following options pertain to @type = csv

@csv.cols

String: ex. c1,c2

Comma-separated list of columns to include. Columns will be output in order given.
Currently available columns:

Note

Columns containing multiple values will be separated by the '|' character, e.g. US | EP | WO

Column	Description
document-ucid	Document identifier (ucid)
document-country	Country of publication
document-number	Patent/publication number
document-kind	Publication kind code
document-date	Date of publication (YYYYMMDD)
document-year	Year of publication (YYYY)
application-ucid	Application filing identifier (ucid)
application-country	Filing country
application-number	Filing number
application-kind	Filing kind code
application-date	Date of filing (YYYYMMDD)
application-year	Year of filing (YYYY)
priority-number	Priority numbers (ucids)
priority-country	Priority countries
priority-date	Priority filing dates (YYYYMMDD)
priority-year	Priority filing years (YYYY)
us-class-primary	Primary US classification
us-class	All US classifications
cpc	CPC
cpc-first-inventive	First inventive CPC
ipcr	IPCR
ipc	IPC
ecla	ECLA
f-terms	F-terms
patent-citations	Patent citations
non-patent-citations	Non-patent citations
forward-citations	Forward citations
related-applications	Related applications
assignee-applicant	Assignees/applicants
epo-assignee-applicant	DOCDB standardized assignees/applicants
inventor	Inventors
agent	Agents
correspondent	Correspondent
examiner	Examiner
pct-application-number	PCT filing number (ucid)
designated-states	EP and PCT designated states
abstract	English abstract or, if no English abstract exists, the abstract in the language of publication
first-claim	First claim
english-claims	Claims in English
original-claims	Claims in language of publication
espacenet-link	URL to espacenet
simple-family	List of ucids sharing the same family ID, as assigned by DOCDB
inpadoc-family	Extended family
legal-status	Legal status
title	English language title or, if not present, title in publication language
ifi-expiration	IFI anticipated patent expiration date
ifi-status	IFI patent status
ifi-publication-type	IFI publication type
ifi-adj-expiration	IFI adjusted patent expiration date
ifi-assignee	IFI assignee
ifi-assignee-original	Original, as published, assignee
ifi-assignee-current	Current IFI assignee
ifi-assignee-probable	Probable IFI assignee
family-id	DOCDB-assigned simple family integer identifier
load-id	modified-load-id
date-produced	Date on which CLAIMS Direct XML was produced

@csv.header

Bool: ex. 1

[ 0 | 1 ] Include column headers

@csv.nonl

Bool: ex. 1

[ 0 | 1 ] Replace new lines (nl) with spaces

@csv.maxcolsize

Integer: ex. 32

The maximum number of bytes allowed per column (overflow will be truncated). This value is assumed to be Kilobytes.

@csv.datefmt

String. Available Options:

yyyy-mm-dd
dd/mm/yyyy
mm/dd/yyyy
yyyymmdd

Ex. csv.datefmt=mm/dd/yyyy

(v3.9.1) The format of date output for the CSV columns: Publication Date, Application Date, Priority Date, Date Produced, IFI Expiration and IFI Adjusted Expiration dates.

Example:

wget -O- -q \
  --header 'x-user:x' \
  --header 'x-password:y' \
'https://cdws21.ificlaims.com/report/create?name=a-csv-report&type=csv&source=list&criteria=US-20140255094-A1,ES-2478140-A8,ES-2486245-T3'

Response JSON

{
   "status" : "success",
   "time" : "0.015465",
   "report" : {
      "id" : "63cfdeb1-0162-444f-9ffa-a1ddd18de7d1"
   }
}

Response Object	Member	Value

Response Object	Member	Value
	@status	success \| error
	@time	Internal request time in seconds
	@report.id	Unique identifier of the report
	@message	In case of error, this may optionally contain the reason for failure

/report/queue

Method	GET

Method

GET

Path

/report/queue

Parameter

Values

Description

@id

String: ex. e16eebc9-6965...

Report identifier

@nthreads

Integer: ex. 4

Maximum number of backend processes used to generate report (2, 4 or 8, default=4)

@batchsize

Integer: ex. 100

Number of documents to process per thread (default=200)

@batchprefix

String: ex. my-prefix

Output file name(s) prefix. For example, running an xml report with @package_type=batched, output tar file will contain:

<report-name>.tar:
my-prefix.00000001.xml
my-prefix.00000002.xml
my-prefix.00000003.xml
my-prefix.00000004.xml

Default=batch

@package_type

String: ex. archived

Report package type. Valid types include:

- single: output single file. For report type csv, this is the only available package_type, for report type xml, the output file will contain multiple XML documents
- archived: (xml only) output tar archive with predictable path to individual documents
- archived_attachments: (xml only) archived package including associated attachments
- batched: (xml only) output tar archive containing raw batches

@package_suffix

Unused: generated internally based on package_type and package_compression

The following table shows the generated suffix:

Type	No compression	Gzip	Zip
single	<report-name>.csv \| .xml	<report-name>.gz	<report-name>.zip
archived	<report-name>.tar	<report-name>.tar.gz	<report-name>.tar.zip
batched	<report-name>.tar	<report-name>.tar.gz.	<report-name>.tar.zip

@package_compression

String: ex. gzip

Valid values are one of: __none__ (default), gzip or zip

@priority

Integer: ex. 1

Setting a priority > 0 will prioritize processing of report higher. Default behavior is to process each report in order of en-queue.

Example:

wget -O- -q \
  --header 'x-user:x' \
  --header 'x-password:y' \
'https://cdws21.ificlaims.com/report/queue?id=99a479b9-4a73-4f27-b8b1-44b052844e23'

Response JSON

{
   "status" : "success",
   "time" : "0.064897",
   "queue" : {
      "id" : 257
   }
}

Response Object	Member	Value

Response Object	Member	Value
	@status	success \| error
	@queue.id	Report queue identifier (currently unused in other requests)
	@message	In case of error, this may optionally contain the reason for failure

/report/status

Method	GET

Method	GET
Path	/report/status
	Parameter	Values	Description
	@id	String: ex. e16eebc9-6965-41a4-9337-8f76d8953a89	Report identifier

Example:

wget -O- \
  --header 'x-user:x' \
  --header 'x-password:y' \
'https://cdws21.ificlaims.com/report/status?id=99a479b9-4a73-4f27-b8b1-44b052844e23'

Response JSON

{
   "time" : " 0.041137",
   "status" : "success",
   "report" : {
      "percent_complete" : "0.000",
      "completed_status" : null,
      "completed_stamp" : null,
      "ndocs" : 0,
      "completed_error" : null,
      "ndocs_processed" : 0,
      "running_status" : "queued",
      "entered_stamp" : "2014-09-28 14:52:57",
      "completed_url" : null
   }
}

Response Object	Member	Value

Response Object	Member	Value
	@status	success \| error
	@message	In case of error, this may optionally contain the reason for failure
	@report.entered_stamp	Time stamp when report was queued for processing
	@report.running_status	Stage of processing: queued preparing extracting packaging complete
	@report.completed_url	When complete, the url of package
	@report.completed_status	success \| error
	@report.completed_error	If @completed_status == 'error', this may contain an optional error message pertaining to processing
	@report.completed_stamp	Time stamp report processing completed
	@report.ndocs	Total number of documents in report. Note: This value will be 0 until @running_status completes the preparation (preparing) stage.
	@report.ndocs_processed	Total number of documents already processed
	@report.percent_complete	Convenience value of @ndocs_processed / @ndocs as a floating point, e.g., 0.000

/report/list

Method	GET

Method	GET
Path	/report/list
	Parameter	Values	Description
	@limit	Integer: ex. 50	Limit number of items to return (reporting has an upper limit of 30K per batch because deep paging can place undue stress on the system)
	@offset	Integer: ex. 0	Offset into returned list of items

Example:

wget -O- \
  --header 'x-user:x' \
  --header 'x-password:y' \
'https://cdws21.ificlaims.com/report/list?limit=1'

Response JSON

{
   "time" : "0.010817",
   "status" : "success",
   "reports" : [
      {
         "batchprefix" : "batch",
         "source" : "list",
         "name" : "a-csv-report",
         "solrurl" : "https://10.234.1.44:6000/alexandria-v2.1/alexandria",
         "batchsize" : 200,
         "completed_status" : null,
         "package_compression" : "zip",
         "package_sfx" : "csv",
         "completed_stamp" : null,
         "completed_error" : null,
         "running_status" : "queued",
         "solrparams" : null,
         "type" : "csv",
         "entered_stamp" : "2014-09-28 14:52:57.15773",
         "completed_url" : null,
         "id" : "63cfdeb1-0162-444f-9ffa-a1ddd18de7d1",
         "criteria" : "US-20140255094-A1,ES-2478140-A8,ES-2486245-T3",
         "package_type" : "single",
         "report_id" : 276,
         "csvopts" : "csv.nonl=1&csv.cols=__all__&csv.maxcolsize=32768&csv.header=1",
         "nthreads" : 4,
         "user_id" : 4,
         "process_id" : 257,
         "ndocs" : 0,
         "ndocs_processed" : 0
      }
  ]
}

/report/detail

Method	GET

Method	GET
Path	/report/detail
	Parameter	Values	Description
	@id	String: ex. e16eebc9-6965-41a4-9337-8f76d8953a89	Report identifier

Response JSON

{
   "time" : " 0.012368",
   "status" : "success",
   "report" : {
      "name" : "a-csv-report",
      "batchprefix" : "batch",
      "source" : "list",
      "completed_status" : null,
      "completed_stamp" : null,
      "package_sfx" : "csv",
      "package_compression" : "zip",
      "completed_error" : null,
      "solrurl" : "https://10.234.1.44:6000/alexandria-v2.1/alexandria",
      "batchsize" : 200,
      "completed_url" : null,
      "criteria" : "US-20140255094-A1,ES-2478140-A8,ES-2486245-T3",
      "tracker_id" : "63cfdeb1-0162-444f-9ffa-a1ddd18de7d1",
      "report_id" : 276,
      "package_type" : "single",
      "solrparams" : null,
      "running_status" : "queued",
      "type" : "csv",
      "entered_stamp" : "2014-09-28 14:52:57.15773",
      "nthreads" : 4,
      "user_id" : 4,
      "process_id" : 257,
      "ndocs" : 0,
      "ndocs_processed" : 0,
      "csvopts" : "csv.nonl=1&csv.cols=__all__&csv.maxcolsize=32768&csv.header=1"
   }
}

/report/delete

Method	GET

Method	GET
Path	/report/delete
	Parameter	Values	Description
	@id	String: ex. e16eebc9-6965-41a4-9337-8f76d8953a89	Report identifier

Response JSON

{
   "status" : "success",
   "time" : " 0.010436",
}

/report/columns

Method	GET

Method	GET
Path	/report/columns

Response JSON

{
   "time" : " 0.008741",
   "status" : "success",
   "columns" : [
      "document-ucid",
      "document-country",
      "document-number",
      "document-kind",
      "document-date",
      "document-year",
      "application-ucid",
      "application-country",
      "application-number",
      "application-kind",
      "application-date",
      "application-year",
      "priority-number",
      "priority-country",
      "priority-date",
      "priority-year",
      "us-class-primary",
      "us-class",
      "cpc",
      "cpc-first-inventive",
      "ipcr",
      "ipc",
      "ecla",
      "f-terms",
      "patent-citations",
      "forward-citations",
      "non-patent-citations",
      "related-applications",
      "assignee-applicant",
      "epo-assignee-applicant",
      "inventor",
      "agent",
      "correspondent",
      "examiner",
      "pct-application-number",
      "designated-states",
      "abstract",
      "first-claim",
      "english-claims",
      "original-claims",
      "espacenet-link",
      "simple-family",
      "inpadoc-family",
      "legal-status",
      "title",
      "ifi-expiration",
      "ifi-status",
      "ifi-publication-type",
      "ifi-adj-expiration",
      "ifi-assignee",
      "ifi-assignee-original",
      "ifi-assignee-current",
      "ifi-assignee-probable",
      "family-id",
      "load-id",
      "date-produced"
   ]
}