Legal Status
The Legal Status service exposes legal events from the USPTO PAIR data and the EPO's INPADOC.
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 | ||
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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' \ 'https://cdws21.ificlaims.com/legalstatus/uspto?ucid=US-5551212-A' wget -O- -q \ --header 'x-user:x' --header 'x-password:y' \ 'https://cdws21.ificlaims.com/legalstatus/uspto?anucid=US-2582893-A' wget -O- -q \ --header 'x-user:x' --header 'x-password:y' \ 'https://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" ] } } }
/legalstatus/epo
This service provides event histories from EPO INPADOC data.
Method | GET | ||
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Path | /legalstatus/epo | ||
Parameter | Values | Description | |
@ucid | String, e.g., EP-3130609-B9 | The unique character identifier of the publication |
Example
wget -O- -q \ --header 'x-user:x' --header 'x-password:y' \ 'https://cdws21.ificlaims.com/legalstatus/epo?ucid=EP-3130609-B9'
Response (abbreviated)
{ "time" : "0.181", "status" : "success", "content" : { "epo" : [ { "country" : "EP", "date" : "20201117", "title" : "REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE", "attributes" : [ "Kind Code of Ref Document: A1", "Designated State(s): AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR" ], "code" : "REG" }, { "country" : "EP", "date" : "20201115", "title" : "REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE", "attributes" : [ "Kind Code of Ref Document: A1", "Designated State(s): AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR" ], "code" : "REG" }, { "country" : "EP", "date" : "20201113", "title" : "REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE", "attributes" : [ "Kind Code of Ref Document: A1", "Designated State(s): AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR" ], "code" : "REG" } ] } }