The validation service is used to parse, validate, and possibly offer suggestions for random publication number formats.

/report/validate/dn

Method	GET
Path	/report/validate/dn
Parameter		Values	Description
	@input	String: e.g., EP0700000	One or more comma-separated publication numbers with or without kind code
	@origin	String: e.g., EP	The origin of the publication, either EP or WO (optional)
	@format	String: e.g., ifi	Source format of input, one of: "minesoft", "orbit", "patbase", "thomson", "totalpatent", "ifi" (optional)
	@date	Integer: e.g., 20010101	Date of publication (optional)

Request I

wget -O- -q \
     --header 'x-user:x' --header 'x-password:y' \
'https://cdws21.ificlaims.com/report/validate/dn?input=EP0700000A2'

Response (matched)

{
   "time" : "0.017",
   "status" : "success",
   "content" : {
      "validations" : [
         {
            "suggestions" : [],
            "ucid" : "EP-0700000-A2",
            "input_id" : 7935,
            "formatted_input" : "EP-0700000-A2",
            "published" : "1996-03-06",
            "publication_id" : 21840212,
            "user_input" : "EP0700000A2",
            "input_type" : "dn",
            "title" : "System and method combining a global object identifier with a local object address in a single object pointer",
            "user_id" : 69,
            "matched" : 1
         }
      ],
      "duplicates" : 0,
      "matched" : 1,
      "total" : 1
   }
}

Request II

wget -O- -q \
     --header 'x-user:x' --header 'x-password:y' \
'https://cdws21.ificlaims.com/report/validate/dn?input=EP0700000'

Response (with suggestions)

{
   "time" : "0.021",
   "status" : "success",
   "content" : {
      "validations" : [
         {
            "suggestions" : [
               {
                  "published" : "2000-10-04",
                  "ucid" : "EP-0700000-B1",
                  "publication_id" : "21840210",
                  "title" : "System and method combining a global object identifier with a local object address in a single object pointer"
               },
               {
                  "published" : "1996-03-06",
                  "ucid" : "EP-0700000-A2",
                  "publication_id" : "21840212",
                  "title" : "System and method combining a global object identifier with a local object address in a single object pointer"
               },
               {
                  "published" : "1997-01-02",
                  "ucid" : "EP-0700000-A3",
                  "publication_id" : "21840211",
                  "title" : "System and method combining a global object identifier with a local object address in a single object pointer"
               }
            ],
            "input_id" : 7934,
            "formatted_input" : "EP-0700000-XX",
            "user_input" : "EP0700000",
            "input_type" : "dn",
            "user_id" : 69
         }
      ],
      "duplicates" : 0,
      "matched" : 0,
      "total" : 1
   }
}

Response Structure

The response content is a validation structure containing the following members:

Member	Description
`ucid`	The CLAIMS Direct unique character identifier
`matched`	Number of matches found
`duplicates`	Number of duplicates found
`total`	Number of validations
`input_id`	Unused
`input_type`	Currently unused, but additional types for application numbers are in development
`user_input`	The `input` parameter
`formatted_input`	The intermediate formatted variation of the `input` parameter
`publication_id`	Unused
`published`	The date of publication
`title`	English title, where available, otherwise title in document publication language
`suggestions`	An array of suggestion objects containing: `ucid` `publicaton_id` `published` `title`