IP Profiles
The IFI Corporate Intellectual Property Profile provides a succinct summary of the current patent assets held by corporate entities and their subsidiaries, 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. Profiles are available for over 300,000 business entities including over 9,000 Ultimate Owners representing over 150,000 subsidiaries. This service is available through the CLAIMS Direct platform as a separate subscription. If you are interested in accessing this service, please contact your sales representative.
Response Members
A profile record returns the following fields:
Member | Description |
|---|---|
| found | 0 | 1 – Indicates whether a portfolio was created. If not, there may be suggestions (see suggestions below). |
| name | Name of entity (Entity) |
| ultimate.name | Ultimate Owner (UO) name |
| ultimate.address | Address of UO headquarters |
| ultimate.country | UO code of country of incorporation |
ultimate.ticker.symbol ultimate.ticker.exchange | All UO ticker_symbol/ticker_exchange pairs |
| statistics.subsidiary_total | Number of UO subsidiaries and related entities holding IP assets |
| last_review_date | Last review of UO |
| statistics.publications_total | Total number of UO patent-related publications |
| statistics.publications_application_level | Total number of UO patent applications |
| statistics.publications_grant_level | Total number of UO granted patents |
| statistics.publications_status_active | Total number of UO granted patents that are still in force, i.e., active |
| statistics.publications_status_pending | Total number of UO patent applications that are pending |
| statistics.publications_status_lapsed | Total number of UO granted patents that have expired, i.e., no longer in force |
| statistics.publications_status_unknown | Total number of UO patent-related publications for which the status is unknown |
| statistics.family_total | Total number of UO patent families |
| statistics.family_status_pending | Total number of UO patent families that only contain patent applications that have not granted, i.e., that are still pending |
| statistics.family_status_active | Total number of UO patent families that contain at least one granted patent that is still in force |
| statistics.family_status_lapsed | Total number of UO patent families for which all granted patents have expired |
| statistics.citations_forward | Total number of unique forward citations, i.e., other patent publications citing UO family members |
| statistics.citations_backward | Total number of unique backward citations, i.e., UO family members citing other patent publications |
| suggestions | If a portfolio was not created, this array may be populated with relevant suggestions |
| score | Relevancy score |
| is_ultimate | 0 | 1 – Indicates whether a name is an UO 0: Indicates that a name is not an UO |
/ipprofile
This endpoint searches for one company name (entity) and returns a summary of the patent portfolio belonging to the entity or to the related Ultimate Owner. The API accepts up to four parameters: name, country, ticker.symbol, and ticker.exchange.
Searches require either the name parameter or the ticker.symbol parameter or both.
Searches with more than one parameter must match on all parameters. Otherwise, "notFound" will be returned.
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| name | Any literal string surrounded by quotes. If a name fails an exact match, the service will search the When inputting names with an ampersand, the ampersand should use the URL encoding %26, e.g., name=CB&I Technology Inc should be input as name=CB%26I Technology Inc |
| country | Any WIPO ST3 country code. Requires a name or ticker.symbol. |
| ticker.symbol | Any alphanumeric ticker symbol. If a ticker.symbol search returns multiple values pointing at multiple entities, the response will include "notFound" and will suggest the matching ticker.symbol / ticker.exchange combinations. If a ticker.symbol search returns multiple values pointing at the same entity, a match will be returned including all ticker/exchange pairs. |
| ticker.exchange | Any valid Market Identifier Code (MIC). Requires a ticker.symbol. |
Examples
IFI Standardized Name or Ticker
Parameter | Value | Path and Query String | Expected Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Google LLC | /ipprofile?name=Google LLC | A full portfolio record |
| ticker.symbol | GOOGL | /ipprofile?ticker.symbol=GOOGL | A full portfolio record |
Example
wget -O- -q \ --header 'x-user:x' \ --header 'x-password:y' \ 'https://cdws21.ificlaims.com/ipprofile?name=Google LLC'
Response
{
"ipprofile" : {
"statistics" : {
"publications_application_level" : 82322,
"publications_status_active" : 97243,
"citations_forward" : 934165,
"publications_total" : 190479,
"publications_status_lapsed" : 35631,
"publications_grant_level" : 68349,
"subsidiary_total" : 200,
"family_status_pending" : 2876,
"citations_backward" : 438170,
"family_status_active" : 23090,
"publications_status_pending" : 17799,
"family_status_lapsed" : 12380,
"family_total" : 38346,
"publications_status_unknown" : 39806,
"publications_unknown_level" : 39808
},
"ultimate" : {
"country" : "US",
"name" : "Alphabet Inc",
"ticker" : [
{
"symbol" : "GOOGL",
"exchange" : "XNAS"
},
{
"symbol" : "GOOG",
"exchange" : "XNAS"
}
],
"address" : "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, 94043, US"
},
"name" : "Google LLC",
"last_reviewed" : "2020-11-16"
},
"time" : "0.190",
"status" : "success"
}
Qualifying name with ticker.symbol
| Parameter | Value | Path and Query String | Expected Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | meta | /ipprofile?name=meta&ticker.symbol=META | A full portfolio record |
Example
wget -O- -q \ --header 'x-user:x' \ --header 'x-password:y' \ 'https://cdws21.ificlaims.com/ipprofile?name=meta&ticker.symbol=META'
Response
{
"ipprofile" : {
"statistics" : {
"publications_application_level" : 16963,
"publications_status_active" : 22152,
"citations_forward" : 169050,
"publications_total" : 36536,
"publications_status_lapsed" : 4763,
"publications_grant_level" : 13671,
"subsidiary_total" : 54,
"family_status_pending" : 770,
"citations_backward" : 105787,
"family_status_active" : 6864,
"publications_status_pending" : 3720,
"family_status_lapsed" : 1364,
"family_total" : 8998,
"publications_status_unknown" : 5901,
"publications_unknown_level" : 5902
},
"ultimate" : {
"country" : "US",
"last_reviewed" : "2021-01-11",
"name" : "Meta Platforms Inc",
"ticker" : [
{
"symbol" : "META",
"exchange" : "XNAS"
}
],
"address" : "1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, US"
},
"name" : "Meta Platforms Inc",
"found" : 1
},
"time" : "0.342",
"status" : "success"
}
Non-IFI Standardized Name
This example demonstrates the results you will get if you enter a non-IFI standardized name. You will receive a list of suggested standardized names along with a relevancy score and an indication of whether the suggested name is an Ultimate Owner.
| Parameter | Value | Path and Query String | Expected Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | berkshire | /ipprofile?name=berkshire | A list of relevant suggestions |
Example
wget -O- -q \ --header 'x-user:x' \ --header 'x-password:y' \ 'https://cdws21.ificlaims.com/ipprofile?name=berkshire'
Response
{
"ipprofile" : {
"suggestions" : [
{
"name" : "Berkshire Grey Inc",
"ticker" : [
{
"symbol" : "BGRY",
"exchange" : "XNAS"
}
],
"score" : 10.13044,
"is_ultimate" : 1
},
{
"name" : "Berkshire Hathaway Inc",
"ticker" : [
{
"symbol" : "BRKB",
"exchange" : "XNYS"
},
{
"symbol" : "BRKA",
"exchange" : "XNYS"
}
],
"score" : 9.965938,
"is_ultimate" : 1
},
{
"name" : "Unitika Berkshire Co Ltd",
"score" : 9.97046,
"is_ultimate" : 0
},
{
"name" : "Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co",
"score" : 9.8290415,
"is_ultimate" : 0
},
{
"name" : "Berkshire Grey Operating Co Inc",
"score" : 8.978958,
"is_ultimate" : 0
}
],
"found" : 0
},
"time" : "0.235",
"status" : "success"
}
