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* There needs to be an environmental variable PATENTSVIEW_API_KEY set to the value of your API key.
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* The endpoints of the new version of the API are at <https://search.patentsview.org>, they had last been at <https://api.patentsview.org/>.
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* The API team produced a [Swagger UI page](https://search.patentsview.org/swagger-ui/) for the new version of the API. Your API key can be entered by pressing the Authorize button.
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* The new version of the API does not seem to return USPC classifications, the code was switched to use CPC classifications.
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* The new version of the API now returns USPC classifications, but we'll use CPC classifications. After May 2015 the patent office stopped assigning USPCs to utility patents.
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## Remarks about the data
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* As an example: `NETFLIX, INC.` has an `assignee_key_id` of `17594` and an `assignee_id` of `org_2lAuxOpAtNMvtTxhuLmX`; `NETFLIX.COM, INC.` on the other hand an `assignee_key_id` of `org_UNHkzir8tY7NlQrOJKT4` and an `assignee_id` of `363028`. (This of course assumes `NETFLIX, INC.` and `NETFLIX.COM, INC.` are the same company, which is highly probable).
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* The same applies for acquisitions. Example: Company A has patent *X*; once company B acquires company A, patent *X* would still show that it is assigned to company *A*.
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* Probably the same thing holds if a company acquires certain patents of another company.
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* The patents can be assigned to organizations (as opposed to individuals). This is indicated by the 'assignees_at_grant.organization' field returned by the API.
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* The patents can be assigned to organizations (as opposed to individuals). This is indicated by the 'assignees.assignee_organization' field returned by the API.
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* The assignee organizations (i.e. companies) are distinguished by name. Each organization name is a 'separate' company.
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* This means that a patent can be assigned to "IBM", "IBM Inc.", "International Business Machines".
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* Different organization names have different `assignee_id`s and `assignee_key_id`s (see `NETFLIX` example above).
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