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PATENT: Patent

The PATENT entity represents a patent with title, abstract, application/grant numbers, dates, inventors, jurisdiction apps, and tasks.

Default definition. This article describes the default PATENT definition shipped with DemandFlow. Administrators can add, remove, rename, or re-type fields, change which ones are required, and alter the layout from the Definitions screen in Settings. Your tenant's current schema may differ from what is shown here. To read the current definition at any time, GET the DEFINITION object whose id matches PATENT.

Entity properties

Property	Value
Entity code	`PATENT`
Display name	Patent
Plural	Patents
Level	420

Use cases

Core patent management entity. Seven panels: General (three columns - patent details with title, abstract, references, main inventor, jurisdiction objectLookup; key dates at invention level with lifecycle status and RAG; classification with IPC/CPC codes, keywords, business driver), Notes (timeline), Inventors (relatedlist to PATENTI via SUB|PAT), Documents (multi-file upload), Applications (relatedlist to PATENTA jurisdiction applications via SUB|PAT), and Tasks (relatedlist to ACTION via SUB|PAT). Prosecution-level dates (SER, attorney, publication, grant, expiry) are tracked per jurisdiction application on PATENTA.

Fields

General

Field	Type	Required	Notes
`ownerId`	reference → user		Created by. Read-only.
`name`	text	Yes	Patent title.
`name2`	text		Alternative title.
`description`	text (multi-line)	Yes	Abstract.
`applicationNumber`	text		Application number.
`rdcRef`	text		RDC reference.
`filingRef`	text		Filing reference.
`publicationNumber`	text		Publication number.
`grantNumber`	text		Grant number.
`maininventor`	reference → user		Main inventor.
`jurisdiction`	reference → `PATENTJ`		Primary jurisdiction.
`patentType`	enum		Patent type. Valid ids: `utility` (Utility), `design` (Design), `plant` (Plant).
`claimsCount`	number		Number of claims.
`dateDisclosure`	date		Invention disclosure.
`dateMgmt`	date		Management authorisation.
`priorityDate`	date		Priority date.
`priorityCountry`	reference → `PATENTJ`		Priority country.
`filingDate`	date		First filing date.
`status`	enum	Yes	Status. Valid ids: `disclosure` (Invention Disclosure), `provisional` (Provisional Filed), `pct` (PCT Filed), `national` (National Phase), `examination` (Under Examination), `granted` (Granted), `expired` (Expired), `abandoned` (Abandoned), `lapsed` (Lapsed).
`rag`	enum	Yes	RAG. Valid ids: `Green - on track` (Green - on track), `Amber - at risk` (Amber - at risk), `Red - significant challenges` (Red - significant challenges).
`company`	reference → `COM`		Company / applicant.
`assignee`	text		Current assignee.
`attorney`	text		Attorney / firm.
`familyId`	reference → `PATENTFAMILY`		Patent family.
`estimatedCost`	number		Estimated total cost.
`totalCost`	number		Actual total cost.
`technologyArea`	reference → `PATENTTECH`		Technology area.
`ipc`	text		IPC codes.
`cpc`	text		CPC codes.
`keywords`	text (multi-line)		Keywords / tags.
`driver`	enum		Business driver. Valid ids: `1` (Regulatory), `2` (Security & Data Protection), `3` (Network Resilience / Reliability), `4` (Network Performance), `5` (Innovation).

Additional panels

Activity timeline panel attached.
Documents. Field attachments.

Relationships

Lookups: jurisdiction points at PATENTJ record; priorityCountry points at PATENTJ record; company points at COM record; familyId points at PATENTFAMILY record; technologyArea points at PATENTTECH record.
Related lists: PATENTCONTRIB via format SUB|PAT; PATENTA via format SUB|PAT; PATENTCLAIM via format SUB|PAT; PATENTCOST via format SUB|PAT; PATENTRENEW via format SUB|PAT; ACTION via format SUB|PAT.

Creating a Patent via the API

POST /v1/objects
Authorization: Bearer <your-pat>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "entity":   "PATENT",
  "level":    420,
  "comboKey": "SUB:<your-sub-id>|ENT:",
  "name": "Example",
  "description": "Long description text.",
  "status": "disclosure",
  "rag": "Green - on track"
}

Listing PATENT records

# All patents in your tenant
GET /v1/entities/PATENT/SUB

DemandFlow Support Centre

PATENT: Patent

PATENT: Patent

Entity properties

Use cases

Fields

Additional panels

Relationships

Creating a Patent via the API

Listing PATENT records

See also

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