PATENTI: Inventor
The PATENTI entity represents a patent inventor with name, affiliation, email, country, staff link, and status. Contributions to individual patents are tracked via the PATENTCONTRIB entity.
PATENTI 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 PATENTI.Entity properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Entity code | PATENTI |
| Display name | Inventor |
| Plural | Inventors |
| Level | 430 |
| Extends | PPL. See Entity Extension. |
Use cases
Top-level lookup entity representing an inventor as a person. Single panel with two columns: left has inventor details (creator, full name, staff objectLookup to STF for internal employees, affiliation/employer, email, country, status), right has a relatedlist of PATENTCONTRIB records showing their contributions to patents via objectLookup on the inventor field. Supports permissions and bulk actions.
Fields
Because this entity extends PPL, some fields may actually be stored on the linked base record rather than on this record directly. See Entity Extension.
General
| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ownerId | reference → user | Created by. Read-only. | |
name | text | Yes | Full name. |
df_extendObject | reference → PPL | Contact record. | |
staffLink | reference → STF | Link to internal staff record if the inventor is an employee. | |
affiliation | text | Affiliation / Employer. | |
email | text | Email address. | |
country | enum | Country. Valid ids: UK (United Kingdom), US (United States), DE (Germany), FR (France), JP (Japan), CN (China), KR (South Korea), IN (India), CA (Canada), AU (Australia), Other (Other). | |
status | enum | Status. Valid ids: Active (Active), Inactive (Inactive). |
Relationships
- Lookups:
df_extendObjectpoints atPPLrecord;staffLinkpoints atSTFrecord. - Extends: this entity extends
PPL. See Entity Extension. - Related lists:
PATENTCONTRIBvia formatSUB.
Creating a Inventor via the API
POST /v1/objects
Authorization: Bearer <your-pat>
Content-Type: application/json
{
"entity": "PATENTI",
"level": 430,
"comboKey": "SUB:<your-sub-id>|ENT:",
"name": "Example",
"df_extendObject": "",
"staffLink": "",
"affiliation": "Example text"
} Listing PATENTI records
# All inventors in your tenant
GET /v1/entities/PATENTI/SUB