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Clarivate Publications & Sequences API

Publications & Sequences information endpoints

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Operations 3

GET /patents/{patent_id} Show patent information for all sources #

GET /patents/{patent_id}/{db} Show patent information from a particular source #

GET /sequences/{accession_number}/{db} Show sequence information #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Derwent Sequence Search Publications & Sequences API
  version: V1@2026-06-09
  description: OpenAPI Docs & Interactive UI
  license:
    name: Commercially Licensed Product
    url: https://clarivate.com/derwent/solutions/derwent-sequence-base/
servers:
- url: https://api.clarivate.com/derwent-sequence-search
security:
- key: []
tags:
- name: Publications & Sequences
  description: Publications & Sequences information endpoints
paths:
  /patents/{patent_id}:
    parameters:
    - name: patent_id
      in: path
      schema:
        type: string
        default: US20210368750
      description: Publication Number
      required: true
    get:
      summary: Show patent information for all sources
      tags:
      - Publications & Sequences
      operationId: getPatentInfoFromAllSources
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                successful:
                  value:
                    data:
                    - id: BE885196
                      type: geneseq
                      attributes:
                        patent_id: BE885196
                        kind: A
                        patent_number: BE885196A
                        document_type: Grant patent
                        family_inpadoc: BE4322499
                        family_dwpi: BE4322499
                        publication_date: '1980-12-31'
                        title: DNA transfer vectors contg. codes for human insulin
                        assignees:
                        - UNIV CALIFORNIA
                        country: United States
                        n_sequences_count: 0
                        p_sequences_count: 1
                        sequences_count: 1
                        filing_date: '1979-09-12'
                        earliest_priority_date: '1979-09-12'
                        inventors:
                        - Murray K
                        - Schaller HE
                        application_doc_number: 2023WO-US070508
                        application_country: United States
                      links:
                        self: http://www.example.com/api/v1/patents/BE885196/geneseq
                        record_view: http://www.example.com/user/documents/display?db=geneseq&patent_id=BE885196#sequences
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - data
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patent'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                error_not_found:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/not_found_error_example'
                no_route_matches:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/no_route_matches_error_example'
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/errors'
  /patents/{patent_id}/{db}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databases_with_patent_param'
    - name: patent_id
      in: path
      schema:
        type: string
        default: US20210368750
      description: Publication Number
      required: true
    get:
      summary: Show patent information from a particular source
      tags:
      - Publications & Sequences
      operationId: getPatentInfo
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                successful:
                  value:
                    data:
                      id: BE885196
                      type: geneseq
                      attributes:
                        patent_id: BE885196
                        kind: A
                        patent_number: BE885196A
                        document_type: Grant patent
                        family_inpadoc: BE4322499
                        family_dwpi: BE4322499
                        publication_date: '1980-12-31'
                        title: DNA transfer vectors contg. codes for human insulin
                        assignees:
                        - UNIV CALIFORNIA
                        country: United States
                        n_sequences_count: 0
                        p_sequences_count: 1
                        sequences_count: 1
                        filing_date: '1979-09-12'
                        earliest_priority_date: '1979-09-12'
                        inventors:
                        - Murray K
                        - Schaller HE
                        application_doc_number: 2023WO-US070508
                        application_country: United States
                      links:
                        self: http://www.example.com/api/v1/patents/BE885196/geneseq
                        record_view: http://www.example.com/user/documents/display?db=geneseq&patent_id=BE885196#sequences
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - data
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patent'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                error_not_found:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/not_found_error_example'
                no_route_matches:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/no_route_matches_error_example'
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/errors'
  /sequences/{accession_number}/{db}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databases_param'
    - name: accession_number
      in: path
      schema:
        type: string
        default: BKK35688
      description: Sequence Accession Number
      required: true
    get:
      summary: Show sequence information
      tags:
      - Publications & Sequences
      operationId: getSequenceInfo
      responses:
        '200':
          description: successful
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                successful:
                  value:
                    data:
                      id: AAP10010
                      type: geneseq
                      attributes:
                        sequence_key: SBNN00000001
                        accession_number: AAP10010
                        organisms:
                        - Homo sapiens
                        molecule_type: protein
                        description: Sequence of preproinsulin.
                        location: null
                        psl: Example; Fig 2; 50pp; French.
                      links:
                        self: http://www.example.com/api/v1/sequences/AAP10010/geneseq
                        record_view: http://www.example.com/user/documents/display?accession_number=AAP10010&db=geneseq#sequences
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - data
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Sequence'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                error_not_found:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/not_found_error_example'
                no_route_matches:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/no_route_matches_error_example'
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/errors'
components:
  schemas:
    Patent:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - id
      - attributes
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        attributes:
          type: object
          required:
          - patent_id
          - patent_number
          - n_sequences_count
          - p_sequences_count
          - sequences_count
          properties:
            patent_id:
              type: string
            kind:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            patent_number:
              type: string
            document_type:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            family_inpadoc:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            family_dwpi:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            publication_date:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
                format: date
              - type: 'null'
            title:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            assignees:
              oneOf:
              - type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              - type: 'null'
            country:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            n_sequences_count:
              type: integer
            p_sequences_count:
              type: integer
            sequences_count:
              type: integer
            filing_date:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
                format: date
              - type: 'null'
            earliest_priority_date:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
                format: date
              - type: 'null'
            inventors:
              oneOf:
              - type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              - type: 'null'
            application_doc_number:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            application_country:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            qualifier:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            calculated_expiry_date:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
                format: date
              - type: 'null'
            lang:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
        links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/links'
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/meta'
      additionalProperties: false
    errors:
      type: object
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
    Sequence:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - id
      - attributes
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        attributes:
          type: object
          required:
          - sequence_key
          - accession_number
          - organisms
          - molecule_type
          properties:
            sequence_key:
              type: string
            accession_number:
              type: string
            organisms:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
            molecule_type:
              type: string
            description:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            location:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            psl:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            entry_date:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
                format: date
              - type: 'null'
            division:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            modification_date:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
                format: date
              - type: 'null'
            keywords:
              oneOf:
              - type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              - type: 'null'
            accessions:
              oneOf:
              - type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              - type: 'null'
            gi:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            authors:
              oneOf:
              - type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              - type: 'null'
            title:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            country:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
        links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/links'
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/meta'
      additionalProperties: false
    meta:
      description: Non-standard meta-information.
      type: object
      additionalProperties: true
    link:
      description: 'A link **MUST** be represented as either: a string containing the link''s URL or a link object.'
      oneOf:
      - description: A string containing the link's URL.
        type: string
        format: uri
      - type: object
        required:
        - href
        properties:
          href:
            description: A string containing the link's URL.
            type: string
            format: uri
          meta:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/meta'
    error:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          oneOf:
          - type: string
          - type: integer
        code:
          oneOf:
          - type: string
          - type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        detail:
          oneOf:
          - type: string
          - type: array
          - type: object
        pointer:
          type: string
    links:
      description: Each member of a links object is a “link”
      type: object
      properties:
        self:
          description: A `self` member, whose value is a URL for the relationship itself.
          type: string
          format: uri
        related:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/link'
      additionalProperties: true
  examples:
    not_found_error_example:
      value:
        errors:
        - status: 404
          code: 10404
          detail: The request refers to one or more resources that were not found.
          pointer: base
      summary: Not Found Error
    no_route_matches_error_example:
      value:
        errors:
        - status: 404
          code: 10404
          detail: No route matches [GET] "/api/v2/patents/1/geneseq"
          pointer: base
      summary: No Route Matches Error
  parameters:
    databases_param:
      in: path
      name: db
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - geneseq
        - wipo
        - usgene
        - fastalert
        - genbank
        default: geneseq
      description: Source database
    databases_with_patent_param:
      in: path
      name: db
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - geneseq
        - wipo
        - usgene
        - fastalert
        default: geneseq
      description: Source database
  securitySchemes:
    key:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-ApiKey