WWW::Patent::Page::Response 0.07

WWW::Patent::Page::Response is an object holding a patent page or document (e.g. htm, pdf, tif) from selected source (e.g. from United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) website or the European Patent Office (ESPACE_EP), as constructed by WWW::Patent::Page, in passing analogy to LWP::UserAgent and HTTP::Response.

SYNOPSIS

Please see the test suite for working examples. The following is not guaranteed to be working or up-to-date.

$ perl -I. -MWWW::Patent::Page -e print $WWW::Patent::Page::VERSION,"n"
0.02

use WWW::Patent::Page;

print $WWW::Patent::Page::VERSION,"n";

my $patent_browser = WWW::Patent::Page->new(); # new object

my $document1 = $patent_document->get(6,123,456);
# defaults:
# office => ESPACE_EP,
# country => US,
# format => pdf,
# page => all,
# and usual defaults of LWP::UserAgent (subclassed)

my $document2 = $patent_document->provide_doc(US6123456,
office => ESPACE_EP ,
format => pdf,
page => 2 ,
);

my $pages_known = $patent_document->pages_available( # e.g. TIFF
document=> 6123456,
);

Intent: Use public sources to retrieve patent documents such as TIFF images of patent pages, html of patents, pdf, etc. Expandable for your office of interest by writing new submodules..