IndiaCos

IndiaCos Patent API

The Patent API from IndiaCos — 2 operation(s) for patent.

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Operations 2

GET /patent/{application_number} One Indian patent application from the Patent Office Journal (IP India, 2005… #
GET /patent/search Patent applications by words (title, abstract, applicant, inventor), IPC… #

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https://artifacts.apis.io/indiacos-com/openapi/indiacos-com-patent-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

indiacos-com-patent-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: IndiaCos Patent API
  version: 2.0.0
  description: 'Prepaid API (sign up at https://indiacos.com/signup for ₹50 of free credit, then ₹0.40 per successful call; HTTP 402 insufficient_balance when the wallet is empty; agents: https://indiacos.com/auth.md; docs at https://indiacos.com/api/docs) to Indian companies and LLPs (status, capital, registered office, charges, GST filings), GST registrations, PAN lookups, directors, name pages, shared addresses, search and court-case summaries, one record at a time, under the IndiaCos Data Licence (https://indiacos.com/terms#licence): internal business use, commercial included, and showing individual records to your own users are allowed; resale or redistribution of the data, building a competing database and AI training need a written licence (support@indiacos.com). There are no bulk downloads.'
  contact:
    email: support@indiacos.com
  license:
    name: IndiaCos Data Licence
    url: https://indiacos.com/terms#licence
servers:
- url: https://indiacos.com/api/v1
security:
- bearer: []
- apiKey: []
- oauth:
  - api
tags:
- name: Patent
paths:
  /patent/{application_number}:
    get:
      summary: One Indian patent application from the Patent Office Journal (IP India, 2005…
      operationId: getPatent
      parameters:
      - name: application_number
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: 12 digits, or old style 806/CHE/2006 (also 806-che-2006)
        example: '202611114788'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Patent application
        '400':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      tags:
      - Patent
  /patent/search:
    get:
      summary: Patent applications by words (title, abstract, applicant, inventor), IPC…
      operationId: searchPatents
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Words of the title, abstract, applicant or inventor
      - name: ipc
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: IPC section (G) or class (A61K)
      - name: office
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: delhi, mumbai, chennai or kolkata
      - name: journal
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: 'Journal issue, <year>-<number>: 2026-43'
      - name: cin
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: CIN or LLPIN of an applicant company
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 50
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 10000
          default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '{results, limit, offset, has_more, order}'
        '400':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '429':
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      tags:
      - Patent
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        docs:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API key of your IndiaCos account (https://indiacos.com/signup)
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
    oauth:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://indiacos.com/oauth/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://indiacos.com/oauth/token
          refreshUrl: https://indiacos.com/oauth/token
          scopes:
            api: Use the API, billed to the wallet