NASA Open APIs

NASA Open APIs Patents API

The Patents API from NASA Open APIs — 2 operation(s) for patents.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET /patent Search NASA Patents #
GET /patent/issued Search Issued NASA Patents #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://api.nasa.gov/
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Documentation
https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/tools/DONKI/
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Documentation
https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/v3
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Documentation
https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/api
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Documentation
https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/TAP/usingTAP.html
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Documentation
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/
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Documentation
https://images.nasa.gov/docs/images.nasa.gov_api_docs.pdf
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Documentation
https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/
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Documentation
https://techport.nasa.gov/api
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Documentation
https://tle.ivanstanojevic.me/
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Documentation
https://sscweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/WebServices/REST/
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Documentation
https://genelab.nasa.gov/genelab-help/genelab-api
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Documentation
https://trek.nasa.gov/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-gov/refs/heads/main/openapi/nasa-gov-patents-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-gov/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apod-schema.json

Other Resources

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SourceCode
https://github.com/nasa/apod-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/SpaceRocks/NeoWs
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SourceCode
https://github.com/chrisccerami/mars-photo-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/nasa/NASA-Image-and-Video-Library
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Portal
https://technology.nasa.gov/

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OpenAPI Specification

nasa-gov-patents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: NASA TechTransfer Patents API
  description: 'Structured, searchable developer access to NASA''s patents, software, and Spinoff publications. Patents are

    part of the NASA Technology Transfer Program with the goal of bringing NASA technology down to Earth.

    '
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: NASA Technology Transfer
    url: https://technology.nasa.gov/
  license:
    name: US Government Work (Public Domain)
servers:
- url: https://api.nasa.gov/techtransfer
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Patents
paths:
  /patent:
    get:
      summary: Search NASA Patents
      operationId: searchPatents
      tags:
      - Patents
      parameters:
      - name: patent
        in: query
        description: Search term to match against patent metadata.
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching patent records.
  /patent/issued:
    get:
      summary: Search Issued NASA Patents
      operationId: searchIssuedPatents
      tags:
      - Patents
      parameters:
      - name: patent_issued
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching issued patent records.
components:
  parameters:
    ApiKey:
      name: api_key
      in: query
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        default: DEMO_KEY
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key