USPTO

USPTO Application API

Retrieve patent application data

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 7

GET /api/v1/patent/applications/{applicationNumberText} Get Patent Application #
GET /api/v1/patent/applications/{applicationNumberText}/meta-data Get Patent Application Metadata #
GET /api/v1/patent/applications/{applicationNumberText}/adjustment Get Patent Term Adjustment #
GET /api/v1/patent/applications/{applicationNumberText}/attorney Get Application Attorney/Agent #
GET /api/v1/patent/applications/{applicationNumberText}/continuity Get Application Continuity #
GET /api/v1/patent/applications/{applicationNumberText}/foreign-priority Get Application Foreign Priority #
GET /api/v1/patent/applications/{applicationNumberText}/transactions Get Application Transactions #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
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Documentation
https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data
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Documentation
https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents
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Documentation
https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments
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Documentation
https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp
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Documentation
https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents
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Documentation
https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions
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Documentation
https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api
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Documentation
https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
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Documentation
https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf
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Documentation
https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3
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Documentation
https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api
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Documentation
https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
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Documentation
https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product
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Documentation
https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire
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Documentation
https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf
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Documentation
https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview
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Documentation
https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints

Specifications

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

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/uspto-gov/refs/heads/main/json-schema/uspto-patent-application-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/uspto-gov/refs/heads/main/json-schema/uspto-trademark-case-schema.json

Other Resources

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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/uspto-gov/refs/heads/main/json-ld/uspto-gov-context.jsonld
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Portal
https://tsdr.uspto.gov/

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OpenAPI Specification

uspto-gov-application-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: USPTO Patent File Wrapper Application API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'USPTO Open Data Portal (ODP) Patent File Wrapper API. Search and retrieve U.S. patent

    application file wrappers including bibliographic data, assignment history, prosecution

    documents (office actions, responses, claims, drawings), continuity, foreign priority,

    attorney/agent info, and patent term adjustments. Requires an ODP API key.

    '
  contact:
    name: USPTO API Help
    email: APIhelp@uspto.gov
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/getting-started
  license:
    name: U.S. Government Work
    url: https://www.usa.gov/government-works
servers:
- url: https://api.uspto.gov
  description: USPTO Open Data Portal
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Application
  description: Retrieve patent application data
paths:
  /api/v1/patent/applications/{applicationNumberText}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Application
      summary: Get Patent Application
      operationId: getPatentApplication
      parameters:
      - name: applicationNumberText
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Patent application file wrapper.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatentApplication'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /api/v1/patent/applications/{applicationNumberText}/meta-data:
    get:
      tags:
      - Application
      summary: Get Patent Application Metadata
      operationId: getPatentApplicationMetadata
      parameters:
      - name: applicationNumberText
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Application metadata.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatentApplication'
  /api/v1/patent/applications/{applicationNumberText}/adjustment:
    get:
      tags:
      - Application
      summary: Get Patent Term Adjustment
      operationId: getPatentTermAdjustment
      parameters:
      - name: applicationNumberText
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Patent term adjustment data.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /api/v1/patent/applications/{applicationNumberText}/attorney:
    get:
      tags:
      - Application
      summary: Get Application Attorney/Agent
      operationId: getApplicationAttorney
      parameters:
      - name: applicationNumberText
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Attorney/agent information.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /api/v1/patent/applications/{applicationNumberText}/continuity:
    get:
      tags:
      - Application
      summary: Get Application Continuity
      operationId: getApplicationContinuity
      parameters:
      - name: applicationNumberText
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Parent/child continuity relationships.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /api/v1/patent/applications/{applicationNumberText}/foreign-priority:
    get:
      tags:
      - Application
      summary: Get Application Foreign Priority
      operationId: getApplicationForeignPriority
      parameters:
      - name: applicationNumberText
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Foreign priority claims.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /api/v1/patent/applications/{applicationNumberText}/transactions:
    get:
      tags:
      - Application
      summary: Get Application Transactions
      operationId: getApplicationTransactions
      parameters:
      - name: applicationNumberText
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Prosecution transaction history.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found.
  schemas:
    PatentApplication:
      type: object
      properties:
        applicationNumberText:
          type: string
        patentNumber:
          type: string
        filingDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        grantDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        publicationDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        publicationNumber:
          type: string
        applicationTypeCategory:
          type: string
        applicationStatusCode:
          type: string
        applicationStatusDescriptionText:
          type: string
        applicationStatusDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        inventionTitle:
          type: string
        firstInventorToFileIndicator:
          type: string
        examinerNameText:
          type: string
        groupArtUnitNumber:
          type: string
        classSubclass:
          type: string
        cpcClassificationBag:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        applicantBag:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Party'
        inventorBag:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Party'
        correspondenceAddressBag:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
    Party:
      type: object
      properties:
        firstName:
          type: string
        lastName:
          type: string
        nameLineOneText:
          type: string
        country:
          type: string
        cityName:
          type: string
        geographicRegionName:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-KEY