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USPTO Datasets API

The Datasets API from USPTO — 3 operation(s) for datasets.

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Operations 3

GET /api/v1/datasets/products/search Search Bulk Products #

GET /api/v1/datasets/products/{productIdentifier} Get Bulk Product #

GET /api/v1/datasets/products/{productIdentifier}/files/{fileName} Download Bulk Product File #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Datasets API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'USPTO ODP Bulk Data API. Exposes the Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) — search and download

    patent and trademark bulk datasets (bibliographic, assignment, classification, office-action

    weekly archives) as Entire Datasets (10-year increments) or Delta Datasets (daily increments)

    in XML/JSON. Does not support general filter/limit/offset/order_by database queries.

    '
  contact:
    name: USPTO API Help
    email: APIhelp@uspto.gov
servers:
- url: https://api.uspto.gov
  description: USPTO Open Data Portal
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Datasets
paths:
  /api/v1/datasets/products/search:
    get:
      summary: Search Bulk Products
      operationId: searchBulkProducts
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Free-text query
      - name: productIdentifier
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: categoryCode
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - PATENT
          - TRADEMARK
          - OACT
      - name: fromDate
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: toDate
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Product search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BulkProductSearchResponse'
      tags:
      - Datasets
  /api/v1/datasets/products/{productIdentifier}:
    get:
      summary: Get Bulk Product
      operationId: getBulkProduct
      parameters:
      - name: productIdentifier
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fromDate
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: toDate
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Product metadata with file list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BulkProduct'
      tags:
      - Datasets
  /api/v1/datasets/products/{productIdentifier}/files/{fileName}:
    get:
      summary: Download Bulk Product File
      operationId: downloadBulkProductFile
      parameters:
      - name: productIdentifier
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fileName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: File binary
          content:
            application/octet-stream:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
      tags:
      - Datasets
components:
  schemas:
    BulkProduct:
      type: object
      properties:
        productIdentifier:
          type: string
        productTitleText:
          type: string
        productDescriptionText:
          type: string
        productFrequencyText:
          type: string
        productFromDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        productToDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        mimeTypeIdentifierBag:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        productFileBag:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              fileName:
                type: string
              fileSize:
                type: integer
              fileDate:
                type: string
                format: date
              fileDownloadURI:
                type: string
                format: uri
    BulkProductSearchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
        bulkDataProductBag:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/BulkProduct'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-KEY

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