USPTO

USPTO Enriched Citations API

The Enriched Citations API from USPTO — 2 operation(s) for enriched citations.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Documentation

https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search

https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data

https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents

https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments

https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp

https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents

https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions

https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api

https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1

https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf

https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3

https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api

https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search

https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product

https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire

https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf

https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview

https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints

Specifications

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

Schemas & Data

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

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

Other Resources

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

https://tsdr.uspto.gov/

OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals Enriched Citations 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: Enriched Citations
paths:
  /api/v1/oa/enriched-citations/search:
    get:
      tags:
      - Enriched Citations
      summary: Search Enriched Citations
      operationId: searchEnrichedCitations
      parameters:
      - name: applicationNumberText
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: citedPatentNumber
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Enriched citation results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /api/v1/oa/enriched-citations/fields:
    get:
      tags:
      - Enriched Citations
      summary: Get Enriched Citation Fields
      operationId: getEnrichedCitationFields
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Field metadata
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-KEY