USPTO Search API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals Search 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: Search
  description: Search patent applications
paths:
  /api/v1/patent/applications/search:
    get:
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Search Patent Applications
      operationId: searchPatentApplications
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        description: Search query (Lucene-style).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: applicationNumberText
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: patentNumber
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: filingDateFrom
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: filingDateTo
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 25
          maximum: 100
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatentApplicationSearchResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
    post:
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Search Patent Applications With Body
      operationId: searchPatentApplicationsPost
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatentSearchRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatentApplicationSearchResponse'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid API key.
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate limit exceeded.
  schemas:
    PatentApplicationSearchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
        offset:
          type: integer
        limit:
          type: integer
        patentBag:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatentApplication'
    Party:
      type: object
      properties:
        firstName:
          type: string
        lastName:
          type: string
        nameLineOneText:
          type: string
        country:
          type: string
        cityName:
          type: string
        geographicRegionName:
          type: string
    PatentSearchRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        q:
          type: string
        filters:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        sort:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        offset:
          type: integer
        limit:
          type: integer
    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
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-KEY