USPTO Office Action APIs

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: USPTO Office Action APIs
  version: '3.0'
  description: |
    USPTO Office Action API family on the Open Data Portal — 8 endpoints covering Text Retrieval,
    Citations, Rejections, and Enriched Citations. The Enriched Citation API uses machine-learning
    information extraction and entity resolution to normalize patent and non-patent literature
    citations against the application reference list.
  contact: {name: USPTO API Help, email: APIhelp@uspto.gov}
servers:
- url: https://api.uspto.gov
  description: USPTO Open Data Portal
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Office Actions
- name: Citations
- name: Rejections
- name: Enriched Citations
paths:
  /api/v1/oa/text/search:
    get:
      tags: [Office Actions]
      summary: Search Office Action Text
      operationId: searchOfficeActionText
      parameters:
      - {name: q, in: query, schema: {type: string}}
      - {name: applicationNumberText, in: query, schema: {type: string}}
      - {name: mailDateFrom, in: query, schema: {type: string, format: date}}
      - {name: mailDateTo, in: query, schema: {type: string, format: date}}
      - {name: offset, in: query, schema: {type: integer}}
      - {name: limit, in: query, schema: {type: integer}}
      responses:
        '200': {description: Search results, content: {application/json: {schema: {$ref: '#/components/schemas/OfficeActionTextSearchResponse'}}}}
  /api/v1/oa/text/{officeActionIdentifier}:
    get:
      tags: [Office Actions]
      summary: Get Office Action Text
      operationId: getOfficeActionText
      parameters:
      - {name: officeActionIdentifier, in: path, required: true, schema: {type: string}}
      responses:
        '200': {description: Office action text, content: {application/json: {schema: {$ref: '#/components/schemas/OfficeActionText'}}}}
  /api/v1/oa/citations/search:
    get:
      tags: [Citations]
      summary: Search Office Action Citations
      operationId: searchOfficeActionCitations
      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: Citation results, content: {application/json: {schema: {type: object}}}}
  /api/v1/oa/citations/fields:
    get:
      tags: [Citations]
      summary: Get Office Action Citation Fields
      operationId: getOfficeActionCitationFields
      responses:
        '200': {description: Field metadata, content: {application/json: {schema: {type: object}}}}
  /api/v1/oa/rejections/search:
    get:
      tags: [Rejections]
      summary: Search Office Action Rejections
      operationId: searchOfficeActionRejections
      parameters:
      - {name: applicationNumberText, in: query, schema: {type: string}}
      - {name: rejectionBasisCategory, in: query, schema: {type: string, enum: ['101', '102', '103', '112']}}
      - {name: offset, in: query, schema: {type: integer}}
      - {name: limit, in: query, schema: {type: integer}}
      responses:
        '200': {description: Rejection results, content: {application/json: {schema: {type: object}}}}
  /api/v1/oa/rejections/fields:
    get:
      tags: [Rejections]
      summary: Get Office Action Rejection Fields
      operationId: getOfficeActionRejectionFields
      responses:
        '200': {description: Field metadata, content: {application/json: {schema: {type: object}}}}
  /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}
  schemas:
    OfficeActionText:
      type: object
      properties:
        officeActionIdentifier: {type: string}
        applicationNumberText: {type: string}
        mailDate: {type: string, format: date}
        officeActionText: {type: string}
        rejections:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              rejectionBasisCategory: {type: string}
              claimNumbers: {type: array, items: {type: string}}
              citedReferences: {type: array, items: {type: string}}
    OfficeActionTextSearchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        count: {type: integer}
        results:
          type: array
          items: {$ref: '#/components/schemas/OfficeActionText'}