USPTO

USPTO Assignments API

Patent assignment records

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.uspto.gov/
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Documentation
https://data.uspto.gov/ptab
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Documentation
https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
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Documentation
https://developer.uspto.gov/ds-api-docs/index.html?url=https%3A//developer.uspto.gov/ds-api/swagger/docs/oa_actions.json
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Documentation
https://developer.uspto.gov/ds-api-docs/index.html?url=https%3A//developer.uspto.gov/ds-api/swagger/docs/enriched_cited_reference_metadata.json/V3

Specifications

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

Schemas & Data

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

Other Resources

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

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OpenAPI Specification

uspto-assignments-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: USPTO Patent & Trademark Assignments API
  description: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) provides REST APIs for patent search, PTAB trial proceedings, trademark status lookup, and patent citation data. APIs are hosted at developer.uspto.gov and data.uspto.gov. An ODP API key is required for most endpoints.
  version: '3.0'
  contact:
    name: USPTO Open Data Portal
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/
  license:
    name: Public Domain (U.S. Government Work)
    url: https://www.usa.gov/government-works
servers:
- url: https://data.uspto.gov/api/v1
  description: USPTO Open Data Portal API v1
- url: https://developer.uspto.gov/ds-api
  description: USPTO Data Set API (legacy)
security:
- ApiKeyHeader: []
tags:
- name: Assignments
  description: Patent assignment records
paths:
  /patent/assignments/search:
    get:
      operationId: searchPatentAssignments
      summary: Search patent assignments
      description: Searches recorded patent assignments including ownership transfers, security agreements, and merger/acquisition records.
      tags:
      - Assignments
      parameters:
      - name: patentNumber
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: assignorName
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: assigneeName
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: conveyanceType
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ASSIGNMENT
          - SECURITY_AGREEMENT
          - LICENSE
          - MERGER
      - name: dateStart
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: dateEnd
        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
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Assignment search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AssignmentSearchResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    AssignmentSearchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        assignments:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Assignment'
        totalResults:
          type: integer
    Assignment:
      type: object
      properties:
        reelFrame:
          type: string
          description: Reel/Frame assignment identifier
        conveyanceType:
          type: string
        recordDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        executionDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        assignors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
        assignees:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
              address:
                type: string
        patents:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              patentNumber:
                type: string
              applicationNumber:
                type: string
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-KEY
      description: USPTO Open Data Portal API key