USPTO

The United States Patent and Trademark Office publishes open data APIs for patents and trademarks, covering applications, assignments, citations, appeals and PTAB decisions, trademark status and document retrieval (TSDR), and bulk datasets.

USPTO publishes 15 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Appeals API, Application API, Assignments API, and 12 more. Tagged areas include Patents, Trademarks, Intellectual Property, Government, and Federal.

The USPTO catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

USPTO’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, support, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 20 more developer resources.

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30.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

6 published contracts

Patents Trademarks Intellectual Property Government Federal Open DataPTABTSDR

What this lets a business do 2

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Justice & Court Administration Management

BC-3320

Appeals

GET /api/v1/ptab/appeals/search

Intellectual Property Management

BC-840

Status

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 30.1/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.3 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 4.5 / 17

Access Clarity 0.0 / 17

Operational Transparency 1.2 / 11

Contract Governance 2.4 / 10

Discoverability 4.9 / 9

Regulatory Posture 2.5 / 15

Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Government & Public Sector regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics does not apply to this provider. The published contracts declare no write operations, and a read-only API cannot create-or-update. The facet is excluded from this provider's denominator entirely — not scored zero. A reference or data API is not deficient for being unable to upsert.

The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 0.0 — up to +20.0 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 26.2 — up to +14.8 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 10.5 — up to +11.6 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
US Federal API Programs (api.data.gov, Login.gov, GSA MAS, FedRAMP)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 15

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

USPTO Appeals API

PTAB appeal and interference decisions

USPTO Application API

Retrieve patent application data

USPTO Assignments API

Retrieve assignment records

USPTO Citations API

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

USPTO Datasets API

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

USPTO Decisions API

PTAB decisions

USPTO Documents API

Retrieve patent application documents

USPTO Enriched Citations API

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

USPTO Office Actions API

The Office Actions API from USPTO — 2 operation(s) for office actions.

USPTO Patentsview API

The Patentsview API from USPTO — 5 operation(s) for patentsview.

USPTO Proceedings API

PTAB trial proceedings

USPTO Rejections API

The Rejections API from USPTO — 2 operation(s) for rejections.

USPTO Search API

Search patent applications

USPTO Status API

Trademark case status

USPTO Patent Assignment Search API

The USPTO Patent Assignment Search API retrieves patent assignment information including ownership transfers, recorded assignments, and assignment history for individual patents...

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Open Collections 20

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals Application API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals Assignments API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals Citations API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals Datasets API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals Decisions API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals Documents API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals Enriched Citations API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals Office Actions API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals Patentsview API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals Proceedings API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals Rejections API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Appeals Status API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Office Action APIs

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Patent File Wrapper API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO PatentsView API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) API

OPEN COLLECTION

USPTO Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Uspto Gov Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Uspto Gov Context

20 classes · 17 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

USPTO — jsonschema rules

6 rules · 5 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

USPTO Patent Application

19 properties

JSON SCHEMA

USPTO Trademark Case

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Uspto Gov Authentication

apiKey · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Uspto Gov Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Uspto Gov Agentic Access

48 operations

48 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

DataPortal

DataPortal

Portal

Portal

Documentation 6

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Documentation

Documentation

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

Support

Support

RateLimits

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 5

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

BulkData

Trademark

Trademark

Patent

Source (apis.yml)

aid: uspto-gov
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/uspto-gov/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: uspto-gov:uspto-gov-appeals-api
  name: USPTO Appeals API
  description: PTAB appeal and interference decisions
  humanURL: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  tags:
  - Appeals
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uspto-gov-appeals-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-patent-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/uspto-gov-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
  - type: Portal
    url: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-trademark-case-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints
- aid: uspto-gov:uspto-gov-application-api
  name: USPTO Application API
  description: Retrieve patent application data
  humanURL: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  tags:
  - Application
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uspto-gov-application-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-patent-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/uspto-gov-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
  - type: Portal
    url: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-trademark-case-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints
- aid: uspto-gov:uspto-gov-assignments-api
  name: USPTO Assignments API
  description: Retrieve assignment records
  humanURL: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  tags:
  - Assignments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uspto-gov-assignments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-patent-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/uspto-gov-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
  - type: Portal
    url: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-trademark-case-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints
- aid: uspto-gov:uspto-gov-citations-api
  name: USPTO Citations API
  description: The Citations API from USPTO — 2 operation(s) for citations.
  humanURL: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  tags:
  - Citations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uspto-gov-citations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-patent-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/uspto-gov-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
  - type: Portal
    url: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-trademark-case-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints
- aid: uspto-gov:uspto-gov-datasets-api
  name: USPTO Datasets API
  description: The Datasets API from USPTO — 3 operation(s) for datasets.
  humanURL: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  tags:
  - Datasets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uspto-gov-datasets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-patent-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/uspto-gov-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
  - type: Portal
    url: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-trademark-case-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints
- aid: uspto-gov:uspto-gov-decisions-api
  name: USPTO Decisions API
  description: PTAB decisions
  humanURL: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  tags:
  - Decisions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uspto-gov-decisions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-patent-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/uspto-gov-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
  - type: Portal
    url: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-trademark-case-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints
- aid: uspto-gov:uspto-gov-documents-api
  name: USPTO Documents API
  description: Retrieve patent application documents
  humanURL: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  tags:
  - Documents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uspto-gov-documents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-patent-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/uspto-gov-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
  - type: Portal
    url: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-trademark-case-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
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    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints
- aid: uspto-gov:uspto-gov-enriched-citations-api
  name: USPTO Enriched Citations API
  description: The Enriched Citations API from USPTO — 2 operation(s) for enriched citations.
  humanURL: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  tags:
  - Enriched Citations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uspto-gov-enriched-citations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-patent-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/uspto-gov-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
  - type: Portal
    url: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-trademark-case-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints
- aid: uspto-gov:uspto-gov-office-actions-api
  name: USPTO Office Actions API
  description: The Office Actions API from USPTO — 2 operation(s) for office actions.
  humanURL: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  tags:
  - Office Actions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uspto-gov-office-actions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-patent-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/uspto-gov-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
  - type: Portal
    url: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-trademark-case-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints
- aid: uspto-gov:uspto-gov-patentsview-api
  name: USPTO Patentsview API
  description: The Patentsview API from USPTO — 5 operation(s) for patentsview.
  humanURL: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  tags:
  - Patentsview
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uspto-gov-patentsview-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-patent-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/uspto-gov-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
  - type: Portal
    url: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-trademark-case-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints
- aid: uspto-gov:uspto-gov-proceedings-api
  name: USPTO Proceedings API
  description: PTAB trial proceedings
  humanURL: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  tags:
  - Proceedings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uspto-gov-proceedings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-patent-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/uspto-gov-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
  - type: Portal
    url: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-trademark-case-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints
- aid: uspto-gov:uspto-gov-rejections-api
  name: USPTO Rejections API
  description: The Rejections API from USPTO — 2 operation(s) for rejections.
  humanURL: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  tags:
  - Rejections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uspto-gov-rejections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-patent-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/uspto-gov-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
  - type: Portal
    url: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-trademark-case-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints
- aid: uspto-gov:uspto-gov-search-api
  name: USPTO Search API
  description: Search patent applications
  humanURL: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uspto-gov-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-patent-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/uspto-gov-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
  - type: Portal
    url: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-trademark-case-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints
- aid: uspto-gov:uspto-gov-status-api
  name: USPTO Status API
  description: Trademark case status
  humanURL: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  tags:
  - Status
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uspto-gov-status-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/assignments
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-patent-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/uspto-gov-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v3-data-odp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-documents
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/ptab-trials/search-decisions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/tsdr-data-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/swagger/tsdr-api-v1
  - type: Portal
    url: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/tm-enterprise-api-user-guide-v2.pdf
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/uspto-trademark-case-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-enriched-citation-api-v3
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/uspto-office-action-citations-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/product
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/bulkdata/entire
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/BDSS-to-ODP-API-Mapping.pdf
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/patentsview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://patentsview.org/apis/api-endpoints
- aid: uspto-gov:assignment-search-api
  name: USPTO Patent Assignment Search API
  description: The USPTO Patent Assignment Search API retrieves patent assignment information including ownership transfers,
    recorded assignments, and assignment history for individual patents and patent portfolios.
  tags:
  - Assignments
  - Government
  - Patents
  - Regulatory
  humanURL: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog
name: USPTO
tags:
- Patents
- Trademarks
- Intellectual Property
- Government
- Federal
- Open Data
- PTAB
- TSDR
kind: government
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
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  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/uspto-gov.png
access: 3rd-Party
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/uspto-gov-capability-edges.yml
  name: USPTO Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/uspto-gov-agentic-access.yml


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How do I authenticate with the USPTO API?

USPTO uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Uspto Gov Authentication.

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