# USPTO

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/uspto-gov/  
**Website:** https://www.uspto.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 14

## Kin Score — 34.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 34.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 65.2 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 26.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (14)

- **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

## Agentic access (1)

- **Uspto Gov Agentic Access** — 48 operations · 1 acting

## Security (2)

- **Uspto Gov Authentication** — apiKey · 2 schemes
- **Uspto Gov Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Patents, Trademarks, Intellectual Property, Government, Federal, Open Data, PTAB, TSDR

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/uspto-gov/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.