USPTO · Rate Limits
Uspto Gov Rate Limits
Rate-limit policy for USPTO Open Data Portal (ODP) and Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) APIs. ODP and TSDR use separate API keys.
Uspto Gov Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for USPTO on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.
It captures 2 rate-limit definitions.
This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
The profile also includes 3 backoff/retry policies defined.
Tagged areas include Patents, Trademarks, Intellectual Property, Government, and Federal.
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Written by API Evangelist and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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PatentsTrademarksIntellectual PropertyGovernmentFederalOpen DataPTABTSDR
Policies
TSDR status endpoints (info.xml, info.json, info.st96.xml) are limited to 60 requests per minute per API key.
TSDR document downloads (PDF bundles, ZIP bundles, mark images) are limited to 4 requests per minute per API key.
Sources
- "https://data.uspto.gov/apis/getting-started"}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">{"url" => "https://data.uspto.gov/apis/getting-started"}
- "https://developer.uspto.gov/files/tsdr-api-key-manager-user-guide"}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">{"url" => "https://developer.uspto.gov/files/tsdr-api-key-manager-user-guide"}
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