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Uspto Database

Access USPTO APIs for patent and trademark searches, examination history via PEDS, assignments, citations, office actions, and TSDR for IP analysis and prior art searches. This skill provides helper scripts and query patterns to interact with multiple USPTO data endpoints.

Tasks

Search for patents by keywords, inventor, assignee, date range, or CPC classification using the PatentSearch API and the patent_search.py helper script.
Retrieve patent examination history and analyze prosecution patterns, including transaction codes and office actions, using the PEDSHelper client and the peds_client.py script.
Look up trademark status, registration details, and portfolio health by serial or registration number using the TrademarkClient and the trademark_client.py script.
Track patent and trademark ownership transfers by querying the Patent Assignment Search API by patent number or company name.

Inputs

JSON query objects using ElasticSearch-style operators (_text_all, _text_any, _text_phrase, _begins, _contains, _and, _or, _not, _eq, _gt, _gte, _lt, _lte, _neq)
Patent numbers
Application numbers
Trademark serial numbers
Trademark registration numbers
Assignee or company names
Inventor names
Date ranges

Outputs

Patent numbers, titles, dates, abstracts, and inventor names
Patent claims, brief summary text, and detailed description text
Application status, transaction history, and examination events
Office action dates, codes (e.g., CTNF, CTFR, NOA), text, citations, and rejections
Prosecution analysis counts (total office actions, non-final rejections, final rejections, allowances, responses)
Application pendency days, patent numbers, and issue dates
Trademark mark text, status, filing dates, registration numbers, and registration dates
Trademark health alerts and portfolio status groupings (active, pending, problems)

Limitations and checks

PatentSearch API rate limit is 45 requests per minute
PatentSearch API data access is through June 30, 2025
PEDS application status and transaction history coverage is from 1981 to present
PAIR Bulk Data (PBD) has been decommissioned and replaced by PEDS
Patent Assignment Search API returns data in XML format
The source document notes license as Unknown in the metadata, which conflicts with the repository's stated Apache-2.0 license
Confirm that USPTO_API_KEY and PATENTSVIEW_API_KEY environment variables are set before running helper scripts.
Verify that your query rate does not exceed the PatentSearch API limit of 45 requests per minute.