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    • OCE - Patent Examination Event Codes API (Version 1)

    Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

    Use this API to search the Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) Patent Examination Event Codes Dataset 2015. The Event Codes dataset includes short descriptions of the event codes used in the transactions dataset. The descriptions can be linked to transactions using the event_code variable. There are 1,873 unique event codes represented in this data file.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://developer.uspto.gov/ds-api-docs/index.html?url=https%3A//developer.uspto.gov/ds-api/swagger/docs/oce_patent_examination_event_codes.json

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 15, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 15, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
    Publisher Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)
    Maintainer
    Identifier OCE-PEEC-API
    Data First Published 2019-07-29
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-28
    Primary IT Investment UII
    Category uspto, patent, examination, event, code, api
    Public Access Level public
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    Accessurl https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/oce-patent-examination-event-codes
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y
    Bureau Code 006:51
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Datadictionary https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Appendix%20B.pdf
    Data Quality True
    Format api
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    Harvest Source Title Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source
    Homepage URL https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0
    Mbox EconomicsData@uspto.gov
    Old Spatial
    Program Code 006:070
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Federal Government > Department of Commerce (DOC) > U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) > Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)
    Related Documents https://developer.uspto.gov/ds-api-docs/index.html?url=https%3A//developer.uspto.gov/ds-api/swagger/docs/oce_patent_examination_event_codes.json
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    Temporal 2015-01-01/2015-12-31
    Webservice https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/oce-patent-examination-event-codes

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