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

    Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

    Use this API to search Patent Examination Status Codes Dataset 2015. The Status Codes dataset includes descriptions of the status codes used to populate the appl_status_code variable in the application dataset. The descriptions can be linked to application data using this variable. There are 225 unique application status codes represented in this file. See Table A-3 in documentation for a list and brief description of the two variables included in this dataset.

    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_status_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-PESC-API
    Data First Published 2018-02-26
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-28
    Primary IT Investment UII
    Category uspto, patent, examination, status, code, api
    Public Access Level public
    Accesslevelcomment
    Accessurl https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/oce-patent-examination-status-codes
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y
    Bureau Code 006:51
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    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%20A.pdf
    Data Quality True
    Format api
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    Harvest Source Id bce99b55-29c1-47be-b214-b8e71e9180b1
    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_status_codes.json
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash f4b919227908286584e20de68abfa9bc780a4a5f119ab3a4833d0063d21b101e
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    System of Records
    Temporal 2015-01-01/2015-12-31
    Webservice https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/oce-patent-examination-status-codes

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