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Open Data Portal (ODP) Patent File Wrapper (PFW) API (Search, Application Data, Continuity, Documents, Transactions, Patent Term Adjustment (PTA), Address and Attorney/Agent Information, Assignments (Ownership), and Foreign Priority)

Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

Search - Conduct a search of all patent application bibliographic/front page and patent relevant data fields. This data is refreshed daily. Use this endpoint if you are interested in searching across multiple patents or applications. For example, you want to return all patents and applications that match your search term, such as Utility or Design. You can also use multiple search terms, such as �Patented AND Abandoned.� You can use any combination of the 100+ data attributes available and documented. Application Data - Contains key bibliographic information found on the front page of granted patents and published patent applications. Use this endpoint when you want application data for a specific patent application whose application number you know. Continuity - Contains continuity details for the patent, including parent and/or child continuity data. Continuity Data includes Parent Continuity Data and Child Continuity Data. Use this endpoint when you want continuity data for a specific patent application whose application number you know. Documents - Contains details on documents attached to the patent application, as well as options for downloading the documents. This includes documents under all codes (Examiner�s Amendment Communication, Printer Rush, IDS Filed, Application is Now Complete, PTA 36 months). Use this endpoint when you want documents related to a specific patent application whose application number you know. Transactions - Contains additional information concerning the transaction activity that has occurred for each patent application. This includes details on the date of the transaction, code (Examiner�s Amendment Communication, Printer Rush, IDS Filed, Application is Now Complete, PTA 36 months), and transaction description. Use this endpoint when you want transaction data related to a specific patent application whose application number you know. Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) - Provides additional information concerning the patent term adjustment that has occurred for each patent. Use this endpoint when you want patent term adjustment data related to a specific patent application whose application number you know. Address and Attorney/Agent Information - Provides additional information concerning the attorney/agent related to a patent, including the associated attorney/agent's address. Use this endpoint when you want address and attorney/agent information related to a specific patent application whose application number you know. Assignments - Provides additional information concerning the assignments of each patent. Use this endpoint when you want assignments data related to a specific patent application whose application number you know. Foreign Priority - Provides additional information concerning the foreign priority related to each patent. Use this endpoint when you want foreign priority information related to a specific patent application whose application number you know.

Access & Use Information

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

Downloads & Resources

References

https://data.uspto.gov/swagger/index.html

Dates

Metadata Created Date September 30, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
Data Update Frequency R/P1D

Metadata Source

Harvested from Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 30, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
Publisher Open Data Portal Team
Maintainer
Identifier ODP-PFW-API
Data First Published 2025-02-12
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2025-08-28
Primary IT Investment UII
Category application, patent, uspto, api
Public Access Level public
Accesslevelcomment
Accessurl https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
Data Update Frequency R/P1D
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://data.uspto.gov/documents/documents/patent-data-schema.json
Data Quality True
Format api
Harvest Object Id 8d85ad7d-5c70-4e6f-bdbd-49409af95841
Harvest Source Id bce99b55-29c1-47be-b214-b8e71e9180b1
Harvest Source Title Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source
Homepage URL https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/search
License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0
Mbox data@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) > Open Data Portal Team
Related Documents https://data.uspto.gov/swagger/index.html
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash a9e16e337f62bf356da6b85a2c69abbf02ae5cb6a52e692ac36745bd77c7700d
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
System of Records
Temporal 2001/2025
Webservice https://data.uspto.gov/apis/patent-file-wrapper/application-data

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