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PRIVATE Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR)

Metadata Updated: July 15, 2022

Offers exclusive access to patent application status information for unpublished patent applications only to the applicant/inventor or his/her representative(s). Private PAIR includes bibliographic, patent term adjustments, continuity data, foreign priority, and address & attorney/agent information from the Patent Application Locating and Monitoring (PALM) System; PDF images of documents (including correspondence) and a transaction history from the Content Management System (CMS) (formerly the Image File Wrapper (IFW) System); and fee information from the Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) System. Search is by application number (with or without the two-digit series code), control number, or Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) number. Private PAIR requires users to establish a USPTO.gov account and customer number, and establish a password. For more information about establishing a USPTO.gov account and customer number: https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/applying-online/getting-started-new-users Unavailable during database backups (Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 04:30 - 04:45 AM U.S. Eastern Time and Sunday 00:01 - 04:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time. Updated daily. https://ppair-my.uspto.gov/pair/PrivatePair

Access & Use Information

Restricted: This dataset can only be accessed or used under certain conditions. License: See this page for license information.

Downloads & Resources

References

https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/checking-application-status/pair-resources

Dates

Metadata Created Date July 15, 2022
Metadata Updated Date July 15, 2022
Data Update Frequency R/P1D

Metadata Source

Harvested from Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date July 15, 2022
Metadata Updated Date July 15, 2022
Publisher Patents
Maintainer
Identifier PRIV-PAIR-0001
Data First Published 2001-01-01
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2021-12-10
Primary IT Investment UII
Category unpublished, patent application, private
Public Access Level restricted public
Accesslevelcomment Private PAIR requires users to establish a USPTO.gov account and customer number, and establish a password. For more information about establishing a USPTO.gov account and customer number: https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/applying-online/getting-started-new-users
Accessurl https://ppair-my.uspto.gov/pair/PrivatePair
Data Update Frequency R/P1D
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/patents-application-process/checking-application-status/pair-resources
Data Quality True
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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://ppair-my.uspto.gov/pair/PrivatePair
License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0
Mbox PAIR_SUPPORT@uspto.gov
Program Code 006:070
Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Federal Government > Department of Commerce (DOC) > U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) > Patents
Related Documents https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/checking-application-status/pair-resources
Source Datajson Identifier True
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Source Schema Version 1.1
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System of Records
Temporal 2001-01-01/2022-12-31
Webservice https://ppair-my.uspto.gov/pair/PrivatePair

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