USPTO Database

Overview

USPTO provides specialized APIs for patent and trademark data. Search patents by keywords/inventors/assignees, retrieve examination history via PEDS, track assignments, analyze citations and office actions, access TSDR for trademarks, for IP analysis and prior art searches.

When to Use This Skill

This skill should be used when:

• Patent Search: Finding patents by keywords, inventors, assignees, classifications, or dates
• Patent Details: Retrieving full patent data including claims, abstracts, citations
• Trademark Search: Looking up trademarks by serial or registration number
• Trademark Status: Checking trademark status, ownership, and prosecution history
• Examination History: Accessing patent prosecution data from PEDS (Patent Examination Data System)
• Office Actions: Retrieving office action text, citations, and rejections
• Assignments: Tracking patent/trademark ownership transfers
• Citations: Analyzing patent citations (forward and backward)
• Litigation: Accessing patent litigation records