USPTO Office Action Citations API

v2 | Patents

This API allows for daily refresh and retrieval of citation data from Office Actions mailed from October 1, 2017 to 30 days prior to the current date. It uses information derived from citations referenced on the Form PTO-892, Form PTO-1449, and text of Office actions.


The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Office Action Research Dataset for Patents contains detailed information derived from the Office actions issued by patent examiners to applicants during the patent examination process. The “Office action” is a written notification to the applicant of the examiner’s decision on patentability. It generally discloses the reasons for any rejections, objections, or requirements and includes relevant information or references that the applicant may find useful for responding to the examiner and deciding whether to continue prosecuting the application.

This API allows for daily refresh and retrieval of citation data from Office Actions mailed from June 1, 2018 to 180 days prior to the current date. It uses information derived from citations referenced on the Form PTO-892, Form PTO-1449, and text of Office actions. 

Due to the popular requests/demands, we have updated OA Citations API. Please see below JSON filed mappings between OA Citations v1 and v2 as some fields have been updated in v2.

/oa_citations/v1/

/officeaction_citations/v2

applicationId

patentApplicationNumber

 

referenceIdentifier

Patent_PGPub

parsedReferenceIdentifier

 

legalSectionCode

 

paragraphNumber

form892

examinerCitedReferenceIndicator

form1449

applicantCitedExaminerReferenceIndicator

citationInOA

officeActionCitationReferenceIndicator

Jun 26, 2019

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