pyUSPTO 0.1.3

Python client for accessing USPTO OPD APIs

pyUSPTO

A Python client library for interacting with the USPTO APIs.

This package provides clients for interacting with both the USPTO Bulk Data API and the USPTO Patent Data API.

Quick Start

Installation

Requirements: Python ≥3.10

pip install pyUSPTO

Or install from source:

git clone https://github.com/DunlapCoddingPC/pyUSPTO.git
cd pyUSPTO
pip install -e .

Configuration Options

There are multiple ways to configure the USPTO API clients:

from pyUSPTO import PatentDataClient
from pyUSPTO.config import USPTOConfig
import os

# Method 1: Direct API key initialization
client1 = PatentDataClient(api_key="your_api_key_here")

# Method 2: Using USPTOConfig with explicit parameters
config = USPTOConfig(
    api_key="your_api_key_here",
    bulk_data_base_url="https://api.uspto.gov/api/v1/datasets",
    patent_data_base_url="https://api.uspto.gov/api/v1/patent"
)
client2 = PatentDataClient(config=config)

# Method 3: Using environment variables (recommended for production)
os.environ["USPTO_API_KEY"] = "your_api_key_here"
config_from_env = USPTOConfig.from_env()
client3 = PatentDataClient(config=config_from_env)

Patent Data API

# Search for applications by inventor name
inventor_search = client1.search_applications(inventor_name_q="Smith")
print(f"Found {inventor_search.count} applications with 'Smith' as inventor")
# > Found 104926 applications with 'Smith' as inventor.

Features

• Access to both USPTO Bulk Data API and Patent Data API
• Search for patent applications using various filters
• Download files and documents from the APIs

Data Models

The library uses Python dataclasses to represent API responses. All data models include type annotations for attributes and methods, making them fully compatible with static type checkers.

Bulk Data API

• BulkDataResponse: Top-level response from the API
• BulkDataProduct: Information about a specific product
• ProductFileBag: Container for file data elements
• FileData: Information about an individual file

Patent Data API

• PatentDataResponse: Top-level response from the API
• PatentFileWrapper: Information about a patent application
• ApplicationMetaData: Metadata about a patent application
• Address: Represents an address in the patent data
• Person, Applicant, Inventor, Attorney: Person-related data classes
• Assignment, Assignor, Assignee: Assignment-related data classes
• Continuity, ParentContinuity, ChildContinuity: Continuity-related data classes
• PatentTermAdjustmentData: Patent term adjustment information
• And many more specialized classes for different aspects of patent data

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on how to contribute to this project.