Search API Reference
Introduction
The PatentsView Search API is intended to inspire the exploration and enhanced understanding of US intellectual property (IP) and innovation systems. The database driving the API is regularly updated and integrates the best available tools for inventor disambiguation and data quality control. We hope researchers and developers alike will explore the API to discover people and companies and to visualize trends and patterns across the US innovation landscape.
Throughout this document, whenever the {}
syntax is used, users are expected to replace it with valid values.
Authentication
API Keys
The Search API uses API Keys to authenticate requests but there are no specific authorization enforced. i.e. if you have an API Key you can access all publicly available endpoints.
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All API requests must include the header
X-Api-Key: {your_key}
infoCurrently, the API Keys do not expire but this may change in the future. If this changes, we will update the documentation here as well as communicate changes with the users via the patentsview website and the mailing list.
tipIf users previously used a browser to run API queries, due to the API key enforcement users will not be able use the same workflow. Alternatively either a standalone applications (such as Postman) or browser extension (such as RESTED in Firefox/Chrome) can be used to send one-off queries.
Usage Limits
Each API Key is allowed 45 requests/minute. If you exceed this limit, your API requests will fail. See HTTP Response Code for more details