Opensource IP Projects

There are many IP related opensource projects, some of which I created or contributed to: patentsview-api patentsview database patentsview government interests patentsview mobile app patentsview python wrapper patentsview R package patentsivew swagger patent public data TSDR Swagger

TSDR and the api key

The T in USPTO (Unites States Patent and Trademark Office), you should have just learned, stands for Trademark. Their TSDR (Trademark Status & Document Retrieval) api deals with trademarks. If you’ve used it recently, you probably noticed that they now require an api key, which you can get by registering with them. Their Swagger-UI page … Continue reading “TSDR and the api key”

A Rookie Mistake

There are around 11,000 registration certificates that are not online. They correspond to dead trademarks that have no legal standing. I was researching tool companies that held some of these missing trademarks. I requested copies from the patent office through a patent librarian I know. On one request I mixed up the serial number and … Continue reading “A Rookie Mistake”

An Interesting Design Patent!

Question: When is a design patent not a design patent? Answer: When it is a trademark’s registration certificate of course! Just when I thought I’d seen it all I came across this on uspto.gov: Design patent D17061’s drawing page is for a dish design but the specification page is actually the registration certificate for trademark … Continue reading “An Interesting Design Patent!”