uspto

uspto is a library for directly retrieving USPTO patent information

Lead Maintainer: Ho-Fan Kang

• Example
• Usage
  • listPatents(options, callback)

Example

var Uspto = require('uspto');

var options = {
  query: 'IN/KANG-HO-FAN'
};

Uspto.listPatents(options).then(function (data) {

  data.patentList.forEach(function (element) {

    console.log('patent number: ' + element.id);
    console.log('patent link: ' + element.url);
    console.log('patent title: ' + element.title);
    console.log('patent pdf link: ' + element.pdf);
    console.log('');
  });

  console.log('Displaying patents ' + data.startIndex + ' - ' + data.endIndex + ' out of ' + data.totalCount + ' patents found.');
}).catch(function (err) {

  console.log(err);
});

Usage

listPatents(options)

Retrieves a list of up to 50 patents/grants based on:

• options - required:
  • query - USPTO Query String, required.
  • page - number, used when retrieving beyond the first 50 search results, defaults to 1.

Returns a promise with the following data:

• data - an object containing:
  • patentList - an array of up to 50 objects containing:
    • id - the patent id.
    • url - a link to the patent on the USPTO website.
    • title - the patent title.
    • pdf - a link to a full pdf download of the patent.
  • startIndex - the index of the first patent in patentList within totalCount.
  • endIndex - the index of the last patent in patentList within totalCount.
  • totalCount - the total number of patents found.