Online patent tools

Receive convenient access to tools and information related to payment of fees.

Self-Service Fees Portal

Manage financial accounts for transactions with the USPTO, manage permissions for users, receive notifications, and generate reports.

Financial Manager

Pay maintenance fees for one or more patents.

Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront

Check a Sequence Listing in Computer Readable Form (CRF) for compliance with WIPO standards before submission to the USPTO.

Biotechnology Sequence Checker

Receive single-point access to up-to-date citation data on applications submitted to any IP5 Office (a cooperative effort of the leading IP [intellectual property] agencies worldwide). It consolidates the prior art cited by all participating offices for the family members of a patent application. This enables search results produced by several offices for the same invention to be seen on a single page.

Common Citation Document (CCD)

Order a certified priority document for each office of subsequent filing, while avoiding the costs of ordering and transmitting those documents to foreign associates or IP offices.

Electronic Priority Document Exchange (PDX)

This program will email you about downloading and viewing new office communications in Patent Center. Opt into the program to receive a daily email, replacing postal mailings.

e-Office Action Program

Create a single personalized place to actively manage your IP portfolio. Track patent applications and grants, check trademark registration and status, and access our services.

MyUSPTO

Registered and guest users may file and manage applications, access information, and submit applications and follow-on documents through the approval process.

Patent Center

Download forms in PDF format. Open them using Adobe Acrobat Reader, and fill out and submit them electronically via the appropriate filing system Patent Center, or use alternate filing methods (fax, postal mail, USPTO walk-up window).

Patent Forms

Prepare a sequence listing in Computer Readable Form (CRF) containing nucleic acid and amino acid sequences complying with all WIPO standard format requirements.

PatentIn Software

Allows users to update assignment data for patent ownership (sale of a patent, change of company name, etc.).

Assignment Center

Estimate how long before a first office action is issued on an application by its serial number.

First Office Action Estimator

Request an interview with an examiner for your pending patent application.

USPTO AIR

See the latest on operating status, availability of online business systems, and planned outages.

USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Search the electronic warehouse for the USPTO Patent Board (Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences — BPAI) and PTAB. Search for trial, appeal, and interference decisions and public documents issued after July 1997.

PTAB Decision Search

Browse public, final decisions of the PTAB, including those designated precedential or informative.

PTAB Decisions

Anonymously nominate a routine PTAB decision for designation as precedential or informative.

PTAB decision nomination form

Use this instructional video, template, and guidance to help prepare an ex parte appeal brief.

PTAB ex parte appeal brief tool

Use this form to submit amicus support or opposition to a pending request for Precedential Opinion Panel (POP) review.

PTAB POP Request: Amicus Form

View and download PTAB statistics and special reports.

PTAB Statistics

Download bulk data for these products: Patent Grant, Patent Application, Patent Assignments, Cooperative Patent Classification Text, and Maintenance Fee Events.

Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS)

View and download data on key performance indicators, such as patent term adjustment (PTA), inventory, quality, pendency petitions, etc.

Data Visualization Center

View and download statistical information on your patent.

General Patent Statistics Reports

Access IP data products such as patent visualization, community collaborative, API tool, data query builder, bulk data download, and more.

PatentsView

Download datasets, learn about available APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), and access information about patent data

USPTO Open Data Portal

Search for contact information for USPTO employees.

Employee Locator

Find definitions for IP terms.

Glossary

Read and search the manual as needed.

MPEP (Manual of Patent Examining Procedure)

Order frequently requested USPTO publications.

USPTO Publications

Find a patent agent or attorney, view information about publicly disciplined practitioners, and apply for registration to practice in patent matters before the USPTO.

Patent Practitioner Homepage

Estimate the expiration dates of utility, plant, and design patents.

Patent Term Calculator

Search for listed patented technologies and identify people for discussing licensing availability.

Patents 4 Partnerships

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• USPTO News and Updates  
• USPTO Director’s Forum Blog
• USPTO Monthly Review
• USPTO Events
• Patent Alerts
• Patent Trial and Appeal Board
•  Intellectual Property for K-12 Educators
• Journeys of Innovation
• Intellectual Property for Colleges and Universities
• USPTO Awards
• Eastern Regional Outreach Office
• Midwest Regional Office
• Rocky Mountain Regional Office
• Silicon Valley Regional Office
• Texas Regional Office

USPTO Subscription Center

Purchase certified patent and trademark documents.

Certified Copy Center

The Global Dossier looks at dossiers/file wrappers for applications from EPO, JPO, KIPO, SIPO, USPTO, and WIPO, and allows you to view prosecution details, relevant reference citations, and identify areas to begin or supplement searches.

Global Dossier

Search for owner information on patent documents since August 1980.

Patent Assignment Search

Classification resources are available for CPC, IPC, Locarno, and USPC — learn about and search for the patent classification scheme (schedule) and definitions.

Patent Classification System

Securely search, view, and download data for all publicly available applications. Search and download in bulk, and manage the volume of data downloaded in any time period.

Patent Examination Data System (PEDS)

Browse through issued patents for the current week by classification or type of patent (for example, utility, design, and plant).

Patent Official Gazette

Search for and access prior art for patents (replacing PubEast, PubWest, PatFT, and AppFT).

Patent Public Search Tool

Sequence listings, tables, and other items for granted patents or published applications (all sequences and tables available to view without downloading — access the proper document detail page and then submit a SEQ ID NO or a mega table ID number).

PSIPS (Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences)

Search for old patent classes, subclasses, and Art Units.

Search for Class/Subclass and Art Units

Computer-based training (CBT) modules — practice and procedure for patent examiners

Examiner Training Materials

Learn how to identify which of your creative ideas might be intellectual property assets and how to protect them.

IP Identifier

Computer-based training (CBT) modules — practice and procedure for patent examiners

IP eLearning modules

Calendar of training and public events

USPTO Events

Courses led by USPTO trainers cover selected topics based on recent updates to current examination practice and procedure. View additional training programs about patents.

Stakeholder Offerings and Resources (SOaR)