Ptab Trials

Patent Client provides an interface to the PTAB Public API.

>>> from patent_client import PtabTrial
>>> trial = PtabTrial.objects.get('IPR2012-00027')
>>> trial
<PtabTrial(trial_number=IPR2012-00027)>
>>> trial.petitioner_party_name
'Idle Free Systems, Inc.'
>>> trial.patent_number
'7591303'

Patent Client also provides individual documents as related objects.

>>> doc = trial.documents[0]
>>> doc
<PtabDocument(title=303' Patent File History)>
>>> doc.title
"303' Patent File History"
>>> doc.download()
# Downloads pdf entitled "303' Patent File History.pdf" to current directory

Supported Fields - PtabTrial

Field Name Examples Filterable Sortable
trial_number IPR2012-00027; CBM2012-00001; DER2017-00001 YES YES
patent_number 9345123; 10123456; YES YES
application_number 11322006; 15123456 YES YES
patent_owner_name Google LLC; Bergstrom, Inc. YES YES
petitioner_party_name (Same) YES YES
prosecution_status FWD Entered; Terminated-Settled; Instituted YES YES
filing_date YYYY-mm-dd YES YES
accorded_filing_date YYYY-mm-dd YES YES
institution_decision_date YYYY-mm-dd YES YES
last_modified_datetime YYYY-mm-dd YES YES

Supported Fields - PtabDocument

Field Name Examples Filterable Sortable
title Petition; ‘303 File History YES YES
trial_number IPR2012-00027; CBM2012-00001; DER2017-00001 YES YES
document_number 1001, 2024, 4001 YES YES
type exhibit, motion, reply, notice YES YES
filing_party petitioner, patent_owner, board YES YES
filing_datetime YYYY-mm-dd YES YES
last_modified_datetime YYYY-mm-dd YES YES

NOTE Only publicly accessible documents are available. Any document that is marked confidential is not accessible.

Original API URL: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api