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OCE - Patent Examination Status Codes API (Version 1)

Data provided by  United States Patent and Trademark Office

Use this API to search Patent Examination Status Codes Dataset 2015. The Status Codes dataset includes descriptions of the status codes used to populate the appl_status_code variable in the application dataset. The descriptions can be linked to application data using this variable. There are 225 unique application status codes represented in this file. See Table A-3 in documentation for a list and brief description of the two variables included in this dataset.

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Updated: 2025-11-21
Metadata Last Updated: 2025-08-28
Date Created: N/A
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Dataset Owner: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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Title OCE - Patent Examination Status Codes API (Version 1)
Description Use this API to search Patent Examination Status Codes Dataset 2015. The Status Codes dataset includes descriptions of the status codes used to populate the appl_status_code variable in the application dataset. The descriptions can be linked to application data using this variable. There are 225 unique application status codes represented in this file. See Table A-3 in documentation for a list and brief description of the two variables included in this dataset.
Modified 2025-08-28
Publisher Name Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)
Contact mailto:[email protected]
Keywords uspto , patent , examination , status code , api , office of the chief economist , oce 
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