Final Decisions - Commissioner for Patents

To increase transparency and public education, final petition decisions from the Commissioner for Patents can be viewed in the Final Petition Decisions feature on the Open Data Portal (ODP). This tool includes final petition decisions in patents and published patent applications filed in 2001 or later.

Please note that final petition decisions in patents and published applications filed in 2001 or later are added incrementally to ODP’s Final Petition Decisions feature. To learn more about which final petition decisions are currently available in ODP, visit the release notes page.

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Archive of Final Decisions – Commissioner for Patents

Final petition decisions previously stored on this webpage will continue to be archived here, including those in patents and published patent applications filed prior to 2001. To find the respective patent or patent application number and the decision, click on a petition consideration topic below

• Maintenance Fee
• Revival
• Patent Term Extension or Adjustment under 35 USC 154
• Reexamination
• Other

Additional resources

Here are useful resources to help you transition to ODP’s Final Petition Decisions:  

• Final Petition Decision transition guidance
• ODP API getting started webpage
• Final Petition Decisions API
• ODP Release notes page

To learn more about petition practice at the USPTO in patents and patent applications, visit our Patent petitions page. This page provides essential information on filing petitions and common petition types, statistics on petition data, and contact information for help with petitions.  

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If you have any questions about the ODP tool, please contact data@uspto.gov.