dWe offer online tools to help you conduct business with the USPTO. Review them here:
eBusiness
You appreciate getting things done with efficiency and convenience. This set of tools will help you do so when paying fees, filing forms and applications, exchange documents, and more.
Fees
Fees Self-Service Portal
Receive convenient access to tools and information related to payment of fees.
Financial Manager
Manage financial accounts for transactions with the USPTO, manage permissions for users, receive notifications, and generate reports.
Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront
Pay maintenance fees for one or more patents.
Biotechnology Sequence Checker
Check a Sequence Listing in Computer Readable Form (CRF) for compliance with WIPO standards before submission to the USPTO.
Common Citation Document (CCD)
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.
Electronic Priority Document Exchange (PDX)
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.
e-Office Action Program
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.
MyUSPTO — USPTO.gov account
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.
Patent Center
Registered and guest users may file and manage applications, access information, and submit applications and follow-on documents through the approval process.
Patent Forms
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).
PatentIn Software
Prepare a sequence listing in Computer Readable Form (CRF) containing nucleic acid and amino acid sequences complying with all WIPO standard format requirements.
Assignment Center
Allows users to update assignment data for patent ownership (sale of a patent, change of company name, etc.).
First Office Action Estimator
Estimate how long before a first office action is issued on an application by its serial number.
USPTO AIR (Automated Interview Request)
Request an interview with an examiner for your pending patent application.
USPTO Systems Status and Availability
See the latest on operating status, availability of online business systems, and planned outages.
PTAB Decision Search
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 Decisions
Browse public, final decisions of the PTAB, including those designated precedential or informative.
PTAB decision nomination form
Anonymously nominate a routine PTAB decision for designation as precedential or informative.
PTAB ex parte appeal brief tool
Use this instructional video, template, and guidance to help prepare an ex parte appeal brief.
PTAB POP Request: Amicus Form
Use this form to submit amicus support or opposition to a pending request for Precedential Opinion Panel (POP) review.
PTAB Statistics
View and download PTAB statistics and special reports.
Patent Information
An informed patent applicant is more likely to succeed. These tools will help you learn about important aspects of applying for a patent.
Data
Data Visualization Center
View and download data on key performance indicators, such as patent term adjustment (PTA), inventory, quality, pendency petitions, etc.
General Patent Statistics Reports
View and download statistical information on your patent.
PatentsView
Access IP data products such as patent visualization, community collaborative, API tool, data query builder, bulk data download, and more.
USPTO Open Data Portal
Download datasets, learn about available APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), and access information about patent data
Employee Locator
Search for contact information for USPTO employees.
Glossary
Find definitions for IP terms.
MPEP (Manual of Patent Examining Procedure)
Read and search the manual as needed.
USPTO Publications
Order frequently requested USPTO publications.
Patent Practitioner Homepage
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 Term Calculator
Estimate the expiration dates of utility, plant, and design patents.
USPTO Subscription Center
Subscribe and unsubscribe to USPTO newsletters or alerts, which include:
- 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
- Northeast Regional Outreach Office
- Midwest Elijah J. McCoy Regional Outreach Office
- Rocky Mountain Regional Outreach Office
- Southwest Regional Outreach Office
- Western Regional Outreach Office
Patent Searches
Searching for information affecting your patent application is a necessary task. These tools will help you perform a patent search.
Certified Copy Center
Purchase certified patent and trademark documents.
Global Dossier
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.
Patent Assignment Search
Search for owner information on patent documents since August 1980.
Patent Classification System
Classification resources are available for CPC, IPC, Locarno, and USPC — learn about and search for the patent classification scheme (schedule) and definitions.
USPTO Open Data Portal
The Open Data Portal (ODP) delivers open-source data, allowing innovators to select and extract data they want through adjustable datasets and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).
Patent Official Gazette
Browse through issued patents for the current week by classification or type of patent (for example, utility, design, and plant).
Patent Public Search Tool
Search for and access prior art for patents (replacing PubEast, PubWest, PatFT, and AppFT).
PSIPS (Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences)
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).
Search for Class/Subclass and Art Units
Search for old patent classes, subclasses, and Art Units.
Training
Proper training equips professionals for success, and that includes patent applicants. These tools will help you access training resources, including materials and events.
Examiner Training Materials
Computer-based training (CBT) modules — practice and procedure for patent examiners
IP Identifier
Learn how to identify which of your creative ideas might be intellectual property assets and how to protect them.
IP eLearning modules
Computer-based training (CBT) modules — practice and procedure for patent examiners
USPTO Events
Calendar of training and public events
Stakeholder Offerings and Resources (SOaR)
Courses led by USPTO trainers cover selected topics based on recent updates to current examination practice and procedure. View additional training programs about patents.