API Catalog User Guide

This API Catalog facilitates users of Intellectual Property (IP) data and information to access IP Institutions' APIs for patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyright, geographical indications, and plant variety protection.

How APIs are shown

By default, APIs are listed in alphabetical order by the name of the API. These are shown as search results on the lower part of the page as shown below. Each result provides basic details of the API.

As you use the search and filter options, the list of APIs will dynamically change to match your selection.

How to search for APIs

There are two ways to locate APIs you may be interested in:

You can use the keyword search or browse by filters separately, or use both methods together for reducing the number of results.

When you discover an API that you would like to know more about, click on its title to go to the website that hosts the API.

Note: Only use the keyword search if you know the exact name of the API that you are looking for, or if you are looking for something very specific. Using keywords may unnecessarily restrict the results. For example, some APIs allow access to a combination of patent, trademark, and industrial design databases and have a title such as “Bulk Search” API. Using the IP Domain filter will locate this API.

Browse by filters

The following table summarizes the available filters. One or more filters can be set at the same time.

Filter Label	Function	Options
IP Domain	Filters by the type of intellectual property content that is returned by the API	Choose one or more of the following: Patent Trademark Industrial Design Copyright Geographical Indication Plant Variety Protection
API Service Type	Filters by the type of service or functionality that the API provides	Choose one or more of the following: Account management Service for creation and maintenance of user account. Application management Service for filing of an IP application, including creation of an IP application and its submission. Communication Communications between the IP offices and the relevant IP owners, including office action related communication such as applicants or their representatives such as for examination related or fee related communication. Dissemination Dissemination of various data such as publication of IP application, Legal status data, Court decision data, Abstract, Citation data, Classification data, full-text data, etc. Payment Payment services for various fees such as filing fees and renewal fees. Portfolio management Services for management of IP portfolio by IP right owner/holders or their representatives. Search Service for retrieving information based on specific queries, such as keyword search or application number search. Translation Service for translation of IP documentation or data.
Content Type	Filters by the type of content that is returned by the API	Choose one or more of the following: Abstract A concise summary of the content of IP document. Bibliographic data The descriptive information about IP document. It typically includes the title, applicant or assignee, the date of filing, publication dates, and other relevant administrative and procedural details. Citation data References made by a patent document to prior patents (patent citations) or to non-patent literature (NPL citations). Classification IP documents are categorized into different classes and subclasses based on their subject matter. It includes IPC/CPC for Patent, Nice for Trademark, Locarno for Industrial Design. Court decision data The information and details about legal decisions from court cases involving IP matters. Full-text The complete, detailed description of the invention or creation in a patent application or granted patent. Legal status data The present legal status of a specific IP application with or without the history relevant legal status events for the IP application; or the data set of legal status events of IP applications occurred during the given time period such as the given week or month. Offices are encouraged to provide the information following WIPO Standards ST.27, ST.61 or ST.87. Licensing data Data related to the licensing of IP. Office action data The data related to office action such as for search report, examination result (e.g., rejection or decision for grant), responses to office action (e.g., amendment or argumentation), or related administration information (e.g., application due date, or fee payment). Payment related data The data related to fee payment such as currency.
Institution	Filters by the institution that provides the API	Choose one or more of the following: European Patent Office European Union Intellectual Property Office IP Australia Japan Patent Office Korean Intellectual Property Office United States Patent and Trademark Office
Response Language	Filters by the language of the content that the API returns	Choose one or more of the following: Arabic Chinese English French German Japanese Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish
Response Format	Filters by the file format of the content that the API returns	Choose one or more of the following: JSON XML IMG PDF TXT DOC Sound Multimedia 3D ZIP
API Protocol	Filters by whether the API is REST or SOAP	Choose either REST or SOAP: REST SOAP
API Operations	Filters by operations available via the API	Choose one or more of the following: GET PUT POST DELETE

Keywords search

In the search box located at the top of the page, enter the name of the API or a relevant keyword.

For example, “Trademark filing”.

Contacts

This API Catalog is developed and maintained by the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) in collaboration with IP Institutions around the world. If you have any queries about the API Catalog, please contact us.