USPTO Publications¶

Access USPTO Patent Public Search (PPUBS) for searching and retrieving published patents and applications.

Quick Start¶

from patent_client_agents.uspto_publications import PublicSearchClient

async with PublicSearchClient() as client:
    # Search publications
    results = await client.search_biblio(query="machine learning")

    # Get document details
    doc = await client.get_document(guid="...", source="US-PGPUB")

    # Download PDF
    pdf_bytes = await client.download_pdf(doc)

Functions¶

Function	Description
`search()`	Search USPTO Patent Public Search
`get_document()`	Get document by GUID and source
`download_pdf()`	Download patent as PDF
`resolve_publication()`	Resolve publication number to document
`resolve_and_download_pdf()`	Resolve and download PDF in one call

Sources¶

The source parameter accepts:

Source	Description
`US-PGPUB`	Published applications
`USPAT`	Granted patents
`USOCR`	OCR'd historical patents

Usage Pattern¶

from patent_client_agents.uspto_publications import (
    PublicSearchClient,
    search,
    download_pdf,
)

# Context manager (recommended)
async with PublicSearchClient() as client:
    results = await client.search_biblio(query="AI")

# One-shot convenience function
results = await search(query="AI")
pdf = await download_pdf(publication_number="US10000000B2")