Sources & updates

Directory of current USPTO online services by task: trademark search, patent search, application status (Patent Center), PTAB case status (PTACTS), the MPEP, Open Data Portal API, and where legacy systems (TESS, PAIR, PatFT/AppFT) moved.

Sources

• USPTO Trademark search system information(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-22 (HTTP 200, 125,660 B). Guide page for the current trademark search system; the source for the current name of TESS's successor and the search types. A work of the U.S. federal government (not protected under 17 USC §105).
• USPTO Patent Public Search(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-22 (HTTP 200, 21,167 B). Current search for patent publications (successor to PatFT/AppFT; single-page app).
• USPTO Patent Center(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-22 (HTTP 200, 17,430 B). Current portal for filing applications and tracking their status (successor to PAIR; single-page app).
• USPTO Open Data Portal(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-22 (developer.uspto.gov/data-api redirects 302 to data.uspto.gov/home; data.uspto.gov/apis returns 200). Identifies the ODP, matching measured Google suggestions (uspto odp, odp api, odp key, odp login, odp bulk odp). Entry point for API keys and bulk data.
• USPTO MPEP (Manual of Patent Examining Procedure)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-22 (HTTP 200, 33,838 B; mpep.uspto.gov redirects 302 to RDMS/MPEP/current). Current edition of the examination manual.
• USPTO headquarters(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-22 (HTTP 200, 145,177 B; the old /alexandria-virginia-headquarters redirects 301 to /headquarters). Source for visiting the headquarters (Alexandria, Madison Building). A work of the U.S. federal government (not protected under 17 USC §105).
• USPTO online patent tools(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-22 (HTTP 200; 20 entry points from the official list). Entry points structured from the official USPTO list of online tools.
• National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum
• Patent and Trademark Resource Center
• USPTO PTRC Library List
• USPTO regional outreach offices
• USPTO TMEP (Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-23 (HTTP 200, 32,196 B). Text page of the current May 2026 edition of the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP). A work of the U.S. federal government (not protected under 17 USC §105).
• USPTO TMOG Search (Trademark Official Gazette)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-23 (HTTP 200, 42,580 B). Search page for the Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) (JavaScript-driven; only the title was confirmed). A work of the U.S. federal government (not protected under 17 USC §105).
• USPTO Official Gazette Notices(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-23 (HTTP 200, 12,973 B). Official Gazette regular & special notices and the entry to the e-OG for the most recent 52 issues. A work of the U.S. federal government (not protected under 17 USC §105).
• USPTO TBMP (Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-23 (HTTP 200, 28,298 B). Current 2026-06 edition of the TTAB Manual of Procedure (the page offers an edition selector from 2014).
• USPTO Trademark Design Search Code Manual(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-23 (HTTP 200, 10,625 B). Web version of the trademark design search code list. Guide page at uspto.gov/trademarks/search/design-search-codes.
• USPTO MyUSPTO (account portal)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-23 (HTTP 200, 16,291 B). The shared USPTO account portal. Availability information at uspto.gov/systems-information/availability-and-myuspto.
• USPTO Certified Copy Center(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-23 (HTTP 200, 29,537 B). Ordering portal for certified copies of patent and trademark records (USPTO.gov account + MFA).
• USPTO OEDIS Practitioner Finder (registered practitioner search)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-23 (HTTP 200, 33,234 B). OEDIS registered practitioner search (Practitioner Finder; the search is public).
• USPTO Events (events and training calendar)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-23 (HTTP 200, 3,346,581 B). List of hosted events, courses and roundtables.
• USPTO Contact us (contact centers list)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-23 (HTTP 200, 160,426 B). List of contact points (USPTO Contact Center, ARB and others) and a table of contents for visits and mail.
• USPTO support centers (9 individual contact centers)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-23 (each contact page HTTP 200, static HTML). 6 support-center pages from the contact-us list structured as one row per contact point (phone, email and hours from the page text).
• USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-24 (HTTP 200, allowed by robots.txt, 375 links). PTAB procedures and guidance. Inquiries need no account.
• USPTO IP Attache Program (12 overseas offices)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-24 (each regional page HTTP 200, static HTML). The 12 locations on the regions list, one row each (region served from the list page; base and email from each regional page; Ukraine has no page and is excluded).
• USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-24 (HTTP 200, 149 KB). Source for the list of participating law school clinics (school name, contact, what they handle, area served). Free pro bono help. A work of the U.S. federal government (not protected under 17 USC §105).
• USPTO Patent Pro Bono Program (regional program list)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-24 (page HTTP 200; state data from the Coverage Map, dashboard/topojson/patent-pro-bono-pr.json). Source for regional program names, states covered and where to apply. Free pro bono help. A work of the U.S. federal government (not protected under 17 USC §105).
• USPTO adjudication pro bono programs (PTAB and TTAB)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-24 (both the PTAB free-legal-assistance page and the TTAB pro bono clearinghouse page HTTP 200, allowed by robots.txt). Free help with ex parte appeals (the PTAB Bar Association runs the clearinghouse) and the TTAB-recognized clearinghouse (INTA). A work of the U.S. federal government (not protected under 17 USC §105).
• USPTO news and press releases (official RSS feed)(license: ok) — Added 2026-09-24; measured 500 rows (HTTP 200, allowed by robots.txt, USPTO Site Feed). One row per item; publication date and category (Press Release etc.) come from the feed. retain_days 30 keeps past items that dropped out of the feed for 30 days (prevents indexed URLs from turning into 404s as the feed rotates; #74, 2026-09-29).
• USPTO patent forms (form list)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-28 (HTTP 200). List of patent application and procedure forms (a structured table of h3 sections + form name, Updated and Code). A work of the U.S. federal government (not protected under 17 USC §105).
• USPTO trademark forms (full TEAS form index)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-28 (HTTP 200). Table of contents of 47 form links to teas.uspto.gov (including TEASi). TEAS is being retired in stages in favor of Trademark Center. A work of the U.S. federal government.
• GIPA IP Programs (training program types)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-28 (HTTP 200). 5 training programs for government IP administration and enforcement officials (one row per type). A work of the U.S. federal government.
• GIPA IP eLearning modules (online training modules)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-28 (HTTP 200). One row per module, 7 rows (modules and subtitles in English, Spanish, French, Russian and Arabic). A work of the U.S. federal government.
• USPTO Events (individual event pages, last 12 months and upcoming)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-29 (HTTP 200, allowed by robots.txt). One row per event (table rows carry date attributes and type, topic and year classes). Keeps a 12-month window around the run date (the last year and upcoming; 236 rows measured 2026-10-01; the 706 rows outside the window are dropped because their summaries are boilerplate and the pages are thin). Every event in the window gets its own page fetched, and the meta description is used for a fuller summary. Training events (type-guidance---training) go under the task Training and learning; all others under Attend events. A work of the U.S. federal government (not protected under 17 USC §105).
• USPTO CBT (Computer-Based Training) modules(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-29 (all 71 module pages HTTP 200, allowed by robots.txt). One row per module. The list page is already dead, so the source is the /video/cbt/<mod>/index.html entries in the official uspto.gov sitemap. 4 older versions (with -bak or -archived suffixes) are excluded because current versions exist. A work of the U.S. federal government (not protected under 17 USC §105).
• USPTO Patent Public Search FAQ(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-29 (HTTP 200). 103 questions in <details><summary>question</summary>answer. Answers on using PPS, the successor to PubEAST/PubWEST (PatFT/AppFT), including problems and screens. A work of the U.S. federal government.
• USPTO PTAB FAQ(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-29 (HTTP 200). 200 questions in <details><summary>question</summary>answer. Answers on trial and opposition procedures. A work of the U.S. federal government.
• USPTO post-registration trademark proceedings (Sections 8 and 9) FAQ(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-29 (HTTP 200). 35 questions in <details><summary>question</summary>answer. Answers on maintenance declarations, renewals and fees. A work of the U.S. federal government.
• USPTO fee schedule (patent and trademark fee tables)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-29 (HTTP 200). The first table in the HTML, 30 rows (fee code, 37 CFR, fee, small/micro entity). Trademark and other categories are in JavaScript collapsibles and not in the HTML. A work of the U.S. federal government.
• PO-curated supplementary rows (legacy systems such as PTACTS that no source page lists)(license: ok) — Added 2026-09-29. Answers impressions for query=ptacts (12 impressions, position 4.6) with a dedicated entry-point row instead of an unindexed news item.
• USPTO official guidance and training videos(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-29 (HTTP 200). One row per video page from the category lists (52 trademark, 20 patent, GIPA, international and others). Where to watch (YouTube) and whether slides exist come from each page. A work of the U.S. federal government.
• USPTO data and statistics entry points (dashboards and annual reports)(license: ok) — Read 2026-09-29 (HTTP 200). One row per data product card (Patents, Trademarks, PTAB and OPIA dashboards and annual reports). The Open Data Portal is excluded because src_4 has its own dedicated row. A work of the U.S. federal government.
• USPTO patent examination guidance and training materials(license: ok) — Added 2026-09-29; measured 76 rows (one row per item in the examination guidance table: PDF, PPTX, CBT training videos). The section (Best Practices, 35 U.S.C. 101/102/103/112, Designs, Restriction, Claim Interpretation, AIA, PTAB) is kept in the summary. Items that duplicate already-collected CBT modules (67 cbt- rows) are not removed (the page's item list is the source, and some URLs differ). A work of the U.S. federal government.
• USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(license: ok) — Added 2026-09-30; measured 1,954 rows (HTTP 200; robots.txt does not block /api/; official JSON API). One row per USPTO notice, rule or proposed rule; publication date and document type (Notice/Rule/Proposed Rule) come from the API response. Document URLs are permanent links that do not rotate. The earlier rejected source (federalregister-gov, a single document without a list) is separate from this list route. A work of the U.S. federal government.
• XML Resources (patent and trademark DTD specifications and bulk data documents)(license: ok) — Added 2026-09-30; measured 29 rows (HTTP 200, 136 KB, allowed by robots.txt). Grant/Application XML versions (v4.7 to v2.4, v1.5 to v1.6, Yellow Book, APS Green Book) and TDXF trademark daily XML documents, one row per version (document). Effective periods and current/legacy status come from the page. DTDs and document files are under data.uspto.gov/documents (200 measured). A work of the U.S. federal government.
• USPTO organizational offices(license: ok) — Added 2026-09-30; measured 15 rows (15 organization and office pages). Rows are kept for 180 days even if an office page is renamed (prevents indexed URLs from turning into 404s; same mechanism as #74).
• USPTO Official Gazette for Patents (weekly issues)(license: ok) — Added 2026-09-30; measured 52 rows (one row per weekly gazette for the last 52 weeks). The index only covers the last 52 weeks, so issues are kept for 400 days after they drop out of the index (same mechanism as #74).
• USPTO Technology Centers (9 patent examination technology centers)(license: ok) — Added 2026-10-23; measured 9 rows from the Technology Center management page (TC 1600 to 3700, one row per center). Task Visit the USPTO, area patent. A work of the U.S. federal government (not protected under 17 USC §105).
• USPTO Trademark Official Gazette (weekly issues)(license: ok) — Added 2026-09-30; measured 52 rows (one row per TMOG issue for the last 52 weeks, PDF and electronic edition). The index only covers the last 52 weeks, so issues are kept for 400 days after they drop out of the index (same mechanism as #74).
• NAPP Events (National Association of Patent Practitioners events)(license: ok) — Added 2026-09-30; measured 35 rows (one row per event; schema.org/Event cards with startDate). Webinars go under the task Training and learning; others under Attend events. Collection is stopped (loop/collect-po/sources.json marks it dead: Cloudflare 403 since 2026-10-22); the entry stays because 29 published rows cite it as their source.
• WIPO Meetings (WIPO events and sessions)(license: ok) — Added 2026-10-03; measured 10 rows (official RSS; one row per event with xcal:dtstart and venue). Webinars go under the task Training and learning; others under Attend events; area both.
• ESTTA(license: ok) — Added 2026-10-25; measured 1 row
• Global Dossier(license: ok) — Added 2026-10-25; measured 1 row
• ID Manual for Trademarks(license: ok) — Added 2026-10-25; measured 1 row
• IP Identifier(license: ok) — Added 2026-10-25; measured 1 row

Updates

5315 items. Last update 2026-10-27. Ingestion status is published machine-readably at /api/collection-status.

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