⚖️ USPTO Trademark Early-Warning & Stealth Brand Watcher

Detect stealth brand filings, secret product names, and competitor trademarks 3 to 6 months before public announcement—powered by direct, authentic US Government USPTO data with instant Discord and Slack webhook alerts.

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🌟 Why This Actor Is Your Unfair Advantage

Major tech companies, pharmaceutical giants, fashion houses, and consumer brands (e.g., Apple, Nike, OpenAI, Sony, Meta) file their trademarks 3 to 6 months before publicly announcing a new product, hardware device, or rebrand.

• Journalists & Leakers: Uncover unannounced hardware names, secret OS codenames, and upcoming product lines (e.g., Apple's stealth filings for xrOS, RealityOS, and Apple Vision).
• Domain Investors & Flippers: The instant a trademark application appears, claim high-value matching .com, .ai, or .io domains before public awareness.
• IP Lawyers & Legal Tech Sales: Extract freshly filed applications with full applicant physical addresses, entity types, and the examining attorney's name for high-ticket B2B outreach.
• Competitor Intelligence: Keep continuous surveillance on direct competitors to anticipate their new market entries.

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🚀 Key Features

• ⚡ Real-Time Official USPTO Data: Direct connection to the United States Patent and Trademark Office official Gazette and Dossier systems. Zero synthetic records—100% authentic government evidence.
• 🏢 Competitor Watchlist Radar: Specify target corporations (e.g., ["Apple Inc.", "OpenAI, Inc.", "Nike, Inc."]) to automatically track any newly published filings.
• 🏷️ Nice International Class Filtering: Narrow searches to high-value industries:
  • Class 009: Software, Hardware, Mobile Apps, AI Models
  • Class 042: SaaS, Cloud Computing, Research & Technology
  • Class 005: Pharmaceuticals, Medical Preparations, Biotechnology
  • Class 025: Apparel, Footwear, Fashion Collections
• 🏛️ Deep Contact & Legal Enrichment:
  • Applicant Full Legal Name & Entity Structure (Corporation, LLC, etc.)
  • Registered Physical Headquarters Address
  • USPTO Examining Attorney Name
  • Detailed Description of Goods & Services
  • Foreign Priority Filing Records (e.g., secret early filings in Jamaica/Liechtenstein)
• 🔔 Instant Webhook Notifications: Built-in native support for Discord Embeds, Slack Cards, and generic JSON Webhooks to feed into Zapier, Make, or n8n alert pipelines.
• 🏎️ Ultra-Fast & Resource-Light: Pure HTTP REST architecture running with < 128 MB RAM, completing scans in seconds without heavy browser overhead.

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📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	String	"Apple"	Keyword, mark name, or phrase to search (e.g. 'Vision', 'Quantum', 'AI').
applicants	Array	["Apple Inc."]	Specific companies/applicants to monitor.
searchIn	Array	["MARK_LITERAL", "CURRENT_OWNER"]	Fields to search across (MARK_LITERAL, CURRENT_OWNER, GOODS_AND_SERVICES, etc.).
internationalClasses	Array	["009"]	Nice classification codes (e.g. '009', '042', '005', '025').
issuesCount	Integer	2	Number of recent weekly Gazette issues to scan (1 to 10).
maxResults	Integer	50	Maximum number of trademark dossiers to extract.
enrichDetails	Boolean	true	Fetch complete physical address, entity type, and examining attorney.
webhookUrl	String	None	Discord, Slack, or generic HTTP webhook URL for instant alerts.
usptoApiKey	String	None	Optional USPTO Open Data Portal API key (not required for standard use).

Example Input

{
  "searchQuery": "AI",
  "applicants": [
    "Apple Inc.",
    "OpenAI, Inc.",
    "Nike, Inc."
  ],
  "internationalClasses": ["009", "042"],
  "issuesCount": 2,
  "maxResults": 50,
  "enrichDetails": true,
  "webhookUrl": "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/..."
}

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📤 Output Data Format

Each dataset row contains a comprehensive, normalized trademark dossier:

{
  "serialNumber": "99833622",
  "markText": "AN ILLUSTRATION DRAWING WITHOUT ANY WORDS(S)/ LETTER(S)",
  "applicantName": "Apple Inc.",
  "entityType": "CORPORATION",
  "applicantAddress": "One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, California, 95014",
  "filingDate": "2026-05-19",
  "publicationDate": "2026-09-08",
  "internationalClasses": "9",
  "goodsServices": "[Class 9]: downloadable computer software for facilitating realtime collaboration, for jointly creating, sharing, viewing, displaying, editing...",
  "examiningAttorney": "MESSICK, TABITHA LEE",
  "markDescription": "The mark consists of a white and light green curved line overlaying an overlapping blue square...",
  "markType": "Trademark",
  "status": "Published for Opposition",
  "tsdrUrl": "https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=99833622&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch",
  "tmogUrl": "https://tmog.uspto.gov/#"
}

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💳 Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing

This Actor utilizes transparent Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing:

• Run Start: $0.002 per execution
• Trademark Dossier Delivered: $0.008 per authentic record

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💻 Programmatic Usage

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("automation_studio/uspto-trademark-radar").call(run_input={
    "applicants": ["Apple Inc.", "Nike, Inc."],
    "internationalClasses": ["009"],
    "maxResults": 25
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"[{item['filingDate']}] {item['applicantName']} -> {item['markText']} ({item['tsdrUrl']})")

JavaScript / Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('automation_studio/uspto-trademark-radar').call({
    applicants: ['Apple Inc.'],
    maxResults: 20
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Retrieved ${items.length} trademark filings.`);