Trademark Search — USPTO Serial Lookup + IP Australia Name Search

This trademark search API returns mark text, owner, status, filing and registration dates, goods + services, Nice classification, prosecution history, design code, and a live/dead flag as clean JSON. Coverage differs by search type — read the Coverage note below. A pay-per-result alternative to TrademarkVision, Corsearch, CompuMark Pro, and LegalZoom's trademark search tool — built for trademark attorneys running clearance searches, brand strategists checking name availability, IP-monitoring firms watching competitor filings, and startup founders verifying brand-name viability before incorporation.

Coverage (read this first)

• Serial / registration-number lookup → USPTO (US). A lookup by US serial or registration number is served from the official USPTO TSDR source and returns that US record.
• Brand-name / word-mark / owner search → IP Australia register (AU). The name-search path queries the IP Australia trademarks register; results from the USPTO and the TMView network are merged in opportunistically when those sources are reachable. Each record carries an office field (US / AU) so you always know its jurisdiction.

So a US serial lookup gives you US data; a brand-name clearance search is primarily Australian-register data (with US/TMView results when available). Full multi-office USPTO name coverage is not guaranteed.

🌐 The NexGenData Global IP & Trademark Suite

One office is never enough for IP due diligence — search trademarks and patents across the US, EU, China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and WIPO. Every actor below is part of the NexGenData Global IP & Trademark Suite, so a clearance, freedom-to-operate, or brand-protection workflow that starts in one office can extend to every office, worldwide.

Trademarks

• Trademark Search (USPTO serial + IP Australia name) — US serial/registration lookup via USPTO TSDR; brand-name search across the IP Australia register (US/TMView merged when reachable). ← you are here
• EUIPO Trademark Search (EU) — EUIPO + TMview network across 35+ EU/EEA registries.
• Hong Kong Trademark Search (APAC) — the Hong Kong IPD register by mark, class, owner or status.
• Korea KIPO / KIPRIS Plus (KR) — Korean patents, trademarks & designs via the official KIPRIS Plus API.
• Japan JPO / J-PlatPat (JP) — Japanese trademarks, patents, utility models & designs from J-PlatPat.

Patents

• CNIPA China Patent Search (CN) — Chinese patents from the CNIPA database for IP & innovation tracking.
• Japan JPO / J-PlatPat (JP) — Japanese patents, utility models & designs from J-PlatPat.
• Korea KIPO / KIPRIS Plus (KR) — Korean patents & utility models via the official KIPRIS Plus API.
• WIPO PATENTSCOPE (Global) — worldwide PCT & national patents across WIPO's global collection.
• USPTO Patent Search (US) — US patents with full claims text for prior-art & freedom-to-operate work.
• Patents → Markdown for RAG (AI) — clean Markdown export of patents, ready to embed in a RAG / LLM pipeline.

Search every IP office, worldwide — one suite, pay-per-result, structured JSON.

Why Trademark Search Beats TrademarkVision, Corsearch, CompuMark & LegalZoom

Feature	NexGenData Trademark Search	TrademarkVision	Corsearch	CompuMark	LegalZoom
Cost	$1 per 1K searches, pay-per-event	$$$$ enterprise quote	$$$$ enterprise contract	$$$$ enterprise	$199-599 per single search
USPTO TESS coverage	Yes — full TESS dataset	Yes	Yes	Yes	Single mark only
Bulk word-mark search	Yes — up to 1k marks/run	Yes (plan-gated)	Yes (plan-gated)	Yes	No
Owner / assignee lookup	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Nice classification filter	Yes — class 1-45	Yes	Yes	Yes	Limited
Prosecution history	Yes — full event timeline	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Live / dead status filter	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Limited
Bulk export	JSON / CSV / Excel	Plan-gated	Plan-gated	Plan-gated	No
Auth	Apify token	Enterprise contract	Enterprise contract	Enterprise contract	One-time fee per search
Monthly minimum	None	$$$$	$$$$	$$$$	None (per-search fee)

Most trademark attorneys + brand teams pick this actor instead of LegalZoom's $199-per-search clearance fee because they're running dozens of searches per project — this actor is a drop-in alternative that turns a $5,000 clearance bill into $5, cheaper than Corsearch for screening + early-stage knockout searches, and drop-in JSON for downstream conflict-scoring models.

What You Get Per Mark

Each dataset item is a flat record:

• serial_number, registration_number
• mark_text — the literal text element of the mark
• mark_type — Word / Design / Word+Design / Standard Character
• status_code, status_description — full TESS status string
• live_dead — LIVE / DEAD
• filing_date, registration_date, abandon_date
• nice_classes[] — international class numbers
• us_classes[] — US classification
• goods_services — full text of the description
• owner — {name, address, country, entity_type}
• attorney — listed attorney of record
• correspondent_address
• prior_registrations[]
• prosecution_history[] — every event with {date, code, description}
• design_code[] — for design marks
• disclaimers[]
• tess_url — direct link to USPTO TESS record

Use Cases

• Trademark attorneys — bulk knockout searches before formal clearance; saves 10-20 hours per clearance memo
• Brand strategists — check 50 candidate names in 5 minutes during a naming workshop
• IP monitoring firms — daily watch on competitor filings in a tracked Nice class
• Startup founders — verify name availability before LLC formation or domain purchase
• M&A diligence teams — pull a target's full TM portfolio in a single run
• Trademark watch services — feed bulk results into a conflict-scoring model to prioritize attorney review

Quick Start

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("nexgendata/trademark-search").call(run_input={
    "queries": [
        {"mark": "ACME WIDGETS", "niceClasses": [9, 35], "status": "LIVE"},
        {"owner": "Acme Inc"}
    ]
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["mark_text"], item["status_code"], item["owner"]["name"])

Pricing

Pay-per-event:

• Actor Start: small fixed charge per run (memory-scaled)
• Per result: $1 per 1,000 marks returned

No subscription, no minimum, no per-seat fee.

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FAQ

How do I search the USPTO trademark database? Run the actor with a US serial/registration number (served from USPTO TSDR) or a brand name/owner (searched across the IP Australia register, with US/TMView merged when reachable). It returns structured results: status, owner, classification, filing & registration dates, a live/dead flag, and an office field marking each record's jurisdiction.

Is there a USPTO trademark API? The USPTO's official endpoints are limited; this actor is a practical USPTO trademark search API — clean JSON/CSV, no TESS login, pay per result.

What replaced TESS? The USPTO retired classic TESS in favor of its new Trademark Search system; this actor targets the current public trademark search data so your queries keep working.

Is this live or a cached dataset? Live. Serial lookups query USPTO TSDR in real time; name searches query the IP Australia register in real time.

Can I search design marks by design code? Yes — pass designCodes in the input and the actor uses USPTO's design search.

Do you cover international trademarks? US serial/registration lookups (USPTO) plus brand-name search on the IP Australia register today. Full multi-office name coverage (EUIPO, Madrid) is on the roadmap.

Output formats? JSON, CSV, Excel, and the Apify dataset API.

Is this legal? Yes. USPTO TESS is a public-records system explicitly designed for third-party search.

About NexGenData

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How NexGenData Pricing Works

Every NexGenData actor uses pay-per-event pricing — you only pay for results that actually land in your dataset. No monthly minimum, no seat fees, no surprise overage bills.

• Actor Start: a single-event charge each time you spin the actor up (scaled to memory size)
• Result / item: charged per item written to the default dataset
• No charge for retries, internal proxy rotation, or failed sub-requests — those are absorbed by the platform

Apify Platform Bonus

New to Apify? Sign up with the NexGenData referral link — you get free platform credits on signup (enough for several thousand free results) and you help fund the maintenance of this actor fleet.

Integration Surface

Every actor in the NexGenData catalog can be triggered from:

• Apify console — point-and-click run
• Apify API — REST + webhooks
• Apify Python / JS SDKs — programmatic batch
• Zapier, Make.com, n8n — official integrations
• MCP — many actors are exposed as MCP tools for Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor agents
• Schedules — built-in cron for daily / weekly / monthly runs
• Webhooks — POST results to any HTTPS endpoint on dataset write

Support

NexGenData maintains 260+ Apify actors and ships updates regularly. Bug reports via the Apify console issues tab get a response within 24 hours. Roadmap requests are welcome — high-demand features ship in the next version.

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💰 Pricing Example

This actor uses Pay-Per-Event pricing — you only pay for results.

• Typical run (small): 100 results × $0.05 = $5.00
• Medium run: 500 results × $0.05 = $25.00
• Large run (power user): 2,000 results × $0.05 = $100.00

Free Apify accounts get $5/mo in platform credit. A typical IP intelligence workflow at this scale typically exceeds the free credit — upgrade to a paid Apify plan for unrestricted use.

🔗 Related Actors

Pair with these for a complete workflow:

• EUIPO Trademark Search — TMview & eSearch — search EUIPO + TMview network across 35+ EU/EEA registries
• 📋 USPTO Patent Search — Claims & Prior Art — search the USPTO patent database with full-text + assignee filters
• WIPO PATENTSCOPE Patent Search — search WIPO PATENTSCOPE international patent applications
• SEC EDGAR 8-K Material Events Tracker — monitor SEC 8-K filings for IP-litigation + acquisition disclosures

You might also need

• [ttab-trademark-opposition-tracker](https://apify.com/nexgendata/Clearing a mark? Watch oppositions at the TTAB — TTAB Opposition Tracker?fpr=2ayu9b)
• [trademark-conflict-watch](https://apify.com/nexgendata/Monitor new conflicting filings across registers — Trademark Conflict Watch?fpr=2ayu9b)

UK clearance → uk-trademark-search (search the GB register post-Brexit).

Run this on a schedule (monitor mode)

This actor already returns only-what's-new via its watchMode input.

1. Open the actor → Schedules → Create new schedule (e.g. daily or weekly).
2. In the scheduled run input: Enable watchMode (and set watchLabel to name your watch). The actor's watch mode surfaces new results on each scheduled run — see the watchMode field description for exactly what it tracks.
3. Save. You're billed only for the new records each run returns.