USPTO Trademark Search & Status Scraper — Dossier & Discovery ⚖️

🎉 Official USPTO search discovery & deep TSDR dossiers in one actor — search millions of trademarks or extract complete case files with zero API keys

Built for IP attorneys, brand managers, e-commerce sellers, M&A due diligence teams, and trademark researchers who need official USPTO registry data on schedule

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🔎 What is the USPTO Trademark Search & Status Scraper — and when should you use it?

The USPTO Trademark Search & Status Scraper turns USPTO trademark search records, legal status statements and full TSDR case dossiers into clean, structured rows you can filter, export and feed straight into a spreadsheet, database or AI agent. No account, no portal API key, no browser automation to maintain.

Use it when you need: trademark search discovery by keyword, phrase, owner or Nice class with live/dead status flags, filing and registration dates. Also when you need full TSDR case dossiers by serial number including complete prosecution histories, owner entity and address data, attorneys, correspondents, and detailed goods and services descriptions.

Use something else when: you need an integrated print-on-demand product creation workflow with automated trademark clearance. Use Print on Demand Listing & Design Generator for niche scoring, AI design generation, marketplace SEO copy and automated trademark clearance screening all in one. Use this actor for standalone USPTO trademark research, due diligence, portfolio mapping and registry monitoring without product listing generation.

🤖 Use with AI agents

Already connected to the Apify MCP server? Just ask for this Actor by name: sian.agency/uspto-trademark-search-status-scraper

Your agent can pay for its own runs. This Actor is eligible for agentic payments, so an agent can discover it, run it and settle the bill over x402 (USDC on Base) or Skyfire — without an Apify account or API token of its own. Billing is the same either way: per successful row, never for errors.

Otherwise copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP-enabled assistant:

I want USPTO trademark search and TSDR status dossier data using the Apify Actor `sian.agency/uspto-trademark-search-status-scraper`.

Use it when I need: trademark search discovery by keyword, phrase, owner or Nice class with live/dead status flags, filing and registration dates. Also when you need full TSDR case dossiers by serial number including complete prosecution histories, owner entity and address data, attorneys, correspondents, and detailed goods and services descriptions.

Don't use it when: you need an integrated print-on-demand product creation workflow with automated trademark clearance — use print-on-demand-listing-generator instead.

How to call it: pick one `operation` per run (`search` or `dossier`). In `search` mode, pass `queries` (keywords, brands, or owners) with optional `niceClasses`, `searchFilter` (all/live/dead), and `searchField`. In `dossier` mode, pass 8-digit serial numbers in `queries` (e.g. `78787878`) to extract full TSDR case files including prosecution histories.

Start with this input:
{
  "operation": "search",
  "queries": [
    "nike"
  ],
  "niceClasses": [
    "25"
  ],
  "searchFilter": "live",
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 50
}

Ask me which trademark keywords, brand names, owners or serial numbers you want to research, and whether you need search discovery or full TSDR dossiers, then run the Actor and summarise the results as a table.

Things you can ask your agent for:

• Search for all live trademarks matching 'coffee' in Nice class 30 and list their owners.
• Pull the complete TSDR case dossier and prosecution history for serial number 78787878.
• Map the full live and dead trademark portfolio for owner 'Starbucks Corporation'.

Machine-readable API, MCP config and OpenAPI definition for this Actor are published at apify.com/sian.agency/uspto-trademark-search-status-scraper.md.

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📋 Overview

USPTO trademark intelligence made effortless. Whether you are clearing a new brand name before launch, monitoring competitor filings, or performing deep legal due diligence by serial number, this actor connects directly to official United States Patent and Trademark Office systems with zero API fees, accounts, or proxy configuration.

Most trademark scrapers on the Store only return basic search summaries or charge expensive monthly subscription lock-ins. This actor bundles two powerful modes under a single interface:

1. 🔍 Search Discovery (via Trademark Search API): Fast full-text querying across millions of live and dead marks by brand name, phrase, owner name, or Nice classification.
2. 📑 Deep TSDR Dossier (via Trademark Status & Document Retrieval): Complete case file extraction by 8-digit serial number — full prosecution timelines, owner physical addresses, legal entity types, prosecuting attorney records, and goods & services classifications.

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✨ Features

• ⚡ Official Direct USPTO Data: Queries tmsearch.uspto.gov and tsdr.uspto.gov directly — guaranteed 100% official data with zero third-party latency.
• 🎯 Brand Clearance & Risk Screening: Filter instantly by live, dead, or all status and restrict across Nice classes (1–45) to detect exact or conflicting marks.
• 🏢 Full Corporate Entity & Address Extraction: Pulls full owner mailing addresses, state/country of incorporation, and entity types (Corporation, LLC, Individual).
• 📜 Complete Prosecution Timelines: Extracts the full dated prosecution history for every mark in dossier mode (e.g. Office Actions, Publication, Registration, Renewal).
• 🧑‍⚖️ Attorney & Correspondent Intelligence: Surfaces prosecuting attorneys and correspondent contact data for IP litigation, licensing, and professional outreach.
• 💰 Pay-Per-Event Pricing: Pay only for successful records retrieved. Search results cost a fraction of a cent; failed queries or not-found records are never billed.
• 📊 Query-Ready Formats: Export clean JSON, CSV, or Excel directly from Apify or stream into workflows via Webhooks and API.

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🎬 Quick Start

Pick an operation, enter your query or serial numbers, and click Run.

# Run via cURL — Search live trademarks in class 25 (Apparel)
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/sian.agency~uspto-trademark-search-status-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
  "operation": "search",
  "queries": ["nike"],
  "niceClasses": ["25"],
  "searchFilter": "live",
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 50
}'

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🚀 Getting Started (3 Simple Steps)

Step 1: Pick an Operation

• Search Discovery (search): Use this when you want to find trademarks by keyword, brand phrase, owner name, or classification code.
• Deep Dossier (dossier): Use this when you already have specific 8-digit US serial numbers (e.g., 78787878, 97123456) and need the full legal file.

Step 2: Configure Search Parameters

• queries: List of search phrases, brand names, owners, or serial numbers (batch up to 500 in a single run!).
• niceClasses (Optional, Search mode): Filter by Nice International Classes (e.g. 25 for Apparel, 09 for Software/Electronics, 30 for Coffee/Food).
• searchFilter (Optional, Search mode): live (registered & pending), dead (abandoned/cancelled), or all.
• searchField (Optional, Search mode): Restrict search to wordmark, owner, goods_services, or all.

Step 3: Run & Export

Click Start. Data streams in real time into your Apify Dataset. Export in one click to JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect directly to Zapier, Make, or Python/Node.js pipelines.

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📥 Input Configuration

Field	Type	Operation	Description	Default
operation	enum	All	search (Search Discovery) or dossier (Deep TSDR Dossier)	search
queries	array	All	Search terms/phrases, or 8-digit serial numbers in dossier mode	["nike"]
searchFilter	enum	search	Filter marks: all, live (active/pending), or dead (abandoned/expired)	all
niceClasses	array	search	International Nice classes to restrict (1–45)	[]
searchField	enum	search	Field to match: all, wordmark, owner, or goods_services	all
maxResultsPerQuery	integer	search	Maximum number of results to extract per query (1–1000)	100
includeProsecutionHistory	boolean	dossier	Include dated prosecution event timeline in dossier rows	true

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📊 Sample Output (JSON)

Search Discovery Row

{
  "serialNumber": "73177777",
  "registrationNumber": "1125972",
  "markText": "NANCY DREW",
  "statusLabel": "The registration has been renewed.",
  "liveDead": "LIVE",
  "ownerName": "Simon & Schuster, Inc.",
  "niceClasses": ["016"],
  "filedDate": "1978-07-10",
  "registrationDate": "1979-10-16",
  "goodsAndServices": ["Books and publications..."],
  "tsdrUrl": "https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73177777&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch"
}

Deep Dossier Row

{
  "serialNumber": "78787878",
  "registrationNumber": null,
  "markText": "MAC MEMPHIS ATHLETIC CAMPUS",
  "caseStatus": "Abandoned because the applicant failed to respond or filed a late response to an Office action.",
  "statusDate": "2007-09-25",
  "filingDate": "2006-01-09",
  "liveDead": "DEAD",
  "markType": "Collective Membership Mark",
  "registerType": "Principal",
  "owners": [
    {
      "name": "MEMPHIS ATHLETIC CAMPUS FOUNDATION",
      "address": "123 Campus Way, Chicago, ILLINOIS UNITED STATES 60601",
      "entityType": "CORPORATION"
    }
  ],
  "attorneyName": "Jane Doe, Esq.",
  "correspondent": "Jane Doe, Law Offices of...",
  "goodsAndServices": [
    {
      "classNumber": "200",
      "description": "Indicating membership in an athletic organization",
      "status": "DEAD"
    }
  ],
  "prosecutionHistory": [
    {
      "date": "2007-09-25",
      "historyDescription": "ABANDONMENT - FAILURE TO RESPOND OR LATE RESPONSE"
    },
    {
      "date": "2006-10-12",
      "historyDescription": "NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED"
    }
  ],
  "tsdrUrl": "https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=78787878&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch"
}

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⚖️ Trademark & Legal Notice

USPTO and TSDR are trademarks of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This actor is an independent data extraction tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the USPTO or the United States Government. All extracted data is publicly accessible government information.