USPTO Trademark Scraper

What this Actor scrapes

USPTO's modern trademark search (tmsearch.uspto.gov) is a JS-rendered single-page app, and the official TSDR JSON API now gates bulk access behind a registered API key. This Actor wraps USPTO's trademark search index and TSDR case-status pages directly, so you get a structured row per mark without wrestling either surface yourself.

Give it a free-text query (mark text or owner name), a list of serial numbers, or a list of registration numbers — or mix all three in one run. Every request runs through our fingerprint-rotating HTTP stack and a paced, retrying client so your runs stay clean even when USPTO throttles.

What we handle for you

• 🛡️ Browser fingerprint rotation — curl-cffi replays real Chrome / Firefox / Safari TLS handshakes so USPTO sees a real browser, not a Python script.
• 🌐 Optional residential proxy rotation via Apify Proxy — fresh session and exit IP whenever a lookup gets rate-limited.
• 🔁 Retries with exponential backoff on 429 / 503 and network errors — up to 5 attempts, honouring Retry-After headers.
• 🧱 Paced TSDR requests — direct lookups are throttled to roughly one request per second so we never trip USPTO's rate limits.
• 🧊 Clean, typed dataset rows — Pydantic-validated fields, ISO-8601 dates, stable serial numbers as IDs.
• 💰 Pay-Per-Event pricing — you pay only when a trademark row lands in your dataset. No data, no charge (only the small actor-start warm-up fee).

Use cases

• Brand-protection monitoring — schedule recurring runs against your own mark portfolio to catch status changes (Section 8/15 declarations, oppositions, cancellations) as USPTO posts them.
• Trademark-watch services — track a competitor's or client's marks by owner name across renewal cycles without manual TSDR lookups.
• Clearance research — pull existing registrations in a Nice class before filing a new application.
• M&A / brand-portfolio diligence — quantify a target company's live trademark holdings by owner name in minutes.
• IP attorney workflows — bulk-resolve a docket of serial or registration numbers into structured case-status rows for internal tracking systems.

Input

Paste this into the Apify Console, or send it as the run input over the API. Proxy settings are on by default; you rarely need to touch them.

{
  "query": "BLINKING NAILS",
  "serialNumbers": [
    "88148890"
  ],
  "registrationNumbers": [
    "5912174"
  ],
  "statusFilter": "any",
  "maxResults": 2,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

Output

One row per result, schema-validated before it is written. Export JSON, CSV, Excel or XML from the run, or read it over the API.

serial_numberregistration_numbermark_textmark_typestandard_character_claimdescription_of_markstatusstatus_datefiling_dateregistration_datepublication_dateregisterinternational_classesgoods_servicesfirst_use_dateuse_in_commerce_date

{
  "serial_number": "88148890",
  "registration_number": "5912174",
  "mark_text": "BLINKING NAILS",
  "mark_type": "Trademark",
  "standard_character_claim": false,
  "description_of_mark": "The mark consists of the stylized wording \"BLINKINGNAILS\" with a butterfly design appearing above the second letter \"I\". Disclaimer: \"NAILS\"",
  "status": "A Section 8 declaration has been accepted.",
  "status_date": "2025-09-26",
  "filing_date": "2018-10-09",
  "registration_date": "2019-11-19",
  "publication_date": "2019-09-03",
  "register": "Principal",
  "international_classes": [
    "008"
  ],
  "goods_services": "Fingernail polishers, electric or non-electric; Hair-removing tweezers; Nail files, electric; Cuticle nippers; Cuticle tweezers; Electric nail clippers; Electric pedicure sets; Emery boards; Manicure sets; Pedicure sets.",
  "first_use_date": "2017-01-22",
  "use_in_commerce_date": "2017-01-22",
  "filing_basis": [
    "USE_IN_COMMERCE"
  ],
  "owner_name": "Zhongshan R & F Heavy Makeup Cosmetics Limited Company",
  "owner_address": "Garden, No.36 Rihua Rd, Southern Dist, No.9-189, Tianhuixingyuan, Xinghuiyunjin, Zhongshan, Guangdong, 528455, CHINA",
  "attorney_name": null,
  "tsdr_url": "https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=88148890&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch",
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-18T10:12:26+00:00"
}

Pricing

You pay only for results that land. Cap any run with maxTotalChargeUsd. See pricing & billing for worked examples.

Limitations

• Search ranking is controlled by USPTO's trademark search index internally — the order for query mode is theirs.
• status_date is null for query-mode rows. USPTO's search index doesn't expose a discrete "status changed on" date for free-text hits; direct serialNumbers/registrationNumbers lookups always carry a real value when the source page has one.
• TTAB opposition/cancellation proceeding documents are out of scope — that's a distinct data surface.
• Full prosecution-history documents (office actions, specimens, drawings/images) and assignment / chain-of-title history are not included in v1.
• International/Madrid Protocol or EUIPO marks are out of scope — US federal (USPTO) marks only.
• Legal disclaimer — this tool retrieves public trademark metadata for research and monitoring purposes. It is not a substitute for professional trademark counsel. Always consult a registered trademark attorney for clearance opinions, opposition strategy, or litigation.