search_litigation
Search over 74,000 US district court patent litigation records by patent number, party name, court, or filing date to identify relevant cases.
Instructions
Search patent litigation cases (74,000+ district court records).
IMPORTANT: The USPTO Patent Litigation API is not available on the Open
Data Portal (api.uspto.gov) and is not listed in the ODP Swagger
catalog. The OCE Patent Litigation dataset is distributed as bulk
downloadable files rather than a live API.
Args:
query: Full-text search query
patent_number: Filter by patent number
plaintiff: Filter by plaintiff name
defendant: Filter by defendant name
court: Filter by court/district
filing_date_from: Date range start (YYYY-MM-DD)
filing_date_to: Date range end (YYYY-MM-DD)
offset: Starting position (default: 0)
limit: Max results (default: 25)
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| court | No | ||
| limit | No | ||
| query | No | ||
| offset | No | ||
| defendant | No | ||
| plaintiff | No | ||
| patent_number | No | ||
| filing_date_to | No | ||
| filing_date_from | No |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | Yes |