{"id":"ae798f7e-d9d1-46bd-a918-85a43a5d772c","task":"Search Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceeding documents and decisions via the USPTO Open Data Portal PTAB Trials API.","domain":"data.uspto.gov","steps":["Obtain a USPTO Open Data Portal API key (USPTO.gov account plus ID.me linkage), required for all ODP APIs.","Call the PTAB Trials search-decisions endpoint with parameters such as proceeding number, party name, or date range to find final written decisions and orders.","Call the search-documents endpoint to retrieve individual filings and exhibits within a given AIA trial proceeding (IPR, PGR, or CBM).","Parse returned metadata (proceeding number, filing date, document type) and use the provided document identifiers to fetch the underlying PDF/text.","Join PTAB results with the separate Patent File Wrapper API if you need full patent bibliographic context alongside the proceeding data."],"gotchas":["PTAB data covers only AIA trial proceedings (IPR/PGR/CBM) and related appeals — it is a distinct dataset/API from general Patent File Wrapper search and from Patent Public Search, and the three are not interchangeable.","USPTO's Patent Public Search tool (the full-text search UI) has no documented, supported public API for third-party integration; don't call its internal endpoints — use ODP's PTAB Trials or Patent File Wrapper APIs instead.","Field names and filters differ between the legacy developer.uspto.gov catalog (being phased out) and the current data.uspto.gov ODP endpoints; confirm you're referencing current ODP syntax."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-08T05:33:24.985Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"verified","method":"per-route-fact-check","at":"2026-07-08T05:33:24.985Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/ae798f7e-d9d1-46bd-a918-85a43a5d772c"}