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Prosecution (US applications only)
Searches across US patent office-action rejections to find how examiners have handled a specific category of legal issue (such as an obviousness or eligibility rejection), or a specific term or reference.
| Argument | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
q | text | One of: q, legal_reasoning_type_prefix, rejection_subtype | Free-text search term |
legal_reasoning_type_prefix | one of: 101_Alice (and its 3 variants), 102_anticipation, 103_TSM_combination, 103_KSR, 112_indefiniteness, 112_written_description, 112_lack_of_enablement, 112_means_plus_function, double_patenting_obvious, double_patenting_statutory, restriction_requirement | One of: q, legal_reasoning_type_prefix, rejection_subtype | A specific, pre-classified category of rejection |
rejection_subtype | text | One of: q, legal_reasoning_type_prefix, rejection_subtype | A more specific rejection category |
company | text | No | Restrict to one company's applications |
application_number | text | No | Restrict to one application |
pd_from / pd_to | text (date) | No | Office-action date bounds |
doc_types | list of: CTNF, CTFR, NOA, CTAV, CTQU | No | Restrict to specific office-action document types |
pending_only | true or false (default false) | No | Restrict to applications currently awaiting a response |
sort | one of: relevance, date_desc, date_asc, examiner_allow_rate_asc, examiner_allow_rate_desc (default relevance) | No | How to order results |
q_mode | one of: tokens, phrase | No | Whether to match q as separate terms or an exact phrase |
include_verbatim_rejection | true or false (default false) | No | Include the full rejection text inline |
offset | number (default 0) | No | Row to start from, for paging |
limit | number (1–500, default 20) | No | Maximum rows returned |