uspto-patents-view-api/readme.md

An api wrapper for the patent view api run by the uspto

# Patent View Api

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Checkout all the granted patents over the last 50 years.

## API Description

Examples of the

Shared arguments:

  * `dataPoints` - fields you want in your response; 
    * example: `["patent_number", "date"]`
  * `sortBy` - how you would like your results sorting in the response
    * example: `[{"patent_number":"desc"}]`

All endpoints support pagination, thus all endpoint's args object will have the following properties

```typescript
{
  pageSize?: number;
  pages?: number;
}
```

* `Endpoints`
  * `Patents` - retrieve details about patents and inventors
    * `Range` - Get all the patents between a period of time
      * ```typescript
        /*
          RangeArgs: {
            startDate: string;
            endDate: string;
          }
        */
        const resp = await new Range().between({
          args: RangeArgs;
          dataPoints: DataPoints;
          sortBy?: SortingOptions;
        })
        ```