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Intellectual-property data — trademarks, patents, and their status — sits behind clunky government search portals (USPTO, EUIPO, WIPO) that aren’t built for bulk or programmatic use. These NexGenData actors turn those official sources into structured JSON for brand monitoring, freedom-to-operate research, competitive IP intelligence, and due diligence — pay-per-result, no IP-data subscription.
The IP toolkit
Trademarks
- Trademark Search — USPTO Database Lookup — search the US trademark register by mark, owner, or class; status, dates, and registration data.
- EUIPO Trademark Search (TMview & eSearch) — EU trademarks via EUIPO and the TMview network: owners, Nice classes, status, filing dates.
- Trademark Conflict Watch — USPTO & EUIPO New-Filing Alerts — monitor new USPTO and EUIPO filings that may conflict with your marks; early opposition and brand-protection alerts.
Patents
- USPTO Patent Search — US patents and applications: titles, assignees, inventors, classifications, dates.
- WIPO PATENTSCOPE Search — global patent publications via WIPO: publication numbers, applicants, inventors, IPC codes, dates.
Expanding: JPO (Japan), KIPO (Korea), and TIPO (Taiwan) IP actors are candidates for future coverage.
Workflows
- Brand monitoring — watch USPTO + EUIPO for new filings that conflict with your marks, on a schedule.
- Freedom-to-operate (FTO) — search USPTO + WIPO PATENTSCOPE for prior art and live patents before launching a product.
- Competitive IP intelligence — track a competitor’s patent and trademark filings to read their roadmap and expansion plans.
- M&A / due diligence — inventory a target’s registered IP across jurisdictions as part of valuation and risk review.
Why pay-per-use
Commercial IP platforms (TrademarkNow, PatSnap, Corsearch) are powerful but enterprise-priced. For a founder clearing a name, an attorney running periodic searches, or a developer wiring IP checks into a product, pay-per-result actors over the official USPTO/EUIPO/WIPO sources deliver the core data without a platform contract — and you own the structured output.
FAQ
Which IP offices are covered? US trademarks (USPTO) and patents (USPTO), EU trademarks (EUIPO/TMview), and global patents (WIPO PATENTSCOPE), with JPO/KIPO/TIPO as future candidates.
Can I monitor for conflicting trademark filings? Yes — schedule the USPTO and EUIPO actors against your marks/classes to catch new conflicting applications.
Is this a substitute for legal advice? No — these are data tools for search and monitoring. Clearance and FTO opinions should be reviewed by qualified IP counsel.
What does it cost? Pay-per-event on Apify — per result, no subscription or seat fee.
Get started
Start with Trademark Search or USPTO Patent Search, or browse the full NexGenData catalog.
Latest additions
- UK Trademark Search — UKIPO Brand Clearance API — launch post
- Google Patents Scraper — Global Prior-Art Search API — launch post
- Patents & Trademarks (IP) MCP Server
- USPTO Patent Grants Tracker — IP & Competitive Intelligence — institutional-grade US patent monitoring, pay-per-result
- USPTO Patent Grants Tracker — Recent US Patent Filings — a clean structured feed of newly-granted US patents
- Korea KIPRIS Plus — KIPO Patents, Designs & Trademarks
- CNIPA China Patent Search
- HK Trademark Search
- 🇯🇵 Japan J-PlatPat Patents & Trademarks (JPO)
- Patents to Markdown for RAG — turn US/EP/WO patents into clean, chunked Markdown for RAG
Use these in Clay
Clay-compatible workflows using these actors (run them inside Clay via Clay’s native Apify integration):
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