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CONTACT

Plain email, no forms, no sales funnel.

LIVE

WRITE TO US

One address, read by a human. Discounted tier applications, bug reports, and data questions all land in the same inbox.

opensourcepatents@gmail.com

SOURCE

GITHUB

READ THE CODE FIRST

Everything is open source, AGPL-3.0. The answer to a data question is often already in the pipeline or the API source.

GITHUB.COM/OPENSOURCEPATENTS →

WHAT TO INCLUDE

Not required — but the more of this you send, the faster the reply is useful.

WHAT YOU'RE BUILDING

What you're trying to accomplish — the app, the research, the story.

WHAT YOU'RE USING NOW

Your current tools or systems: spreadsheets, paper, scrapers, legacy databases.

TIMELINE & BUDGET

Any timeline or budget parameters you already know, if they apply.

APPLYING FOR DISCOUNTED ACCESS

Educators (.edu), 501(c)(3) nonprofits, and researchers qualify for the discounted tier — 10,000 requests/hour, free or reduced. Email us with your name, organization, and use case.

You don't have to wait for a reply to start building. Grab a free key now — same endpoints, lower rate limit — and we'll raise the limit on that key.