Bibliographic data (includes IPC classification but not the abstract): Daily update. Daily download files by publication date and monthly by publication month for the current year. For years prior to the current year, the files are grouped into a single file per year.
Legal data: Daily update. Daily download files by publication date, monthly by publication month for the current year, and yearly for years prior to the current year.
The legal data XML files comply with the ST36 standard since 01/01/2019; prior to that date, the XML files have a proprietary format.
Full-text: Biweekly update. Daily download files by publication date, monthly by publication month for the current year, and yearly for years prior to the current year.
The full-text XML files comply with the ST36 standard since 01/01/2019; prior to that date, the XML files have a proprietary format.
Abstracts: Biweekly update. For the current year, unique download files for each biweek, containing all the summaries of the publications made in the corresponding biweek. Starting from the previous year, unique download files for each year.
Cited documents and ECLA classification data: They were updated quarterly but stopped being published starting from the third quarter of 2013. Currently, cited document and CPC classification data are published separately.
Patent documents in PDF format: Biweekly update. Download files with daily publications for the current year and the previous one. For years prior to last year, the files are grouped into a single file per year.
Authority File: Inventory of all publication numbers of patents and utility models issued by OEPM from 1826 to the current date. It is a unique download file that includes annual data files. The data is updated monthly.
Authority File Definition
SPTO(OEPM) published documents can be queried.