Search US patent applications and grants via the USPTO Open Data Portal. Query: q (required, 2+ chars), yearFrom / yearTo (optional filing-year bounds), applicationType (optional: Utility|Design|Plant|Reissue), limit (1-100, default 10), offset (0-based, default 0). Returns { total, returned, offset, limit, hits[{ applicationNumber, title, applicationType, firstInventor, inventors[], applicants[], filingDate, effectiveFilingDate, status:{ code, description, updatedAt }, cpcSymbols[], uspcSymbol, url }] }. URLs link to USPTO Patent Center for the public file wrapper.