YouTube Transcript:
How to get your Open Data Portal API Key

Hello and welcome to another Open
Data Portal product tutorial video.
The Open Data Portal is a platform
that empowers you to discover
and easily extract USPTO data
in one place.
In this video, we'll explore
how to register for an Application
Programing Interface, or API, key
and authorizing your account with ID.me.
To protect sensitive information
and prevent fraudulent activities
We require identity verification
for uspto.gov account holders. 
With the new OTP platform.
All API keys need to be authorized by ID.me
before they can be assigned to your account.
You can link your ID.me account
to your uspto.gov account 
and, once completed, you'll be able
to access your ODP API key at any time.
There are three important things to know
when creating your new API Key.
One, you may access your API key through MyODP
found on the main navigation of the site.
MyODP is a single place
for you to actively manage your ODP data
portfolio and view information
about your API key.
Two, you'll need a USPTO account
to be able to access your
MyODP dashboard.
And three,
you must have an ID.me account validated
and linked to your USPTO
account to get your API key
from the MyODP page.
You will see that there are three options
to register for an API key.
The first one is if you already have
a USPTO account verified with ID.me 
and you simply want to log into your
MyODP page.
The second button is
if you already have a USPTO account,
but your ID.me account hasn't
been linked to your USPTO account,
or you don't have an ID.me account
and need to register for one.
And the last option is
if you don't have either a USPTO account
or an ID.me account and need to create both.
For this video tutorial, we're going to go
through the process of registering
for a USPTO account, as well as creating
and linking it to your ID.me account.
The first thing we're going to do is click
the 
“I don't have a USPTO account”
link at the bottom of the sidebar.
This will take you to the USPTO’s
create a uspto.gov account registration page.
After you've entered
all the necessary information,
you will click next
to start creating an account.
The process of creating a USPTO account
requires that you verify your account
either through email
or another USPTO approved method.
Once your account has been successfully
created,
you will be redirected
to your new USPTO account dashboard.
On the USPTO dashboard,
you'll see a section to authorize
your account using ID.me.
You will
then click “Verify with ID.me”
to link your USPTO account
with an ID.me account.
 In the ID.me sign in modal
you can either sign in
with your existing admin account
or, in our case, click
“Create an ID account” to create a new one.
Creating an ID.me account
requires multifactor
authentication
using a valid government issued ID,
your Social Security number,
and verifying your account
using an ID.me approved method.
Just a reminder, you only need to
authorize your USPTO account with ID.me once.
After that, it should remain authorized.
Once you have successfully authorized
your USPTO account with ID.me
you will see a successful
“You have been ID.me verified” notification
within the ID.me
section of your USPTO dashboard.
You can now go back to your MyODP
account page, where you will be
automatically logged in using your ID.me
verified USPTO account.
In the case
that it doesn't automatically log
you in, click the blue “Log
in with my USPTO account” button
and enter the username
and password of your new ID.me
verified USPTO account.
On your MyODP page,
you'll be able to view, access and copy
your assigned API key.
This concludes this video on registering
for an API key
using your USPTO account and ID.me.
Again,
linking your ID account to your USPTO
account is a one time registration.
Once completed, you will be able to access
your API key at any time.
If you want more information
on this process, you can visit our API
Getting Started page
or the API key section of the ODP FAQ
support page.
If you have any questions,
please reach out to us at [email protected].